Devon County Council and the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust (SWAST) has launched a dedicated service to respond to community alarm calls. Historically, SWAST’s clinicians have been called to non-medical situations where an elderly person may have fallen but… Read moreDevon organises improved alarm response (UK)
Adam Vincent, Caitlin M Cusack, Eric Pan, Julie M. Hook, David C. Kaelber and Blackford Middleton from Partners Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School produced a one-page conference poster for the AMIA 2007 Symposium suggesting a taxonomy for telehealth. This… Read moreTelehealth terminology: a contribution to the debate
In an imaginative marketing move, Assistive Technology Services, the US company that trades by trumpeting its Christian-faith based credentials, says it wants to give away 1000 alarm systems in 2009. But only if other people donate towards the cost of… Read moreGiving away 1000 alert systems (US)
Frankly, I’m not sure what to make of this story. The introduction reads: “The University System of Ohio is soon to be a global hub for online medical education and videoconferencing following a decision to fund the creation of a… Read moreOhio to be global hub for telemedicine
Croydon has been using the Combined Predictive Model in its virtual wards project (see Telecare Aware item) whereby people identified by the model as having a very high risk of future hospitalisation are put on a ‘virtual ward’. They are… Read moreCroydon's virtual ward using Kings Fund Combined Predictive Model
