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As an IT company, Oracle might have a lot of credibility with over 400,000 customers. However, when working with customers on Internet of Things (IoT) engagements in Industrial Automation (IA), it’s very typical for them to wonder why I’m there, says Dave Hofert. While we do have products such as Java that run on devices, a lot of our

Swisscom Health AG and the i-engineers AG, a software firm that provides specialised solutions for electronic patient record-keeping and networking, have decided to enter a strategic partnership. The cooperation will create new cloud-based solutions for hospitals that will also be beneficial to doctors and patients. Customers of the i-engineers will therefore be able to purchase their services at

100 million patients in the world are affected by sleep apnea syndrome. The disorder is characterised by pauses in breathing during sleep and this can cause drowsiness during the day as well as a broad spectrum of serious medical conditions.

Boundaries – whether in the physical world or the digital one – are always problematic. Countless conflicts over the centuries have revolved around inappropriate or inaccurate lines drawn on maps; restrictions on goods or people crossing those boundaries; or subversive challenges to established frontiers. Over recent years, convergence technologies have seriously eroded many types of boundaries in both our public

Isansys Lifecare Ltd, the provider of complete real-time physiological patient data services and systems, has announced the results of a collaborative pilot study, with a medical centre in India, based on its first generation Patient Status Engine.

A company which provides the NHS and health organisations with new generation wireless patient monitoring systems and associated predictive analytics is expanding at Milton Park thanks to increased demand from home and abroad.

Technology market research firm Infonetics Research, now part of IHS Inc. IHS, +0.28% has released excerpts from its new Connected Health M2M Connections and Services report.

BlackBerry Ltd and NantHealth, a cloud-based information technology provider combining science and big data to transform healthcare, have announced the launch of the next generation of the NantHealth HBox, a portable medical device that captures and transmits secure medical data between the patient, doctor and hospital. To power the new mobile HBox, NantHealth selected technology from QNX Software Systems Ltd,

Mobile mHealth devices present prolific opportunities across the board. However, it could be just a matter of time before a public data breach that rocks the industry – such as a massive identity theft or large-scale insurance fraud, reports Arif Mohamed for M2M Now.

As telecoms services have moved away from basic voice and data to become all-pervasive aids, supporting new ways of living and working, it’s increasingly important that the industry itself embraces and adapts to human challenges implicit in this technology revolution. In particular, it has to find ways to learn from the new generation of female pioneers in management and engineering

Nigel Chadwick is chief executive of Stream Technologies, provider of state-ofthe- art, end-to-end wireless network services for connected devices, globally. The company has recently launched IoT-X, a next generation connectivity enablement platform. As Chadwick tells M2M Now, Stream’s IoT-X is enabling network operators and multi-national organisations via creation of a fast expanding, value enhancing and unique IoT ecosystem spanning

Despite the overwhelming evidence of the benefits of digital health over the traditional analog services, we have seen significant barriers to adoption that have resulted in what I refer to as the Ten Paradoxes of Digital Health. This article will address the Money Paradox.

Chris Wasden, professor of innovation & executive director of the Sorenson Center for Discovery and Innovation at the University of Utah, will lead panelists of the M2M Now Money Talks mHealth conference in a fascinating and engaging debate centered around the future of digital health and the business case for implementing an App Formulary Model.

Researchers at the University of Arizona found that it takes only two to four hours for a virus to spread through an office, hotel or healthcare facility after a doorknob or tabletop is contaminated. To help organisations reduce the spread of infection, ATEK Access Technologies, LLC has released the new and improved Larco U-WAV touchless sensing wall switch,

One of healthcare’s biggest concerns is the discrepancy between potentially achievable success rates and the actual treatment success rates when it comes to patients. Studies show that something as simple as getting patients to take their meds, on time, in the right order and in the proper amount, could actually prevent as many as 125,000

A ‘Mood Sweater’ which interprets the wearer’s emotions via coloured LED lights embedded in the fabric is being showcased as part of the AXA PPP Health Tech & You Forum at London’s Design Museum, in what is described as a celebration of innovative, personal health technology.