Barcelona, 4 June, 2009 - HiT Barcelona – World Innovation Summit, announced the 15 finalists of its Healthcare Innovation Marketplace Tournament.  All participating companies are in an advanced stage of development of products or services in healthcare delivery, medical technology, therapeutics and diagnostics and seek support from partners with the objective of achieving market penetration.

Forming part of this elite group is MONITOR-it; a Luxemburg based company that combines Health Care Expertise with IT Know-How to offer easy-to-use Tele-monitoring solutions with leading technology, thereby improving the Quality of Life & Care for chronically ill Heart Failure (CHF) patients while achieving better Cost-Efficiency for health insurers.

MONITOR-it is one of 15 finalists who have been classified in two categories (therapeutic and diagnostic / medical technology and others) and will be reviewed by a jury panel of experts in the field, Directors of companies involved in Biotechnology and Life Sciences and Venture Capital firms