Can you deliver therapy over the internet for brain injured patients? Yes, according to this article on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) website.

Toumaz Technologies have announced the introduction of a new product – the Life Pebble – an “ultra small, ultra-low power body-worn device that continuously monitors common vital signs – including ECG, heart rate, skin temperature, and physical activity – and… Read moreSensium Life Pebble from Toumaz Technologies

The Swedish Presidency this week hosted the European network of state secretaries responsible for eHealth, which met for the first time in Prague in February this year. Their aim is to produce a new European structure for cooperation to implement… Read moreHigh level meeting on eHealth

Would this lady’s death been prevented by use of an automated medication dispenser? Not a question the coroner raised. Coroner slams care company (Derbyshire, UK).

NHS Norfolk, Norfolk County Council and two private sector partners (TeleMedCare and Barchester Healthcare Group) have won the ‘Best Use of Telehealth and Telecare’ category of the E-Health Insider Awards 2009. Tim Hammond, MD of Barchester Healthcare is quoted as… Read moreTelehealth award for Norfolk PCT and partners

Recent and post-meeting news coverage on companies and featured speakers from the Connected Health Symposium: Integrating personal data and health information, Keas is a web tool that creates tailored health plans for individuals.  Their CEO, Adam Bosworth, led a networking break on Thursday.  Dr…. Read moreConnected Health Symposium: In the news

Jon Adams (ex-rocket scientist and “authority on all things wireless” at Freescale) makes the Zigbee case. ZigBee’s Value to Personal Health Care. [You may also want to search Telecare Aware for ‘zigbee’ for related items]

Some distilled wireless health views from a CTIA event, courtesy of mobihealthnews: CTIA interviews: AirStrip; BlackBerry; MedApps

Commentary by Quentin Hardy in Forbes on the Web 2.0 conference. “Organizers Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle organized their show around what they called ‘Web Squared’. While not the best expressed concept, it amounts to the idea that ever-cheaper computing… Read more(Re)Gaming The System

Carers Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Government Joint Improvement Team, will hold a major free conference on 1 December 2009 in the Glasgow Science Centre to examine and identify the potential benefits of telecare and its impact on carers’… Read moreA Weight off my Mind: Telecare for Carers Conference (Scotland)