Keren Down, the director of the Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST) has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Well deserved too: Keren is a great supporter of a balanced approach to telecare. She became Director of… Read moreHonour for Keren Down, Director of FAST (UK)
E-HealthInsider Primary Care reports that a heated debate broke out at the Whole System Demonstrator Programme (WSD) road show in Leeds when it was realised that both the set-up of the research and some of the technology employed excludes people… Read moreUK's WSD telehealth trials missing minorities
Dr Lance Forbat, in his LiveJournal, reports and comments on Jill Riley’s presentation of the latest evidence for benefits of telehealth in heart failure at the recent British Cardiac Society 2009 conference: Heart Failure or Heart Success. “…although hospital admissions… Read moreEmerging evidence on remote monitoring for heart failure patients
Richard Humphries, ex-CSIP, now King’s Fund Senior Fellow in Social Care, anticipating UK Government announcements about future social care options highlights ‘telecare and prevention‘ as important elements for the future. Of course, the pre-publication floating of the idea that an… Read moreSocial care system changes urged (UK)
According to Nielsen research, there are roughly as many iPhone users 55 and older as there are 13-24 years. But you wouldn’t expect many of those over 55 to be ‘old old’, as Kevin Doughty called them. (AT&T story comment,… Read moreiPhone users – older than you think
mobihealthnews’s inteview with Mike Foley, Executive Director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) throws light on how Bluetooth LE and ZigBee relate to each other and what the recent announcement by Continua means for the future role of competitive… Read moreBluetooth SIG’s Mike Foley on health devices
