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3 Febuary edition of the Telemedicine Reporter International Edition (PDF) for download thanks to US Tele-Medicine. To be emailed when the next is released email their media dept. |
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Could AT&T Prevent Falls Among the Elderly? |
| Wednesday, 03 June 2009 22:29 |
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AT&T is testing shoe insoles with built-in sensors that take gait, stride, and pace measurements as patients walk. The measurements are beamed wirelessly to a modem-like gateway box that's connected to a health-care network via the Internet. AT&T's scientists are hoping that by catching changes in a patient's walking pattern, the software can alert doctors to a problem before they take a tumble. Could AT&T Prevent Falls Among the Elderly? from Business Week |
