More on 'aging in place'–Digital doctors thriving on house calls

Philip Moeller’s “Best Life” series in US News & World Report returns to telecare/telehealth, where he looks at two systems in place for 3-4 years (how time flies!), and the value over time of trended data:  QuietCare in the Mulberry Gardens community and Intel Health Guide in 500 homes near Portland, OR.  While it is true that both GE and Intel have “commercialization savvy” and “global reach”, only Intel developed their technology in-house, to the chagrin of some shareholders who objected to millions in development, no end in sight.  GE purchased rights from one of those “startup companies….with promising technologies.”  Where would we be without them?  (Disclosure:  I worked for that startup company)  Article.