Healthcare Industry News
Wireless reaches into health care arena
Monday, 24, May 2010
Imagine a world where a bandage stuck to a patient’s chest lets a doctor monitor the heart rhythm remotely, or a woman uses a hand-held ultrasound device to perform a breast exam at home, or a small disposable drug pump records the exact amount of medicine it dispenses into a hospital patient and transmits the information to the nearest nurses station.That future is just around the corner, and the San Diego area is playing a major role in making it a reality.
Just as wireless devices revolutionized computers and telecommunications over the last two decades, the technology now promises to transform the medical industry.Along the way, the change is giving birth to a new business sector in San Diego County that has emerged alongside the region’s well-established biotechnology and telecommunications industries.Suddenly, San Diego is on fire,” said Duane Roth, chief executive of Connect San Diego, a nonprofit support group for fledgling technology companies.
