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Alcatel:Telbios
selects Alcatel solution to deliver innovative residential
telemedicine services
Other Topics:
ATA West 2006 - American
Telemedicine Association,
Telemedicine Facility India,
eNotes Telemedicine
Alcatel
July 13, 2006
Paris, France -- Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) today
announced that it has been awarded a contract by Telbios, a
leading Italian provider of health-care services, to provide an
innovative solution to deliver video assistance and remote
monitoring. Residential telemedicine services, currently under
validation at the Istituto Scientifico Universitario San
Raffaele, will be available to the public by the end of 2006. |
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This solution is
based on Alcatel's Genesys contact center platform, provided and
installed by Alcatel, which combines call center functionalities
with the ability to manage video calls, including those from
mobile terminals, enabling a wider number of institutions and
hospitals to access these services, and assist their patients
with an array of residential telemedicine services.
Telbios will add video assistance to its portfolio of
telemedicine services, already offered by its telemedicine
center, with the TV as a preferred interaction tool between
operators and patients. The new telemedicine service will be
available on every broadband communication network (terrestrial,
mobile and satellite) to allow every citizen to benefit, even in
areas not covered by terrestrial broadband.
Besides video calls and videoconferences on mobile terminals, it
will be possible to securely transmit electronic medical and
life style related data over the network, and to receive
interpretation and diagnosis information, sent by the medical
staff of the Telemedicine Center, on the TV set at home. The
solution will require the installation of a specific set-top box
(STB) at the patient's premises, which will be connected to the
TV, and a web cam to enable video calls.
"Our objective is to facilitate the development of the best
possible health-care services; services designed and deployed to
be easily accessed by everyone" said Leopoldo Genovesi, CEO in
Telbios. "Services meant for patients with chronic diseases,
elderly people living alone; people that care for their wellness
and health to hospitals, enabling the care for people at their
home, by positively contributing to a correct life style" said
Andrea Mason, CTO of Telbios. "We found in Alcatel a reliable
partner to help us complete our mission."
"Alcatel's Genesys solution for Telbios will be first
implemented in the framework of the IGEA Sat project, developed
in cooperation with ESA and in partnership with Lombardy Region,
Associazione Nazionale Sanitaria Piccole Isole (Small Islands
Health National Association) and other companies, such as Kell,
Telespazio, Telecom Italia Labs, Reallife TV, OPIS, Value
Partners" commented Lina Colitta, in charge of the project for
Telbios at Alcatel. "With the Genesys solution, IGEA Sta
realizes 'the network of the networks', integrating a number of
communication networks, with Telespazio ensuring the relevant
role of satellites in delivering telemedicine services".
"The cooperation with Telbios will give Alcatel the opportunity
to apply its unrivalled competencies in the telecommunication
industry, derived from long term experience in the deployment of
network solutions for every kind of company in every industry,
included e-health" said Andreas Schneider, Vice President of
Sales and Service activities for Alcatel in Italy. "This is a
complex project that, for sure, will utilize the benefits of the
Genesys platform in managing interaction among patients and
operators. It is a revolution in the residential assistance in
terms of better services and resources optimization".
About Telbios
Telbios is Italy's leading provider of telemedicine services and
networks in civil and military health-care organizations, as
well as in home-care assistance, proposing services and
customer-oriented solutions. The company collaborates with its
shareholders, all of whom are leaders in their respective
business spheres: Scientific Institute University San Raffaele
(healthcare, medical and biomedical research, teaching),
Telespazio (satellite telecommunications), Telecom Italia
(terrestrial telecommunications) and Value Partner (a leading
management consulting firm).
About Alcatel
Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication
carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for
delivery of voice, data and video applications to their
customers or employees. Alcatel brings its leading position in
fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications and services,
to help its partners and customers build a user-centric
broadband world. With sales of EURO 13.1 billion and 58,000
employees in 2005, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com
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