After October’s announcement of a $110m bid for Raytel (home cardiac monitoring), comes further evidence of Philip’s determination to be a dominating player in the telehealth arena. The announcement says: “By integrating Visicu’s remote patient monitoring and clinical decision support… Read morePhilips bids US$430 million for Visicu
Out now, CSIP’s December Telecare Newsletter contains useful analysis of the implications for UK telecare providers of the Putting People First Concordat, and a link to information about the £520m Social Care Reform Grant. Newsletter (pdf version) Newsletter index page… Read moreCSIP's December Telecare Newsletter
The consumer electronics giant LG has announced a three-year project, starting next month, in association with the University of Alberta and costing CAN$4 million. The proposed cellphone-based device will use ‘new sensing technology to allow patients to send their physiological… Read moreLG and mobile phone vital signs monitoring
Cardiocom received awards for “Best Monitoring Device/Service for Patients/Consumers” and “Best Initiative to Improve Patient Care.” Full story.
Procura provides a fully integrated clinical and back office solution for healthcare. “Collaborating with Honeywell HomMed will further the case for increased care in the home,” said Warren Brown, CEO of Procura. Press release.
The universities of Ulster, Bath and Sheffield will collaborate with Philips and BT to share expertise in telecare research, body worn sensors and telemonitoring technologies. The SMART2 project follows SMART1, which showed how technology could help home rehabilitation for post-stroke… Read moreUK universities in SMART2 project
“The Red Alert AR1000GM system, devised by Alexander Bushell and his colleagues is, as far as we know, the only one that can detect epilepsy” according to this brief item in engineering design site Eureka. Well, there was the Israeli… Read moreWrist-worn epilepsy detector
Further to the item De Montfort University Leicester (UK) ‘invents mobile telecare’, Nov 7, the university announces a new project, to look at the potential role of fuzzy logic in helping analyse monitoring data. BJHC&IM report.
Continua is trying to broaden its membership base to include electronic medical records, insurance, and health care provider companies, Continua’s David Whitlinger reveals in an interview with Digital HealthCare & Productivity.
