Intel and GE joining to market home based technologies

On Monday, GE and Intel announced that they would be forming a partnership in order to produce home based health technologies. By combining their assets, they hope to capitalize in the next five years on commercialized home health devices. They will focus on three main categories: chronic disease management, independent living and assistive technologies. One of the main barriers they will be facing together is the lack of insurance coverage for digital home health devices. Read more at Fierce Mobile Healthcare.