SoloHealth hoping to replace blood-pressure machines with interactive health screening kiosks

SoloHealth hoping to replace blood-pressure machines with interactive health screening kiosks
May 3, 2010

The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that Duluth, Ga. based startup SoloHealth is hoping to replace many of the roughly 42,000 out-of-date blood pressure measurement devices in the United States with its networked and interactive assessment devices.

SoloHealth's next-generation machine conducts a diagnostic health risk assessment using an interactive questionnaire and measures blood pressure, body mass index and visual acuity. Based on this assessment, the consumer is directed to a local health-care practitioner for follow-up care.

Using information such as gender, age and ethnicity, SoloHealth's machine can suggest risk factors associated with certain groups.