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Healthcare
is
constantly changing! Since the
implementation of Telemonitoring,
the elderly better understand the importance of self-management and
enjoy participating in their own care. The team approach to quality
care is making a difference! Read
more at
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TRIAGE-CRT
Telemonitoring in
Patients With CHF and Indication of CRT-D Jan 2007 This
feasibility study will investigate the clinical benefit of the combined
use of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring (HM) and weight and blood pressure
external telemonitoring
(ETM) in the follow-up treatment of 200 patients implanted with a
CRT-D. The feasibility study is designed to plan and define endpoints
for a larger randomized study. The study will assess the HM-parameter
trends correlation with daily weight and blood pressure changes. The
patient compliance rate of the two different telemonitoring
systems (HM & ETM) will also be evaluated. Read more http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00395642;jsessionid=0BEB313898EF36A2F96A5592B0A6FCAA?order=7 |
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Home Monitoring
Devices Could Reduce Health Costs October 12, 2006 |
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Home
is where the health care is Diagnosis:
Chronic medical conditions cost the health-care system billions of
dollars. Prescription:
Now patients can avoid the hospital by monitoring their condition at
home. Moving
toward Health 3.0 -- The
next generation of home monitoring technology is already being
developed to serve that emerging market. |
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ABC-7
Read more at http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=health&id=4224598
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Monitoring system comes in under the wire Chicago
Sun-Times, May
23, 2006 by Ted
Pincus Unfortunately, none of us can watch a chronically ill, homebound parent every minute. Now there's a system that can perform that function while giving them freedom of movement.
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VA
starts the largest ever telehealth study with Carematix, April
2006
- Carematix, the leading provider of wireless telehealth
monitors, will assist in a three-year study that will examine the
effectiveness of behavioral-lifestyle and medication management
interventions among 450 veterans with hypertension. The study will be
conducted at the More details at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb375442.htm |
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Telehome Care Study of Heart Patients To Feature Carematix Wireless Monitors Now Underway at University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing April 2006 - Carematix, the leading provider of wireless telehealth monitors, has joined forces with the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing to conduct a four-year study on the effectiveness of telehome monitoring on 216 patients. The study is funded by a grant for more than $1 million from the National Institute of Nursing Research.
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 Home Health
Monitoring Technology Gains Ground, but It's Slow Going By
John Carroll in "This
study is one of the first to compare three interventions designed to
improve blood pressure control," says Hayden Bosworth, PhD, a
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IT
Showcase - With new IT-based products, medtech
companies are meeting customer needs today and anticipating tomorrow's
marketplace. June 2005 By Steve Halasey and Art Kerley. Read more at http://www.devicelink.com/mx/archive/05/05/bizplan_x.html |
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Medtronic Evaluates Carematix Remote Monitoring of Heart Activity, Weight and Blood Pressure in Heart Failure Patients, May 2005 -- Medtronic Inc, the world's leading medical technology company, has begun deploying Carematix wireless devices for it's REACH HF cardiac study. This study is being conducted to assess the efficacy and convenience of remotely monitoring physiological heart data, weight and blood pressure in the management of heart failure. Read the press release. WIRELESS
NEWS-May 4, 2005-Medtronic, Carematix Launch Study on the Effectiveness
of Remote Monitoring of Heart Patients http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-108416401.html |
Carematix receives Veterans Administration telehealth contract award, October 2004 – The Veteran’s Administration (VA) has selected Carematix as one of the awardees of its Tele-monitoring contract. This award was announced after almost a year of due diligence across the entire industry and is a testament to the immense value realized by Carematix technology and services.
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Carematix
products showcased in Microsoft Home for the Future, Sept 2004
-- The Microsoft eHome
team is primarily concerned with the future of consumer experiences
within the home environment. The team develops sophisticated
prototypes and vision demos of scenarios that are designed to promote
thinking about products, security, safety, health and entertainment of
people in both the Visitors to the MS Home range from internal product groups and key decision makers here at Microsoft to heads of state, public policy groups and people of significant influence across nearly all industries including healthcare. The MS Home has been and remains the single most popular tour request in all of Microsoft since its completion. Carematix is proud to have its products selected to be part of this exciting environment!
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Vince
Kuraitis, MBA, JD,
Principal of the firm Better Health Technologies, LLC, In interview
with Audrey Kinsella How
would you describe the state-of-the-art for technologies used to assist
people with obesity? Can you elaborate on some of the technologies that
are available in the market today? Remote
patient monitoring (RPM) companies are incorporating tools to assist
people in managing their weight. These companies typically provide a
customized set of vital sign mea http://www.informationfortomorrow.com/community/0204_KuraitisResponds.htm |
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Watching
from a distance - By GEORGE SCHWARZ - The When
the Starship Enterprise's chief medical officer, Leonard "Bones" McCoy,
used his Tricorder to
check vital signs, he did it one patient at a time.
Now, a local doctor and his business associates can
monitor thousands of patients at a time and, unlike the fictional
physician on Star Trek, they watch over their down-to-earth patients
from afar. Read
more http://www.amarillo.com/stories/112303/new_watching.shtml |
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Awards |
 Carematix
received Entrepreneurial
Excellence Award, April 2004 --
The
Frost & Sullivan Award for
Entrepreneurial Excellence for the year 2004 goes to Carematix Inc. for
its
innovative Carematix Wellness System (CWS). Based on
advanced,
patent-pending technologies, the CWS solution offers home
based patients
a unique set of advantages over legacy systems. In
recognition for its contributions to
the remote patient monitoring devices market and for meeting the
challenges of
wireless telehealth technologies in chronic disease management, Frost
&
Sullivan is pleased to present Carematix Inc. with its 2004
Entrepreneurial
Excellence Award Award Description : This Frost & Sullivan Award is given each year to the small company that demonstrated superior entrepreneurial ability in its industry. This award signifies the company's identification of a unique and revolutionary product solution with significant market potential. Additionally, the award certifies that the company's marketing strategy is sound and poised for success. |
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Conferences-
Speaking
Engagements |
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May
2007 Digital Health - How can digital technologies assist in creating more responsive, proactive, and holistic healthcare? This session covers the latest advancements, including monitoring, telehealth, and other emerging applications. http://www.parksassociates.com/events/conn2007/agenda/agenda.htm |
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July
2005 PANEL
DISCUSSION: MOBILE/WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN
HEALTHCARE
UNBOUND The
ubiquitous wireless transmissions surrounding people today have gone
relatively
unused in healthcare. Wireless healthcare has begun to show significant
progress in this area …..The panel will discuss: •
Taking the critical steps in developing a wireless product •
Marketing wireless benefits directly to consumers •
Gaining FDA approval for wireless biomedical devices •
Winning formulary approval with pharmaceutical and therapeutics
committees PANEL
DISCUSSION: DISEASE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS • Are
disease management companies embracing this new technology? What are the impediments
to adoption? In
what areas has remote patient monitoring
proven most effective? …. Long-term effects of
remote monitoring on
chronically ill patients; Personal
health records as a means of leveraging technology for improved medical
outcomes; What is
the impact of
CMS/Medicare and their “at risk” Chronic Care
Improvement Program on use of
telehealth and related technologies in disease management? |
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May
2004 Carematix
presents at at ATA--
CEO of Carematix Dr. Sukhwant Khanuja speaks on “Benefits
of Vital Sign Monitoring combined with Cardiac Device
Monitoring” Monday May 3rd
at ATA |
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