Item 1 is a taster for the forthcoming WSDAN event at Stansted on 11 February. As the WSD programme data cannot be analysed until the last person recruited in the Autumn of 2009 has been in the programme for a
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Monthly Archives January 2010
Shimmer doesn't shilly-shally
In just 18 months since the launch of the first generation of Irish company Shimmer’s wireless sensor ‘platform’ it has been awarded CE certification. The certification coincides with the launch of the platform’s new EMG (Electromyography), and GSR (Galvanic Skin
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iPads in healthcare?
Only mentioned because if we don’t you will wonder if we have been on the same planet this week. Apple iPad not for medical market after all? from mHealthUpdate sums it up as far as this editor is concerned.
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Telehealth and the NHS North Yorkshire and York £8 million deficit
What’s interesting about this item from the York Press is not the local NHS deficit, or the inane comments it attracted, but that the reporter picked up on the telehealth initiative – one bright ray in an otherwise gloomy sky,
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Falls squad keeps users out of hospital
Community Care reports on a falls response initiative in Hertfordshire, England, that eliminates the need for an ambulance response to an emergency call and keeps people out of hospital – see the interesting statistics at the bottom of the article.
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GlobalMedia telemedicine TotalExam camera
GlobalMedia of Scottsdale, Arizona, has an interesting position in the telemedicine market. It has expertise in visual conferencing but also produces devices and software that make it easy to incorporate telemedicine: items such as a cart system (featured in this
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Telehealth market research report
InMedica, the medical arm of technology market research company IMS Research (Texas, UK, China) has recently published a thorough report on the worldwide telehealth market that should be of use to companies putting together business plans and/or investment bids. Apart
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More info on ICE-T funding (UK)
Just in, more information (PDF) on the funding opportunities being launched at the South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA)/ICE-T event for member companies on 2nd February, 2010. “The money, totalling more than £1.3million, will be available for specific projects designed
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Agenda (almost) Complete for Health 2.0 Europe Conference
If you are considering attending the interesting-looking Health 2.0 Europe Conference in Paris 6-7 April 2010, you will want to scan this pre-event information. The conference is billed as an event “where leading examples of Health 2.0 in North America
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Bluetooth SIG formalises low-energy
“The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) recently announced the adoption of Bluetooth low energy wireless technology, which is the hallmark feature of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0.” Although just published, the lack of a date on the ‘recent’ announcement
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