The Health Informatics Interactive Care Specialist Group of the British Computer Society is holding an open meeting, free of charge, in central London on Tuesday 20th June. It will start at 6.00 (refreshments available from 5.30). The speaker, Surgeon Captain
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Monthly Archives June 2006
Centro de Servizi Montedomini, an innovative customer service organization (Italy)
Centro de Servizi Montedomini is a state-owned agency dedicated to the care of older people in Florence. It provides health emergency services, rehabilitation, and social and health assistance to older and disabled people. To improve access, control expenses, and reduce the
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Continua Health Alliance (worldwide)
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Continua Alliance, Rest of world stories, telecare, telehealth, telemedicine, UK, and US.
A group of technology, healthcare and fitness companies have formed the Continua Health Alliance, an open industry group that will establish ‘an ecosystem’ of connected personal health and fitness products and services. Founding members of the group include BodyMedia, Cisco
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Tunstall at Chartered Institute of Housing Exhibition 20-23 June, Harrogate (UK)
At the exhibition, Tunstall are set to reveal a mobile social alarm and will be showing how it will help protect lone workers or people in remote locations. Press item via Wireless Healthcare [URL “http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.ukRemoveThisFromTheUrl/wh/news/wk24-0006.htm” is reported by Google to be compromised
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Call for carers to have vouchers to cover care costs, including telecare (UK)
Speaking at the Quality Care for Older People: funding and finance for the future conference, 8 June, Stephen Burke, Chief Executive of Counsel and Care, urged the Government to extend tax exemptions on childcare vouchers to vouchers for care. Tax
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Plea for research help (Imperial College, London, UK)
Dr Jane Hendy of Imperial College is seeking to make contact with organisations with telecare projects already up and running or about to start. She would like to hear from anyone tentatively interested in taking part in a two year
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Leading Atlanta assisted living provider's telehealth service with WebVMC
Barbara Austin, Executive Director of Arbor Terrace of Decatur noted, “Our residents feel more secure knowing their health status and are more comfortable with a system that can manage their condition within their normal lifestyle. Family members love it because
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Carematix Expands Senior Management Team
Reading past the press release hype (“Chicago-based Carematix is the first and largest telehealth monitoring company to use wireless technology to improve the patient experience, which results in the highest level of patient self-compliance and best outcomes. Carematix introduced the
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Victoria General Hospital Foundation (Canada) celebrates 4,000th lifeline user
An article about a lifeline service with a friendly, personal tone, complete with example. A good local story.
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Trim the cost of health cover (UK)
Cheaper health cover will be on offer for people who agree to wear an electronic gadget that monitors how much exercise they take. Mail on Sunday article.
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