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Age UK personal alarm cover-up claims

October 31, 2011 Steve Hards

In The Times on Saturday, there was a long-ish item berating Age UK’s Aid Call for being slow to replace 8000 old Tunstall Lifeline alarm units with Tynetec alternatives. 18 months after the problem was identified the change over is… Read moreAge UK personal alarm cover-up claims

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Bed occupancy monitors: new comparative report (UK)

October 31, 2011 Steve Hards

To help service providers determine the most appropriate device for their clients, T-Cubed and their partners have conducted research on over 15 bed occupancy monitoring devices currently on the market, ranging from standard telecare offerings to systems that employ technologies… Read moreBed occupancy monitors: new comparative report (UK)

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Assessing PTSD via virtual reality

October 28, 2011 Donna Cusano

PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) or concussion diagnosis and treatment can be difficult, especially when symptoms are not readily or sporadically apparent. This has especially proven to be a problem for the US armed services in assessing the extent of… Read moreAssessing PTSD via virtual reality

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Robotic assisted exoskeleton update

October 28, 2011 Donna Cusano

The Wall Street Journal recently caught up with the bionic assist of exoskeleton-type robotic suits, to assist paraplegics in walking again. This article is about Ekso Bionics of Berkeley, California and their 50-pound suit, which they expect to go to… Read moreRobotic assisted exoskeleton update

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Shoes with embedded GPS to go on sale in US

October 27, 2011 Steve Hards

17 months ago we flagged up (via Laurie Orlov) the development of shoes with built-in GPS tracking for people with dementia. [Coming soon: GPS Shoes TA May 2010] but now, according to a Gizmag item they have received FDA approval… Read moreShoes with embedded GPS to go on sale in US

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Telehealth resources from Yorkshire & Humber (UK)

October 25, 2011 Steve Hards

The Yorkshire and Humber Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC) has produced and made available some useful resources, in particular an on-line Telehealth Toolkit and PDF workbooks on Teleconsultation and Telemonitoring. All three can be accessed from this web page…. Read moreTelehealth resources from Yorkshire & Humber (UK)

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Jordan goes all-out for Cisco-based eHealth system

October 25, 2011 Steve Hards

The Jordan Times announces that a pilot scheme using a system set up by Cisco is to be extended to “create a database of patients’ medical histories across the Kingdom, covering all state-run hospitals, the Royal Medical Services, Al Hussein… Read moreJordan goes all-out for Cisco-based eHealth system

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Happtique: making sense of the health app catalog

October 25, 2011 Steve Hards

Happtique (Healthcare-APP-bouTIQUE) provides a growing app catalog of what it calls “hApps” or healthcare applications. “In other app stores, searches are limited to ‘medical’ or ‘health’, generating hundreds of generalized pages of apps. Apple recently attempted to develop its own… Read moreHapptique: making sense of the health app catalog

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Telehealth saves the tattered fisc of California?

October 21, 2011 Donna Cusano

It’s a bit of a reach, but according to the Center for Connected Health Policy, one of the major plumpers for the Telehealth Advancement Act of 2011 (AB 415) [TA 11 Oct], the fiscal impact of the legislation on Medi-Cal… Read moreTelehealth saves the tattered fisc of California?

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Isansys Lifecare (UK) sets up in India

October 20, 2011 Steve Hards

Readers who have been tracking the progress of UK telehealth monitoring device company Isansys Lifecare [TA items: Jan 2011; May 2011] will be interested to note that it has now set up an Indian company, Isansys Lifecare Systems Pvt Ltd…. Read moreIsansys Lifecare (UK) sets up in India

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