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36 Healthcare IT News ■ August 2008 new products www.HealthcareITNews.com Intel ready to go to market with its new in-home device “This is an important prodmore customization.” ing for Intel’s Digital Health Group, said uct that will improve the state “We really believe – The Intel Corp. has the FDA clearance means her group and cost of healthcare around this system is a new received clearance from the Food and Drug can now promote the Health Guide to the world,” said Louis Burns, catergory of device,” Administration for a new in-home medical a number of different channels. vice president and general Scott said. Insurance companies and other device for managing health conditions. manager of Intel’s Digital Intel exec utives The Intel Health Guide links patients with payers struggling to contain Health Group. “It results from say the Intel Health their care teams to provide personalized care healthcare costs would be prime years of research to underGuide enables care- Intel’s new Health Guide. prospects, she said. Scott opened, management at home.BEST IN KLAS: Moments before the exhibit hall said that Mariah Scott the KLAS contingent while took a break for a team photo. stand the needs of the aging Intel, which announced the FDA approval (above)there are other, similar tools on the givers to provide their last month, expects the Health Guide will be market already in useact put the HIT SINGING CLINICIANS: Monday’s opening by home care agen- patients with more personalized care at population and how technology can support commercially availablein HIT music (left). from healthcare pro- cies to monitor patients, the Intel Health home, while also engaging and empower- them in their daily lives.” ■ Guide offers a wider range of functions ing patients to take a more active and posi- More at HealthcareITNews.com viders in late 2008 or early 2009. Mariah Scott, who heads sales and market- and “also has the ability to do so much tive role in their own care. e ●Connect: DeVICe 0808 BY BERNIE MONEGAIN, Editor SANTA CLARA, CA for ALL tHe VISIT THE LAtest news ALL NEW! VIsIt InnoVAtIonrx LAuncHes MedIcAtIon AdHerence serVIce NEWTON, MA AIrstrIp tecHnoLoGIes worKInG on oB AppLIcAtIon for IpHone 3G SAN ANTONIO, TX – InnovationRx, a division of Innovation Group, has launched a medication adherence service aimed at educating patients to take more control over their medications and health. The service, jointly developed through a research grant with Northeastern University School of Pharmacy, targets all demographics, age groups and InnovationRx offers new disease states. It patient service. includes a combination of education, selfassessments, customized intervention plans, reminders and private, convenient access to live pharmacists. The service is available immediately and patients can select one of several monthly subscription plans. Patients receive a personal account at the InnovationRx Web site where they can access a full line of interactive medication management tools and information about the drugs they are taking and learn about side effects or reactions with other medications or food. e ● Connect: MoBILeDeSK 0808 Pursue the CPHIMS credential or ramp-up your HIT and management systems industry knowledge in record time. Preparing for Success in Healthcare Information and Management Systems: The CPHIMS Review Choice of Two Formats multimedia or textbook! – AirStrip Technologies is in the advanced stages of development for its innovative AirStrip OB medical application for the new Apple iPhone 3G. The AirStrip OB will allow obstetricians to use their iPhones to remotely access virtual realtime and historical waveform data for both the mother and baby directly from the hospital’s labor and delivery unit utilizing a cell phone connection. The iPhone appli- Airstrip Technologies’ new cation will provide OB medical application. users with multi-touch capabilities to quickly scroll and zoom through critical data, including contraction and fetal heart waveform patterns The AirStrip OB iPhone version will be taking advantage of the expanded iPhone screen size, and Apple’s new push notification service to send alerts to physicians based on individual physician customization. It will also allow doctors to add patients to a “My Patients” list that will help physicians navigate through data more efficiently. “AirStrip Technologies is striving to improve patient safety by setting a new standard of care in the world of mobility and remote surveillance. Therefore, it only makes sense that we extend our application to one of the most innovative handheld devices available today,” said AirStrip Technologies’ president and chief medical officer, Cameron Powell, MD. 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