Aerotel and Medicronic-Vodafone Launch Wireless Homecare System in Spain
Aerotel have lined up with an interesting and potentially powerful partner to open up the home health monitoring market in Spain. Press release.
Day: 4 April 2008
Medtronic to surf Europe's 'wave of telemedicine'
Let’s hope Medtronic’s surfing skills are up-to-scratch. Joking aside, this item from e-Health Europe is worth reading if you are interested in the telehealth scene.
Jontec/Vivatec partnership for PASA NFA (UK)
Jontek’s Answer-Link 3G Telecare Response Centre is now available through the NHS PASA Telecare National Framework Agreement, via Vivatec. The acceptance by NHS PASA of Answer-Link 3G under the 2008 Annual Review process means that the Centre is available through… Read moreJontec/Vivatec partnership for PASA NFA (UK)
Perfect plot
Subtitled ‘Adults with autism reap the benefits of a move away from institutional care into a home of their own’ this Guardian story is a perfect example of what telecare suppliers’ press releases should look like. All the emphasis is… Read morePerfect plot
Med-e-Tel: not too late to register
The Med-e-Tel 2008 conference program features speakers from around the world, presenting on a wide variety of ehealth and telemedicine topics. 16 – 18 April, Luxembourg. Still time to register.
Technology drives advances in home health monitoring
A well-researched, wide-ranging article from the Wisconsin Technology Network that deserves a wider audience. Maybe you should go and ‘Digg’ it. I particularly liked the quote: from Frank Byrne, president of St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, who called home-based health… Read moreTechnology drives advances in home health monitoring
Walmart moves into telehealth (US)
And Walmart-owned UK supermarket chain Asda have also started a couple of pilot in-store medical clinics… Story via Wireless Healthcare [URL “http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.ukRemoveThisFromTheUrl/wh/news/wk15-08-0003.htm” is reported by Google to be compromised by malware, 16 March 2015].
Which Personal Health and Wellness IT Devices Would Older Adults Use If They Were Available?
This is actually a re-run of the second story in the trio in ‘Three views on technology take up’ posted earlier this week. Why? Because the addition by ihealthbeat of a small graph makes the whole thing much more readable.