Intel-GE moves into Mississippi

Mississippi University Medical Centre (MUMC) is partnering Intel-GE Care Innovations – a healthcare collaboration between Intel and General Electric – on a new facility to create and evaluate models of care using remote care management technology.

The Innovation Living Lab will be housed at Mississippi’s Centre for Telehealth, which is currently moving to the new Venyu Technology Centre, due to open next year.

The partnership’s objective is to create and develop systems which can supply an effective care environment beyond the boundaries of a hospital and into the home with remote monitoring.

Kristi Henderson, chief telehealth and innovation officer at MUMC, said: “In the traditional health-care setting, the patient’s condition and activity in the home is rarely accessible to clinicians. What we’re trying to do here is explore various approaches and locations for care delivery, and a key piece of that is extending care into the home. Our work with Care Innovations has already demonstrated the value of care and data collection in the home, and we’re excited to build upon our successes.”