Medical instrument company joins Continua Alliance

Toumaz Technology has joined the Continua Health Alliance, an industry body aimed at promoting interoperability across emerging technology-based health and wellness applications. The open collaborative industry group is comprised of technology, medical device and healthcare industry leaders, and is dedicated to bringing together standards and diverse technology to create new healthcare products in the areas of fitness, chronic disease management, and aging independently.

Toumaz recently joined the Alliance's Technical Working Group and has participated in a number of discussions centred around its Sensium system, a new ultra-low-power wireless infrastructure system for health and lifestyle monitoring applications.

As a full member, Toumaz will gain early access to Continua guidelines and test processes to enable the development of interoperable products and services.

Members of the Alliance include Cisco, GE, IBM, Intel, Medtronic, Motorola, Oracle, Philips, Partners Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente.