Are ‘insufficient privacy protections…hindering public acceptance of the EHR concept’?  A paper by researchers at North Carolina State University, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech says yes, with some good reason (identity theft).  They detail legal and technical recommendations to overcome concerns,… Read moreEHRs: privacy concerns, facilitating 'meaningful use' in community health centers, certification (US)

The Wireless Health Strategies website is the non-LinkedIn presence of the LinkedIn Wireless Health group. Bypassing the home page, which mostly promotes the LinkedIn group, the part of the site that may most interest our readers is the Connectivity section… Read moreWireless Health Strategies: company/investor matching

Technology devised by researchers at the University of Washington and the Georgia Institute of Technology  uses a home’s copper electrical wiring as a giant antenna to receive wireless signals, allowing for the possibility of wireless sensors that run for decades… Read moreSmart home sensors use electrical wiring as an antenna

Battery size and life is a crucial topic for all manufacturers of mobile health monitoring devices or, indeed, independently powered sensor devices. This pointer to the future item from Gizmag picks up on another new possibility in battery technology. Electron… Read moreLight, high-powered organic batteries may become a reality

Free four-page PDF briefing on the benefits and uptake of telemedicine, from the Montreal Economic Institute: Telemedicine: improving the health care system through innovation.

Don’t get too excited by the headline, big savings are easy to promise, hard to deliver. Mobile operator Orange has launched the Orange Health Gateway in the UK to provide “an affordable mobile messaging service. The service can provide appointment… Read moreOrange promises NHS savings

The Google Health record system, which appeared to be dying, leaving the field wide open for Microsoft Health Vault (TA June 2010), has apparently been revived stronger and better than before. Comment from Chillmark Research. More on Official Google Blog.

The Welsh Assembly Government will be funding 13 telemedicine projects that will receive a share of £825,000 ($1.3m) spending. More info from eGovMonitor.

Another approach to stroke, complementary to our article below, is being investigated by The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) for rehabilitation of fine motor movement in hands post-stroke. Initial monitoring will be through a wristwatch type device,… Read moreRobotics and stroke #2

Where’s all that US ‘stimulus’ (ARRA) money going other than roads, teachers and EHRs?  Well, some is going to telehealth and HIT projects. Sorting through the self-congratulatory language and endless acronyms, $482.4 million in grants were made through something called the… Read moreBroadband access Federal grants (US)