XTend Medical Corporation has begun a remote diabetic monitoring program with a target of 500 patients to be part of the initial program. The program, facilitated through local physicians in Southern California, will monitor diabetic patients remotely. Press release.
Take 30 minutes out to watch this presentation by Margaret Cary, Senior VP for Vox Medica in 2001. It not only has interesting content from the telehealth perspective – it’s not about the technology, which is just part of the… Read moreTelehealth and Telemedicine: Wave of the Future (video)
Medsoft, the Indian company that provides worldwide medical second opinions online has gone for a Software as a Service (SaaS) approach. Press release.
BodyTel’s new partner, TeleHealth Services intends to begin offering BodyTel’s blood glucose monitoring and diabetes management system, GlucoTel (as well as the PressureTel blood pressure device and the WeightTel weight scale, when available) in the Benelux Region. BodyTel/Telehealth press release.
This item summarises the new Welsh vision for emergency services. Telehealth and telecare are right in there as part of the strategy “to provide care closer to, or in people’s homes where it is appropriate.” See the examples towards the… Read moreTelehealth/telecare on the agenda in Wales
I always wondered why NHS Connecting for Health was forking out $35,000+ a year of taxpayer’s money (£18,000) to be a Promoting Member of the Continua Alliance. Obviously terrific value for someone… nah, I’m just jealous that the Alliance can… Read moreContinua honours George MacGinnis of NHS Connecting for Health
Because Aerotel launched it at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress 2008, the device drew the attention of a lot of bloggers. See the official press release, then read this blog item (with illustration) and read the comments to see how the,… Read moreAerotel launches Skeeper 'Wireless Personal Safety and Tracking Solution'
“With a $50,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, the MCG Center for Telehealth is working to determine if a wireless device, similar to a smart phone, can be used by cardiologists in rural areas to read electrocardiograms transmitted by first… Read moreVerizon and Medical College of Georgia testing handheld cardiac device (US)
Sounds like a good product, but can someone please tell me the significance of ‘UL listing’? It’s mentioned so often it must be important, but it’s unexplained in the press release. Follow-up note Can it be Underwriters Laboratories, the “U.S…. Read moreLinear introduces market’s first UL-listed, battery-operated RF-based carbon monoxide detector
A private company that runs almost 40 NHS general practices is piloting a telehealth solution in one of its surgeries. Chilvers McCrea has set up a separate company in conjunction with telehealth providers ITAL. In case you are wondering who… Read morePrivate GP service provider pilots telehealth
