TeliaSonera launches medical monitoring by mobile network

Swedish-Finnish telecoms operator TeliaSonera on Wednesday presented a medical monitoring system using Sweden's mobile phone network so hospitals can keep track of out-patients' health developments. "It's a wireless system. Information on the patient's health is sent to the hospital via the mobile phone network," TeliaSonera spokeswoman Maria Strohle told AFP.
Patients who require regular check-ups but not necessarily in-hospital care can thus be equipped with sensors that transmit details of their medical condition to a small box the size of a mobile phone. The information is then transmitted to the hospital, she said.
In an emergency, hospital services would be immediately informed of the patient's deteriorating health and able to provide the necessary assistance.