This Cambridge Wireless conference must have been brilliant for its attendees and I’m sure the conference report is stuffed full of goodies, but I was put off browsing through it by the un-reader-friendly nature of its online production. Judge for
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A North Texas family is suing ADT because their father’s wrist-worn ‘panic button’ system failed and was not replaced immediately. They allege that as a result he was unable to summon help as he lay dying. Story from WFAA.com.
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The procurement process for the provider of the Remote Telemonitoring Northern Ireland (RTNI) Managed Service creaked on to its next stage on Friday with the posting of the short list on the European Centre for Connected Health (ECCH) website. And
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Interesting connection made in Laurie Orlov’s Aging In Place Technology Watch blog concerning “a ‘failure-free and fear-free’ computer especially conceived for and by seniors”, along with a service to support them with the potential for such developments to undermine the
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A trial has been run in Germany to see whether practice support practictioners and telehealth monitoring devices can ease the pressure on GPs. Some information here.
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How much is your high-tech startup worth? This educational online valuation estimator may give you a clue!
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Proton Healthcare, a Dubai-based research and development company, has appointed [pressure area care specialist] Pegasus for the launch of its new home health monitoring range. Proton is aiming to become UK brand leader for high-street chemists’ sales of blood pressure
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The ethical dimension to the matter of linking telehealth and telecare data to electronic records – and the intention or capability of the NHS’s developing electronic patient record system to deliver it – is raised in this New Economics Foundation
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Many thanks to blogger David Tebbutt for an excellent report on a conference presentation about the Scottish Centre for Telehealth/Cisco health kiosks project. (See also Telecare Aware item from December 2007: Cisco healthcare booths to be tried out in Scotland)
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Seven upper case mentions of the supplier’s name in a press release of just 400 words is way too many times, however good the news. Patients Beat High Blood Pressure with IDEAL LIFE Remote Health Monitoring.
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