Biosensor textiles; Telehealth; Physician adoption of smartphones

The ultimate baby monitor?
(Biosensor textiles getting 'out there')

Dishing it out on mHealth hype
(Self deprecating item by Eric Dishman of Intel)

Clinician acceptance of telehealth
(Reminder of importance of user-driven design)

Physician adoption of smartphones: HIT headache
(Problem for hospital IT departments)

Sugar in your tea...or battery?
(Pointer to the future)

Remote monitoring; healthcare technology; iBrain diagnoses sleep disorders; TeleMedCare; telecare, telehealth jobs

Remote monitoring + home health management = FBQ answers?
(Resolving the four big questions)

Virtual visits under the palm trees: InteractiveMD goes video
(Ambitious development)

Modernising healthcare in Armenia and Karabakh
(Telemedicine and teleconsultation)

Is this India? Yes it is!
(Surprise at the level of sophistication)

Life-changing healthcare technology (UK)
(One of the better stories for ages)

Carmarthenshire Telecare to be featured on S4C (Welsh TV)
(And a nice blog post)

iPad - love 'em or hate 'em
(We whip up two more iPad stories)

A small doubt on text messaging effectiveness
(Devise your own reminder system instead?)

iBrain diagnoses sleep disorders; MIT recognition
(And the top young innovators of 2010)

Healthsense gains fresh financing for telecare system
(Encouraging US industry news)

Satellites used to track mentally-ill violent criminals (UK)
(buddi-based tracking pilot scheme)

Business Week gets mHealthy
(Big players making investments but no one making money)

Knowsley telehealth project saves £185,000 in 14 months
(More evidence of telehealth effectiveness)

TeleMedCare appoints Interim CEO
(Industry news)

Three UK telecare telehealth jobs advertised
(In telecare and telehealth)

Intel; Telecare; BRIC telemedicine market forecast; Telemedicine; TeleMedCare; BS framework

Intel's purchase of McAfee: what it means to healthcare
(Inspecting their footfall)

NPR's acid flashback to telecare, 2006 (US)
(National Public Radio makes a discovery)

BRIC telemedicine market forecast
(If you need an 'exotic forecast' fix)

'Second' remote monitoring market larger than first?
(Juniper Research re-works its old study)

Telemedicine briefs (US)
(2 items re federal funding)

Boots pilots TeleMedCare telehealth equipment in stores
(Interesting UK development)

Clarification of the BS framework three-year qualification requirement
(Telecare Soapbox follow-up)

Framework agreement. Serious questions that need answers
(The most serious of which are still unresolved)

Telecare video; Sustainable Ageing; doc in poc; Buying Solutions

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)

Buying Solutions' telecare, telehealth and telecoaching framework agreement

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)

Apps for the Army; Buying Solutions framework agreement; Sex with prostitutes; Robots get emotional; ICE-T; Mobile networks Africa

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)

Telecare/Telehealth jobs; Remote monitoring; Tunstall; Dementia; Lifesentry

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)

Telecare charging; Ambient Assisted Living; MBAN; Blackberry Torch; Intel Health Guide; WellDoc

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; Remote monitoring; Japanese care robot; Toshiba Bluetooth; Eric Dishman; FAST's telecare survey

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)