Connected Healthcare
September 15, 2009 | Terry Sharrer
The Continua Health Alliance (Beaverton, OR) is a non-profit organization of some 200 health-related companies which promotes telemedicine solutions. Among other things, it certifies devices, such as blood pressure cuffs, and pulse oximeters, in an effort to standardize the means its members use. In several ways, certification and standardization promotes economies of scale, just as interchangeable parts and standard gages did in the Industrial Revolution. MORE