Telecare Aware Update Listings

Dudley video: It’s not just pull cords and pendants
(Nice one)

Mixed welcome for $392 million investment for teleconsults in Australia
(Docs and the art of fence sitting)

The changing UK context for telecare and telehealth
(Three items reflecting the changing scene)

International Conf. on Sustainable Ageing
(Conference news, Spain)

iPhone ‘doc in poc’, if you live in PA
(Diagnostic tool for hypochondriacs)

Athenahealth moving to standalone EHR
(Market development)

Now Maine in the telehealth game
(Putting down a marker to become a leader)

Buying Solutions re-issues matrix – corrected
(BS stars in The Importance of Being Sloppy)

New Facebook discussions
(Join in or start your own)

A greater meaning in the WellDoc FDA approval?
(FDA not ready to evaluate innovative systems)

Welcome investment news (#1)
(Is the outlook for eHealth brightening?)

Philips anchors $250 million Dutch VC fund
(But what does it mean for the market?)

Rounds with the iPad: a July attending’s adventure
(Doc makes a diagnosis)

Robotic surgery (UK)
(At what cost benefit?)

Yurina robot
(Odd name in English, even odder video)

Numbers of old people dying alone increasing in the UK
(What, if anything, can councils do?)

Docobo to promote Australian community care management system in UK
(New product news)

August’s Telecare LIN eNewsletter published
(Focuses on the framework agreement)

UK Framework Agreement: more information
(New links available)

Business briefs etc. for 17 August
(5 catch-ups in 1)

San Diego hospital system, Cisco pairing for first
US hospital tablet system
(From the ‘epicenter’ for wireless health)

36 presentations: looking back at Stanford Mobile Health 2010
(We point you to the highlights)

Another muddled article on eHealth and ‘reform’ (US)
(The usual straw men put in an appearance)

Telecare boss completes endurance challenge in last minute (UK)
(But see his comment…)

Telecare Aware on Facebook
(Use it to start your own discussions)

Telecare Soapbox: Reflections on the UK’s telecare, telehealth
and telecoaching framework agreement
(Steve gets grumpy (again) but don’t miss the comments)

‘Tattletale pills’ picked up by the NHS
(‘Smart pills’ pilot)

The ‘age tsunami’ hits the Washington Post
(Better article than it sounds)

Implantable blood glucose meter nears human trials
(Pointer to the getting-nearer future)

Lose your phone or laptop…lose your ‘life’
(A tracking system for your OWN use)

mHealth 2010 Conference and Expo: Exclusive Telecare Aware discount
(Special discount for readers)

Mood Tracker wins ‘Apps for the Army‘ competition (US)
(That raised our spirits!)

Converging telehealth, EHRs and health information exchanges (US)
(For your weekend reading)

Full list of companies on the BS Framework Agreement
(Read it here)

UK councils funding sex with prostitutes for disabled people
(Why?)

EU spending: visionary or pointless?
(Why?)

Robots get emotional
(Why not?)

Moray’s telehealthcare strategy launched (Scotland)
(Open to the public for comment)

Proof of cost effectiveness needed to spur UK telehealth uptake
(An American perspective on the UK)

£50,000 available to telecare projects through ICE-T
(If you are in SE England)

Panasonic and Vensa to talk at mHealth Conference, Dubai
(Conference news)

WaveTracker Plus – free GPS tracking app
(See the comments too)

Mobile networks to bring health relief to Africa
(A reminder of the potential)

List of BS agreement press releases
(Updated just this morning)

New UK and Ireland Telecare/Telehealth jobs section is now live. Now we can offer employers and employment-seekers a professional and cost effective service through our recruitment partners, Whitehall Consultants.

Remote monitoring improves heart failure rehospitalization
(Mortality outcomes study)

BS: Only another week to go…
(News of the Telecare, Telehealth and Telecoaching Framework)

Bexley gets Tunstall IPC system (UK)
(You say you want a revolution, well, you know…
You say you got a real solution, well, you know…)

Lincolnshire: £2m funding for telecare and telehealth program (UK)
(NHS and council working together)

Man with dementia died after burns following homecare company’s
failure to visit (UK)
(A missed technology opportunity)

LogicMark: New LifeSentry product (US)
(New product news)

Who should ‘do’ telehealth?
(How home health agencies can and grow their businesses)

Contrasting telecare stories (UK)
(Heartwarming v sad tales)

Swansea Council backs off telecare charging plan (Wales)
(Update of item below)

Companies jump BS Telecare Framework publicity launch
(And who can blame them?)

Collaborative Networks in Ambient Assisted Living &
Connected Health
(Ireland conference news)

Treatment of wounds – new telehealth system (UK)
(New product news)

Dedicated spectrum for medical BAN — good or bad idea?
(Wireless health debate)

2010 Connected Health Symposium
(USA conference news)

The early line on the Blackberry Torch
(Not setting the world alight?)

Qualcomm and chronic disease in UAE and Saudi Arabia
(Effort to tackle chronic disease)

Telecare in the UK – to charge or not to charge?
(Up in arms over charging)

Intel Health Guide = white goods?
(Check out the ethnographic study)

ATA 2011
(USA Conference news)

2010 mHealth Summit
(USA conference news)

Enabling cost-effective management of long term conditions
(UK conference news)

GE/Fathom Information Design aging data visualisation (US/Japan)
(May be useful to someone)

Google patronises older people
(Oh dear! Oh dear!)

WellDoc for diabetes mHealth gains FDA clearance
(Good news!)

Bill Gates to keynote the mHealth Summit
(USA conference news)

GE, Intel form healthcare joint venture
(Rolling up their sleeves to take on the world)

NPR on ‘band-aid’ sensors for remote monitoring (US)
(Skin patch sensors get media traction)

How are online doctor consult companies like palm trees?
(It’s a sunshine state riddle)

Another Japanese care robot
(Why?)

Report: Healthcare Providers Guide to Telehealth
(Rip-off of the year?)

Continua’s Bluetooth Manager by Toshiba
(Announcement leaves a lot to be desired)

VA set to spend billions on IT
(Which ehealth companies will benefit?)

Your Saturday Soapbox: Dishman–it’s time to get telehealth
to everyone who needs it
(John the Baptist points to the cliff edge?)

Business briefs for 30 July
(Don’t dismiss these 6 catch-up items)

Take part in FAST’s telecare survey (UK only)
(Please participate if you meet the criteria)

Friday extra: Physicians and their smartphones
(Survey found wanting)

There’s good news *this* Friday!
(Makes a change!)

Center for Technology and Aging grants awarded
(For home-based care using telehealth)

Another doc and his apps (UK)
(So, not just a US phenomenon)

FCC, FDA agree…to understand. And regulate. (US)
(Vague set of good intentions)

GrandCare introduces HomeBase, VRI partnership
(Convergence of telecare, telehealth and social connectedness)

‘DIY house calls’: technology brands gone missing
(Not as positive as it first seems)

Mobile Health Expo early bird rates flying away…
(Substantial savings expire Saturday 31 July)

TeleMedCare trading under administration (Australia)
(Let’s hope it is just a hiccup)

Medical (pendant) alarms: who’s the lucky one?
(Contrasting experiences)

More on Telefónica‘s telehealth and telecare ambitions
(Dangerous time for small technology companies?)

Cirrus/London Telecare event: ‘The Future of Telecare’ (UK)
(Event report)

Tynetec acquires Aid Call Healthcare (UK)
(Clarification added)

Those two words are: ‘Police approved’. Supra UK Limited, supplier of the universally known and most reliable GE KeySafe™ has just announced the first ever key safe that has official UK Police approval.

Those two words change the way that responsible telecare services must think about client safety when recommending the installation of a key safe…

Those two words are: ‘Police approved’. Supra UK Limited, supplier of the universally known and most reliable GE KeySafe™ has just announced the first ever key safe that has official UK police approval.

Those two words change the way that responsible domiciliary care providers must think about safety when working with the agencies that provide such key safes at the homes of people for whom quick access is required. In addition, care workers will find the new C500 KeySafes much easier to use…

Those two words are: ‘Police approved’. Supra UK Limited, supplier of the universally known and most reliable GE KeySafe™ has just announced the first ever key safe that has official UK police approval.

Those two words change the way that responsible social housing providers must think about safety when working with agencies that need frequent or emergency access to the homes of tenants…