Asustek forms health cloud computing alliance

December 20, 2012 Off By David

Grazed from Asus. Author: PR Announcement.

Asustek Computer on December 19 formed a health cloud computing alliance through cooperation with Taiwan-based Show Chwan Health Care System to establish a cloud computing ecosystem for health care management. The alliance will set up three cloud platforms: personal health management, health care and medical research.

The personal health management platform will provide personal cloud storage capacity of at least 5GB for individuals to store medical records and health-related measurements such as blood pressure, blood glucose and weight, and access the information via smartphones, tablets and other terminal devices…

The health care platform will provide health care services integrated by Show Chwan. The medical research platform will allow people to provide personal health-related information for analysis by medical or research organizations, with results to be offered to medical organizations to help implement preventive medicine.

For the operation of the three platforms, Asustek will provide cloud computing technology and data centers while Show Chwan will help provide personal medical records.