Archive for the ‘telecare telehealth’ Category

Independent living; Telecare; iGoogle; mHealth devices

Report: ICT enabled independent living for elderly (EU)(Free, long report) FineThanx telephone check-in service (US)(Check-in the comments, too) Connectyx MedFlash, Consult A Doctor joint venture(Rant warning) Cardio doc in poc (when you need one?)(It’s also a fully featured smartphone) Poplar HARCA’s Alertacall publicity (UK)(Example of good publicity) Get notification of Telecare Aware items in iGoogle(An […]

Telecare campaign; nHealth in Europe; Telemedicine videoconferencing

Self-monitoring medicine capsule(Pointer to the future) Tandberg Clinical Presence System announced(New product for hospitals) Usability course, workshop and networking luncheon (Washington DC)(Improve your website if you can) Yorkshire Post campaigns for telecare (UK)(Election move) Beyond EMRs to sustainable business models(Time to move on) Carriers pushing mHealth in Spain, France(Useful roundup) Eight reasons why current telemedicine […]

National Care Service, Google Maps and the FCC

March’s Telecare LIN eNewsletter published(Check out the Google Maps) UK White Paper: Building the National Care Service(Grand design – now on hold) Can broadband save healthcare? The FCC thinks so! (US)(Doubting Thomasina picks apart the plan) AirStrip OB, interactive TV and telemedicine networks in central Texas(Healthcare evolution with technology) Moca Lab wins MIT Davis Peace […]

eHealth, telecare, telehealth news

Broadcast the state of your underpants(And no leg pulling…) BeClose announces in-home telecare system (US)(DIY telecare without a monitoring center) Medical Alarm Concepts pushes ahead with distribution deal(Despite the lawsuit) Technology for the evolving world of consumer health(Good intro for someone who needs an overview) Flood at BT exchange puts thousands of telecare users at […]

Hebrides Telehealth video; NHS Direct; Philips pendant alarm; telecare news

It will be worth setting aside some time to explore this stonking set of 8 items posted since Tuesday’s alert. Excellent telehealth video: Hebrides Telehealth(Great scenery, great overview, what more do you want?) Tech patents – an arms race(A dark cloud on the horizon for small companies) Video surveillance in 360-degrees(Techie stuff) Scotland continues telecare […]

e-Care; FCC; eHealth; Eric Dishman Intel video; telehealth

AgeTek–Aging Technology Alliance–steps forward at What’s Next(Small companies in the US get it together) ‘E-care’ not ‘telehealth’…the FCC says so!(Terminology rant) Thinking beyond just the Internet – telehealth(What do patients really want?) Role for eHealth in healthcare sustainability?(Presentation from Empirica) Home Telehealth Community of Care(Ressurected information source) AMD opens first European office(Industry news) Cooking up […]

Bosch; Tunstall; Alert1; iSOFT news of telehealth developments

Bosch Netwell Centre telehealth trial (Ireland)(Yes! Another trial!) Tunstall: pre-election positioning (UK)(Tunstall entrenches in consciousness of politicians) Alert One rebrands as Alert1 (US)(Err… rebranding news) iSOFT and Medic4all new telehealth service (EU)(Industry development) Wakefield and District Housing alarm service anniversary (UK)(Clear communications) ‘Hanging together’–Aging Technology Alliance announced(New development – look out for more info next […]

Android health apps and other telehealth news

Telehealth pavilion debuting at CTIA(Las Vegas 23-25 March) Telehealth on Fox Business News(Solid mainstream item) Tanzania using mobile for childhood treatment(Reaching the previously unreachable) 500 Android health apps=3 million downloads?(Market developments) American Well connects in New York(Telehealth spreads) ‘Crying wolf’: US municipalities charging for false PERS alarms(Highlights the importance of proper response system) M-health: same […]

Mobile World Congress 2010 mHealth Review and other telehealth news

Telecare for young woman with MS and free telecare for older people(Breath of fresh air v brand promotion) Read’em and weep – I do!(I am not alone… I am not!… I am not!) Mobile World Congress 2010 mHealth Review(Massive resource) Doctor will text you now(Article for the general public) Medication reminders by email and text […]

Pointers to the future, PCT commissioning and mobile healthcare

Microrings and Skinput(Pointers to the future) GPS dementia tagging: is it too demeaning?(Tagging, yes. Facilitating independence, no) UK GPs have no confidence in PCT managers(Why not?) Seventh Annual What’s Next Boomer Business Summit(Conference reminder, Chicago) National Digital Research Centre (Ireland)(COPD monitoring device project) Make equipment that doesn’t have to be used (Japan)(Great aspiration) O2 UK […]