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UNDER THE WEATHER? IMAGINE IF YOU COULD SEND MEDICAL TEST RESULTS TO YOUR DOCTOR WHILE YOU STAYED IN BED, DRINKING HOT TEA? IT MAY SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, BUT IN TODAY'S HEADS UP -- __________ EXPLAINS HOW CELLPHONES ARE TURNING INTO 'WELL-PHONES' FOR PATIENTS WITH A HOST OF AILMENTS.

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SEVENTY YEAR OLD VERNON BRIKOWSKI (BRICK-COW-SKEE ) LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR A GUY WHOSE HEART NEARLY GAVE OUT FIVE YEARS AGO...

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KEY @ : 07 Vernon Brikowski, Uses CardioNet monitoring system
"It was down to 17, 14 beats a minute and it should normally be up in, 72, around there."

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FUNNY THING WAS, VERNON DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS IN TROUBLE.

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KEY @ :20 Vernon Brikowski, Uses CardioNet monitoring system
"I was not really feeling any symptoms or anything where my heart was slowing down, but this was recording on that machine."

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VERNON'S HEART WAS BEING MONITORED BY A DEVICE THAT HOOKED UP TO HIS PHONE AND SENT RESULTS TO HIS DOCTORS.
NOW, CELLPHONES CAN DO THE SAME JOB - MEANING VERNON WILL NEVER BE STUCK AT HOME.

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KEY @ :36 Donald Jones, Vice President, Business Development, Qualcomm Incorporated
"They literally can be going through the monitoring process while they're driving down the freeway."

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A WHOLE SLEW OF MEDICAL CELLPHONES WILL BE ON THE MARKET IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS...

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KEY @ : :47 Don Jones, Vice President, Business Development, Qualcomm Incorporated
"A health cell phone uses the same infrastructure as regular cell phones, but in this case the cell phone itself is designed to perform a health care function."

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AND THEY DO A LOT MORE THAN MONITOR HEART RATES.
THERE'S A PHONE FOR DIABETICS THAT CAN CHECK BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS. IT HAS A SLOT TO INSERT TEST STRIPS AND THE ABILITY TO SEND RESULTS STRAIGHT TO YOUR DOCTORS.
THERE ARE ALSO PHONES FOR PEOPLE UNDER MEDICAL SUPERIVISON FOR SERIOUS WEIGHT PROBLEMS.

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KEY @ 1:10 Don Jones, Vice President, Business Development, Qualcomm Incorporated
"The phone can be used as a pedometer, as a calorie burn meter and an activity monitor."

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LONG-DISTANCE MONITORING GIVES PATIENTS FREEDOM, AND ALSO KEEPS MEDICAL BILLS DOWN...

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KEY @ : 1:19 Dr. Steven Rothman, Cardiologist, Monitors patients with CardioNet system
"We can avoid prolonged hospitalizations because it gives an opportunity to monitor those patients in their own home."

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AND PORTABLE MONITORS GIVE A MUCH BETTER PICTURE OF A PATIENT'S HEALTH, TOO, BECAUSE MONITORING IS GOING ON IN THE 'REAL WORLD'.

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KEY @ : 1:32 Zach Cybulski, Sr. VP of Operations, CardioNet
"Having the ability to monitor those patients for a long period of time increases the probability of finding out what's going on with them."

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BEST OF ALL, IT GIVES PATIENTS SOME PEACE OF MIND.

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"I certainly do believe the monitor helped me and saved my life."

ANCHOR TAG:
JONES SAYS THE NEW CELLPHONES CAN ALSO BE EQUIPPED TO ALERT FAMILY MEMBERS IN AN EMERGENCY.

SOURCE INFO

Qualcomm
Tina Asmer
858-651-1923
Donald Jones serves as vice president of business development for QUALCOMM
Incorporated. In this role, he is responsible for leading QUALCOMM's efforts to
incorporate wireless technologies into the healthcare and medical devices markets.Prior to joining QUALCOMM, Jones spent 22 years developing and growing healthcare enterprises. He served as chief operating officer of MedTrans, which is now American Medical Response, the world's largest emergency medical services provider. Jones also served as founder and chairman of EMME, Mexico's largest subscriber based health service, and senior vice president of marketing for HealthCap, at the time, the second largest provider of women's healthcare in the United States.

CardioNet
Anna MacNamara
570-881-4178

Zach Cybulski
Senior Vice President, San Diego Operations
Zach joined CardioNet from Otologics LLC, where he served as Vice President of Technology and Operations. Previously Zach served in a number of executive management positions with Medtronic Inc. and was Vice President of Operations for Medtronic's Tachyarrhythmia Management Business. Zach received a BS in Engineering from the University of Arkansas and an MBA from Arizona State University.