AT&T has announced the establishment of a new practice area and portfolio of specialized services that will support technology to help improve patient care and reduce medical costs nationwide.
Dubbed AT&T ForHealth, the practice will accelerate delivery of innovative wireless, networked, and cloud-based solutions specifically for the healthcare industry, AT&T said Thursday.
Examples of healthcare solutions that use AT&T’s technology include medicine bottles that remind patients to take pills on schedule, devices that remotely monitor patients’ heart levels, and audio/video links that can replace the need for an in-person visit to the doctor.
“Today’s announcements signal an exciting new era where our technology and smart networks can help improve the quality of care, reduce costs, and contribute to a healthier world,” said Dan Walsh, senior VP and head of AT&T’s ForHealth practice, in a statement.
Healthcare initiatives at large telecom providers like AT&T are diverse and often span enterprise, consumer, wireline, and wireless businesses, said IDC analyst Irene Berlinsky, who noted that it takes time to coordinate and leverage communications tools and information platforms used by healthcare delivery organizations and patients.
By announcing the ForHealth practice area, AT&T is signaling that its healthcare strategy is cohesive and ready for prime time, Berlinsky said, but she warned that a cohesive strategy is not enough to win healthcare business, and noted that Sprint’s and Verizon’s health information exchanges (HIEs) bring steep competition.
“Technologies that are future-proof, interoperable, and built on open standards will win out against proprietary solutions. Integration into medical workflows will be critical to healthcare provider adoption,” Berlinsky said. “For consumer-facing solutions like remote monitoring, ease-of-use, and patient engagement will be key.”
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Thanks for posting the video links!
You won’t find an alternative in the GOP, apart from the Paul duo (both doctors). But here it is: “What’s Really Wrong With the Healthcare Industry”:
could you link the page with the video embedded? direct-video links make my computer really sad for some reasom
Hah. Click on the Gixxerkart link and the first picture below the video links is “Jörg Müller, Achim Korden, Boris Said – 24h-Rennen 2003″
Really nice post. Enjoyed the video links as well.
New blog post by Catherine Rubin. She shares her unique view of the world with some video links.
Welcome to the American for-profit healthcare industry.
Not a coincidence at all.
They were bought by the insurance industries campaign contributions.
We NEED health insurance reform.
Its the change we all can believe in, if you work for a living you get the change,
beautiful is a really good song
Facebook started as a community site in the beginning but over the years it has evolved a one of the most happening traffic social media site at the moment.
[Video links are much better than
nice to read this news. but looks like healthcare business model with face of socialism. Patient has to cough up more money on the name of technology and latest treatment.
Great info if you’re looking to learn more about medical billing or in the healthcare industry. Otherwise it’s not very relevant.
It means that they have no scientific studies to prove the medicine's effectiveness and thus cannot make any claims of such.
You are as bad as the dem majority in congress, talk talk talk and then let the CBO tell you your numbers are wrong and misleading.
si vis pocem para bellum
Nope, its not wise to have the so called liberal belief of " big government" its not how this country was founded and it an attempt at socialism and communism
No but in Obamas words its the first step in that direction.
It is considered more formal to use "and" in a sentence. The & would be more suitable for names, and for informal writing.