75% of the children of Western Texas live more than 90 miles from the nearest hospital and to address the problems of access the Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC) runs a program known as the Children’s Healthcare Access… Read moreTelehealth for children in Texas
Further evidence that the UK’s Department of Health (DH) has lost its telecare policy focus: the From the Ground Up: A report and guide to integrate design and services published last week, which should be brimming with suggestions for how… Read moreUK telecare policy grip slip
A few of years ago clothing with integrated sensors were on Telecare Aware’s ‘pointer to the future’ list.* Not any more. This video of a sports bra with built in heart rate sensor and attachable wireless transmitter shows why. Video… Read moreHeart rate monitoring sports bra video
Thoughtful little piece by Tomás Sánchez-Criado, PhD student and researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid on the Lancaster University Management School site. It takes the line that telecare doesn’t so much promote independence as interdependence – and has the potential to… Read moreAn ethnographic exploration of telecare
Halton & St Helens PCT deploys telehealth for patients. Template Tunstall press release. In fact it looked so familiar I had to double check the date and the archives to see it it were a truly new story. [While thinking… Read moreHalton & St Helens PCT deploys telehealth for patients
In an article for Hidden Wires (“Europe’s leading residential technology trade magazine”) Guy Dewsbury highlights some ways that technology providers in the UK are going beyond ‘telecare’ into the area of smart home technology to make life easier for disabled… Read moreSmart Home Technology for Disabled People
MedApps and Meridian Health, a large health system in central New Jersey, announced a pilot program for patients discharged from acute care with congestive heart failure (CHF). The program will provide individual patient education and support to improve patient self-management and… Read moreMedApps and Meridian Health partner for CHF pilot
