Humana, the fourth largest US insurer, is rolling out in January Humana Cares Chronic Condition Management, which will integrate home safety, prevention, self-management with personal support and (drumroll) ‘a variety of remote bio-metric monitoring devices in the member’s home’. What is hopeful about… Read moreHumana's model–a hope for remote monitoring integration?
A positive but mysterious sign re investment in telecare/mHealth is the reported $2.2 million angel funding of a company called VoCare Inc., which combines a tablet computer with a cell phone and a pendant device that calls for help in case… Read moreFall detection gone mobile with $2.2 million funding
It’s a long round for poor HIT managers! (Ding!) Steve’s list from TechRepublic (see ’10 things…’) just got a bit longer as tablets are now proliferating like headache pills. Device consistency, personal devices, impact on HIT systems and support, sheer confusion…stock up… Read moreTablet Wars Round #4: Samsung, BlackBerry–and Motorola
With the growing interest in the use of mobile phones etc. in healthcare, care provider IT managers are in for a few headaches. They may find this item from TechRepublic useful: 10 things you should know about supporting mobile devices…. Read more10 things IT managers should know about supporting mobile devices
In his speech to his party’s conference, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg signalled the Coalition Government’s approach to public funding and the forthcoming cuts in public spending: allow councils more freedom to borrow against future income and a further move… Read moreUK councils to get new borrowing powers
Back in August we introduced you to GadgetTrak, which is software that helps mitigate the loss of a mobile phone or laptop. If you bought it, could you let us know how your experience of purchasing/installing/testing it went. Also, if… Read moreGadgetTrak: Request for feedback
