This editor [Donna] hates to sound jaundiced and a touch choleric–again–but the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which regulates all broadband and telephone in the US, in its now-published ‘National Broadband Plan’ gives us ‘e-care’ as their new, approved umbrella term… Read more'E-care' not 'telehealth'…the FCC says so!
An item by anonymous UK blogger ‘Cybersavvy UK’ takes us on the other side of the fence and reminds us of the kinds of things patients would really like from a connected health system. Thinking beyond just the Internet –… Read moreThinking beyond just the Internet – telehealth
At the World of Health IT Conference 2010 in Barcelona last week, Dr. Karl Stroetmann from German counsultancy Empirica Communication & Technology Research discussed the proposition that “eHealth is part of the of the problem of health system sustainability, and… Read moreRole for eHealth in healthcare sustainability?
The Home Telehealth Community of Care Information for Tomorrow site is an information source you might want to bookmark and check from time to time. March’s topic is Falls Among the Elderly.
Responding to the need to support its growing customer base in Europe, AMD Global Telemedicine is opening an office in Denzlingen Germany. Press release for details. (PDF)
In his Telecare Blog, Guy Dewsbury thoughtfully draws an analogy between being a master chef and making masterly telecare assessments for falls. Perhaps, when you have enjoyed and digested The Recipe for Assessments, it will be one to flag up… Read moreCooking up a telecare delight
Here’s a remarkable story from the USA: a man did not turn up for a physical therapy appointment and the therapists, knowing he was very reliable, went to see if he was alright. They found him lying on the floor… Read moreCould a pendant alarm have been positively harmful?
