11 July 2008
Intel gets FDA approval for personal health system
The system, called Health Guide, integrates vital sign collection, patient reminders, multimedia educational content and feedback and communications tools such as video conferencing and e-mail. It can connect to specific models of wired and wireless medical devices, including blood pressure monitors, glucose meters, pulse oximeters, peak flow meters and weight scales. It also stores and displays the collected information on a touch screen and sends it to a secure host server, where healthcare professionals can review the information.
Intel expects the Health Guide to be available from healthcare providers in the United States and the United Kingdom later this year or early next. Press release from Reuters.
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17 July 2008
Intel’s health-monitoring tech may face rocky road to adoption Telecare Aware said (pingback):
[…] Further to the Intel Health Guide story in the previous postings, I’m including this because it’s the only item I’ve seen that cast doubts on the viability of the business model. Be aware that the item is stuffed with annoying links to marginally relevant adverts. From CRM Buyer. Filed under Telehealth. Permalink • Printer friendly version • Email this to a friend […]
19 August 2008
Intel’s Health Guide challenge Telecare Aware said (pingback):
[…] Healthcare technology blogger Dana Blankenhorn points out that with the launch of its Health Guide (story here) Intel strayed from its usual business model into “a consumer market it did not yet understand because it found an opportunity it could not resist.” He also points out that since Intel acquired the assets of WebVMC in May, the Health Guide is actually a version of the WebVMC product. Read his comments here. Filed under Telecare, USA stories. Permalink • Printer friendly version • Email this to a friend […]