Nemours, JEA win innovation award
The Business Journal of Jacksonville - 9:07 AM EDT Wednesday
Gov. Jeb Bush has recognized Nemours Children's Clinic for its collaborative study with JEA for the team's effort to use broadband communication as a way to deliver healthcare advice for low-income, inner city asthmatic children.
The Governor's Innovation Award was given by Bush to Nemours and JEA for the project's contribution toward the growth of Florida's economy. Nemours and JEA established a network between medical staff at Nemours and patients at their homes or schools in order to offer available health care to those who might not have immediate access to the clinic.
Patients can connect to medical staff at Nemours via a live video feed transmitted through a broadband signal sent over JEA's power lines. Nemour's staff can monitor patient's blood pressure, pulse rate, body temperature and breathing ability over the lines. The network has already been implemented in four homes in Jacksonville, but sites for remote monitoring will include schools and daycare centers, as well as additional patient homes.
The program is currently funded by a federal grant by a Department of Commerce Federal Technologies Opportunities Program.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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