"The VA would like to spend $163 million in 2011 for home telehealth to take advantage of the latest technological advancement in healthcare delivery."
Wait, wait, don't tell us. If we are patient, media reports will enable us to fully catch up with attitudes about technology in 2006. No, despite many of them in this blog, that's not a typo. So virtual doctor's visits were recently discussed in a NY Times article that I posted - "Are Doctors Ready for Virtual Visits?
Companies Tackle Increasing Burden of Chronic Disease and Age-Related Conditions
CHALFONT ST GILES, England & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE Healthcare, a unit of GE (NYSE:GE), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) announced today that they have expanded their sales and marketing agreement for the Intel Health Guide to include the United Kingdom. GE Healthcare already markets the Intel Health Guide in the United States.
BEAVERTON, Ore. and LAS VEGAS, Nev.– January 4, 2010 – Continua Health Alliance today announced the first end-to-end connected health solution based on the Continua architecture. Continua, the non-profit, open industry alliance of more than 220 leading healthcare and technology organizations, heralded the development as a significant milestone in the group’s mission to establish an ecosystem of interoperable personal connected health solutions. The new end-to-end connected health solution will be showcased at the 2010 Consumer