Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and GE last week launched a partnership in which the companies pledged to spend $250 million over the next five years to develop and market technology for home-based monitoring and diagnosing of people with chronic illnesses.
Allowing patients to stay home while hospitals monitor their condition and diagnose and treat problems remotely will cut health care costs, company executives said.
Currently, only a small percentage of U.S. doctors' offices have adopted fully functional e-medical records and related systems. In hospitals, the use of health IT systems is estimated at less than 20%.
Though use of e-records is growing, the hardest trick -- data sharing -- has barely begun. InformationWeek has published an independent analysis of this topic. Download the report here
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
