Report of BJHC's 2007 Telecare Conference
This summary of the conference contains interesting material which indicates the current state of telecare development in the UK. Site also has speakers’ biographies and presentations.
Day: 22 October 2007
101-year-old invests in her future
Great human interest story featuring a new social alarm user.
City of New York invests in its older citizens' futures
“Qualified seniors” receive AMAC’s premium product offering (voice console unit, wireless neck, belt or wrist activator, bathroom activator and monitored smoke detector). Based on an annual caseload of about 7,000, the six year value of the contract is estimated to… Read moreCity of New York invests in its older citizens' futures
California joins Wisconsin and North Dakota in banning forced RFID tag implantation in people
Developments in the ethics debate. Story from Wireless Healthcare [URL “http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.ukRemoveThisFromTheUrl/wh/news/wk42-07-0005.htm” is reported by Google to be compromised by malware, 16 March 2015].
Kai Sensors Secures US Army Funding for Radar on a Chip
Kai Sensors is a Honolulu-based developer of wireless heart rate and respiration sensing technology. Its heart sensing radar technology named LifeReader has the ability to detect and monitor heart and respiration activity of multiple subjects wirelessly. The company hopes that… Read moreKai Sensors Secures US Army Funding for Radar on a Chip
RCT will evaluate online disease management (US)
Disease management online, surely? The study is one of several parts of a larger initiative being developed by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Sutter Health, called the Personalized Health Care Program, which seeks to tailor care for chronic diseases… Read moreRCT will evaluate online disease management (US)
Two local stories
The first is a health monitoring-related one from Ontario, Canada, the second is one of the better UK social care monitoring ones, from Sunderland. Ontario. Sunderland.