Telecare Aware Update Listings

International Centre of Excellence in Telecare (UK)
(Great development, risky acronym)

Wii does not get families fit: new research
(Not a surprise?)

59p stethoscope on iPhone proves a hit
(Definitely a surprise)

‘Aging in place’ technology trends for 2010
(Good end-of-year round up)

Sponsorship opportunities
(Yes, we still have some!)

£100M cuts to NHS budget in Cambridgeshire
(Reality v aspiration)

December’s Telecare LIN eNewsletter published
(WSDAN update)

Texas telemedicine via NowClinic
(Improving access to doctors in the US)

Using old TV bandwidth to expand rural telehealth
(After the switch to digital TV)

Burglars spooked by panic alarm
(Two good news stories)

Non Invasive Health Monitoring with mHealth
(Informative slide show)

George MacGinnis: “300,000 or more smart homes” in UK
(By whose definition? And where did that statistic come from?)

Bayer diabetes device with PC interface
(A halfway step)

Wireless health 2009 roundup
(Substantial, free report)

Smart ‘reality checklist’ for ‘aging in place’ technology marketers
(US marketplace info)

Twelve updates since Tuesday:

Telefónica Caalyx system announced (Spain)
(New product shows cross-Europe cooperation)

100-year-old lady with dementia saved by telecare service (UK)
(But where was the technology to prevent the fire?)

Call for articles: Journal of Assistive Technologies
(Get writing)

Alphadaughters web site
(Get recording – well, not yet, it’s just a demo)

Telepsychiatry in the emergency department
(Long overlooked)

Livestrong’s diabetes diet analysis tool
(Thanks to Tour de France multiple-winner Lance Armstrong)

CardioNet up for sale?
(Medicare reimbursement cuts blamed for financial problems)

Barnet: Judge stops warden withdrawal plan
(Has implications for telecare services)

Tweeting your…weight?
(Why?)

Parents receptive to mobile phone monitoring of children’s diabetes
(Why not?)

E-communication tools and their impact on medical practices
(A thoughtful essay)

UCL study on EHR failure
(The larger the EHR project, the more likely it is to fail)

…plus comment on Newham WSD item

New since Friday:

What’s up with the Newham WSD project?
(Can tell us?)

Sensor-based monitoring coming to an iPhone near you?
(Pointer to the future)

Harvard Business Review on remote monitoring potential
(HBR catching up)

What makes telehealth (and telemedicine) work?
(VA points to five factors)

Will the Google phone(s) take the (healthcare app) pie?
(Android lurking on the apps horizon)

European Investment Bank gives Philips EUR 200 million healthcare R&D loan
(And what is Philips going to research?)

New service to support people with epilepsy (UK)
(Low cost ‘telehealth’ service)

Mobile telecare for mobility scooters (UK)
(Genius or dotty?)

mHealth: The Buzzword of 2009
(Excellent thought-piece)

Yamagata University telehealth devices (Japan)
(And the point is…?)

NHS capital spending to fall
(Will cuts kill telehealth developments?)

New posts since Tuesday:

Woman saved from fire
(Good news story)

Cardiff-based Home Telehealth Ltd helps develop Chinese healthcare
(Industry news)

Bosch Telehealth Plus in UK
(New product in the loosest sense of the term)

GSM wander locator
(New product)

AT&T enters ‘telehealth’, sort of
(Signs of the times)

‘The automated mess’- Harvard study on hospital IT
(Will telehealth monitoring make it worse?)

Nano-thin ‘algae battery’
(Pointer to the future)

WellAWARE Systems raises US$7.5 million
(Market development)

Don’t miss the exclusive China Telehealth Market Overview amongst these 19 items.

Surf online, be happier and smarter
(Very reassuring!)

iPhone as geriatric care advisor
(New app gives advice)

New telecare player in Canada
(Pushing the cost boundary)

US ‘Healthcare reform’ cuts home health support
(How will contradictory forces play out?)

UVA ‘Health House’ groundbreaking
(Second generation smart homes)

Has the smartphone reached the peak of its evolution?
(If so, it’s full steam ahead)

Mobile-based Healthcare Models for Emerging Markets
(From the Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit)

Telehealth features in Wales’s Rural Health Plan
(Wales gets it on)

Tunstall recruiting again
(Owing to ‘increase in demand’)

Retirement home tenants angry over ‘sneaky [telecare upgrade] charges’
(Peverel/Cirrus in media firing line)

Aberdeen’s Information for Telecare Assessors
(Lifting the covers)

West Midlands (UK): tender to write Commissioning & Evaluation Tool Kit
(Closing date 18th December)

ISfTeH call for papers for Med-e-Tel
(Closing date 31st December)

Tunstall publishes ‘Telehealthcare Times’
(Healthcare positioning continues)

TelaDoc $9m VC funding
(Telehealth, as in ‘phone’)

Orange Business Services and Sorin ‘Best Change Maker’
(Eh?)

Diabetes systems: wireless mobility wins
(Review research overview)

Silvers Summit/Digital Health Summit
(Would you like us to report?)

China Telehealth Market Overview: Exclusive free report
(Exclusive to Telecare Aware…and free!)

Posted since Tuesday’s alert:

Vodafone wants in on the mobile healthcare action
(Industry development)

£130m for telecare and home help
(Non-announcement?)

Check your phone, turn over, put on your sunscreen
(Small example of text reminders improving ‘adherence’)

Telemedicine, live from your kitchen
(Doctor consultations by internet)

GE Healthcare acquires Living Independently Group (QuietCare Systems)
(Our take on this announcement)

Telehealth, telecare, telemedicine, eHealth, mHealth links on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/telecareaware

Updates since Tuesday:

Tunstall looking for a new CEO?
(James Buckley out?)

November’s Telecare LIN eNewsletter published
(Check the stats)

Contact lens: Future platform for mHealth?
(Pointer-to-the-future)

£2million to research NHS Direct expansion
(Could any of us save them a chunk of that?)

HomeTelehealth Ltd new case studies
(Including prison telemedicine )

Verizon readies telehealth collaboration
(Big news in the US market)

Intel Home Health grows
(Not quite such big news in the US market)

Older people would benefit from free telecare (UK)
(Saying what should go without saying)

Aerotel goes wireless
(New products)

Tunstall goes broadband
(New products)

Older people have their say on robots in care
(And guess what they want!)

Intel Home Health pilot with Erickson Retirement
(Who will pay after the pilot?)

FDA and mobile health regulation
(Regulations on medical apps for smartphones in 2010?)

US Army piloting mobile health for wounded veterans
(To roll out to 10,000)

Gartner: mobile health applications #5 by 2012
(More from the prediction business)

Continua Alliance lobbying on healthcare reform (US)
(Continua overstepping its remit?)

Tracking ‘get-lost walks’
(US Alzheimer’s associations getting into people tracking)

Microsoft Health Tech Today: What do you think of it so far?
(Including a ‘MyHalo’ session)

TSA 2009: Quotes from attendees
(From the final morning)

Posted since Tuesday, plus 15 comments on Dirty tactics in the telecare/telehealth market (UK)
Note: More suggestions for TSA Conference workshop sessions to report welcome.

Elder care by ‘remote’- Business Week
(Flashback to 2007)

‘Privacy by Design’- Ontario OIPC official response
(Follow up and putting the record straight)

Twitter hashtag for TSA conference #tsa09
(Err…hashtag)

PC for older people introduced in UK
(Perfect or patronising?)

ZyXEL Smart Home Gateway for health monitoring (US)
(New product news)

Manchester (UK) to get m-Health Centre
(Academic development)

Wolverhampton gets on with its telehealth trial (UK)
(Making a start)

Launching at the TSA conference next week
(Three developments)