Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare Inc., a large nonprofit health services network, has teamed up with six leading information technology companies to launch the Healthcare Transformation Lab, a project aimed at fostering the development and commercialization of innovative new health care technologies. The Lab already has several prototypes ready for display, including the computerized patient room of the future, 3-D printing of medical devices, a hand-hygiene sensor device, and a “life detector” to remotely monitor the heartbeat.
The collaboration is just the latest example of the growing importance of IT in the health care arena, and particularly the rising interest among providers in remote monitoring technology and...
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