Organizational convergence in mHealth: the Wireless-Life Sciences Institute (WLSA) and the European MHealth Alliance (EuMHA) announced their cross-Atlantic (and then some) strategic partnership. Rob McCray, President and CEO of WLSA: “We see this collaboration with EuMHA as an opportunity for two… Read moreWLSA and EuMHA announce strategic partnership
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed an algorithm for detecting cardiovascular problems using pulse oxometry during sleep. They are now working on a portable device, presumably for use with people in their own homes. Cardiovascular disease can be… Read moreCardiovascular disease can be detected earlier during sleep (Sweden)
The Department of Veterans Affairs, already one of the largest users of telehealth in the US through its Office of Telehealth Services, awarded today six national contracts for ‘home telehealth devices and services.’ Announcing in their own releases are Cardiocom and… Read moreVA awards $1.38 billion in six contracts for telehealth (US)
It must be award season….the Vodafone Americas Foundation and the mHealth Alliance today announced the winners of the third annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project and the second annual mHealth Alliance Award [TA 24 Nov]. They are: Vodafone Americas… Read moreVodafone/mHealth Alliance awards
GP Online runs a report on the Royal College of Physicians event in London last week highlighting that Dr Mark Dancy, England’s clinical chairman of the NHS Heart Improvement programme was talking down expectations that the Department of Health (DH)… Read moreFunding shortage to slow NHS roll-out of telehealth
Regular readers will expect editor Steve to be reaching for the Valium when a news item starts with the sentence “Australian [sic] is moving slowly towards the use of telehealthcare…” but the writer redeems herself by making a distinction between… Read moreGetting smart, slowly (Australia)
The website of the EU-funded BRAID programme (part of the ITC research theme ‘Cooperation’ of the 7th European Framework Programme) has noted a spate of recent stories from Portugal about people who died alone and remained undiscovered for a long… Read moreEU BRAID programme highlights people dead and undiscovered in Portugal
A Cisco Internet Business Solutions/Princeton Survey Research Associates International survey of over 100 international senior healthcare leaders, released last Wednesday at the World Health Congress in Washington, DC, found that telehealth and related technologies which enable collaboration and information-sharing have the greatest… Read moreInformation sharing, telehealth technologies rated top in innovation potential
The Edison Awards, given to companies demonstrating the most innovative new products and services in multiple categories, were awarded in NYC last week. In the Innovative Services/Health, Wellness and Safety category, the top two winners are no strangers to our… Read moreEdison Awards to American Well, MedApps, ZPass
Mobile health apps right now are ‘one size fits all’. But what if they were not? Researchers at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) are working on a vision: to create apps which factor in the user/patient’s behavior, then modify… Read more'Next-gen' patient apps envisioned at UCSF (US)
