Clearly wireless technologies' importance to the telemedicine industry is growing. Here's more evidence: The ZigBee Alliance and the American Telemedicine Association announced an agreement today to work together to evangelize ZigBee technology's use cases for the healthcare industry. ATA plans to promote ZigBee to a number of groups, including "traditional medicine, academic medical centers, technology and telecommunications companies, e-health, medical societies and government," according to the organizations' press release. The pitch includes an emphasis on the benefits that telecommunication technology provides to improve "the quality and efficiency of medical care to patients."
“We are honored to be working with the American Telehealth Association to expand telehealth solutions for all consumers and care providers,” said Dr. Robert Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. “ATA’s members are a knowledgeable community of technology, medical device and health care industry leaders who can help us deliver greater independence, safety and improved health to everyone everywhere, every day.”
“Today’s requirements to reduce health care cost while maintaining and further improving high quality levels of medical care to a burgeoning population calls for a very robust, cost-effective wireless technology that supports independent living and remote chronic disease management,” said Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association. “Collaborating with the ZigBee Alliance will support the ATA mission of promoting state-of-the- art technology solutions for telehealth applications that can benefit everyone.”
For more, read the groups' full press release here
