Raynaud’s disease is a vascular condition in which the fingers become cold and pale when blood vessels are constricted upon exposure to cold. The Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center in Baltimore, has recently completed initial trials for a small, low-cost monitor
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Monthly Archives February 2007
FCC Grants Available for Telehealth And Telemedicine (US)
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced a two-year pilot program that will fund up to 85% of the costs for the design, construction and use of dedicated broadband networks in order to expand the availability and use of telehealth
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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.
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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!).
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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).
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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Aerotel acquires Tardian Lifecare (Israel)
Read the press release about it here. Visit Aerotel website to see products, etc.
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