…as single-purpose systems now multi-task

mHealth Summit also confirmed a system trend for once single-minded telecare systems–the addition of telehealth and social connectedness to their behavioral monitoring to add value. You see this with GrandCare Systems (telecare+video+social) and WellAWARE Systems (telecare+vital signs). One of the newer entrants in the morph pit is Independa, which is combining the other way ’round: social connectedness and reminders with telehealth monitoring. Or in their ecosystem, Angela with Artemis (arriving 2nd quarter 2012). Release.