Back in May we noted MedCityNews‘ report that Healthsense, one of the early entrants in the remote behavioral/ADL monitoring sector of telecare with their eNeighbor system, had filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise $13.7 million in… Read moreBig bet on telecare round #2: Healthsense gets $7 million Series D funding
If a California congressman (who ironically represents a district in California’s Silicon Valley) gets his proposed bill passed, there will be a special Office of Mobile Health at the FDA. The Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act (HIMTA) would provide… Read moreFDA to get an Office of Mobile Health?
More on the ultimate ‘big data’ cruncher, IBM Watson, from IBM’s Rob High at the DataWeek 2012 conference. Instead of the broad but relatively shallow scope of Watson answering questions on the Jeopardy TV program, the focus is narrow and… Read moreIBM Watson meets oncology
The Center for Technology and Aging (CTA) this week launched its new ADOPT Toolkit to assist healthcare organizations of many types–whether hospitals, providers, home health agencies, payers and aging social services organizations–to better use the right technologies for the right… Read moreHelp in ADOPTing technology for older adults
At lunchtime on Wednesday 25th September I, (editor Steve) published an item, withdrawn this afternoon, that implied an association between Telecare Technology Limited (a company dissolved a month ago) with CareCall Limited known to the UK’s telecare community as Telecare… Read moreCareCalls Limited: A sincere and unreserved apology
The VA offers its definition on this web page for veterans: “Telehealth is technology that allows you to access medical services in your own home, or at a nearby VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). It helps ensure Veterans get… Read moreWhat is telehealth? (US)
An easy-read ‘four best practices for using Twitter’ put in the context of promoting telehealth by Nirav Desai, CEO of Hands On Telehealth. A good starting point if you have not yet taken to Tweeting. There’s More to Twitter and… Read moreUsing Twitter to promote telehealth initiatives
The well-respected Housing Learning Improvement Network has produced two variants of four-page papers for senior people in housing organisations, apparently authored by housing consultant Nigel Appleton who has a long history of interest in telecare technologies. The documents offer a… Read moreHousing LIN 'Assisted Living Technology' papers for housing providers (UK)
You wonder where the ‘driver’ is. This sobering survey of 106 healthcare organizations by Mass.-based IT consulting firm Medullan found that 19% of 106 healthcare providers, insurers and other healthcare-related organizations, when asked why they were pursuing mHealth initiatives, cited… Read moreWander alert? 19% of US health organizations pursuing mHealth without a reason
One barrier to independent living for many older people and for the disabled is the potential for unattended cooking fires, the leading cause of kitchen fires in the US. Automated sensors have been developed but are not well known at… Read moreElectric stove fire alarm seeks crowdfunding
