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* Philips has made anchor investment in healthcare technology fund Gilde Healthcare III, which has a target size of EUR 200 million (USD 250 million).

* Investment will complement Philips’ existing innovation efforts in healthcare.

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Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health

Nyack Hospital Studies Use of Telemonitoring to Measure Post-Discharge Medication Compliance

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 15:41 - Laurie Orlov

08/17/2010

Telemonitoring may help patients transition from hospital to home, reducing hospital readmissions

NYACK, NY - A clinical study is underway at Nyack Hospital to evaluate the use of telemonitoring to monitor medication adherence in discharged heart failure patients. The purpose of the study is to assess the use of cellphone-based telemonitoring to help patients transition from the inpatient to outpatient setting.

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As older people grow in numbers, experts seek ways to handle the boom

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 20:52 - Laurie Orlov

Washington Post special coverage of the multiple facets of the future aging boom.

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AgeTech, Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health

As older people grow in numbers, experts seek ways to handle boom

08/10/2010

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AARP: 40% of doctors 'connect' online

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 16:53 - Laurie Orlov

According to Manhattan Associates, 9 million US adults e-mailed their physicians in 2009 and online consultations are now endorsed by the AMA.

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Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health

E-Medicine Increases in Popularity

08/10/2010

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GE, Intel joint venture company will open a door

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 09:48 - Laurie Orlov

GE-Intel Joint venture: transcends the past, picks up the pace. In the wake of endless studies about the benefits of telehealth and in-home monitoring, finally Intel and GE decided to transcend the good works and research phases and form a new joint-venture company. The progression has been slow and steady: GE resells QuietCare, buys Living Independently Group, partners for distribution with DirectSupply, and in April invests $3 million in Ireland's Tril Centre's research for independent living -- already recipient of a sizable Intel investment. But the organizational shifting and fits-and-starts hampered QuietCare and in the meantime, interesting startups emerged who out-innovate and under-price. Meanwhile, over at Intel, years of effort and research, propelled by champion-in-chief Eric Dishman, culminated in only a few actual products for independent living -- Intel Health Guide and the Intel Reader. So a joint venture company offers a chance to capitalize on what both organizations have done and learned, but also to get moving. It couldn't happen soon enough or at a better time.

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Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health