Intel's Application Software Platform to Help Health Care Providers

Intel today announced the launch of the Intel® Health Application Platform (Intel® HAP), an innovative application software platform that can be used by remote care solution providers to enable a variety of remote health care usage models. Remote patient care encompasses a variety of care modalities that are provided to a patient outside of a clinical setting. The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has been a huge boon to the health care industry, and remote care is one of the biggest breakthrough advancements in modern health care delivery. Managing patients with serious or chronic conditions with remote care has been shown to reduce hospital admissions by 40 percent and readmission rates by 75 percent, and lower U.S. employer health care costs by as much as $6 billion annually.