A thoughtful round-up of robotic surgery in the UK on the British Computer Society’s website. “Sales are now driven by patients starting to demand the robot. It costs about $1.5M plus about $100K pa maintenance, plus about $20K disposables (e.g…. Read moreRobotic surgery (UK)

The Yurina robot from Japan Logic Machine is designed for lifting patients. However, it is also said to be able to convert itself to a wheelchair that can navigate narrow hallways. The 5 minute video ‘demonstration’ on the engadget site… Read moreYurina robot

Councils spent £1.56m last year providing about 2,200 public health funerals, a report by the Local Government Association (LGA) shows. This is up from £1.46m the previous year. Councillor David Rogers, chairman of the LGA’s community wellbeing board said “Our… Read moreNumbers of old people dying alone increasing in the UK

Telehealth provider Docobo has announced an exclusive deal to distribute ComCare, an Australian community care client management system. The ComCare product has been developed by Silver Chain, an Australian charity that provides district nursing and care services to 40,000 clients… Read moreDocobo to promote Australian community care management system in UK

August’s Telecare LIN eNewsletter (PDF 3.4MB) has been published, focusing on the launch of the framework agreement and the Cochrane systematic review on telemonitoring and heart failure. So there’s not much in it that avid readers of Telecare Aware will… Read moreAugust's Telecare LIN eNewsletter published

The part of the Buying Solutions website covering the Telecare, Telehealth and Telecoaching Framework Agreement [I note they have quietly dropped the ‘Assistive Technologies’ – good. Ed. Steve] has now started to expand. Here’s your starting point. It gives links… Read moreUK Telecare, Telehealth and Telecoaching Framework Agreement: more information

California Telehealth Network launches:  The University of California and a coalition of health care organizations, technology companies and government agencies are scheduled to announce today the launch of the California Telehealth Network. The CTN will connect 300 health care facilities and 800 doctors’ offices… Read moreBusiness briefs etc. for 17 August

Palomar Pomerado Health of San Diego is working with Cisco Systems to be the first US hospital network to deploy a tablet-based system.  The local business journal article doesn’t mention the Cius [TA 2 July] but the robust videoconferencing for virtual multi-point consults and relatively small size… Read moreSan Diego hospital system, Cisco pairing for first US hospital tablet system

Rainy day weekend or holiday?  A quick trip through the world of mobile health awaits you on the Stanford University Mobile Health 2010 website distilling last spring’s conference.  36 short Slideshare presentations on two web pages, one for each day (24, 25 May). … Read more36 presentations/2 days: looking back at Stanford Mobile Health 2010