What do you do when you’re healthy enough to go home but still in need of monitoring? You could turn to an in-home nursing service, but that’s more invasive than most people care to get. St. Jude Medical’s Merlin.net offers a nice solution. The device can remotely monitor any implanted medical device, like a pacemaker.
By sending updates of an ‘event’ or emergency via text, fax, or email, your doctor could know you’re in distress within seconds, allowing faster response to potentially life-threatening occasions. Merlin also allows medical staff to send short messages to patients. Things like medication reminders and appointment schedules can be sent straight to the device. Merlin has been approved for use in Europe.
Source: Medgadget
