{"id":3580,"date":"2013-11-04T21:48:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T21:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2015-05-07T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T23:04:12","slug":"verizon-launches-cloud-based-patient-monitoring-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/verizon-launches-cloud-based-patient-monitoring-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon Launches Cloud-Based Patient Monitoring System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nPosted by Rick Schadelbauer on Monday, November 4, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Verizon\u2019s Enterprise Solutions Division has launched a new service that will facilitate the instantaneous transfer of patient medical monitoring data to the cloud, where it can be monitored by health care professionals between face-to-face appointments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verizonenterprise.com\/us\/industry\/healthcare\/converged-health-management\/\" target=\"_blank\">Verizon\u2019s Converged Health Management service<\/a>\u00a0will witlessly transmit data from home monitoring devices to a secure server that resides in Verizon\u2019s cloud, where it can be accessed and analyzed by the user\u2019s physician.<\/p>\n<p>While the cloud service is currently able to collect data from blood pressure cuffs, weight scales, pulse oximeters (for measuring oxygen saturation) and glucose meters, additional devices are expected to be added over time.<\/p>\n<p>By facilitating the flow of data between patient and doctor, Converged Health Management offers the promise of higher quality health care. \u201cPatient outcomes are often the result of what individuals do when they are away from their care providers,\u201d said Verizon chief medical officer Dr. Peter Tippett. \u201c[Converged Health Management] allows the patient and physician to review a dashboard, and the clinician can prioritize how their patients are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The service also provides positive motivation to users\u2014patients may receive money-saving coupons and personalized healthy lifestyle suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>Officially classified as a medical device, Converged Health Management received FDA approval in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out how Verizon and the Cloud are teaming up for medical purposes!  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/verizon-launches-cloud-based-patient-monitoring-system\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}