buddi, riding its wave, arrives on US shores, partnering with Mace Security International, a manufacturer of ‘personal defense and electronic surveillance products’ and operator of a wholesale central monitoring station. The device will be branded as MaceBuddi in the US…. Read morebuddi to launch in the US, as MaceBuddi
Neil Versel, who now parks his notepad at Mobihealthnews, takes on the mass media covering the healthcare/technology beat in the prestigious Columbia Journalism Review of 6 Jan. Donning his boxing gloves (no bare knucks, this is the CJR), Neil gets into the ring… Read moreTaking on the mass media on telehealth: in this corner…
The story of BT’s project using the Intel Health Guide at Wakefield is popping up all over the place thanks to the power of BT’s publicity power. Here’s the original press release, but this item from Silicon.com is one of… Read moreBT's Intel Health Guide project in Wakefield (UK)
In a conflation of telecare technology and medically-oriented service and publicity, Telenor Norway reports completing a five-month [!] pilot project “whereby elderly people’s health signs could be monitored remotely by doctors…Healthcare providers received a text message alert on their mobile… Read moreTelenor completes project testing medical alert system (Norway)
Where are people getting their healthcare information? No surprise, they are using blogs, chat rooms, message boards and online communities. According to Manhattan Research’s tenth edition of Cybercitizen Health US, 89 million adults used social media resources for health, versus 63 million in… Read more89 million use social media for health, 99 million 'e-empowered': study
One year ago, on 12 January 2010, Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. The mHealth Alliance looks back on how mobile technologies enabled speedy rebuilding of critical parts of the telecommunications system (Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), a single tweet initiated… Read moreThe Haiti earthquake and mobile technology–a look back
Diversinet, which just received a five-year contract to expand the US Army’s mCare telehealth outreach program for wounded warriors using its MobiSecure Health platform [TA 8 Nov], has entered into a five-year, $5 million agreement with Canada-based Mihealth Global Systems for exclusive distribution of MobiSecure… Read moreDiversinet's MobiSecure in $5 million distribution deal; expands to Canada
Voalté, a developer of iPhone and BlackBerry communications applications for nurses and clinicians, is partnering with Rauland-Borg Corporation, a nurse call provider. In integrating their systems, Responder 5 Nurse Call alerts will now display on Voalté-equipped iPhones along with text messages, voice calls, and critical care… Read moreVoalté integrates nurse call alerts on iPhone
Cardiocom, which has recently extended from a developer of telehealth monitors to providing clinical services integrating their hardware, software and nurse service programs for conditions such as CHF and COPD, received the 2011 North American Award for Enabling Technology from business consultancy Frost… Read moreCardiocom awarded by Frost & Sullivan for 'enabling technology'
San Diego-based WellComm launched yesterday a ‘dashboard’ or ‘hub’ app for smartphones and tablets that connects information from other wellness apps and also can send this information to personal health records. According to their release, the app is free and works with ‘all existing… Read moreWellComm: a 'master app' for connecting wellness apps
