The presentation files from the Whole System Demonstrator Action Network (WSDAN) 22 January roadshow are now available, here.

Thanks to David Cudby of Networks for Independent Living for the heads-up on a free 24-page report on the future development of wireless medical devices. Thanks too to ERBI and Cambridge Wireless who arranged and supported the workshop in early… Read moreWireless – the future of medical devices

Three cheers for Professor Branko Celler, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of TeleMedCare, the Australian telehealth company spun out of the University of New South Wales, who has pointed out to the Australian Governments that, owing to their ‘lacklustre investment’… Read moreBranko Cellar: Australian ehealth policy failure

John Leland in the New York Times has written the best article on home health monitoring for the general public that I have read for a long time. In terms of learning to communicate about the subject it is a… Read moreSensors help keep older people safe, and at home

Google has taken over your computer and soon you will be able to let it take over your house. Actually, it may be the quickest way to reduce our carbon emissions. Also, there is potential for the system to link… Read moreGoogle taking a step into power metering

Katherine Boehret comments in the Wall St Journal on the ClarityLife C900 cellphone. “Amongst other older people-friendly features, it has a large, red button on its back side that, when enabled and pressed, automatically calls and/or sends text messages to… Read moreCellphone for older people (US)

Israeli telehealth developer Aerotel Medical Systems and Swiss GEBOA, are launching Aerotel’s GeoSKeeper GPS personal location system in Switzerland, under the brand name of AlarmTouch. Press release for details.

A community matron is in the ideal position to write a practitioner’s-eye-view of what it is like to implement telehealth monitoring and the effect it has on patients’ lives. What a pity the author of this item on Publicnet doesn’t,… Read more"Telehealth keeps patients out of hospital" Community Matron

Two different takes on an Australian telehealth pilot using HomeMed equipment. The first says 100 people will be involved, the second, five. It’s great news, but sad it has taken so,so long to get this far.