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Bluetooth Technology Keeps the Doctor Away

2016/11/21 16:17:22     Source: SIG     Views:1499     Comments:0

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“As long as you have your health…” If you’ve ever been seriously ill, you know how true these words can be. Good health is a priority over everything else in your life. Good hygiene, nutrition and exercise are the cornerstones of a healthy lifestyle. But even doing each of these regularly can’t guarantee you’ll stay healthy. So how can a commonplace technology help you be smarter about managing your health and wellness?

Bluetooth® Smart Technology is helping to drive the “consumerisation” of healthcare. Consumerisation isn’t a shift in healthcare from doctors to consumers but the simplification of its daily management—with the assistance of off-the-shelf Bluetooth enabled products. Bluetooth technology is the catalyst bringing inexpensive, simple, and secure health-monitoring devices to market, promising to help millions of people stay healthier. But don’t take our word for it, ask medical experts from MobiHealthNews.

Some of the many Bluetooth enabled health and wellness devices already on the market include wireless blood glucose monitors, heart rate monitors, and weight scales. These devices make it easier to collect vital health information about people with a wide variety of medical conditions.

The EPFL implant measures 14 mm by 2 mm (source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21841829)

Among these Bluetooth Smart products are several groundbreaking innovations. This month, the EPFL presented a Bluetooth Smart in-body monitoring chip allowing patients to monitor certain vital signs and provide their physician with results. Swissmed Mobile, a Bluetooth Breakthrough Award winner, launched an application to aggregate data from various monitoring tools through Bluetooth Smart technology and then sends a report to the doctor.

By making devices smarter, doctors and patients can be smarter and have better conversations—maybe even solve problems in real time or catch them before they even become an issue. In 2013, we expect to see many more devices similar to what EPFL announced. Still not convinced? Justwait until you see the Bluetooth Smart knee replacement

(Credit: Jeroen Gaudissabois)


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