Smarter mobile phones; Qtel; Polish telecare company; Cardiocom; mHealth Initiative; Phrazer; Continua Alliance

Telecare Soapbox: Northern Ireland. We announce the winner and losers
(At last...?)

Older generation demands smarter mobile phones
(And why you can't phone them)

Qtel to launch mHealth services (Qatar)
(Industry news)

Failings in alarm response 'inexcusable' (NZ)
(Lessons learned)

WSD "shows promising results"
(Of course it does)

Polish telecare company seeks contacts
(Can you help?)

Once again into the breach... (US)
(More personal health data losses)

Cardiocom 'demo' on local TV
(What you can do in local markets)

Your Friday forecast: 'telemedicine' at $23 billion in 2015
(Yikes!)

mHealth Initiative agenda: FDA fears, expectations and hopes
(Conference news)

Phrazer handheld communicator
(Not telehealth, but...)

Continua Alliance in dire financial straits?
(Steve feels sorry for them)

Wi-Fi Alliance and Continua agreement
(Continua news)

GSMA Mobile World Congress: mHealth etc.
(Two views)

GP leader scorns ambulatory blood pressure monitoring recommendation (UK)
(GP resistance to telehealth monitoring)

HIMSS; Alere; Simultaneous wireless signals; Alarm fatigue; Philippines telehealth; Telehealth and telecare in England

HIMSS news in brief: Monday
(Conference/exhibition news)

Alere's acquisition of HTL will change the telehealth market
(Major announcement)

'Hype curve alert' on mHealth apps: research2guidance
(Report)

Pushing patient clinical summaries to mobile devices
(Mobile app)

Simultaneous wireless signals sent and received
(Pointer to the future)

PHR and payment smart card introduced at HIMSS (US)
(Payment option on a smart card?)

'Alarm fatigue' and what to do
(An issue for us all)

Philippines to fast track national telehealth project
(Telemed extension)

Drawn by free saree offer, 65-yr-old maid conned (India)
(What are the implications?)

The future of telehealth and telecare in England is on a knife edge
(Doubts about the uptake of the technologies)

Facebook; Doro; Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring; Telehealthcare; Single European patent; implantable heart sensor; Birmingham OwnHealth

Telecare Aware is recruiting
(Volunteers, that is)

Life-saving diagnosis via Facebook
(A friend in deed)

Doro global strategic partnerships with MyGlucoHealth
and Medixine
(Phone manufacturer digs into mHealth)

Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring Conference (US)
(Baltimore conference news)

BMJ Clinical Review: Telehealthcare for long term conditions
(New academic paper)

Telecare and council cuts (UK)
(Taking the temperature of the UK)

Home Is Where the Heart Monitor Is
(General telehealth item)

Single European patent almost a reality
(Welcome development)

'First responder' high-speed wireless network: $10.7 billion
(Are we heartened? No!)

Lancet study: implantable heart sensor reduces heart failure
related hospitalizations by 39%
(Measuring pulmonary artery pressure)

Nanosheets and graphene: powering sensors, computers
(Pointers to the future)

Birmingham OwnHealth shows its worth (UK)
(One of the better items lately)

FDA; Colored pendants; iPhone; Tunstall; Telecare petition; Tele-ICUs

FDA publishes medical device data system rules
(Published today)

Benchmarking telehealth and telemedicine: study
(Research and Markets's new study)

A 'remote' chance?
(Patient satisfaction is not enough)

New colored pendants (US)
(Sign of the times)

Will cheap small iPhone favor globalization of mHealth?
(2 related items)

Tunstall to participate in NSW telehealth programme (Aus)
(Other providers unknown)

Free telecare petition online (Wales)
(Less exciting than sounds)

Developing an mHealth app for pharma
(Best practice guide, plus comment)

Tele-ICUs for intensive care reduce patient mortality
by 20%, save up to $10,000: study
(Good telemed finding)

Tablet wars #3: Friday 'soon the weekend' edition
(Nokia to be third horse in the race?)

VA healthcare; NaviNet; Medical Device Tax; Why are medical alerts so ugly; Telemed cart; Epilert; Telehealth monitoring; VitalPoint;

VA contracts for healthcare innovations in EHRs and mobile
(Latest VA Innovation Initiative)

Videophone support for family caregivers of dementia patients (US)
(ACITSFCDP: What kind of acronym is that?)

NaviNet extends into mobile care management
(Think Amazon)

'Reform' medical device tax--Senate moves repeal (US)
(Has implications for telehealth and telecare)

Why are medical alerts so ugly? (US)
(And see comments on original post)

Continua and GCF to develop certification process
(Looks like a good move)

Telemed cart saves $540,000 in 7 months (US)
(Has ROI even discounting helicopter costs)

EpiLert a step closer to production at last (Israel)
(At last! At last!)

Prevent hospital admissions, win $3m (US)
(Competition, but use pre-existing data)

Telehealth monitoring for 100s of patients in Greece
(Part of an EU initiative)

New end user device: VitalPoint
(With outsourced device manufacturing facility)

Compassion: 'the universal solvent'
(Don't lose touch with what inspired you)

GP commissioners; Pacific telehealth; Robot RP-7; Telehealth; Kiosks and tablets; Obama videoconferencing; Toumaz

Will GP commissioners embrace telehealth? (UK)
(Will they? Won't they? Will they? Won't they?)

Brighter days in eHealth financing? It depends...
(Donna takes a long view)

Alaska, Hawaii join for Pacific telehealth
(Establishing a telehealth resource center)

Your Friday robot special: RP-7 in rural Oregon
(You may want to watch the video)

Your Friday digital health forecast: $5.7 billion in 2015
(What better way to spend $3,200?)

Personalized medicine and HIT
(Data still dropping from the blue sky)

Telehealth: more freedom for doctors and patients?
(Telemedicine item)

Automating patient check-in: kiosk or tablet?
(Another tech 'war' to keep an eye on?)

Rural and Remote Telehealth Conference (Aus)
(Conference news)

Obama promotes patient-doctor videoconferencing
(See the comment too)

Toumaz launches something that's possibly interesting
(Contender for the 'Incomprehensible Press Release of the Month Award')