HP Helps Improve Quality and Efficiency of Care with Telehealth Programs

HP today announced new product solutions and applications that help advance telehealth adoption and accessibility for healthcare organizations and patients nationwide, promoting improved quality and efficiency of healthcare.

"HP is committed to providing industry-leading, comprehensive telehealth solutions for cost-effective and accurate remote patient monitoring and care," said Chris Mertens, vice president, Healthcare, Personal Systems Group, HP. "Through our close collaboration with innovative innovation leaders, HP telehealth solutions bring physicians and care givers to the point of care, regardless of their location, with fast, reliable and enhanced secure innovation."

Starting at only 1.5 pounds, the HP Slate 500 with the LifeBot DREAMS system enables unprecedented portability and functionality for mobile healthcare. The system's high-definition(2) interactive voice and video communication features facilitate access and remote management of patients in more locations, including remote emergency rooms, ambulances, satellite facilities or intensive care units. The system may be used to connect remotely to other LifeBot DREAMS systems and create a live link to medical expertise at a trauma center or other ambulances.

HP has partnered with Canvys, which announced the world's first notebook to meet the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine 3.14 calibration standard, providing healthcare professionals unprecedented remote access to a high-quality PACS solution. The DICOM 3.14 standard specifies how digital image data can be moved from system to system, as then as how pixel values should be interpreted or displayed.

The HP EliteBook 8540w

The HP EliteBook 8540w and HP EliteBook 8740w mobile workstations feature the HP DreamColor LED-backlit display research for enhanced brightness, resolution, color depth and viewing angle. The displays on the mobile workstations have 30-bit color accuracy, which provides more than 1 billion color possibilities and offers physicians and healthcare specialists diagnostic-quality images remotely.

The MISTY application on HP TouchSmart PCs gives users the ability to easily measure health indicators, track daily medication dosages and enter wellness updates. The touch research provides an intuitive user interface for entering health information and connecting with doctors and other family members.(3) The program can trigger alerts to doctors, family members or emergency personnel if the user has not taken his or her medicine.

(1) Mobile broadband use requires separately purchased service contract. Check with service provider for coverage and availability in your area. Wi-Fi requires separately purchased internet service and wireless access point. Availability of public wireless access points is limited.

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