Freescale floats home teleheath reference platform

Freescale floats home teleheath reference platform: via @eetimes

Freescale floats home teleheath reference platform Patrice Bertrand, Freescale 10/23/2012 1:15 PM EDT The emergence of smart connected homes will boost the market for home telehealth systems. As geographic separation between patients and care givers materializes, key innovations will support better monitoring and management of chronic conditions. However, to fully unleash the home telehealth market potential, financial barriers to adoption like service fees reimbursement (remote patient monitoring fees) and supporting devices costs reimbursement need to be resolved over the coming years. Smart connected homes: Home telehealth market enablers? Smart connected homes, with wireless home networks, wireless sensor networks and 24/7 Internet access, allow home environments to be connected to the cloud and securely monitored and controlled using pervasive devices. In smart connec...

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