Philips; European Connected Health; e-Health 2011; Kiwok; GSM/GPRS modem; 'Smart' contact lenses; Appy Awards; Chiptech

Philips talks down expectations of more large acquisitions
(Industry news)

3rd European Connected Health Leadership Summit
(Conference news)

e-Health 2011: Enabling Healthy Outcomes (Canada)
(Conference news)

Swedish m-health firm Kiwok plans IPO
(Industry news)

Low current GSM/GPRS modem for M2M (France)
(New product news)

Telemedicine facilitating disaster response: study
(Research news)

'Smart' contact lenses for health monitoring, information
(Pointer to the future news)

Look beyond the hospital: a design view
(Views news)

Now the 'Appy Awards'
(And the happy winner is...news)

ECCH updates its Remote Telemonitoring Service web page at last (N. Ireland)
(Civil service news)

Chiptech after the NZ earthquake
(Truly happy news)

AT&T/T-Mobile; Humana Cares; GE V Scan; inPulse; medical dashboards; Japan

AT&T/T-Mobile--the impact on mobile health?
(If the acquisition goes through)

Humana Cares 'big pilots' Intel Health Guide (US)
(For CHF patients)

Blood analysis in minutes, via chip
(New development news)

GE V Scan handheld ultrasound: review
(Virtues, despite initial skepticism)

inPulse: Putting your smartphone on your wrist
(Most exciting video this year for smartphone geeks)

We care more about our cars than we do ourselves - Sanders
(Why aren't we putting in medical dashboards?)

Japan: who cares now for elderly?
(After the earthquake and tsunami)

LivingWell@Home; Mobile Health Expo; telecare; Northern Ireland Remote Monitoring Service TF3; Tunstall

LivingWell@Home: eHealth's pointer to the future?
(First significant US study to combine telecare and telehealth)

Mobile Health Expo--early birds need to hurry!
(Discount ends today)

Care at home with telecare v care home care without (Scotland)
(Two contrasting stories from the same source)

Generation gap alive and well and living in a business near you
(Why?)

NHS North Yorkshire and York telehealth website launched
(Example of an excellent site)

Northern Ireland Remote Monitoring Service goes to... TF3
(The result announced at last)

Scottish Government's £10m marketing gift to Tunstall
(Good news for the Scottish people and for Tunstall)

SeNCit; Telecare; Video Consulting; mental health telehealth; CTIA E-Tech Awards; WLSA; Cost effective telehealth services

SeNCit set to disrupt the telecare device market?
(Interesting new product - you read it here first)

A random walk down Telecare Lane...
(5 items in 1)

Lessons from Richard Pope, Video Consulting Diabetes Consultant
(What did the patient's wife say?)

US army uses 80-foot container for mental health telehealth booths
(I suspect it's not as makeshift as it sounds)

Removing the barriers to telehealth--a policy view (US)
(New report)

CTIA E-Tech Awards finalists announced
(Winners due 23 March)

WLSA ramps up partner development
(Paul Sonnier news)

Buying cost effective telehealth services in Northern Ireland
(Major contribution to the telehealth evidence base)

Telehealth; Carefx; Scotland telecare; Connected healthcare; eHealth Craigslist; Ontario eHealth; Med-e-Tel; Virginia Telehealth Network; Moonray Healthcare; Telehealth Solutions

Despite growth, is telehealth on track?
(Or is it all mush?)

Carefx purchased by Harris for $155 million
(Industry news)

Innovation in Revolutionary (Crisis-Driven) Environments
(Iron fist in a soft glove)

Scotland continues to embed telecare into services and
media consciousness
(The ordinariness is palpable)

Let's have connected healthcare to avoid icky stuff
(Cisco blog item)

Hey Pepco: There's an app for that
(Food for thought)

eHealth as easy as Craigslist? Craig thinks so
(Craig still pushing at boundaries)

Former Ontario eHealth boss resurfaces in California
(Worthy of publicity? TA readers' opinions sought)

Ultra-low power MCUs for mobile smart metering
(Technical news)

RSM event Point of care testing: Disruptive innovation
(UK telehealth) Deadline approaching
(Conference news)

Med-e-Tel approaching rapidly
(Conference news)

Catch up with KF conference video
(Conference news)

No demand from patients for EHRs in the UK
(Food for thought for EHR proponents)

AT&T, Sprint talk healthcare plans @ HIMSS
(Gee-whiz item)

The Virginia Telehealth Network; using mHealth to bridge
the rural gap
(Virginia becoming a telecare/telehealth industry hub?)

Moonray Healthcare acquires Telehealth Solutions (UK)
(Industry news)

TANN live; McKesson mobilizes for health; Aetna; VA and EHRs; HIMSS

Telecare Aware News Network (TANN) goes live
(A flying start for Ireland and England)

Kings Fund Congress live streaming tomorrow and Wednesday
(Free registration)

McKesson Foundation 'mobilizes for health', awards $1.3 million in research
(Six grants up to $250,000)

Mobile health in linguistically diverse populations
(Advocating mobile health consult subsidies)

Aetna's tentative toe in telemedicine waters
(and Aetna is not known to be an early adopter...)

VA, Defense 'jointness' for EHRs (US)
(Seeking better outcomes for verterans)

Tablet Wars, HIMSS edition: docs love iPads, but is it all a conspiracy?
(Is Apple unstoppable?)