Home health-care devices help patients stay out of the hospital - PC World

April 30, 2009

How it works: Various technologies enable patients to exchange health information with caregivers. Patients use the Intel Health Guide system to video conference with health-care professionals and receive videos about diet and exercise. Patients can also attach a blood pressure cuff or other devices using a Bluetooth wireless link and relay vital signs to a nurse. T+ Medical offers more targeted products, such as a diabetes management program that runs on a cell phone and helps patients track and report blood glucose levels...

Can’t get midwife? YouTube will assist - NYTimes.com

May 1, 2009

LONDON — It was 2:30 in the morning, and Marc and Jo Stephens were at home in Redruth, Cornwall, when Ms. Stephens realized that their fourth child was about to be born, three weeks early...

Education Week: As swine flu closes schools, tech. could keep doors to learning open

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Home health-care devices help patients stay out of the hospital - Business Center - PC World

Home Health-care Devices Help Patients Stay out of the Hospital - Business Center - PC World: "Various technologies enable patients to exchange health information with caregivers. Patients use the Intel Health Guide system to video conference with health-care professionals and receive videos about diet and exercise."