Intel takes on health care

Microprocessor giant Intel has set its sites on health care as a field ripe for innovation. For the past decade, the company’s Digital Health Group has examined the lives of seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s disease with an eye toward preventing accidents, detecting illness and otherwise making life easier for this segment of the population.

With their research to guide them, Intel’s health group has developed a slew of new products, such as the Intel Health Guide, a computer which offers customized health information and is ideal for the management of chronic diseases. The aim of the Health Guide is to provide information in a user-friendly manner and thereby avoid trips to the emergency room.