remote healthcare

Houston, Texas, USA (BUSINESS WIRE) — NuPhysicia and Harris CapRock Communications have formed an alliance that creates a standardised and optimised telemedicine technology for customers across the energy, government and maritime markets.

Qualcomm has announced a new subsidiary, Qualcomm Life, to focus on remote health management, and a new cloud platform called 2net for transferring biometric data.

Population keeps growing and healthcare costs keep increasing – up to 9% of GDP (and even 16% in the US). 75% of the cost is coming from a few chronic diseases. Aging population is increasing the burden.