According to an item in DarkDaily (clinical laboratory news), both UK-based Jaltek Group and Sweden-based Ericsson have introduced wireless monitoring systems to be worn by patients at home or in healthcare facilities. [The Jaltek site was not working when I… Read moreJaltek Group (UK) and Ericsson (SE) introduce wireless health monitoring
A remote patient monitoring program has helped cut expected hospital admissions by 36 percent for patients with heart failure at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit…After six months of enrollment in a program that couples patient-centered team care with remote… Read moreRemote monitoring helps Henry Ford reduce admissions for heart failure (US)
A 98-year-old woman has been evicted from her sheltered accommodation after complaints she harassed neighbours…She was also accused of using her panic alarm 563 times in a month. BBC news story.
Two stories, different aspects of the same phenomenon (although in different parts of Scotland). While the changes may be perfectly rational, one can’t help but feel that the casual association in the media of telecare with cuts will help get… Read moreTelecare as part of cuts packages (Scotland)
Bungling burglars tipped off police after accidentally pulling an emergency cord while they ransacked a home. Quick-thinking Invicta call centre operator Lauren Measter called the police… Full story, KentOnline.
Eric Silfen, Chief Medical Officer of Philips Healthcare, sizes the market at the Nikkei-Philips Symposium: Independent Living and Home Healthcare Tokyo, Japan on 16 September. Read his comments here.
