An excellent item by Victoria Lambert in the UK’s national paper The Telegraph combines detailed quotes from an interview with a participant in Cornwall’s Whole System Demonstrator project with some wider views on the current context and views on the… Read moreLife-changing healthcare technology (UK)
One to look out for on Friday, September 3, at 8.25pm if you live in the S4C area. Thanks for the heads-up to a nice blog post by Robert Lloyd Carmarthenshire Telecare featured on S4C.
If you are iPad-positive, you may be interested in the following new press release from Msoft (not to be confused with Microsoft): Msoft launches hospital blood-tracking on the Apple iPad (PDF) If you are iPad-negative, you may prefer this one-and-a-half… Read moreiPad – love 'em or hate 'em
Text message reminders, which have had mixed but generally favorable results in improving compliance and stimulating actions, didn’t make the cut when it came to reminding 82 new user women patients in Boston to take their contraceptive pills. Drawn from… Read moreA small doubt on text messaging effectiveness
NeuroVigil, an early-stage company last mentioned here as part of the mHealth Summit 2009 report on wireless sensors [TA 4 Nov], may still be in test of their single-electrode sensor for testing brain activity–and the algorithms needed to make sense… Read moreiBrain diagnoses sleep disorders; MIT recognition
Another encouraging sign that new financing is moving into eHealth–and including the ‘veterans’ as well. Healthsense today announced the close of a growth capital financing round–amount undisclosed–led by New York-based Radius Ventures, a health and life sciences venture fund making its first foray… Read moreHealthsense gains fresh financing for telecare system
A buddi-based satellite tracking pilot scheme designed to monitor the movements of violent offenders with mental health problems is to be expanded. The system is intended to prevent patients absconding or offending while they attend court or they are allowed… Read moreSatellites used to track mentally-ill violent criminals (UK)
….and sees good things. It’s a touch-all-the-bases-fast article that gets it mostly right. The drivers according to BBW are combinations of smartphones, retail and devices. Examples: Walgreens retails Vitality GlowCaps, and is testing weekly notifications of drug usage via AT&T to… Read moreBusiness Week gets mHealthy
The telehealth remote monitoring of cardiac patients at home project by Knowsley Health and Wellbeing – jointly funded by NHS Knowsley and Knowsley Council – is calculated to have saved around £5,600 (US$ 8,650) per patient over the 14 months… Read moreKnowsley telehealth project saves £185,000 in 14 months
TeleMedCare (TMC) has appointed Alan Payne as the Interim group CEO and Business Development Manager responsible for global sales and the development of TMC e-health products. His appointment comes in the wake of TMC’s recent financial and corporate restructure within its Australian parent group. About the new relationship with Stirling Products, Alan commented…
