Mobile software partner sought for European dementia technologies is a low-key title for a significant item in eHealthNews.eu about the COGKNOW project. Don’t miss the video, especially because they do not seem to fall into the traps on ageist attitudes… Read moreMobile software partner sought for European dementia technologies
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has come out strongly in support of treating more people at home using technology, as reported in The Guardian. Readers will see from comments on the article that people are suspicious of its motives,… Read moreNHS 'could save £15bn' treating more patients at home
Who should write about mHealth? A question posed and answered by David Doherty on the 3G Doctor Blog after the American Telemedicine Association published a paper “Medical Apps for Smart Phones” and made a hash of it.
Grant-funded opportunity for an EU resident with a Masters to study for a PhD in telecare systems at Portsmouth University. Application Deadline: 30 March 2010, Start date 1 October 2010. Details here.
In an attempt to increase the uptake of telecare, Newcastle City Council and Your Homes Newcastle have started a scheme to let people over 85 experience telecare free for six months. This follows the example of at least one other… Read moreNewcastle (UK) 6 months' free telecare for people over 85
MassGeneral Hospital for Children and the Partners Center for Connected Health (both Partners HealthCare, Boston) are testing a videoconferencing arrangement that connects six pediatric ICU physicians’ homes with a portable telemedicine station positioned at the patient’s bedside. When the on-call attending… Read morePediatric ICU telemedicine at MassGeneral
Summing up Brian Dolan’s extensive coverage for MobiHealthNews of the 3-4 February mHealth Initiative conference are his thoughts on what will be driving mHealth–providers or consumers/patients? While there are highly ‘activated patients’, the least activated are least compliant with care plans, most likely… Read moreWhat will really drive 'unstoppable' mHealth?
Here is an impressive result buried in a press release. A post-discharge monitoring program at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, which included Ideal Life’s wireless weight scale, helped to reduce hospital readmissions of CHF patients by 50%. Ideal Life is a Canadian telehealth company that has developed… Read moreIdeal Life reports 50% reduction in hospital readmissions in test program
