30 November 2010

2020health report; Telehealth; HomePod; "I’ve Fallen, and I Can't Get Up"; WellDoc

2020health report starts to get an airing (UK)
(This looks like a space to watch)

Australian Government consults on telehealth
(But does it?)

HomePod can now be rented privately (UK)
(Industry news)

Telehealth heart failure readmissions reduced to 3%: NJ home care study
(More for the evidence base)

"I’ve Fallen, and I Can't Get Up"
(Historical item)

European mHealth Alliance adds Intel
(Not to be confused with the other mHealth Alliance)

WellDoc profiled in Wireless Week
(Will you "See the love"?)

Was 2010 mHealth's year?
(A: Depends what criteria you use!)

26 November 2010

NHS telehealth - Dorrell; Robotics; Vodafone; Enchanted objects; NY Times

When will the NHS wake up to telehealth?
(When? When? ... Major report)

Sparkly new website
(No, not ours!)

Robotics roundup: automating prescriptions, elder care, robobathing
(More on care robots)

Vodafone's Wireless Innovation project 2011 deadline looming
(Need some early funding?)

'Enchanted objects'? And don't forget the robots.
(Are smartphone health apps going to annoy rather than help?)

'Super ambulance' to be licensed by LifeBot (US)
(Hmm...)

NY Times visits telehealth, thoroughly but damply
(Ambivalent but thorough)

mHealth to $1.7 billion by 2014: Chilmark Research
(Another holiday, another forecast)

23 November 2010

K-SERA for NAO robots; Telemedicine services; Philips remote monitoring; Telecare monitoring; Online doc services

K-SERA for NAO (Video)
(Cute little robots)

UK's Vision for Adult Social Care
(Heard it all before?)

Expanding telemedicine services in the Pacific (Audio)
(Radio interview)

Philips's remote monitoring business strategy
(Still trying to work out what they are up to)

Welsh demonstrator projects update
(Good news)

'Connected healthcare' panel at NY MIT Enterprise Forum
(Were you there?)

Telecare monitoring profiled by CNN
(Wishing it were less formulaic)

DoD health IT plans need work, too (US)
(Inter-departmental squabbling)

Test of cell phone based blood pressure monitoring doubles improvement
(But which test, by whom, where?)

Online doc services profiled in USA Today
(Credentialing problems and a horror story)

19 November 2010

TSA 2010 Conference; AMIA Informatics; undiagnosed COPD; Aerotel GeoSkeeper; Galaxy Tab; Bosch Healthcare

TSA 2010 Conference reports
(Further updates since yesterday; A request and reflections)

Microwaves could replace electrodes for monitoring vital signs
(Pointer to the future item)

AMIA Informatics 2010 Year in Review
(Items for the evidence base)

More people in UK with undiagnosed COPD than previously thought
(According to a survey)

Aerotel GeoSkeeper--first US viewing
(Will be interesting to hear what readers make of it)

Tablet wars: 20 iPad competitors to watch and definitive
review of Galaxy Tab
(Continuing developments)

Bosch Healthcare in US: interesting moves too
(Reaction to observation from the TSA conference)

12 November 2010

WSD; Eric Topol; Light-emitting biomedical tattoos; mHealth Summit; O2 health deals

WSD sites enrol just one patient in ten (UK)
(Lifting a little more of the veil on the WSD)

500m people using healthcare mobile applications in 2015
(Expensive report alert)

Eric Topol: The wireless future of medicine (Video)
(Interesting mhealth presentation)

Light-emitting biomedical tattoos and more
(Pointer to the future)

Mobile phone 'chip' for STD self-testing (UK)
(Pointer to the near future)

News from mHealth Summit: Wednesday
(Eight more updates)

O2 Health announces first NHS deals
(Industry news)

9 November 2010

mHealth Summit; Novartis; Cardiac telemonitoring; AT&T ForHealth;

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)

5 November 2010

Buying Solutions; mHealth in Africa; Aerotel; Quest Diagnostics

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)

2 November 2010

Portable breast scanner; AFrame Digital; mHealth; Emotional automation; T2 Mood Tracker app

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)