Telecare ‘Smart Homes’ Nowhere Near Smart Enough
The Smart House movement pre-dates the introduction of telecare. Guy Dewsbury challenges the current trend of branding telecare-enabled accommodation as ‘smart’. Read his Telecare Soapbox item.
The Smart House movement pre-dates the introduction of telecare. Guy Dewsbury challenges the current trend of branding telecare-enabled accommodation as ‘smart’. Read his Telecare Soapbox item.
The British Journal of Healthcare Computing is running its second telecare event, in Birmingham on 27th September 2007. The day will focus on case-history presentations and is free for participants from the NHS, social services and third sector organisations. More… Read moreFree telecare conference (UK)
Said Adrian Flowerday, MD of Docobo “…some of our patients, who either prefer to use their mobile phone, or are not symptomatic enough to need [monitoring at home] Many of them lead extremely active lives and the mobile phone is… Read moreDocobo telehealth for mobiles (UK)
Medicare does not reimburse doctors for the time it takes to analyze and use information from remote monitoring devices. As a result, the system creates built-in incentives for costly face-to-face visits. As a payment problem that should be fixed, Sen…. Read moreProposed Remote Monitoring Access Act (US)
Apparently, 85 percent of concussions suffered by American football players are not detected but a new helmet with impact sensors that can be monitored remotely may change that.
This article calls for the wide-scale introduction of telecare in Edinburgh to tackle its chronic problem of people who are occupying hospital beds because they have not been found an alternative place of care (‘bed blockers’). The author draws unfavourable… Read moreCalls for telecare in Edinburgh (UK)