Qualcomm Life, a subdivision of the major telecom product company that aspires to be a market leader in the developing wireless health network, recently unveiled their new 2net™ Platform and Hub. Qualcomm Life was formed last week as a wholly owned subsidiary to operate the formerly known Qualcomm Wireless Health. 2net™ includes a wireless hub hardware that integrates signals from many health monitoring devices around the home, collects and encrypts the data, then sends it to the cloud for physicians or other permitted parties to view.
Roughly 133 million Americans suffer from chronic diseases and their homes are littered with health monitoring devices such as blood pressure monitors or glucose meters. These devices collect data that would greatly benefit health providers in making more efficient treatment decisions if only they had access to that data.
While it is possible to use apps on smartphones to collect and transmit health data, not all signals from the array of health monitoring devices can communicate with smartphone technology. Qualcomm Life Vice President Rick Valencia purports that the new 2net™ Platform not only meets all medical standards, but is “technology agnostic, and can pair with virtually anything”. Qualcomm life is in the process of establishing partnerships with several device manufacturers and their case studies show positive results for the growing wireless healthcare user market.
“There are plenty of apps that will monitor your heart rate or glucose, but if it’s involved in any clinical decision making, that will need to be sent over secure channels and have backup capabilities,” says Andy Castonguay, principal analyst for handsets and devices at Informa.
2net™ is likely the first product on the market with its level of connectivity, security and ease-of-use. 2net™ Platform will probably include a service fee, but Qualcomm Life supports that the convenience and widely informative technology will be worth the price.
