Intel is set to enter into a series of trials with health-care organizations of computerized in-home health monitoring tools.
A centerpiece of the efforts will be the Intel Health Guide, a mini computer that helps “elderly people and other patients monitor and manage their conditions at home” via web connections to other systems and instruments.
This idea is an interesting one –especially as our lives become more networked – and has been explored on this site a little bit in the past.
As we get more network-connected screens in our homes, offices, and cars, I’d be interested to see a single software platform that ties all of these screens together, allowing users to update and review medical and health (even diet) information anywhere.
On InformationAppliance: Intel Enters Home Health Monitoring Market | Digital Picture Frames wrote at November 14th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
[...] Today on InformationAppliance.com: Intel is reportedly set to enter the information appliance market with a device called the Intel Health Guide, which is a mini-PC that interfaces with medical records and testing systems to keep people healthy and up to date on their medical information … read more [...]