Continua signs agreement with COAI

Continua Health Alliance (Continua) on Tuesday signed a strategic agreement with the COAI.

Through its membership of leading private cellular operators, telecom infrastructure players and equipment manufacturers, COAI will support Continua's growing portfolio of member companies, particularly in the mobile carrier segment.

COAI will also be an important member of Continua's India Working Group. Continua is an international non-profit multi-stakeholder group, and the leading organization convening global technology industry standards to develop end-to-end, plug-and-play connectivity for personal connected health.

"In India, the need for mobile connected health solutions is increasing rapidly, and we look forward to working with COAI to create additional opportunities for our members and further expansion," said Clint McClellan, Continua Board President and Chairman.

"As we know, the National Telecom Policy 2012 envisages m-health amongst its priority objectives for further socio-economic development in India. We look forward to our association with Continua towards helping achieve the said objective with their insights and expertise in the domain. We are hopeful of making important inroads in India, via Continua's India Working Group," said Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, COAI.

"Healthcare will finally converge to mobile phones in the next few years, and working with COAI, we hope to achieve the goal of mobile health (mHealth) for all by 2016," said Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Chair, India Working Group.