AT&T Develops Emergency Response Platform to Aid Elderly Who Fall Down From: eWeek - 03/06/2013 By: Brain T. Horowitz AT&T's mobile personal emergency response system will provide fall detection for seniors and allow them to connect with caregivers using machine-to-machine technology. AT&T is developing a mobile personal emergency response system (MPERS) to help elderly people when they fall. The platform will use GPS functionality and machine-to-machine (M2M) technology to connect patients remotely to medical professionals at monitoring centers. The company is collaborating with Valued Relationships, Inc. (VRI) and Numera on the service. VRI provides telehealth monitoring and medical alert systems to seniors, the chronically ill and patients with disabilities. Numera manufactures a Libris MPERS device that works with monitoring software to remotely manage two-way voice, automatically detect falls and track seniors' location. Read the entire article at: http://www.eweek.com/mobile/att-develops-emergency-response-platform-to-aid-elderly-who-fall-down/ Wireless devices on the market: iLoc Technologies' TriLoc Personal Locator Device http://www.eweek.com/mobile/iloc-gps-wristwatch-helps-caregivers-track-disabled-patients/ Philips Lifeline GoSafe MPERS http://www.eweek.com/mobile/slideshows/10-health-and-fitness-tools-to-track-exercise-chronic-conditions