Newly Ratified ZigBee Health Care Profile Now Available for Public Download
By Zigbee Alliance, PRNESunday, April 4, 2010
Public availability will spur innovation in telemedicine to help people live healthier, independent lives
SAN RAMON, California, April 5, 2010 - The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless
solutions for use in energy management, residential, commercial and consumer
electronics applications, today announced the Board of Directors has ratified
ZigBee Health Care and made the standard publicly available. ZigBee Health
Care offers new ways to help people of all ages live healthier and more
independent lives while lowering healthcare costs.
(Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091005/SF86596LOGO)
ZigBee Health Care provides a global, open standard for interoperable,
low-power wireless devices enabling secure monitoring and management of
noncritical, low-acuity healthcare services targeted at chronic disease
management, elderly care, wellness, in-patient and asset tracking. It
supports thousands of devices on a single network and provides full support
for IEEE 11073 devices, making each device eligible for FDA certification.
ZigBee Health Care products are ideal for use within homes, fitness centers,
retirement communities, nursing homes and other medical care facilities. The
standard meets the diverse requirements of consumers, service providers, care
providers, payers, product manufacturers and policymakers. More information,
and the standard download, can be found at www.zigbee.org/healthcare.
In June 2009 the Continua Health Alliance, the leading non-profit
coalition of major health care and technology companies in the industry,
endorsed ZigBee Health Care as Continua's low-power local area network (LAN)
standard. Continua recommends ZigBee Health Care for sensing and control in
professional settings, homes, recreation centers and across large campuses as
it offers secure, robust, battery-efficient wireless connectivity for patient
activity and facilities monitoring while delivering the freedom of wireless
operation outside of buildings. In addition, ZigBee is a proven low-power
technology that coexists with other wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi.
"ZigBee Health Care provides a wide variety of remote and wireless health
monitoring services that can inspire everyone to take a more active role in
their own wellness and fitness," said Dr. Robert F. Heile, chairman of the
ZigBee Alliance. "Wireless products based on ZigBee Health Care will enable
people to get the care they need without sacrificing their independent
lifestyles and mobility."
The ZigBee Alliance and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) are
currently working together to educate both health care professionals and
consumers on the benefits of telecommunications technologies.
According to a recent report by Pike & Fischer, telemedicine spending is
projected to reach US$3.6 billion annually by 2014. In the United States, the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes US$20 billion for
health information technology, with a focus on electronic medical records and
telemedicine.
ZigBee: Control your world
ZigBee is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different
devices to work together and enhance everyday life. The ZigBee Alliance is a
non-profit association of more than 340 members driving development of ZigBee
wireless technology. The Alliance promotes world-wide adoption of ZigBee as
the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in
consumer electronic, energy, home, commercial and industrial areas. For more
information, visit: www.zigbee.org/.
Kevin Schader of ZigBee Alliance, +1-925-275-6672, kschader at inventures.com; or Earlene Tang of GolinHarris, +1-714-918-8215, etang at golinharris.com, for ZigBee Alliance
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April 5, 2010: 10:22 pm
I want to commend all of you for working so hard and being so strong at helping the whitehouse and congress begin to address our U.S. and Global healthcare crisis. You have been AWESOME! my fellow Americans and peoples of the World. America and the World is better and safer for it. My greatest pride is the knowledge that I am one of you. And that you really get it. You really understand the importance of it all. There are some potentially very good things in the healthcare legislation. Especially with the reconciliation fix’s. The Democrats, Bernie Sanders and the Whitehouse did a GREAT! job of fighting to produce the best healthcare legislation that they could. They have earned all our strong support. And we should give it to them. But it was your relentless pressure and hard work that made the difference. Whatever good comes from this healthcare legislation, America and the peoples of the World will have each of you to thank. You were smart, creative, courageous and relentless. You fought together for the best legislation possible. And when you had to, you fought alone. No matter who stumbled and fell you continued to push and forge ahead. Fighting for the lives and health of the American people and the World. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR-SELVES It may come to pass that future generations will look back on us and say that we were ALL Americas Greatest Generations. And that healthcare reform was our finest hour. You should be proud of our leaders President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid and the many other Democratic and independent fighters for the people in congress. They proved them-self worthy of the leadership of a GREAT! PEOPLE. But we are not done yet. This was just the beginning of healthcare reform, not the end. WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, ARE NOT! divided on healthcare legislation. The vast majority of you have been consistently crystal clear that this legislation does not go far enough. You want a strong Government-run Public Option CHOICE!! available to everyone on day one. And you want it NOW! YOU MUST NOT ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL MANDATE TO STAND WITHOUT A STRONG GOVERNMENT-RUN PUBLIC OPTION CHOICE! AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. WE THE PEOPLE have been crystal clear that we want an end to dependence on for-profit healthcare and the for-profit proxies called private for non-profit healthcare. The American people want the CHOICE! of a strong Government-run Public Option to replace their need or dependence on healthcare providers whose primary motivation is profit. Rather than providing the highest quality, easiest accessible and most affordable medically necessary healthcare possible. This is what the rest of the developed World has. And the American people want it too. They want healthcare ASSURANCE! Not, for-profit health insurance. And they want it NOW! Now is the time to continue the push for a strong Government-run Public Option CHOICE! available to everyone that wants it on day one. Rationally it’s clear what we have to do to get this done. SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATS that supported you with a Public Option, and REMOVE as many republicans as you can. Not one republican in congress was willing to step across the isle to support a strong Government-run Public Option CHOICE!! available to everyone on day one. NOT ONE! Let no candidate prevail this November that does not support a Strong Government-run Public Option. 47,000 AMERICANS die each year from lack of healthcare. 120,000 die from treatable illness that don’t die in other developed countries. Hundreds of thousands of you are dieing from medical accidents in a rush to profit. And Millions are injured. Millions are driven into bankruptcy. All for the privilege of paying two to three times as much as any other people in the developed world for healthcare. HOGWASH! Additionally, tens of thousands of you and your children were killed and millions sickened and injured from a terror attack with H1N1 (swine flu). Released on the American people and the World by the for-profit healthcare industry. All in an attempt to panic and frighten you into excepting the oxymoronic criminal enterprise of private for-profit healthcare (The most costly, deadly, dangerous, and disgraceful product sold in America). H1N1 is still sickening people and killing them. Especially children, the young and the middle aged. And there will be a third wave. These are the terrorist you need to worry about the most. Even the so-called international terrorist would not do something so INSANE! But greed driven medical profiteers would and did. Apparently as far as republicans in GOVERNMENT are concerned, YOU! my fellow Americans - CAN JUST DROP DEAD! Including their own family members. Fools! Hundreds of thousands of you, and possibly millions of you will die from the long-term effects of your infection and poisoning with H1N1. So my fellow Human Beings. Rest-up, Take good care of the basics (Balanced nutrition, hydration, exercise, rest and POSITIVE emotional supports). Then wade back into the FIGHT! for a strong Government-run Public Option CHOICE! available to everyone on day one. Drug re-importation, Abolishment or strong restrictions on patents for biologic and prescription drugs. And government controlled and negotiated drug and medical cost, NOW! You must take back control of your healthcare system from the Medical Industrial Complex. This is a matter of National and Global security. There can be NO MORE EXCUSES. God Bless You My Fellow Human Beings. I’m glad to know of you. And proud to be one of you. See you on the battle field. Sincerely jacksmith - WorkingClass |
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