Home Telehealth Limited (HTL) has launched a Telehealth Care Centre in Northern Ireland. Through the Centre, patients there will benefit from the introduction of health monitoring technologies in their own homes. Brian, a COPD patient from Lisburn, County Antrim, using… Read morePatients get enhanced proactive telehealth care seven days a week in Northern Ireland
CSIP’s March Telecare Newsletter, published on Good Friday, contains a brief report on the recent CSIP Telecare Outcomes events and a link to the web page where the presentations can be found. The main body points to various UK Government… Read moreCSIP’s March Telecare Newsletter
“You may know AT&T for wired and wireless telecommunications, infrastructure, and disaster recovery. You may not have known, however, that AT&T has formed a healthcare practice and is taking a more active role in helping healthcare organizations make strategic decisions… Read moreWhat’s going on with the iPhone in healthcare? (US)
Lengthy article and interview with Prof K. Ganapathy, Head of the Division of Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Apollo Hospitals Chennai, and President of the Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation in The Hindu. It describes the current state of telemedicine in India and… Read moreTelemedicine makes geography history (India)
According to a notice on the PASA website posted yesterday, from 1 April 2008, only products and equipment that comply with the requirements of the revised European Harmonised Standard will be available via the NHS PASA telecare NFA. It precedes… Read moreChange to PASA Telecare National Framework Agreement from 1 April
The European Commission’s ePractice website has launched a new eHealth Procurers Forum where practitioners involved in e-health procurement (including telecare) can meet and share experiences. This is an online community, so there is no reason for care commissioners in the… Read moreeHealth Procurers Forum launched (EU)
Given the struggles that telecare and telehealth suppliers are having introducing new technologies in the UK, at least, Cisco’s continuing promotion of its high-cost, high-bandwidth telepresence system for remote medical consultations is a bold strategy in the ‘Yes, Minister’ sense… Read moreHow telepresence is targeting healthcare
No stories from Scotland for months, then suddenly lots come along together. This brief item from The Scotsman reports a new pilot being run in conjunction with the Scottish Centre for Telehealth. Telemedicine trial.
Biotronik makes an automated, remote implantable cardioverter defibrillator (or maybe it’s the system that controls them, the press release is rather unclear). A large-scale trial of over 1,500 patients being conducted by Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana… Read moreImplantable defibrillators popular with patients
“Our ultimate goal with our current physicians is 500 patients by the end of April, but as the physicians are finding out, this tool is very powerful in raising patient care as well as reducing costs associated with diabetic patients… Read moreXTend Medical continues to add patients to telehealth diabetic program
