Welch Allyn has just announced that the company has acquired HealthInterlink, a health IT firm that has an FDA-cleared remote monitoring solution focused on vital signs monitoring.
According to MDDI Online, this is the company’s first venture into telemedicine and it shows that traditional medtech companies are realizing the opportunities in telemedicine as well.
HealthInterlink’s telehealth solution, Beacon, works with wireless vital signs monitoring devices and mobile devices like a smartphone or tablet “that transmits vital signs data, answers to patient care plan questions, and patient messages to a HIPAA-compliant cloud-based web portal for patient data management by healthcare professionals and other authorized stakeholders. Doctors can view the data even through the patient’s electronic medical record. ”
Welch Allyn aims to use the company’s software solution to focus on helping primary care doctors and cardiologists manage patients with hypertension.