The recent host of the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, appears to be claiming the eHealth World Capital title as well. This overview from Jorge Fernandez on Barcelona as eHealth’s European center is pretty persuasive. Highlighted are: Social Diabetes, AED4.US, Withings,… Read moreMobile World Capital (and mHealth)–Barcelona
LivHOME, a large US provider of home care services, and Independa announced at the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit in Washington, D.C. their new partnership to offer LivHOME patients Independa’s Caregiver Web App (appointment and med reminders plus telehealth) and… Read moreLivIndependa debuts (US)
According to Chip Design Magazine there’s a tussle going on over standards for body area networking (BAN). “…one area that is suddenly generating steam – and creating some debate on several fronts – is remote patient monitoring. And seeking to… Read moreStandards battle brews for BAN wireless chips
An item on the US Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging website challenges the received wisdom that having a personal emergency response service (PERS / medical alert / pendant alarm / etc. / etc.) has the well-being benefits usually attributed to… Read moreDoes evidence support the use of PERS?
A quick catch-up on a matter raised at the King’s Fund Congress – a balanced item in eHealth Insider, which reports the information presented about GP and community matrons’ views on telehealth. The good thing is that it reports the… Read moreGPs divided on telehealth (UK)
Lessons from the Maternal Care book of the Perinatal Education Programme were delivered via text message to more than 2,500 midwives each week over 6 months and the recipients surveyed. Email registration required for a copy of the Text messages… Read moreText messages as a learning tool for midwives in South Africa
Information Week interviews Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, on 11 technologies and systems–a mixture of teleheatlh and telemedicine–which in their view are transforming healthcare. Profiled are American Well (which in combination with Harvard University’s Joslin Diabetes Center… Read more11 eHealth/telemedicine tools (US)
How using a system that blends together telecare, telehealth and connectedness works with an older individual living at home with multiple chronic conditions (diabetes, Parkinsons and depression). A local Minneapolis (Minnesota) home care service, Sarah Care, worked with the local… Read moreSupportive telehealth/telecare for individual with multiple chronic conditions (US)
The UK’s Telecare Services Association (TSA) has launched a tender process for a company/organisation/consultancy to complete work on the Teleheath Code of Practice and to integrate it with the existing Telecare Code of Practice. The tender documents (.zip file) say… Read moreTSA tenders for integrated telecare/telehealth code of practice (UK)
A new product group comparison report on entry-level dispersed alarm units (DAU) for linking through to a telecare monitoring centre has been published on the Telecare EPG. This group test considers entry level models from 7 different suppliers who, collectively,… Read moreFree report: Product group test of dispersed alarm units (UK)
