Telecare Aware Update Listings

With police approval, you can now leave a spare front door key outside your house. But leaving it under a flowerpot or a mat in case of emergencies or forgetfulness is not recommended for obvious reasons. Nor is hanging it on a string inside the letterbox!

Leaving a key with neighbours is better if you can trust them and if they will be there when the key is needed.

However, you can now can now leave a spare key outside with total confidence by fitting a C500 KeySafe™ – just announced by Supra UK Limited…

Argyll and Bute’s telehealth program commended in awards (UK)
(Congratulations!)

Cisco’s telecare/telehealth hub?
(We speculate on some new kit)

COPD costs the UK £1.2bn a year
(Research affects the cost base of business cases)

National Telecare & Telehealth Conference 2010 (UK)
(Conference news)

Telecare Soapbox: Equity capital. A cautionary tale
(The magical world of company finance)

International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare (UK)
(Conference news)

Doctors on call – at no cost (UK)
(Small but significant)

Wireless medical devices herald a new revolution in health care
(General overview)

ATA 2010 Mid-year Meeting
(Conference news)

Two solutions better than one?
(Only when they make Irish coffee!)

BGS Telecare, telehealth and telemedicine SIG (UK)
(Tell your local geriatrician)

Telecare Aware on Facebook
(Contains an announcement for readers who do not use Facebook)

Now we are 1000
(TA reader profile)

Connected Health Symposium 2010–early bird extended
(Conference news)

US House Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing on wireless health
(A promise fulfilled)

Cisco enters the tablet wars
(Tablet of the non-medical variety, that is)

Dr Topol will ‘e’ you now
(Will we become ‘e-hypochondriacs’?)

Conference on mobile phones for older people (UK)
(Conference – next Tuesday)

Cardiff Council Community Alarm Service’s SSAIB accreditation (UK)
(Why two are better than one)

NHS Direct‘s new wellness project first of its kind
(Telecoaching in action)

With just two words, telecare services’ responsibilities have changed (UK)
(Supra UK‘s New product news)

How not to introduce technology in senior care communities
(Greed + Ineptitude = Uproar)

Diversinet, AllOne settle for $4 million (US)
(Mysterious split)

mHealth: at the top of the ‘hype cycle’?
(Jon Linkous – ATA – stirs it up)

Wireless med reminder test improves compliance by 27%
(Raising the question, how high-tech does it have to be?)

Top 10 trends in mobile medical technology
(Roundup item)

Microsoft HealthVault reaches Canada and the UK
(2 out of 10 for the launch execution)

Dr Love: oxytocin explains growth of social networking and Health 2.0
(Why online networking may be here to stay and grow in importance)

Mobile phones to deliver simple, cheap eye tests
(Outstanding development)

Smart meter telecare project (Scotland)
(Yet to show its full potential)

Final report of study On ‘Business Models For eHealth’ (EU)
(How to creating value and sustainability)

Preston, UK, good local telehealth monitoring story
(GE/Intel plays it nicely in first UK project)

The predictability (?) of human activity patterns
(Free lecture. Yesterday)

Healthrageous (?!) secures $6MM startup funding (US)
(Product development)

WHO resources: eHealth Intelligence Report, global survey
(Low-profile source for eHealth studies)

Vena/Qualcomm wireless platform announced
(Marriage of systems)

The uncertain price of mHealth–it’s the data charge (US)
(Low plan limits reduce take up)

Scotland to get telehealth targets?
(But is it the best way forward?)

TLC for Ipswich (Australia)
(Next step in Tunstall’s plan for Australia)

Camden telecare service promotional video (UK)
(Perpetuating a dated message)

Bulgarian MEP: “step up eHealth efforts”
(Targets issue – again)

F&S online briefing on European telehealth growth
(Free registration required)

$8.1 million gift for telecare project in rural communities (US)
(A big and positive bet on telecare)

Bionic hand waves hello
(Great assistive technology video)

mHealth 2010 early booking offer about to expire
(Expires TODAY)

Updates: mHealth Regulatory Coalition meeting; FDA
regulation of mobile health report released
(Essential reading for manufacturers and suppliers)

PARO robot: ethical or not?
(Getting the ‘controversial’ treatment in Wall Street Journal)

Two intersections: ‘Is an online telemedicine service legal?’
(View of telehealth issues in the USA)

UK better placed than the US to manage chronic disease:
lessons from the US
(Free report)

COPD admissions halved by GP practice initiative (UK)
(May not have used telehealth, either)

June’s Telecare LIN eNewsletter published
(WSDAN event registration closes tomorrow)

Now it’s ‘u-health’ from Korea
(New terminology in a useful roundup)

‘Virtual reality’ implemented for veterans’ TBI and PTSD rehab (US)
(Pointer to the future for rehab?)

Price right, partner often: sound marketing advice
(Intense response to a marketing conference)

Open house in Boston to launch healthcare technology working group (US)
(Invitation for 30th JUne)

American Well adds WellPoint (US)
(Physician-to-patient webcam/telephone service)

UnitedHealth Group’s telemedicine initiative in national rollout (US)
(Using Cisco’s HealthPresence)

Easing of hospital staff credentialing for telemedicine delayed (US)
(Problems for telemedicine providers in USA)

The unexpected eHealth, iPhone app hub: Minnesota
(Clinic; Monitoring; meditation; microscopes)

Digital Wellbeing Conference (UK)
(Conference news)

Highlands and Islands telehealthcare event report (Scotland)
(Event report)

BIOTRONIK’s tenth birthday
(Home monitoring pacemakers)

SensorCare Systems Falls Awareness and Networking Day (UK)
(Seminar news)

PCTs fail to develop dementia plans (UK)
(Surprise, surprise)

Telehealth: boom and disruption vs. the ‘brick wall’ (US)
(Telehealth works. What’s the problem?)

Xbox Kinect for healthcare?
(They think ‘games’, we think ‘WOW!’)

mHealth (r)evolving through the chaos
(Helpful article)

Nexus TV communication hub
(Connecting people through the TV)

TSA and Continua to develop a Telecare over IP Use Case
(Terminology problem raises its ugly head)

Buying Solutions Telecare NFA update (UK)
(The problem drags on)

A doctor’s review of hospital rounds with an iPad
(iPad doctor works around its shortcommings)

Aetna, Intel Home Health Guide study announced
(Disappointingly generic yet ‘promising’)

Continua and Vignet to provide reference interoperable
software for smartphones
(Supplier news)

Philips: first ZigBee Health Care ‘reference design’
(Supplier news)

Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee hearings focus on telehealth (US)
(Upcoming House of Representatives hearing)

VA: telehealth innovation competition
(Financial help for someone)

Merely Human? That’s So Yesterday
(Beyond robotics)

Housing 21 seeks buyer for Complete Group (UK)
(Industry news)

Pico: a Medication Adherence Support System (Netherlands)
(New product info)

SeniorBridge: RMP and Skype (US)
(Working eclectic approach)

Irish Government’s new telecare scheme
(Updated since posting yesterday)

New UK Government’s emphasis on quality healthcare should
benefit telehealth
(But no one seems to be bothered)

Tunstall updates training tool
(TTT update)

Remote mood tracking: When is it telecare?
(Device roundup)

Mobile Health Expo
(Conference info, Las Vegas, October)

Formation of mHealth Regulatory Coalition
(Significant discussion on LinkedIn)

LA Times article on ‘e-consults‘
(Round up item)

New systems coordinate home health reporting with telehealth
(New players)

Does the internet make you dumber?
(uhh… umm…)

Mobile Health Expo ‘call for speakers’ now open
(Time to raise your profile)

Assisted Living Technologies for Older and Disabled People in 2030 (UK)
(Comment on an Ofcom report)

Burnside Easy Answer Phone now available from RNIB (UK)
(Market development)

Farewell to Wireless Healthcare Weekly News
(We will miss you!)

Bosch announces major telehealth project at Barnsley (UK)
(A significant start for a new major player)

It’s raining telecare and telehealth good news! (UK)
(Steve keeps checking that he has the right glasses on)

UK market eye opener
(Question from a reader)

Technology and Older People: Call for Papers
(Time to write up your developments)

Is Google Health heading for oblivion?
(Or limbo, at least?)

Intamac and D-Link demonstrate new generation
home monitoring solutions
(Does anyone know what they are on about?)

Telecare projects in Taiwan
(Abstract)

Blackberry-Vodafone to detect heart attacks (India)
(Remote monitoring development)