News reports “mobile phones will form the basis of personal virtual health networks as doctors and patients adopt wireless medical monitoring and management systems,Johnson and Johnson science and technology office head Ted Torphy says.”Wireless communications will be critically important in the convergence of technology and healthcare,” Dr Torphy said. “One of the keys is the mobile phone - because people no longer leave home without their phone.”Mobiles could automatically send signals from sensor devices monitoring a person’s health status to care providers - an instant network that triggered alerts and interventions when needed.Early warning of physiological changes or reminders to take medicine were just the start, as converging technologies led to sensational breakthroughs,he said”.

Mobiles to keep tabs on health