Beyond Cuts: High-Tech 'Band-Aids' Call Doctors

Band-Aids aren't just for cuts anymore. There's a new generation of wireless medical sensors mounted on an adhesive strip. The so-called "smart Band-Aid" can call a doctor and transmit all kinds of physiological information when it detects a problem. All this may eventually save lots of money, and lives. But the technology is so new that federal regulators are still figuring out exactly what kind of rules are necessary to keep the public safe. Even though the technology is cutting edge, it builds on more than a decade of refining the practice of "remote monitoring." That's when health care providers give patients simple-to-use home diagnostic equipment that connects to a network.