Telemedicine in school (US)
A school in Knoxville, Tennessee, has installed telemedicine equipment to improve the service the nurse can provide. Here is a news item from WBIR.
Day: 7 November 2008
Dream up new technology to provide health care anywhere
Audio report on a brainstorming session at Kaiser Permanente’s Innovative Learning Network conference. Worth the six-and-a-half minutes it will take you to listen to it. Mention of the Nintendo Wii Fit in the report reminds me that we had a… Read moreDream up new technology to provide health care anywhere
Healthy outlook for digital cities
Wireless Healthcare item [URL “http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.ukRemoveThisFromTheUrl/wh/news/wk45-08-0002.htm” is reported by Google to be compromised by malware, 16 March 2015] looking forward to Wireless and Digital Cities Conference in Barcelona next week. Speakers include Dr Esko Alasaarela, of the University of Oulu; Dr… Read moreHealthy outlook for digital cities
Why would you pay monthly for a medical alert when you don't have to?
‘Good’ example of a sales letter press release from a company marketing an alarm system that calls the emergency services directly. Only in the US could a company get away with mixing sales and religion on its website as this… Read moreWhy would you pay monthly for a medical alert when you don't have to?
Remote monitoring offers peace of mind
Local US story from Athens, Georgia featuring, as all best media items do, a technology user. She says: “With this system I don’t feel any better, but I feel a lot safer.” Nicely put. Remote monitoring offers peace of mind.
Medication reminder services (US and UK)
In response to a recent request from a Florida resident searching for a medication reminder service for her aunt, I did a quick search with Google and came up with the following. What great services did I/Google miss? I’m sure… Read moreMedication reminder services (US and UK)
TSA conference exhibitor information
Exhibitors that provided information to Telecare Aware are listed below. Although the main links to the page have been removed, it is still available here. Burnside Telecom Northern Housing Consortium Choose Independence CEEAT – Centre for Enabling Environment & Assistive… Read moreTSA conference exhibitor information
Aerotel at Medica 2008 (Germany)
Aerotel press release about its forthcoming attendance at the conference in November.
BS EN 980: 2008 Graphical symbols for use in labelling medical devices
New. British standard of interest to device manufacturers. Here.