Telecare Aware Update Listings

Breaking news from mHealth Summit
(Running coverage of the mHealth Summit when we pick up
interesting stuff)

mHealth Summit coverage
(From other people)

Novartis will seek regulatory approval for ‘smart pill’
(Spare us the ‘Frankenpills’)

Most employee wellness programs considered ineffective: survey
(A natural home for telehealth in the US)

Cardiac telemonitoring #6 in Cleveland Clinic ‘Top 10’
(Can you identify the implantable heart monitor?)

AT&T announces AT&T ForHealth unit
(AT&T’s new healthcare business)

Political change=HIT policy change? Time for a rethink? (US)
(Sucking air out of the telehealth/eHealth room)

Half of US healthcare providers have EHRs – many are not happy
(Big yellow warning flag)

Statement from Buying Solutions on UK FA
(Your two month wait is over!)

Care wardens and the technology challenge (UK)
(What will they misconstrue next?)

UK difficult sell to get tougher?
(As PCT staff grab redundancy packages)

Tablet wars: 10 things to look for in a tablet
(Shopping for a tablet?)

Is mHealth a ‘fast solution’ in Africa?
(Conference news)

‘Hot market: the aging population’ (really)
(Telecare market growing slowly but surely in the US)

Aerotel’s Wireless Data Hub receives FCC certification (Israel/US)
(But is it ‘new’ news?)

iPad use in therapy for children, teens
(For people with speech difficulties)

Are university hospitals believing their press releases too much? (US)
(Why would you want to be anywhere else?)

Quest Diagnostics introduces mobile lab result platform
(Only available in 33 states)

Pointers to future diagnostics?
(Further to Tuesday’s portable breast scanner item)

Real-time portable breast scanner developed
(Pointer to the future)

AFrame Digital, Status Solutions partner for remote monitoring
(A logical partnership?)

Conference on doctor licensing portability for telemedicine
(Tricky issue moved forward)

EHR certification moves forward (US)
(Two-year horizon receding?)

Forbes (magazine) discovers mHealth
(And re-discovers a hackneyed headline)

‘Emotional automation‘ for better healthcare?
(But will doctors warm to it?)

T2 Mood Tracker app now available (US)
(For US armed services members, veterans and families)

Video interview: Snippets about Cornwall WSD
(Dave Tyas on progress so far)

Stoke-on-Trent telecare charging decision (UK)
(To charge or not to charge)

COW mitigates effects of stroke in Eastern England
(And gets an E-Health Insider award)

More from MHE: Globaltel Media
(SMS chat platform)

Connected Healthcare: Wellness and Emerging Technology (NYC)
(Event news)

Your Friday (Halloween) robotics fix
(With a calisthenics robot)

MyGlucoHealth Wireless meter features on popular TV show (US)
(It’s medicine, Jim…)

Are any companies exhibiting anything new at this years’ TSA conference?
(Plus a sponsorship opportunity missed and available)

MediPendant TV advert campaign launches (US)
(Help! I’ve fallen and am speaking into my pendant!)

Mobile Health Expo: pointer to a ‘real world’ future
(Start reading here)

Symposium ‘eHealth in Europe’s Regions: Acting for Citizens’ Health’
(Conference information)

iRobot‘s CEO Colin Angle welcomes robot hackers
(And robots in healthcare)

TeleHealth still waiting…
(Reflections from the Synposium)

RNK Telehealth Weight Scale awarded patent
(Product news)

UK Government’s spending review cuts: Surfing the publicity wave
(Welcome change – a company getting their PR right)

UK fund seeks urgent donations to support telehealth patients with LTCs
(Will you donate?)

Scottish telecare/telehealth plan out for consultation
(Whose opinion counts?)

New evidence to support telecare business cases
(Based on large sample size)

Standards in Telecare and Telehealth (UK)
(Workshop news)

UK Government’s spending review cuts: a threat and an opportunity
(What’s your take on the cuts?)

NHS is target for Patient in Your Pocket
(Marketing powered by optimism?)

Handicapping the smartphones: Windows Phone 7
(‘Handicapping’ as in the racing term, but…)

WellDoc alliance with AT&T
(US industry news)

When your ‘protected health information’ isn’t
(Electronic record security issues)

Robotics making strides…
(Exoskeleton-type systems close to market)

‘Lung-on-a-chip’ tests for drug toxicity?
(Development could eliminate animal testing)

Kent TeleHealth Evaluative Development Pilot: The full results
(Essential reading to download)

Robert Bosch Healthcare joins Continua Alliance
(The news is…we thought it already had!)

The £3+ million telehealth spend that has achieved…what?
(The facts, with no editorial comment for once!)

Android app for heart monitoring demonstrated
(New app news)

51% of healthcare CIOs are short staffed, admit projects at risk
(Implications for implementation)

Handicapping the smartphones, race #2
(How the race is shaping up)

A Tale of Two Telecare Aware Advertisers
(Insight for potential advertisers)

Community matrons waking up to telehealth (UK)
(At last)

SFTeHIN continues to promote eHealth in Africa
(Congratulations for hanging in there)

Cirrus wins telecare upgrade programme for Riviera Housing Trust (UK)
(Industry news)

Telehealth Solutions and NHS Islington: telehealth in pharmacies
(Industry news)

Invicta Telecare asks – what did you do at work today?
(Congratulations to Becky Surgison)

World’s smallest microscope now used for fertility testing
(New application for an app)

Newport’s Telecare Service scores a hat trick of awards
(Industry news)

mSanté (mobilité & Santé)
(Espace de travail est dédié aux Francophones)

Handicapping the smartphones (US)
(It’s a three horse race in the States)

Another Friday, another doctor smartphone forecast
(This time it’s EPG Health Media)

Telemedicine improves diagnosis of pediatric heart conditions: study
(A solid study over 11 years)

Taxonomy of usability requirements for home telehealth systems
(May be interesting – or not. I didn’t pay to read it)

Telehealth project report shows savings. Kent (UK)
(Results launched 3 years after end of project)

Aircel Apollo Mobile HealthCare (India)
(Industry news)

Review of 2nd Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit, London
(Conference writeup from 3G Doctor)

Pinhead-sized gyroscope for smartphones and medical devices
(Pointer to the future)

Forty Spanish pensioners get free GPS mobiles
(Interesting gesture)

Continua releases 2010 design guidelines, adds new member Microsoft
(Industry news)

Webcam-based health monitoring mirror
(Pointer to the future)

Allscripts releases mobile EHR system for home care
(Encouraging nurses and aides to document in-home)

‘Accountable care’ a way forward for eHealth?
(Wasn’t this what PCTs were supposed to do in the UK?)

Telehealth may help treatment of depressed older people
(Cautious conclusions for a positive development)

Health 2.0 Challenge connects
(Previewing the Developer Challenge awards)

Lansley announces £70m to help people in their homes (UK)
(iSOFT advertorial press release)

First Continua certified mobile phone to be unveiled
(Still waiting for the pics)

Mobile Health Expo updates–and sponsorship available
(Time running out: get your company’s name in the spotlight)

Silver Chain and Docobo expanding telehealth across Australasia
(Industry development)

September/October’s Telecare LIN eNewsletter published (UK)
(Which councils are falling down on developing telecare?)

‘Simple’ phone aids senior safety in India
(Survive a stroke when you are alone)

Home health telemonitoring overview
(Simplified overview of telemonitoring systems)

HHS announces $68 million in senior/disabled ‘navigation’
(Tilted to process, not results)

Telenephrology in the American Indian community
(Read the ‘Read more…’)