Report of Neelie Kroes’s speech to the ETNO Innovation Day 2011 in Brussels on 25 January: eHealth: an answer to EU healthcare and demographic challenges. Neelie Kroes is Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the ‘digital agenda’. In it… Read moreNeelie Kroes on eHealth (EU)

Another home automation development from Intamac, whose technology could have implications for future telecare systems: “Now available with mobile connectivity, Intamac’s carrier grade cloud-based platform analyses and interprets incoming data from a customer’s property, and initiates response actions and messaging… Read moreIntamac: New 3G-enabled connected home services (UK)

Nothing remarkable about this local newspaper story except that it is a well written, straightforward account of telehealth monitoring in action and the benefit it has brought an individual. Monitors allow for better quality of life. Wahpeton Daily News (North… Read moreMonitors allow for better quality of life (US)

Mobile Body Area Networks (MBAN) have taken a step closer now that the aeronautical and health industries are reported to have reached an agreement over the use of the frequencies involved. Computerworld item: FCC urged to approve body area network… Read moreMBAN a step closer

According to a press release, Places For People (one of the UK’s largest housing providers) has found that Alertacall’s safety confirmation system is not only proving a hit with its ‘sheltered housing’ tenants, but they:

• are seeing a substantial economic return for the organisation in saved scheme manager (warden) time
• have improved their quality of service by checking on people 7 days a week
• have enabled scheme managers to focus their attention on those people who actually need help that day

Press release: Places for People approve of ‘morning calls’ modern alternative. Unlike ‘we-phone-you’ based systems, even automated ones, which