The Evolution of Interoperability. Making the Dream a Reality.

Anyone who thinks that a standard is synonymous with interoperability is sadly mistaken.  Unfortunately, because standards are written to be interoperable, this mistake is an easy one to make.  To achieve interoperability needs a test regime and an ability to enforce compliance that ensures that products and standards are tested so that errors in either can be progressively eliminated.  The problem with this is that it requires an investment of tens of millions of dollars and many man years of effort.  Not many standards can afford that, so instead they pay lip service to the principle.  This article explains the issues and how they have been successfully addressed by some of the standards bodies.

Bluetooth Ecosystem for Health and Fitness

Bluetooth has become the de facto wireless standard for health and fitness devices.  Whether that’s a defibrillator, a weight scale, a heart rate belt, a glucose meter or a Wii Fit Balance Board, manufacturers have been enthusiastic in choosing Bluetooth to solve their connectivity issues.  Altogether, over 20 million Bluetooth health and fitness devices have been sold, from hundreds of different manufacturers.  This article explains why Bluetooth has been chosen and the demographics that are driving new, disruptive development in the consumer medical marketplace.

Trust Me - I’m not a Doctor

Healthcare is about to change as two disruptive forces come together. Those forces are Internet connected consumer medical devices and websites that bring the use of cognitive behaviour research and e-therapy to remote treatment.  Together they’re poised to combine their respective segments of expertise to produce a new generation of consumer health products.  It has the potential to be the most disruptive change to medicine in two centuries.  If it succeeds it will take healthcare out of the hands of today’s professionals and transfer it to the High Street as a true consumer offering.

Configuring the Deadwood Theme

 Notes on how this site was put together, which might help anyone else using the same theme from Graph Paper Press.