Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has joined with Gen-i (telecom provider in NZ) and the Auckland District Health Board for a 20-person, three-month trial of their TeleHealth Manager (see 3 Nov post). Those selected are heart disease patients from Auckland Hospital. According to the ALU… Read moreAlcatel-Lucent trial of TeleHealth Manager in NZ
IBM has announced the launch of its Health Analytics Solution Center in Dallas, to be followed by centres in Berlin, Beijing, Tokyo, New York City, London and Washington DC. [It’s a vacuous name – ‘solution’ is such hackneyed jargon –… Read moreIBM Health Analytics Solution Center announced
Best telehealth headline I’ve seen in years! Following up on the recent Toumaz Technology stories. In CNET’s gadget blog, by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore. One small strip of plaster, one giant strip of data
Ivan Harrow on the Intel IT Galaxy blog has a piece about eHealth/telecare/telehealth/telemedicine terminology and invites comments. I’d have loved to do that but, despite registering on the site, cannot find any way to add a comment. Read Ivan’s piece… Read moreWhat's in a (ehealth) name?
In Delaware, an 80 year-old woman who was unable to cope with her 82 year-old husband with dementia is prosecuted and found guilty of neglecting him. Woman Makes Husband Live At Junkyard And before UK readers who have forgotten the… Read moreWhere's the humanity?
David Doherty (3G Doctor) in this blog post reminds us that technology can outstrip our ability to imagine what it can be harnessed to do.
Philips and the Netherlands’ largest health insurer, Achmea, said on Wednesday that they would work together and invest several millions of Euros in the next five years in home monitoring healthcare in the Dutch market. Read more.
