Why do people drop out of telehealth/telecare projects? More specifically, why do they leave the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) programme after agreeing to join? A new item on the WSD Action Network by Tim Ellis, the Programme Manager has some… Read moreTelehealth / telecare project dropouts

Two items from the latest Whole System Demonstrator Action Network website postings: A summary of, and links to, items from the UK Government that indicate how it expects telecare and telehealth developments to support various current policies. Telecare and telehealth… Read moreUK Government telecare policy and the Scottish Telecare Development Programme

Fresenius Medical Care, a German kidney dialysis company, has developed the KidneyTel system which combines home telehealth monitoring device technology with an integrated care management program specifically tailored to the kidney patient. More.

IBM is launching a telehealth project that will involve 30 elderly patients in Bolzano, Italy. Short item from Information Week Healthcare.

E-Health Europe reports a large scale, €800,000 telehealth (remote monitoring) project for COPD patients dicharged from hospital. Denmark runs telehealth pilots. (Scroll down.) [The article says the service is outsourced to Australian company MedSat… surely that should be Danish health… Read moreDenmark's large scale telehealth project

The Burnside Telecom Easy Answer wireless desktop phone will appear for the first time in public at the London Care Show, Olympia 7-8 October 2009. Telecare Aware report on the phone (March 2009) Mature Times review for a more detailed… Read moreBurnside desktop wireless phone for older people to get public airing at London Care Show