Launched in Australia at the end of November, and on the point of launching in the UK, a new wristwatch-form mobile personal alarm and tracking system: The Carer’s Watch. So, it not only tells the time, but has the capabilities… Read moreNew product: The Carer's Watch (Aus & UK)

This month’s edition of the UK’s Telecare LIN eNewsletter is available. Contents include: recent DH publications including local authority/PCT allocations (with telecare and telehealth references; new reports on charging for telecare, local authority performance profiles, telecare sensors in use in… Read moreJanuary 2011 Telecare LIN eNewsletter published

Updated 13 Jan

While Ed. Donna is not @ International CES due to commitments @ home, that won’t prevent our covering it, the Digital Health Summit and the sister SilversSummit both during CES. Here’s a ‘pointer to the future’ that, aside from the sheer ‘whiz-bang’-iness of it, this editor believes can make tablets redundant, especially in enterprises like healthcare: the Motorola Atrix 4G. For the tech-minded, ZDNet’s James Kendrick’s awarded it ‘best of show.’ The Android-based Atrix docks directly into a netbook ‘exoskeleton’ (all the computing power is in the phone) or connects to an external monitor and keyboard via HDMI and Bluetooth/USB. In other words, the phone is the computer…