While this was authored by someone in legal practice for primarily alternative medicine (or, as the writer puts it, ‘the intersection of law, business, health and spirituality’), it’s an interesting read (for the US) on how 19th century law is controlling… Read moreTwo intersections: 'Is an online telemedicine service legal?'
There is a new report that deserves wide exposure. It’s by Healthcare at Home Ltd (the UK’s largest indepedent home care provider) and it explores which technologies and models used in the US for chronic disease management could successfully be… Read moreUK better placed than the US to manage chronic disease: lessons from the US
Excellent short report on two practices in Thetford (Norfolk-Suffolk border) which reduced COPD-related admissions from 110 in 2008/09 to 50 in 2009/10. This saved over £97,346 by cutting admission costs. COPD admissions halved by GP practice initiative. from Healthcare Republic…. Read moreCOPD admissions halved by GP practice initiative (UK)
June’s newsletter (PDF download 2.4MB) is thin on news apart from a one-page look forward to the WSDAN event on 30th June in Newcastle, (closing date Wed 23rd) and a link to an article on telecare ethics published by the… Read moreJune's Telecare LIN eNewsletter published
A short round-up of developments in Korea flags up another coining for the terminology collection: “KT [formerly Korea Telecom] has been testing its telehealth applications through a ‘u (ubiquitous)-health’ trial service with the Gangnam Severance Hospital in southern Seoul since… Read moreNow it's 'u-health' from Korea
The Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) system will soon be available for patients at the new National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), founded through the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. According to the article, the CAREN system is an instrumented treadmill embedded into a ‘six degree-of-freedom motion’ platform that synchronizes in real-time with a virtual environment projected onto a large, curved screen for rehabilitation of returning veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress syndrome.
