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In the face of an aging population and the rise of chronic diseases, governments around the world have been looking for solutions to reducing health care expenditures while maintaining medical service quality. eHealth, which provides electronic, digital, and automated medical services, is one of such solutions. This report provides an overview of eHealth applications and examines the relative R&D intensity and patent deployments of several established players in the industry, including Bosch, Medtronic, General Electric, Philips, Siemens, and Honeywell.
List of Topics
- Overview of major eHealth applications: e-prescribing, electronic healthcare records, health information systems , mobile health, and telehealth
- Data mining analysis which pinpoints major technology fields and sectors of vendors' eHealth patents; also included are top 30 assignees and their R&D intensity
- Analysis of established vendors' patent deployment strategies, including technology fields and patent generality index analysis
Companies covered
Abbott, Bodymedia, Boeing Company, Bosch Healthcare, Cardiac Science Corporation, Cardiocom, Carefusion 303, Cerner Innovation, Covidien, Draeger Medical Systems, General Electric, Healthtrio, Hill-Rom, Honeywell, IBM, Institute for Information Industry, Intel, Intouch Technologies, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Koninklijke Philips Electronics, Medapps, Medtronic, Microsoft, Pacesetter, Roche Diagnostics Operations, Samsung Electronics Co., Searete, Siemens Medical Solution, Suntrust Bank, The Invention Science Fund, Visicu, Welch Allyn Protocol