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Justin Rattner
(Note that Miriam has also suggested someone else from Intel in this post -- seems like we should have someone from the company on the technology panel.)
Rattner is Intel's senior fellow, vice president, Director - Corporate Technology Group (CTG) and CTO. You can read his bio here.
According to this article,
Mobile health monitoring is seen as a new area of
application for handheld devices. There is a lot of research happening at Intel on handheld devices being used for physiological sensing.
A lot of that research is happening at the Intel India Research Center. The article describes Rattner 's demonstration of a mobile health monitoring research prototype co-developed by Intel India and Intel US teams. The prototype monitors multiple physiological parameters using a wireless body area network.
This information acquired will be used to investigate the challenges associated with wireless mobile health monitoring such as ease of use, mobility, power efficiency and reliability. This research is expected to lead to enhanced mobility solutions, continuity of care and remote monitoring.
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Intel sees preventive care very relevant to Indian market. The company hopes that new researches in the healthcare segment will help improve access and reduce the overall cost of health care especially for the rural poor.