Healthsense, a Minnesota-based aging services technology company, using software developed by Ekahau, a provider of Wi-Fi-based real time location systems, supports a wireless nurse call system consisting of 475 pull cords distributed in private residences and common areas throughout the… Read moreNurse call system wirelessly extended to care home grounds

At the WSDAN event 22 January (Telecare Aware report), Tim Ellis, Department of Health, and Martin Scarfe, Newham, reported on the progress of scaling-up the implementation of telehealth and telecare. They reported that significant progress has been made across the… Read moreIssues influencing the roll-out of the WSD pilots

February’s issue of the UK’s consumer magazine Which? carries a four-page item called Staying Independent at Home featuring a number of assistive technologies, including:

Telecare Aware readers interested in an update briefing on telemedicine developments are invited to apply for a place at a seminar by MultiSense Communications at Polycom’s European HQ in Slough on 26 February. Agenda, directions and registration from this web… Read moreFree telemedicine update briefing, Slough (UK)