SASKATCHEWAN and PARIS, July 10 /PRNewswire/ - SaskTel and
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the launch of
LifeStat Remote Monitoring and Health Management, a service that records
and transmits daily blood glucose and blood pressure readings,
automatically creating confidential, easy-to-use reports that can be viewed
online by the client, their caregivers, and the client's healthcare
professionals. The ongoing development and support of the LifeStat platform
and applications will be managed by SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent through
their Salveo project, which is based in Saskatchewan.
The Salveo project is funded by SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent with the
primary objective of becoming a world leader in health and wellness
telemonitoring software applications. A key focus of the Salveo project is
the development of applications that will help keep people healthier and
save costs in the healthcare system.
"LifeStat is a tremendous success story for SaskTel, Alcatel-Lucent and
the Province of Saskatchewan," said Ken Cheveldayoff, Minister of Crown
Corporations for the Province of Saskatchewan. "Not only will LifeStat
result in healthier people globally, it has created 20 new technical and
professional positions in this province."
"The LifeStat technology may hold the key to a new paradigm of diabetes
and chronic illness management in primary care. We are looking forward to
using this technology to introduce standard clinical diabetes management in
the patient's home with the help of the Home and Community Care team and
the patient's family physician," said Dr. Sheldon Tobe, Sunnybrook Hospital
Ontario.
SaskTel will market and sell the LifeStat service directly to consumers
and healthcare providers in Canada, while Alcatel-Lucent will market and
actively sell the Salveo platform to its global customers outside of Canada
under the name Alcatel-Lucent Health and Wellness Application.
"We're very excited to provide patients and caregivers with a powerful
tool to aid in the effective management of chronic illnesses such as
diabetes and hypertension," said Robert Watson, SaskTel President and CEO.
Future LifeStat applications will include monitoring and reporting for
chronic illnesses such as congestive heart failure, Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and asthma.
"Alcatel-Lucent healthcare solutions help empower providers and improve
patient care. With the launch of LifeStat and the grand opening of Salveo,
SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent are leveraging our combined expertise to deliver
the next wave of innovative global telehealth solutions," said Alex Giosa,
President of Alcatel-Lucent Canada. "Interest has been strong, particularly
due to the unlimited mobility and low cost per patient of the Salveo
solution."
About Salveo
Salveo is a SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent project focused on the
development of advanced health and wellness telemonitoring software
applications to address global market needs. Through the Salveo project,
SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent develop applications that integrate, enhance,
and enable the convergence of personal data in the health, wellness and
lifestyles arena. In Canada, SaskTel markets and sells the platform via its
LifeStat(TM) Remote Monitoring and Health Management service directly to
consumers and healthcare regions. Internationally, Alcatel-Lucent markets
and actively sells under the name Alcatel-Lucent Health and Wellness
Application to its global enterprise customers in the utilities and
healthcare verticals.
About SaskTel
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel) is the
leading full service communications provider in Saskatchewan, offering
competitive voice, data, dial-up and high speed internet, entertainment and
multimedia services, security, web hosting, text and messaging services,
and cellular and wireless data services over its digital networks. The
Corporation also provides security monitoring services through SecurTek,
directory services through DirectWest, in-room communications services to
the healthcare sector through Hospitality Network, telecommunications
consulting and software solutions through SaskTel International and an
out-of-province sales and service channel in Alberta and British Columbia.
SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately
5,200 full-time, part-time and temporary employees. Visit SaskTel at
http://www.sasktel.com.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that
enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver
voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in
fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies,
applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions
that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work
and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent
is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced
global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research,
technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry.
Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is
incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more
information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
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