“In a correctional environment, it’s expensive to move the patient to the health care, and there are security considerations. That’s one of the reasons why telemedicine is attractive.” An obvious key application, one would have thought. Anyone know of telemedicine/telecare… Read moreTelemedicine for prisoners (US)
Fed up of getting Ontario Telecare or a certain singer with the same name as a telecare company in your search results? Now you can search 25 targeted UK telecare websites using the new search feature in the right hand… Read moreTargeted telecare search in TelecareAware
Swindon local news story added in comments on local news items.
Two stories with an insight on costs. Home Health Monitoring costing $9,000 per year That’s the price put on it by Dovetail Health in Needham, Massachusetts. Using what appears to be Dovetail-branded Philips’ equipment It “helps seniors live independently at… Read moreWhat's the cost of remote patient monitoring? (US)
More than just another local telecare scheme story. It is good to see telecare being featured this way in the context of a much bigger scheme. eGovMonitor report.
I suspect that not many people these days feel they have time to read a dry-sounding 55 page report. But that would be a pity when it comes to this one published by the Royal Society before Christmas. They have… Read moreDigital healthcare: the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on health and healthcare
Did you know you were in a D2H2 industry? I didn’t until I read the first of these press releases. I note it has a ‘Printer friendly’ link. It’s a pity it doesn’t have a ‘Reader friendly’ link to make… Read moreD2H2 and HS24
An eye-glazing title, but something is stirring in Kent and the Wirral. E-Health Insider report.
Future developments and intentions of some of the big players in the technological fields are revealed in this jam-packed press release, making it a candidate for listing here. If you can’t bear to read it all, at least see the… Read moreNew Convergence of CE Products with Content and Dynamic Keynote Addresses Highlight Day One of the 2007 International CES
Nine months after the Preventative Technology Grant became available in England, there has been a run of local news items about telecare services and developments. Presumably this reflects the time it takes to get schemes going in councils – so… Read moreLocal news items (UK)
