Marianne McGee, Senior Writer, InformationWeek reports on developments in home-based sleep apnea monitoring. Article here.

We note that with this monitoring software integration Everon is broadening its technology base even more widely. Initsys Merlin 3 integrates with telecare applications.

Philips has announced the extension of its AutoAlert system from the US [TA item March 2010] to Canada. In the press release Philips is claiming “a 95 per cent fall detection accuracy rate and a low rate of false alarms”… Read morePhilips extends AutoAlert falls telecare to Canada

Under new CEO Trevor Single, the UK’s Telecare Services Association (TSA) looks like it will comment more actively on issues of the day when a telecare or telehealth angle can be put on them. Good. First off is a press… Read moreNHS can do more for less with technology – TSA

The following link takes you to a BBC news video item of a mitral valve repair taking place at Imperial College Hospital in Hammersmith, London, last week. Using Polycom high definition technology, the operation was turned into a masterclass for… Read moreSurgery masterclass by telepresence