A preview of this week’s Connected Health Symposium from the Boston Globe. It presents New England as a ‘hotbed’ of telehealth development and interviews Dr. Joseph Kvedar of the Center for Connected Health on how real-world technologies such as the cellphone,… Read moreBoston Globe article on Connected Health Symposium
The Canadian Society of Telehealth (CST) announced at its well-attended annual meeting earlier this month in Vancouver that it will merge with COACH (Canada’s Health Informatics Association) and form the Canadian Telehealth Forum (CTF) as part of the COACH organization. Trevor Chadduck,… Read moreCanada telehealth associations merging
Courtesy of Mark at mHealth Update, some new products that announced in the past few days: Ekahau’s new people locator is a relatively slim wristband and alert system that uses a Wi-Fi, facility-based real time location system (RTLS) to locate residents who wander and… Read moreProduct roundup 19 October
Home care agencies in the US, whether assistive (errands, cooking, etc.) or medical (visiting nurse) have historically been slow to adopt technology for client care. This study from the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) indicates that this mindset is… Read moreHome care and technology adoption in the US–study
Further to the note of last week’s seminar in Taipei, here’s a short report from the Taipei Times: Seminar highlights benefits of remote medical care system. It is interesting that the Tunstall representative supported her case by mentioning the monitoring… Read moreReport from Taiwan/UK telecare seminar
Anglesey and Gwynedd Local Health Boards have announced the launch of a joint telehealth monitoring service which will provide improved care pathways and more person-centred support for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) within the home. The partnership will… Read moreWales: Anglesey and Gwynedd deploy dual language telehealth system
In an interview with The Herald, Jacquie Roberts, head of the Care Commission, warned that looking after older people in big institutions is more likely to create the conditions for abuse and neglect and potentially breaches their human rights. She… Read moreHead of Scotland's Care Commission calls for more diversified telecare
Only read this press release if you like jumping in the pool. Of gobbledygook. [If you want to know how to write a meaningful press release, see ‘Six Steps‘.]
A local story, but one that points out a larger problem as telecare and telehealth integrate into the home. Broadband-based monitoring of vital signs can be dependent on the capabilities of the internet service provider (ISP). When the community, building or development changes… Read moreTelehealth affected by ISP change?
Secure EHR integration for hospitals has been problematic, as integrating records on hand with PHRs, and working with/around legacy systems that don’t communicate with each other, has proven both difficult and expensive. Last Thursday, Intel announced version 2.2 of Intel SOA Expressway… Read moreIntel advances SOA Expressway software
