mHealth

(Blog) — If I were to make a list of wireless companies, would the healthcare industry come to mind, asks John Horn (pictured), president of RACO Wireless? If not, it should. Now more than ever, big players in the M2M space are beginning to recognise healthcare as one of the vertical markets with the greatest

(Alpharetta, Georgia, USA. Business Wire) — AdhereTech has selected the KORE Network to wirelessly enable its medication bottles. KORE’s machine-to-machine (M2M) network will provide cellular connectivity so that AdhereTech can remotely monitor and automatically alert patients on their adherence to prescribed medication.

(Sweden & UK. August 21, 2013) — MedicPen’s range of computerised medical reminder and pill dispenser products are to be given GSM mobile network connections by M2M wireless network specialists, Stream Communications. The products enable medical specialists and carers to efficiently supervise and monitor patient’s drug schedule remotely.

Basingstoke, UK – Juniper Research’s latest report on the mHealth market forecasts cumulative cost savings from remote patient monitoring of up to US$36 billion globally over the next five years – under Juniper’s most optimistic forecast scenario.

(BLOG): June 22, 2013 — There can be few ideas over the years which have promised as much and delivered as little as the connected fridge, says Chris Marrison (pictured) of Infoblox. A staple of future-gazing science programmes for decades, the connected fridge monitors its contents and alerts its owners when items need to be

Beaverton, Orlando, USA – Continua Health Alliance has announced the publication of four primary components on Open Health Tools, the Open Source clearing house for health IT projects.

Axeda Connexion, Boston, MA, USA. May 8, 2013 –  The winners of the M2M Hackathon at the Axeda Connexion 2013 event have been announced by the organisers.

London, UK. April 18, 2013 – HAPILABS, a company whose mission is “to help people take control of their HAPIness, health and fitness through applications and mobile connected devices“, has begun to raise funds for the manufacturing and distribution of HAPIfork, the world’s first connected fork.

London, UK – The GSMA has announced that ANT+, Orange, Team Blood Glucose (TeamBG) and Team Novo Nordisk are among the new organisations taking part in this September’s GSMA mHealth Grand Tour cycle ride.

Zurich, Switzerland — A potentially life-saving mobile phone-based emergency watch has been developed by a Swiss-based watchmaker, Limmex. When a wearer needs help it can be used to alert emergency services.

Dallas, Texas — Until now, an elderly person suffering from a fall or heart attack could use a device around their neck to send for help – as long as they were at home. AT&T aims to beat this limitation with a mobile health (mHealth) solution that automatically connects people in distress to medical assistance,

Gemalto, a provider of digital security products, has announced that its Cinterion® M2M technology is powering the TRiLOC™ GPS Personal Locator Device (PLD) used to locate people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Santa Clara, California, USA — Aeris Communications, which owns and operates the only cellular network designed exclusively for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, has appointed Mohsen Mohseninia as its vice president, Market Development for Europe.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Berg Insight AB’s new report “mHealth and Home Monitoring – 5th Edition” to their offering

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, around 2.8 million patients worldwide were using a home monitoring service based on equipment with integrated connectivity at the end of 2012

IBM (NYSE:IBM), STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and Shaspa have announced a collaboration to use cloud and mobile computing to enable consumers to manage and interact with their homes’ functions and entertainment systems.