Medicare does not reimburse doctors for the time it takes to analyze and use information from remote monitoring devices. As a result, the system creates built-in incentives for costly face-to-face visits. As a payment problem that should be fixed, Sen…. Read moreProposed Remote Monitoring Access Act (US)
Apparently, 85 percent of concussions suffered by American football players are not detected but a new helmet with impact sensors that can be monitored remotely may change that.
This article calls for the wide-scale introduction of telecare in Edinburgh to tackle its chronic problem of people who are occupying hospital beds because they have not been found an alternative place of care (‘bed blockers’). The author draws unfavourable… Read moreCalls for telecare in Edinburgh (UK)
Spirited follow up to Monday’s story (See Is Building Telecare in England coming off the rails? below), again from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph.
The third SEN@ER Conference (Silver Economy Network of European Regions) will be held in Seville on 15 and 16 November 2007. The conference will focus on four areas: New Technology and Independence, Tourism and Culture, Nutrition, and Financial Services. Get… Read moreSpeakers, participants and sponsors needed for conference in Seville (Spain) in November
The Care Services Improvement Partnership’s telecare services site has now moved to: www.icn.csip.org.uk/telecare Of particular interest, despite the information overload, is the presentation on Commissioning Telecare Services. You can also access the CSIP Telecare Newsletters. In July’s edition Mike Clark… Read moreCSIP's telecare web site has moved (UK)
Screening as many news items as I do for inclusion in Telecare Aware I constantly see a variety of terms used inappropriately to describe older people. At last someone has taken up the cause and written about it in an… Read moreThe names we use for people over 50
Get past the first few paragraphs of this press release to find a description of developments in bringing telemedicine technology to ambulances in the USA and comments on the US context of health monitoring.
Will you laugh or cry after reading the article Telecare scheme branded ‘waste of money’ from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph? You might laugh in disbelief. If the county council has not been able to persuade the leaders of the district… Read moreIs Building Telecare in England coming off the rails?
This article by the Care Services Improvement Partnership’s Mike Clark and Jeremy Porteus, ‘Telecare in the Community‘ is a description of the official view of the current state of telecare and telehealth in the UK, with a cautious look towards… Read moreTelecare in the Community: Clark & Porteus
