Intel dives into medical market with home health monitors

November 11, 2008 Intel has entered the medical market with technology that lets doctors make house calls on patients without being there

File photo shows an employee walking past the Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Intel on Monday dove into the medical market with technology that lets doctors make house calls on patients without being there.

The world's biggest computer chip maker on Monday dove into the medical market with technology that lets doctors make house calls on patients without being there.

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