29 October 2010

Cornwall WSD; Telecare charging; COW mitigates effects of stroke; Globaltel Media; MyGlucoHealth; MediPendant

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!)

26 October 2010

Mobile Health Expo; eHealth in Europe; iRobot; TeleHealth; Weight Scale

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)

22 October 2010

Spending review cuts; Scottish telecare; Standards in Telecare and Telehealth

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?)

15 October 2010

Latest telehealth/telecare news items

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!)

12 October 2010

Telehealth; Smartphones; Community matrons; SFTeHIN; Telehealth Solutions; mSanté

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)

8 October 2010

Smartphones; Pediatric heart conditions; Home telehealth systems; Telehealth project; Aircel Apollo; Allscripts; Continua certified mobile phone

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)

5 October 2010

Mobile Health Expo; Silver Chain and Docobo; Home health telemonitoring; Telenephrology

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...')

1 October 2010

Telecare ethics; mHealth Conference and Expo; brain-computer interface; Paul Burstow; BlackBerry PlayBook

Coast and Country HomeCall (UK)
(Breath of fresh air press releases)

Telecare - the ethical debate
(Good video - US readers please note)

Wireless tech changing global health--fast overview
(Well-written roundup for non-healthcare audience)

Personal Commentary: mHealth Conference and Expo, Dubai
(An attendee's report for TA)

Center for Connected Health thought pieces
(Waning: includes rant by Donna!)

'Avatar' not far away: US Army Research brain-computer interface demo
(Short video may leave you giddy)

EHR major downside? 'Snippets' of hospital data leak online
(A 'pointer to the future' that we don't want to see)

UK Health Minister Paul Burstow flags up telecare
(But is the focus on cost saving a positive one?)

Tablet Wars Round #4.5: BlackBerry PlayBook
(Blackberry comes out swinging)