I’m taking the unusual step of drawing attention to an anonymous comment (comment 12) on the recent Soapbox item Reflections on the UK’s telecare, telehealth and telecoaching framework agreement because it raises serious questions about the approval of organisations by… Read moreFramework agreement. Serious questions that need answers

There’s the usual ‘yes-but’ reaction to the announcement by the Australian Medical Association’s president, but a more clearly mixed response from the commenters on this item from 6minutes.com: Doctor groups have welcomed Labor’s pledge to invest $392 million in online… Read moreMixed welcome for $392 million investment for teleconsults in Australia

Three items this week illustrate the changing health and social care context that is beginning to affect the market for telecare and telehealth services. Council plans to axe in-house care provision (Community CAre. Note the comment about direct payments and… Read moreThe changing UK context for telecare and telehealth

If you live in PA, have Highmark as your insurer and an iPhone, a new iPhone app called Health@Hand is ready to help you find a Highmark-plan doctor in the neighborhood.  More than that, it can research common first aid situations and with the Symptom Navigator,… Read moreiPhone 'doc in poc', if you live in PA

Athenahealth, a popular provider of web-based practice management, billing and business services, announced that its EHR, athenaClinicals, till now available only as part of their billing/practice service package, will be offered as a stand-alone web-based system.  This comes at a time… Read moreAthenahealth moving to standalone EHR

Healthcare providers from Maine, our farthest east state, one of our most rural and distinctive, have assertively declared they are going to be leading in telehealth.  At a one-day summit of 150 providers at the University of Maine-Orono, organized by the Maine… Read moreNow Maine in the telehealth game