Integra Systems, Inc. has had discussions with this innovative company over the past two years.
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We were introduced to them. Over the past two years several products have been introduced to the market that are quite innovative, FeverScout and VitalScout. It is felt that the personal healthcare ecosystem is going through a lot of change. Individuals are taking more ownership of their data and as a result are being proactive for their own healthcare. This is all very good. Rapid advances in BTLE and silicon have made this type of technology just happen. When you converge this with the smart phone and the cloud, huge change opportunities become present. It would be great if this data could perhaps be merged with an individuals EHR. For example, if you had your last 12 lead EKG completed and you had a normal sinus rhythm, how would this data impact the potential decrease of medication for high blood pressure? This would provide probably a better real time picture. Some may argue that this not true diagnostic data, but understand nothing like this existed before. It may take some time, but from a data analytics stand point, it makes a lot of sense it seems. The convergence of the data is going to happen.
