Wireless health devices soon to stock Best Buy shelves?
Best Buy may soon be selling wireless health devices in more than half of its 1,089 U.S. stores, according to this article in BusinessWeek. AT&T and Qualcomm are among the major players on the device side, as mobile phone expected to be at the hub of communications of what is being dubbed "m-health"
"The smartphone is really driving m-health," says Kenneth Seymens, a partner at venture capital firm Vesalius Ventures.
Best Buy appears interested in Microsoft HealthVault for storage
At the Microsoft Connected Health Conference this past June, Best Buy teamed up with Microsoft’s HealthVault team to invite device makers to pitch the electronics store’s executives in a private meeting at the event