A wide-ranging article about telecare monitoring in Axcess News (“News for the X generation”) has an example of an older couple and their daughter – who also visits her parents every day – talking approvingly of a level of video… Read moreWalking the ethical line
Companies may like to consider sponsoring Editor Donna to report from at the ATA conference (May 1st-3rd) now that she is unexpectedly available on those dates. In return for the benefit of the buzz that her on-the-day reports will generate… Read moreATA conference report sponsorship opportunity
Dr James Ferguson (lead clinician at the Scottish Centre for Telehealth) shares his view as to the slower adoption of telehealth south of the border in a Guardian article. What Scotland can teach England about telehealth. Although the focus of… Read moreScot’s advice to English telehealth
Figures published by the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions predict that one in four people aged under 16 will now live to at least 100. Just 30 years ago, more than a quarter of newborn boys were expected to… Read more1 in 4 people aged under 16 will now live to 100+ (UK)
…what a tale those thoughts might tell! The Los Angeles Times reports on two brain wave-controlled games in the Apple App Store from MindGames of Iceland (which can use every dollar). For $4.99 each, players can navigate landscapes, put out fires and… Read moreIf apps could read your mind…
A new IDC Health Insights survey taken in February (n=1200) indicates that the use of personal health and fitness devices, even though driven by chronic condition monitoring, has a ways to go, with a little over 15% using either type of device–but it… Read more…they might tell you…connect me please!
