Lemos aqui, que “Twenty-two electronics and health care companies have formed a coalition that will develop certification guidelines for health care information technology products and lobby regulatory agencies to implement rules to encourage the use of those products”. Esta coligação, pode ajudar a evitar muito desperdício na investigação de novas tecnologias da saúde. Entre as empresas que aderiram à coligação, encontram-se, "The coalition, which will operate as a not-for-profit organization called Continua Health Alliance, includes Intel, IBM, Cisco Systems, Samsung Electronics, Motorola, Philips Electronics, Medtronic, the GE Healthcare division of General Electric, Kaiser Permanente and Partners HealthCare System, among others".Ainda na mesma notícia, se refere que:
- “Continua will develop certification guidelines for health care IT products that meet certain interoperability standards, as well as a logo that will appear on those products to inform consumers about their compatibility”.
- “Continua will encourage the use of monitoring devices that transmit patient data to hospitals and other health providers in home health care and will lobby regulatory agencies to "make it easier for consumers to get reimbursed from insurers for using monitoring technology in the home”.
- “According to Continua, increased use of such monitoring devices would help address a potential shortage of health care providers as the rate of chronic diseases increases”.
Aqui, confirma-se a notícia. Só achamos estranho não estar presente, na “Continua”, a Siemens, um dos maiores players globais nas tecnologias da saúde.
Um dos desafios deste projecto, segundo a Forbes, é "a slow and expensive process to connect to Kaiser's network just some of the 300,000 biomedical devices it has in its doctors' offices and hospitals".
