Kai Sensors is a Honolulu-based developer of wireless heart rate and respiration sensing technology. Its heart sensing radar technology named LifeReader has the ability to detect and monitor heart and respiration activity of multiple subjects wirelessly. The company hopes that… Read moreKai Sensors Secures US Army Funding for Radar on a Chip
Disease management online, surely? The study is one of several parts of a larger initiative being developed by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Sutter Health, called the Personalized Health Care Program, which seeks to tailor care for chronic diseases… Read moreRCT will evaluate online disease management (US)
The first is a health monitoring-related one from Ontario, Canada, the second is one of the better UK social care monitoring ones, from Sunderland. Ontario. Sunderland.
Although not named as such, both were referred to in the Chancellor’s 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Spending Review statement published yesterday. The banner phrase is “to promote greater independence and well-being in later life”, for which read, “reduce or postpone… Read moreTelecare and telehealth continue their climb up the UK Government's agenda
Is telecare and telehealth monitoring doomed to Orwellian ‘Big Brother’ connotations? Yes, if this future scenario report is to be believed. A gloomy must-read! Scotland’s Sunday Herald story.
The really interesting pointers to future developments are towards the bottom of this item on wireless sensor networks.
In 2005, Masimo introduced Masimo Rainbow SET Pulse CO-Oximetry, which, for the first time, noninvasively monitors the level of carbon monoxide and methemoglobin in the blood, allowing early detection and treatment of potentially life-threatening conditions. Founded in 1989, Masimo has… Read moreMasimo Launches Patient SafetyNet and Shows the Rainbow SET Upgradable Noninvasive Monitoring Platform
I’ve quoted the title of this item in full just to forewarn you that it is one of the most jargon-laden press releases I’ve seen for some time.
Survey of disabled people in Ireland shows, amongst other things, that “Only one in four people with disabilities use the internet, compared with a figure of nearly a half for the overall population. People with disabilities are almost half as… Read moreDisabled unaware of assistive telecoms services (Ireland)
Interesting pointer to the future item from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
