Healthagen‘s iTriage, first mentioned here as a physician-developed app for iPhone and Android and deployed by Meridian Health in NJ [TA 20 July] is now in use in Houston, TX with HCA Houston and HealthOne Emergency Care Centers. Yes, it gives you GPS turn-by-turn… Read moreiTriage app guides you to healthcare
i2i TeleSolutions, a Bangalore and Chennai-based startup, is developing an ultrasound platform based on the iPad and iPhone as screening platforms for detecting fetal abnormalities. The platform would link sonographers around the world, helping experts monitor pregnancies as well as reviewing… Read moreIndian company uses iPad to screen for birth defects
This spring we covered the impressive win by the MIT MocaLab (now Sana) of Vodafone’s and the mHealth Alliance awards [TA 20 April] and the project head’s thoughts on the Android platform [TA 24 April]. Since 2008, Sana student teams have been… Read moreMIT's students continue development of Sana telemedicine
Having hosted its first-ever conference, the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) is profiled in this article, with the usual about the potential of telemedicine (video consults) and telehealth reaching into rural areas to make healthcare available, affordable and accessible…. Read moreTelemedicine's shaky start in South Africa
Alvolution, NHS West Midlands and the Joint Improvement Partnership have launched a comparison website that reviews a wide range of UK telecare and telehealth products. Sharon Ross, for NHS Telford and Wrekin said: “…The information it provides is independent and… Read moreUK telecare and telehealth comparison website
Brian Dolan’s interview with Don Jones, VP Healthcare of Qualcomm, at the Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit in London earlier this week is a longer read for your weekend. No bombshells but touching on many points interesting to us. First, insurers may… Read moreWeekend reading: Qualcomm's Don Jones on insurers going wireless, startup opportunities, LifeComm
Calgary Scientific, a Canadian mobile viewing software company, has gained FDA approval for its diagnostic use of its ResolutionMD on the HTC Evo 4G smartphone on the Sprint 4G network. The proof was showing that images pushed out to the HTC Evo… Read moreCalgary Scientific gains FDA approval for Resolution MD image viewer
Having dropped in on Technology for Doctors for Calgary Scientific, here is an interesting thought piece on the virtues of the new Kindle 3 as an adjunct text reader for charts and notes. They advocate its cheap-and-cheerfulness: it’s C$135, light, small,… Read moreTablet Wars–a brief encounter with the Amazon Kindle
Speaking of batteries [TA 21 Sept], here’s a SmartPlanet article on a rechargable lithium-ion (li-ion) battery using a carbon nanotube film covered by a lithium film, then onto paper, resulting in a paper thin and ultra flexible battery. Depending on the life, think… Read morePaper-thin rechargable batteries
A row between Council Members and social care officers over charging for community alarms gets a public airing in the local newspaper. City council wants to scrap free lifeline alarms for elderly. For other TA items regarding telecare charging, follow… Read moreStoke-on-Trent row over telecare charges (UK)
