Telecare Aware Update Listings

Old UK Telecare NFA expires; new one is delayed
(Suppliers left in limbo – again)

SupraUK new product
(‘Ello,’ello, ‘ello!)

Telemedicine–a gold rush on horizon?
(New York Times roundup)

Does technology mean more efficient care? Or just more care?
(Dana Blankenhorn think-piece)

Towers Watson: 90% of employers believe ‘health reform’
increases benefit costs–eHealth as remedy?
(Jane Sarasohn-Kahn digs into the study)

Will Medicare cuts help..or hurt…telehealth adoption?
(It could go either way)

‘Doc in poc’, mental health edition
(Mental health state monitoring ripe for telehealth)

CellTrak’s mobile tracking for home care workers
(Bridging the tech gap)

A new life for Lifecomm
(Having evolved into a lightweight PERS device)

Nano-ink tattoos could monitor diabetes
(Pointer to the future)

Hft in awards finals for ‘Personalised Technology’ (UK)
(UK charity for people with learning disabilities)

ECCH as in ‘blecch’ (N. Ireland)
(Slumping from hero to zero)

Forthcoming CUHTec telecare courses (UK)
(Amended course dates)

Coming soon: GPS Shoes (US)
(Strolling your way in a few months?)

EU Call for Tender: Coping with an Ageing Population
(Research opportunity)

NextAlarm: patent for two-way voice over internet (US)
(Good move or cause for consternation?)

Visonic to expand its PERS [telecare] range? (US)
(Our antennae twitched)

Continua certification video demo by Freescale
(Wondered how it works? Watch this)

Telecare Soapbox: Value creation–wireless health companies at the fore
(Eternal challenges of successful technology companies)

CMIO: Telehealth gets connected (US)
(Round-up of various initiatives)

Kaiser study finds 50% improvement in healthy hypertension control
(Using which device?)

e-Health Nigeria and the ‘instant EMR’
(Inspiring story)

FDA and digital health = FUD?
(Health IT software as medical device)

Telecare Services Association (UK) appoints CEO
(And the person in this pivotal role is…)

mHealth featured on ’60 Minutes’ (US)
(Marty Cooper, who developed the first cell phone, looks ahead)

‘Doc in poc’ redux: MIT Media Labs’ CollaboRhythm
(Phone-based pre-consultation questioning)

UCLA engineer develops world’s smallest microscope for telemedicine use
(Connects to a smart-phone)

Study: texting as mHealth tool
(Upsides and downsides)

Center for Technology and Aging final RPM report released
(Completing an item from January)

Volcanic ash flight disruptions – great offer
(Conference news)

Everon: Vega battery life increase breakthrough
(Product news)

Philips and Project HOPE, New Mexico
(To implement telemonitoring)

Public telecare/telehealth events (UK)
(Forthcoming events)

Telecare smoke alarm saves 97 year-old (UK)
(Goodnews item)

Leeds City investing £1million in telecare (UK)
(More good news)

Cardiocom: new pulse oximeter
(New product info)

At ATA 2010: US Army and mCare
(Help for recuperating soldiers)

mHealth Initiative sponsors nursing innovation award
(Recognizing the adoption of mobile apps in nursing)

At ATA 2010: Intel study, with surprises
(Intel study cooks the books?)

UK Trade and Investment e-Health and telemedicine mission to China
(There may still be places available)

Robots: replacement people (US and Japan)
(More on ‘remote presence’)

Revealed – EMRs for the Mac (US)
(The main options)

At ATA 2010: Ideal Life’s ‘universal connectivity’
(New product info)

Telecare job: project manager sought (UK)
(By a major UK manufacturer)

ATA 2010: it’s global, Haiti, AT&T
(Conference roundup)

Bluetooth beyond the ‘thinginyerear’
(Bluetooth has just barely warmed its engines)

At ATA 2010: Waldo Health monitor premieres
(Product news)

At ATA 2010: Aerotel demonstrates Mobile-CliniQ
(Product news)

Telecare/Telehealth Best Practice Guide
(From the British Geriatrics Society)

CompuMed to deliver eHealth to emerging underserved markets
(Industry news)

Safer Walking Technology Scheme – Westminster, UK
(Tracking for people with dementia)

Electronic record privacy concerns (Australia)
(What’s got them stirred up?)

Wireless medicine has a sugar daddy (US)
(GE Healthcare is one of the beneficiaries)

Telecare Soapbox: The Tina and Mick Test
(Ageism in equipment and service design)

Telecare – the ethical debate
(Video – not to be missed)

Five telecare booklets from Uni. of Stirling (UK)
(Telecare for people with various impairments)

Vidyo launches healthcare telepresence
(Secure videoconferencing at less cost?)

ATA ‘first call’: Bosch Health Buddy/VitelCare
(News of two upgrades)

What Now For Wireless Health in the NHS?
(Implications of the new UK coalition government)

CarelineUK: rebranding, rebuilding and recruiting
(Industry news)

Health Buddy / McElwaine Smart on Irish national news
(Video)

Test services for ZigBee health care and ZigBee telecoms
(Technical news)

Has the healthcare IT market reached its next turning point?
(Or its next discussion point?)

EC to simplify research project participation
(Can this be anything but good news?)

MobileHelp GPS and cellular enabled medical monitoring device from Mobile Medical Monitoring
(Video)

Giraff mobile in-home telepresence
(Robots again – sort of)

Hybrid sensor networks enabled by Libelium’s new module for Waspnote
(Technical news)

‘Tattletale pills’ update
(Pointer to the future)

Grab these telecare resources while you can
(From the Putting People First programme)

2nd European Connected Health Leadership Summit
(Conference news)

E-commerce 1994 = wireless health 2010?
(Item updated with I-Award winners)

E-commerce 1994 = wireless health 2010?
(Drawing the parallels)

Center for Connected Health spinoff
(Managed health-care company called Hopskipconnect)

Coolhunting telehealth (Japan via Italy)
(Body-worn sensor)

Connected Health in Ireland: An All-Island Review
(Substantial free report. Recommended)

Telehealth management of heart failure evidence
(WSDAN evidence review update)

Excellent case study videos from Newham WSD
(Great videos)

Honeywell Hommed and eDevice Expand Connectivity Solutions for Telehealth
(With unfunny cartoon)

iPad usability: First findings from user testing
(More iPad criticism)

Making mHealth a reality
(See comment too)

60 health software experts fly to Sydney to progress Australian eHealth
(Here comes the cavalry!)

eCare: the paranoia continues
(One for the OMG file)

China patient monitoring market report
(Only $7,500)

CosmoCom wins software award
(What’s it all about?)

iRobot eyes up care market
(More thoughts on potential for care robots)

Multi-network M2M SIM card launched (UK)
(For mobile telecare/telehealth monitoring suppliers)

BT changes mind on 21CN voice upgrade (UK)
(Implications for telecare providers)

Where next for the Continua Alliance?
(After 4 years)

Moray to ramp up its telehealthcare service (UK)
(Good news for the people of Moray)

Wireless pressure mat sensors
(New product information)

Pros and cons of getting health information from the internet
(Useful general item)

Doubts cast on telehealth‘s time being finally here
(Two contradictory articles)

India Patient Monitoring Market Outlook to 2016
(Market report 2)

Telemedicine struggles with adoption in US: research report
(Market report 1)

Robosoft makes robuBOXKompaï software open source
(To promote care robot development)

Global Media now world distributor for ATI Caretone stethoscopes
(Industry news)

Video: Exciting Time in the Telemedicine/Telehealth Industry
(Dr Wang talks it up)

Video: Secure TeleHealth Physical-Behavioral Collaboration
(Videoconferencing for medication compliance)

eCare engenders paranoia
(in a way ‘eHealth’ never has)

LA Red Cross / Philips Lifeline puzzle
(Red Cross fails to go all the way?)

A reminder of how far telehealth has come…oh my
(Or does it just look more technical?)

Global telehealth device shipments to exceed 2 million by 2013
(Another week, another market projection)

Telecare man Ken sees off would-be thief (UK)
(Thumbs up to Ken Healey from Staffordshire)

PassivSystems: new sensor’s heartbeat detection “will revolutionise telecare”
(If the sensors stand up to robust testing)

Kevin Doughty at IALC (Video)
(You’ve read his contributions, now see him in action)

Senate hearings, ‘eCare‘ and national broadband
(Comprehensive roundup, including video links
UPDATED if you read it before this morning)

Florida medical school pilots remote blood pressure monitoring with IDEAL LIFE
(Telehealth ‘getting out there’)

What makes for a successful remote patient monitoring program?
(Add your suggestions)

GE Healthcare invests $3 million in Ireland’s TRIL Centre for aging design research
(GE uses some of that $250 million)

RAatE 2010
(UK Conference notice)

‘Meaningful use’–by patients? (US)
(Physician performance will depend on what patients do)

mHealth: the developing world really needs it – a Telecare Aware special report
(Telemedicine by mobile phone in Nepal)