Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has joined with Gen-i (telecom provider in NZ) and the Auckland District Health Board for a 20-person, three-month trial of their TeleHealth Manager (see 3 Nov post). Those selected are heart disease patients from Auckland Hospital. According to the ALU… Read moreAlcatel-Lucent trial of TeleHealth Manager in NZ
The distribution of wearable, biometric, ‘peel and stick’ wireless sensors, a key part in enabling mHealth, is projected to reach 400 million by 2014 according to ABI Research. This Mobihealthnews report also includes Clint McClellan’s (Qualcomm) remarks at the Foundation for the National Institutes… Read more400 million wireless sensors by 2014
If you are dizzy with convergence, you may want to take your Dramamine or ginger caps before reading this. This press release announces a partnership that will allow consumers to secure, access and forward information in their PHRs via a cellphone… Read moreOnline PHRs, mobile phones, flash drives and retail convergence
Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Kavoukian, recently released a joint paper on how privacy can be preserved in remote monitoring in the home. Cited were telehealth, sensor technologies, medication assistance and social connectedness. The paper examined only the first two… Read moreCanada Report: 'Privacy by Design'
Great Call, distributors of the Jitterbug senior-friendly cell phone, today announced their acquisition of a PERS company, MobiWatch. Based in Waltham MA, MobiWatch developed a mobile PERS (M-PERS, add to our glossary) that uses a button and Bluetooth connectivity to connect… Read moreGreat Call/Jitterbug buys mobile PERS company
As further confirmation that telecom companies see business opportunity calling (so to speak) in telehealth, Alcatel-Lucent today announced that its TeleHealth Manager remote monitoring platform has been cleared for marketing in the US by the FDA. The US is key to their expansion but the release gives no hint as to any US partnerships. The TeleHealth Manager is currently marketed in Canada in a partnership with SaskTel as LifeStat. I visited the Alcatel-Lucent/SaskTel display at the Connected Health Symposium in Boston two weeks ago, and found much of interest.
Texting (or SMS) is not just for teens spraining their thumbs or advertising; it is increasingly being used for health messaging and communication in Third World countries. FrontlineSMS: Medic, a UK/US developer of free, open-source software for NGOs, is partnering with local clinics, MobilizeMRS for EMRs and Hope Phones… Read moreTexting and health communications in rural Third World
Psychiatry, to this reporter, was the least covered clinical area at the recent Connected Health Symposium, with only one panel on behavioral health mainly focused on online self-assessment. Yet this is an area where quality one-on-one connectedness makes critical differences. Here is… Read morePsychiatry and telemedicine
Telecare stand-alone technologies are starting to integrate, benefiting both new and old systems. WellAWARE (sensor-based senior wellness monitoring and trending) and AMAC (good ol’ PERS) recently announced a test of a true integrated system at an Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan residence in Minnesota. In an emergency indicated… Read moreSensor remote monitoring and PERS integration
David Harlow’s expert perspective on many sessions at CHS. He attended many I did not cover, including the Nicholas Christakis keynote on social networking and health. All worth reading for his well-informed POV. Wrap-up, PHD Platforms, audio of the Thursday AM panel discussing The Innovator’s… Read moreConnected Health Symposium–a view from the HealthBlawg
