Innovations in mobile technology have brought remote healthcare management to the forefront of advanced medical care. The possibility of recording a patient's cardiac activity at home has been available for some time. But that method used a recording device worn by the patient, which had to be taken to a hospital or doctor's office to be analyzed by a healthcare provider. Today, real-time monitoring in the patient's home is a reality. Three telecommunications giants have entered the wireless healthcare management arena in an effort to provide advanced medical care through new digital delivery systems. Verizon, AT&T and Sprint have created partnerships with health monitoring providers to provide in-home services to chronic disease patients. Valued Relationships Inc., a health monitoring provider, partners with AT&T to provide services to patients with chronic respiratory conditions and heart disease. “Health plans and hospitals will no longer have to actively monitor the information because VRI's call center will monitor it for them. VRI will only contact them in the event that a doctor needs to provide the necessary care to prevent them from being admitted to the hospital ." 1Medical and technology professionals have predicted that the home delivery model will continue to grow. This treatment method presents some questions and concerns for potential patients. Some question whether this type of healthcare will replace or minimize the need for an individual to visit the doctor or attend a hospital appointment. New technology could minimize the human interaction and jobs currently needed to provide the high level of care many people expect. As expected, health administrators have already identified the terrible... middle of paper...'. CSO online. Retrieved May 25, 2014, from http://www.csoonline.com/article/2131705/privacy/wireless-tech-makes-health-care-security-a--major-concern-.htmlLewis, N. (n.d.) . AT&T Moves Aggressively Towards Remote Patient Monitoring - InformationWeek. Information week. Retrieved May 26, 2014, from http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/atandt-moves-aggressively-into-remote-patient-monitoring/d/d-id/1104340?Ost, D. (2011, November 7) . 10 Ways Mobile Medical Computing Brings Healthcare Back to Healthcare. Forbes. Retrieved May 26, 2014, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/dell/2011/11/07/10-ways-mobile-medical-computing-puts-the-care-back-in-healthcare/ mHealth in a mWorld. (n.d.). http://www.deloitte.com/. Retrieved May 26, 2014, from http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedStates/Local%20Assets/Documents/us_chs_2012_mhealth_HowMobileTechnologyIsTransformingHealthCare_032213