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.

Provided free of charge by the Californian HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), this 27 page report looks at a number of patient-involvement topics including: Health video games Medication management The ‘other’ medical home Diabetes care Weight management Wellness It is also notable… Read moreFree report: Mobile Tools Can Improve Chronic Disease Management

Boeing has part-funded Medical Devices & Diagnostics (MDDx), a new telehealth startup in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. But it is not because Boeing is going into the market, it is part of a pay-back for Canada’s purchase of four… Read moreBoeing funds new telehealth company (Canada)

Another project where one has to ask “Why are they taking this route?” Item from Physorg.com.

French company PerVaya, with its Salveo intelligent telecare system (range of wireless telecare devices and an on-line monitoring) is looking for distribution channels in Europe and North America. Press release. Website (English version) Please mention Telecare Aware when making contact.

We know that technology can make a huge contribution to care and support. But the question explored by Louise Hunt in an item in the UK’s Guardian is: “How available is it to self-funders?” The answers she finds throw light… Read moreGuardian article: Remote control (UK)

The September 2009 Primary Care Respiratory Journal has three items that relate to the use of telehealth: Does telehealthcare offer a patient-centred way forward for the community-based management of long-term respiratory disease? Technology and its role in respiratory care The… Read moreThree items on respiratory telehealth

Philips says that it “has received several reports of incidents where a user’s pendant style neck cord became accidentally entangled, causing either injury or death.” The gist of the notice is that it asks their subscribers with pendant alarms that… Read morePhilips Lifeline issues pendants safety notice

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has set the bar high for all others in the running for Telecare Aware’s Bizarre Decision of the Year Award. As reported in the Nursing Times under the headline Telehealth system slashes hospital… Read moreLeicester NHS's bizarre telehealth decision