A very useful and interesting medical device from RTX Healthcare

Nov 20, 2007 15:56 GMT  ·  By

The huge leaps forward achieved in both telecommunications and medical-related research over the past few years are changing the traditional doctor-patient relationship, as medics are now capable of offering their patients emergency assistance or advice even when they're not physically present. And one of the most advanced systems that allows physicians to remotely monitor their patients is the RTX3370 Telehealth Monitor, which engages the patients through personalized daily interactions and questionnaires while collecting vital signs and transmitting the information directly into a database using regular telephone lines.

Thus, the RTX3370 Telehealth Monitor is a wireless gateway, which serves as the central device for seamless and secure collection of data from chronically ill patients. The RTX3370 Telehealth Monitor collects data from a range of standard external vital sign monitoring devices such as scales, blood pressure monitors, blood glucose monitors and peak flow meters and transmits the data to a HTTPs server on the Internet.

The device is specially designed for home use by the patient and contains a number of unique features, designed for the 60+ target group with simplicity and usability as important targets, as for example a large easy-to-read display and large buttons. Furthermore, besides collecting vital sign data, the device has the ability to serve as a communicator between the care provider and the patient, since the RTX3370 Telehealth Monitor can be configured to ask symptomatic questions and also for patient reminders.

The RTX3370 Telehealth Monitor can also be configured to verbalize what is on the screen using compressed audio files. The files can be replaced to match language and text for each specific text that needs to be spoken. Moreover, due to the fact that it incorporates a very flexible JavaScript interpreter, the RTX3370 Telehealth monitor is easily adapted to the Health Service Providers specific handling of different diseases. The handling of data and selection of what to display is defined in these scripts.

Unfortunately, the manufacturer has not provided any pricing details, but does inform us that these products are only available in large quantities for health services providers, which makes determining an exact pricing rather impossible.

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