This may sound a pretty dry topic...but it is not.

Continua is an organisation which develops specifications for uniform communications interfaces in consumer health devices and certifies products compliant with these specifications. 

Ok, I can now see the yawns and eyes drifting shut, but this is important. 

For consumers to really embrace e-health requires that the input of information be as simple as possible.  In fact, ideally it should be totally transparent to the user.  This is the sort of future that Continua looks to enable.  The availability of standard interfaces opens up the apllication of these devices to all the small and innovative software development companies that can integrate the devices into home based health products. 

So a potential scenario is that a person on a weight management program can hop on the scales in the bathroom and their weight can be recorded on their electronic health record...a scary thought for some, but very helpful for many.

So the latest products announced by Continua are an A&D blue tooth weight scale, and a blood pressure monitor, plus a Roche blood glucose meter (see http://www.continuaalliance.org/products/certified-products.html ).

Continua are only just starting to announce the products that are passing through their certification process, so look out for more announcements in the future.  These are the products which will be defining in the next generation of consumer e-health systems.