Next-Generation Remote Patient Monitoring Solution Enables More Personalised Care Management for Chronic and Age-Related Conditions


At the HIT (Health Information Technologies) Congress Paris 2010, Intel and Orange Healthcare, the health division of Orange, today announced a cooperation for the development of telehealth solutions.
This cooperation will start with the deployment of a pilot project using the Intel® Health Guide* for monitoring patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at the Centre Hospitalier de Moulins Yzeure in Auvergne.

Intel Corporation and Orange Healthcare, the health division of Orange, announced today a strategic cooperation for the development of telehealth solutions. A pilot project using Intel’s remote patient monitoring solution, the Intel® Health Guide, will be conducted with the Moulins-Yzeure Hospital in Auvergne. The project aims to use remote patient monitoring to support and improve the care of patients with COPD from hospitalization to extended follow-up at home.

The Intel Health Guide, a regulated device that carries the CE mark under the EU Medical Device Directive, combines an in-home patient device, the Intel Health Guide PHS6000, with the Intel Health Care Management Suite, an online interface that allows clinicians to securely monitor patients in their homes and manage care remotely. It was designed to help address the challenges of chronic conditions for patients, their family caregivers and the healthcare professionals responsible for their care.         

"We believe that shifting non-urgent care from the hospital to the home through technologies such as the Intel Health Guide is central to achieving a more personalized and cost-effective health care system,” said  Mariah Scott, Director of Sales and Marketing of Intel Digital Health Group. “The collaboration with Orange and the Moulins-Yseure  Hospital will bring improved understanding of this type of technology to a wider audience and increase the rate of adoption for telehealth systems as a method to help address chronic care challenges and bring benefits to patients and healthcare professionals.” 

Orange Healthcare already offers a range of services that play an essential role in the modernization and improvement of health devices. The Orange Connected Hospital solution simplifies the work of medical teams and allows access to medical records in the hospital. This service platform provides better activity monitoring, control and continuous improvement of quality of care and patient comfort. Orange Healthcare also has extensive experience in developing telemonitoring solutions of chronic diseases like diabetes or kidney failure.

Thierry Zylberberg, Executive Director of Orange Healthcare said: "As operator integrator we want to play with our industry partners a key role in monitoring and improving patient comfort, in a totally safe way, by assisting healthcare professionals in the exercise of their profession. We are confident that this agreement with Intel in the area of healthcare will allow us to capitalize on our expertise in developing solutions for telemonitoring of chronic diseases and hospitalization at home."

Intel and Orange share a vision to use technology to bring effective healthcare into homes and to improve the lives of seniors and people with chronic illness**. 


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For more information on the Intel Health Guide, visit www.intel.com/healthcare/telehealth. To learn more about Intel in healthcare, go to www.intel.com/healthcare.