Healthcare Industry News
ZigBee wireless healthcare released
Thursday, 22, April 2010
The ZigBee Alliance, a global network of firms creating wireless solutions, has published a new healthcare profile, use of which could help spur the development of telemedicine.The Alliance says that the new healthcare profile will help foster innovation in telemedicine to help people lead independent healthy lives, while also lowering healthcare costs.The new healthcare standard is said to meet the diverse requirements of consumers, service providers, care providers, payers, product manufacturers and policymakers.
ZigBee Health Care provides a global, open standard for interoperable, low-power wireless devices enabling secure monitoring and management of noncritical, low-acuity healthcare services targeted at chronic disease management, elderly care, wellness, in-patient and asset tracking.The standard supports thousands of devices on a single network and provides full support for IEEE 11073 devices, making each device eligible for FDA certification.
