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OSF Healthcare, UoI Contribute $50M for Healthcare IoT Research

OSF Healthcare and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are kicking in $50 million to their Jump ARCHES partnership to fund healthcare IoT applied research.

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By Fred Donovan

- OSF Healthcare and the University of Illinois (UoI) at Urbana-Champaign are kicking in $50 million to their Jump ARCHES partnership to fund healthcare IoT applied research.

The money will go toward applied research into the use of medical sensors, robots, remote monitors, virtual assistants and other healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) devices and applications to improve patient care.

Jump ARCHES researchers and clinicians will also create and test cloud-based systems and sensors to measure health vital signs such as body mass index, body temperature, and blood pressure.