WWHI is an independent, nonprofit organization driving an unprecedented convergence of science, medicine, engineering and technology to save lives and reduce health care costs. The Institute is dedicated to working with health care organizations, wireless network providers, infrastructure companies, handset makers, retailers, academic institutions, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, foundations, inventors, entrepreneurs from around the world, with the ultimate goal being the acceleration of wireless health solutions that will promote wellness and improve the quality of both acute and chronic care. We are open to collaboration with anyone and everyone who shares our common vision for wireless health.
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Scripps Health is a Healthcare Affiliate of the West Wireless Health Institute.
Scripps Health is a $2 billion, non-profit, community-based health care system based in San Diego, California. Scripps treats nearly 500,000 patients annually through the dedication of more than 2,600 affiliated physicians and nearly 13,000 employees across five hospital campuses, 19 outpatient centers and home health care services. Research and clinical discovery have been a part of Scripps’ mission since its founding in 1924. With 100 new clinical trials added each year, there are approximately 350 clinical trials active at Scripps at any given time. Eric J. Topol, M.D., is the Chief Academic Officer at Scripps Health and holder of the Gary and Mary West Chair of Innovative Medicine. He will lead clinical research at the Institute to advance wireless health solutions.
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Qualcomm is a Technology Sponsor of the West Wireless Health Institute.
Headquartered in San Diego, California, Qualcomm is a global leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies.
Qualcomm pioneered the wireless health care market in 2001, when it partnered with CardioNet to introduce a fully mobile, continuous cardiac monitoring service for diagnosis. Since then, Qualcomm has identified additional opportunities where wireless technology can drive new clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic management applications.
By working with companies that represent industries atypical of its traditional partners – medical device manufacturers, health information technology enterprises, pharmaceutical corporations, and clinical trial firms – Qualcomm is enabling a new “personal health performance” market. This market is an integrated ecosystem of innovative technology that will bring health, wellness and fitness applications to mobile devices, while integrating social networks and clinical healthcare services. |