This phone is remarkable. If you call someone who has one, and if your number is programmed into it, the phone will answer in handsfree mode so you can talk to the person you are calling even if they are… Read moreRemarkable new phone (UK)
Well, not quite yet, but maybe in a decade or two… Wide-ranging article from Wired, and thanks to reader Deb Prytherch at the University of Portsmouth for finding it.
“What do you do if you’re a Canadian telecommunications company and you’re faced with an eroding customer base, increased competition and shrinking profit? If you’re Telus Corp. you start ramping up your investment in technology for Canada’s $3.5-billion electronic health… Read moreTelus taps telehealth (Canada)
Congratulations to the Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) for yet again improving its invaluable resource for the UK public, the online guided advice tool ‘AskSara’. Community Newswire item and AskSara site. [Best bit of contracting out the Department of Health ever… Read moreAskSara revamped
Quick update on US Stimulus Funding items and possible help for applicants: New Health Dialogue blog (read past the first sentence) e-caremanagement blog (read down for explanation of cats and dogs) GlobalMedia provides free grant writing and application assistance to… Read moreUS Stimulus Funding: views and application help
Since Telecare Aware started in 2005 reports of ZigBee developments have pointed to potential benefits from the low-power, robust-network strengths of the technology, but not a great deal seems to have been made of it in practice. Maybe now there… Read moreZigBee Health Care – lower healthcare costs expected
Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute have unveiled a ‘smart’ house which is programmed to help elderly residents live at home with dignity. They say the model house combines existing technology with cutting-edge, future-oriented technology. [As a side note, with the… Read moreYour `smart' house will take care of you in old age
Trends in Remote Patient Monitoring 2009 is a follow-up to the Spyglass Consulting Group’s 2006 report on the same topic. Spyglass is based in Menlo Park, California. This Healthcare IT News item lists the reports three principal findings.
Call me old and cynical (No! Surely not!) but I was pleasantly shocked by the attitude of the student doctor quoted in this item concerning the Scottish ‘Tomorrow’s Doctors’ consultation, which also flags up the developing role of telehealth. See… Read moreShocking attitude of student doctor
