Barnsley Doc@Home project extended to Hull (UK)
Two different stories on the same topic by the same reporter, Alexandra Wood, combine to give a full picture of this development. Good local news story 1 and story 2 from Yorkshire Today.
Day: 1 February 2007
Who cares for the elderly? (UK)
A balanced local news story from Cumbria (by a reporter who knows the difference between ‘compared with’ and ‘compared to’ – hooray!).
Survey reveals almost all councils using telecare (UK)
EHealth Insider Primary Care does a neat job of digesting material from the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP).
Mobile Monitoring System (UK/India)
Do we need another one? the writer asks. “Such a ‘Mobile Disease Management System’ is long overdue,” Professor Woodward is reported as saying in this article. He will work with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Intel and government investment to turn Ireland into a digital health development powerhouse?
Speaking at Tuesday’s announcement, Minister Martin said: “IDA Ireland worked closely with Intel to win this project…Digital health has been identified by Intel Corporation as a strategic area for the future and today’s announcement is a milestone for Ireland in… Read moreIntel and government investment to turn Ireland into a digital health development powerhouse?
Philips Innovation Event Asia (China)
Philips Electronics demonstrated some of its latest technologies and concepts that have been designed to improve and contribute to the quality of people’s lives. The purpose of the event was to emphasize the importance of the opportunities that China is… Read morePhilips Innovation Event Asia (China)
Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment (Spain/UK)
The CAALYX project will develop and test a light, mobile device to monitor a number of vital signs and transmit the information to an intelligent data-logging system. While the two-year project is to be led by Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica,… Read moreComplete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment (Spain/UK)
Aerotel acquires Tardian Lifecare (Israel)
Read the press release about it here. Visit Aerotel website to see products, etc.
Technology Offers High-tech Patient Monitoring
The bland title of this webpage belies its way-out nature. It shows the US military testing heads-up displays to support patient monitoring in battlefield conditions. EMS Responder story.
Telemedicine across the Pacific (Honolulu)
In part I couldn’t resist this first newspaper story I’ve seen from Honolulu, but actually, it is a well-written and informative piece about telemedicine.