Modified bluetooth technology has telemedicine potential | PwC CommunicationsDirectNews.com

An Indian research team claims that a telemedicine system based on a modified version of the Bluetooth wireless protocol can provide faster and more reliable patient assessment data transfers between mobile devices. The team reports that the system could potentially transfer patient data, such as medical images, to a healthcare provider's mobile device at speeds almost four times as fast as conventional Bluetooth technology and without the risk of intermittent connectivity problems.

Telemedicine is a rapidly developing clinical technology that allows medical information to be transferred via telephone or the Internet or for analysis or consultation. However, there are drawbacks to using direct connections between monitoring devices and healthcare providers, not the least of which are the intermittency of wired and wireless connections in many locations...