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
Report by Parkes Associates (market research consultancy) entitled New Healthcare Study Outlines Strategies to Increase Adoption of Home Health Monitoring Technologies: Opportunities for Vendor Success in Projected $2.5 Billion Digital Health Industry. Press release.
