Launched on Wednesday and due to go live later this year, Appello is a telehealth service set up by four established companies: telecare monitoring provider CarelineUK, health record provider CentriHealth, contact centre infrastructure provider Volt Delta and telehealth home hub
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Continuing its march towards global domination of the world’s Bluetooth-enabled blood glucose meter market, MyGlucoHealth has announced Canadian regulatory approval for its monitor. Press release.
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The Sino-smart Digital Technology vehicle and personal GPS tracker factory in China says on its website that it has the capacity to make up to 1000 of its latest Mini GPS tracker for iPhone per day if you wish, although
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Sign of the times…Tesco, the UK’s giant supermarket chain is to roll out free Wi-Fi in its stores with the predoninant aim of communicating with customers as they push their trolleys around. Brief story from Computing.co.uk Tesco rolls out free
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A Brooklyn-based ‘medical alert’ company sent a woman in Arizona a $200 ‘cancellation bill’ three years after she followed up an advert but did not take up their offer. Was this a mistake? An administrative error? No! The company appears
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The responsibilities and funding sources for registered social landlords (RSLs) and registered providers (RPs) and councils is likely to change in the near future. The Support Solutions consultancy provides an even-handed analysis and urges everyone with an opinion – which
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According to the press release, Health Net Connect’s VideoDoc is the world’s most significant development in telemedicine/remote patient monitoring ever. Unfortunately, unsubstantiated claims (“first of its kind, fully comprehensive telemedicine solution”) and other hype undermine their case. Which is not
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The My Heart Project is an initiative of state health insurer Deutsche Angestellten Krankenkasse (DAK) and a group of private clinics in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein together with the home-visiting doctors and specialists. Patients will receive a free
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Bridging Research in Ageing and ICT Development (BRAID) is an EU-funded 24 month ‘Support Action’ [whatever that is]. Its latest publication, Active Ageing Scenarios (PDF for download) “presents a collection of illustrative scenarios for the four different life settings: Independent
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NHS Bristol is to roll out a new telehealth service to patients with long-term conditions. The PCT has signed a contract with technology company Safe Patient Systems for its Mobile Patient Care service. The £1.4m contract will be the largest
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