While coverage for telehealth systems by private insurers and Medicare/Medicaid is patchy at best, new report predicts some 15 million wireless devices will be in use by early 2012 to remotely monitor the well-being of elderly or at-risk people. Using embedded cellular connectivity, telehealth devices can collects vital signs wirelessly from a range of external devices such as weight scales and blood pressure cuffs.
– Cellular modules built into end-use medical devices will be one of the
primary drivers of wireless telehealth over the next 24 months,
according to a new study by ABI Research. Some 15 million such
systems are forecast to be in use — mainly in North America, the worlds most expensive healthcare …