Intel Corp. prescribes telemedicine to treat health care costs - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

Intel Corp. wants to be a player in the health care technology business. The Santa Clara-based chipmaker’s most prominent arm has been its Digital Health Group, created in 2005. The group is designing and producing health care information technology for hospitals and the home.

Its biggest announcement came this spring, when Intel and General Electric Co. announced the two companies would invest a combined $250 million in personal health care products and services over the next five years...