With its acquisition of WebVMC last May Intel showed that the products of relatively minnow-sized companies could tempt giant ones into the telemonitoring market. Now, another giant, GE, has acquired a minority ownership stake in Living Independently, the company that
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Monthly Archives September 2008
Intel/WebVMC safety concern
Despite attempts on the part of the Homecare Automation Report Tech. Weekly to paint Intel as a big bad wolf, the more you look at this story, the harder it is to see it as other than a responsible company
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Taipei promotes ‘help’ devices for elderly population (Taiwan)
US Lifeline System telecare alarm systems are offered free to eligible older people in Taipei. Story from Taipei Times.
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Telemedicine is the carrot for better US broadband provision
Senators on the Commerce Committee last week promoted the benefits of high-speed internet access and called for the passage of measures designed to provide more public information about broadband, and more broadband connectivity. The hearing focused on how consumers can
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Med-e-Tel call for papers opens
Looking forward to Med-e-Tel next April? Perhaps you should be given the wide range of topics that are going to be covered: Ageing services [i.e. services for people who are getting older, not services that are ageing. I think]; bio-informatics
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Roughing up the telecare superhighway?
I suspect that this new telecare blog will touch a few raw nerves. It has only four posts so far (so start reading now, from the first post at the bottom) but they get straight to the heart of a
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Telecare job oportunities in Buckinghamshire
Just drawing your attention to the advert on the right for two developmental telecare posts in Buckinghamshire. The first is for a Telecare Commissioning Manager and the second for a Telecare Project Officer.
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Installer's life saved by lifeline alarm
You couldn’t make this up – an astounding story from the Wilkes Journal-Patriot. Lifeline saves a life.
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'Mainstreaming telehealth' means 50 monitors!
Now my question about the numbers involved in the Swindon ‘mainstreaming’ of telehealth (see item here), has an answer, in this E-Health Insider Primary Care piece. Talk about playing fast and loose with terminology. Still, it makes a good headline
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London Telecare Group visits NHS Direct at Beckenham
The outcome of the visit is that a working party will explore areas of mutual benefit. The real point of giving you this link is to show how, with a little self-funding to provide some organisation, neighbouring councils can support
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