26 March 2010

Hebrides Telehealth video; NHS Direct; Philips pendant alarm; telecare news

It will be worth setting aside some time to explore this stonking set of 8 items posted since Tuesday's alert.

Excellent telehealth video: Hebrides Telehealth
(Great scenery, great overview, what more do you want?)

Tech patents - an arms race
(A dark cloud on the horizon for small companies)

Video surveillance in 360-degrees
(Techie stuff)

Scotland continues telecare support
(News report with video too)

NHS Direct / SE Essex Telemonitoring Project - excellent results (UK)
(Significant development on UK scene)

Converging telecare and telehealth device
(New product)

VNSNY/Sprint juvenile diabetes monitoring program
(Yes, we did notice the deal sweetener...)

Philips puts nail in pendant alarm coffin
(Cracks in the reassurance paradigm revealed)

23 March 2010

e-Care; FCC; eHealth; Eric Dishman Intel video; telehealth

AgeTek--Aging Technology Alliance--steps forward at What's Next
(Small companies in the US get it together)

'E-care' not 'telehealth'...the FCC says so!
(Terminology rant)

Thinking beyond just the Internet - telehealth
(What do patients really want?)

Role for eHealth in healthcare sustainability?
(Presentation from Empirica)

Home Telehealth Community of Care
(Ressurected information source)

AMD opens first European office
(Industry news)

Cooking up a telecare delight
(Mmmmm...)

m-Health2010 Conference and Expo
(Conference news)

Could a pendant alarm have been positively harmful?
(Double-take on the value of pendants)

IEEE HealthCom'10
(Conference news)

Video: Take healthcare off the mainframe Eric Dishman (Intel)
(Impassioned presentation - do watch)

19 March 2010

Bosch; Tunstall; Alert1; iSOFT news of telehealth developments

Bosch Netwell Centre telehealth trial (Ireland)
(Yes! Another trial!)

Tunstall: pre-election positioning (UK)
(Tunstall entrenches in consciousness of politicians)

Alert One rebrands as Alert1 (US)
(Err... rebranding news)

iSOFT and Medic4all new telehealth service (EU)
(Industry development)

Wakefield and District Housing alarm service anniversary (UK)
(Clear communications)

'Hanging together'--Aging Technology Alliance announced
(New development - look out for more info next week)

16 March 2010

Android health apps and other telehealth news

Telehealth pavilion debuting at CTIA
(Las Vegas 23-25 March)

Telehealth on Fox Business News
(Solid mainstream item)

Tanzania using mobile for childhood treatment
(Reaching the previously unreachable)

500 Android health apps=3 million downloads?
(Market developments)

American Well connects in New York
(Telehealth spreads)

'Crying wolf': US municipalities charging for false PERS alarms
(Highlights the importance of proper response system)

M-health: same old opportunities, same old disappointment?
(Like the 'teles', not meeting expectations)

LogicMark sues Medical Alarm Concepts (US)
(Market grows - more to lose - companies get tough)

12 March 2010

Mobile World Congress 2010 mHealth Review and other telehealth news

Telecare for young woman with MS and free telecare for older people
(Breath of fresh air v brand promotion)

Read'em and weep - I do!
(I am not alone... I am not!... I am not!)

Mobile World Congress 2010 mHealth Review
(Massive resource)

Doctor will text you now
(Article for the general public)

Medication reminders by email and text (US)
(Reminders and more)

Update: Does our logo look like this?
(New security attacks on IE6 and IE7 users)

Med-e-Tel 2010 approaching
(Conference info)

How obtrusive is the equipment you provide?
(It's not just about usability)

EMR sampling by private practice physicians (US)
(US electronic medical record choices)

West Wireless Health Institute names CEO
(WWHI is a research and advocacy organization)

ODLs making a comeback?
(ODLs = Observations of daily living)

Smartphone adoption by physicians expected at 81% by 2012
(Oh how we love these predictions...)

Explosive growth in iPhone health apps
(What else is a bandwagon for?)

9 March 2010

Pointers to the future, PCT commissioning and mobile healthcare

Microrings and Skinput
(Pointers to the future)

GPS dementia tagging: is it too demeaning?
(Tagging, yes. Facilitating independence, no)

UK GPs have no confidence in PCT managers
(Why not?)

Seventh Annual What’s Next Boomer Business Summit
(Conference reminder, Chicago)

National Digital Research Centre (Ireland)
(COPD monitoring device project)

Make equipment that doesn't have to be used (Japan)
(Great aspiration)

O2 UK appoints to new mobile healthcare division
(Steve makes a prediction)

Healthcare suffers owing to delays in technology roll-out (Scotland)
(Government committee bewails lack of progress)

The Innovator's Prescription (video)
(Don't miss this one)

HIMSS wrapup
(Conference overview)

UK Framework Agreement: For the curious or hesitant
(View the Invitation to Tender)

UK Framework Agreement: Application observations
(This item replaced the checklist first posted)

5 March 2010

Telecare Telehealth Telecoaching Framework Agreement

UK Framework Agreement: Application observations

GE QuietCare inks distribution with Direct Supply
(When in doubt, outsource)

Motorola HS1001 - the iPhone for the home?
(What do you mean, home phone?)

Red Cross telecare services?
(Request for information)

MarketWatch reviews wireless health
(Various initiatives and pilots)

Changes at Invicta Telecare (UK)
(Statement)

Will US telemedicine be DOA?
(Actually, not so doomy-gloomy)

Veterans Administration presolicitation notice for telehealth
(Seeking up to six vendors)

ExpressScripts testing GlowCaps
(Industry news)

Times Online Health: smartphones r doc in poc
(Consumer-oriented overview)

2 March 2010

Buying Solutions telecare and telehealth framework procurement

Crunch time for suppliers: new UK telecare and telehealth 'Framework' procurement agreement in process
(Essential reading)

February's Telecare LIN eNewsletter published
(eNewsletter published)

Cisco launches HealthPresence technology at HIMSS
(Moving out of test mode?)

'A perfect storm' in connected health's favor?
(Doctor becomes a believer)

HIMSS news in brief: RIM, Voalté, Epocrates
(Round up)

Dental telemedicine in California?
(Not quite as it seems)

Squashy Call Button (UK)
(Product news)

Philips Motiva: positive results from Catalan project
(Another study)

Telehealthcare - what are they thinking?
(See comments too)

Surrey: £50,000 telecare for people with dementia
(Can you throw some light of this?)

Cardio Pod predicting heart attack risk (Scotland)
(Market development)

Coroner criticises Sunderland Council call centre (UK)
(Sad, but old, case)

The Patient from Hell thumbs down to the iPad
(With telecare implications)