Non-US readers will be interested in this newspaper report not for the technology – it is basic fare for any UK telecare service – but for the price that the State of Ohio is apparently prepared to put on the… Read moreTelecare for Ohioans living alone (US)
The writer of this item fell right into the terminology trap and appears to refer to three different types of technology as ‘telecare’. Still, it’s a good sign if GPs really think they should adopt it. Whatever it is. GPs… Read moreGPs back expanded role for telemedicine/telehealth/telecare (UK)
A pointer to the future item – 50 severely physically impaired people have been trying out a new brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by medical engineering company G.Tec of Schiedlberg, Austria. The new interface lets users explore Second Life’s virtual world… Read moreControl your home with thought alone
In November 2009 TA brought you news of the SimplicITy Computers interface for older people. At the time we thought it rather clunky, but the creators have clearly been listening to the people who have been trying it out and have introduced a ‘two tier’ approach so that people can start simple and go more complicated when they are ready…
The Australian Government’s AS$620 million system of telehealth rebates and incentives aims to provide patients in rural and regional areas with remote access to GPs and specialists through videoconferencing between major metropolitan centres and regional clinics, hospitals, and residential aged… Read moreAustralian telehealth scheme 'not good enough'
An insistent reminder that if you are interested in presenting at the mHealth Summit near Washington, D.C. in December, the deadline for abstract submissions is this Friday. More information. Telecare Aware is a media sponsor of the mHealth Summit. For… Read moremHealth Summit presentations deadline Friday 8 July
Yes, you are reading correctly. For a company rather heavily invested in its own (Samsung) simplified cell phones, it’s surprising that GreatCall, the parent of the Jitterbug, has released an easy to use iPhone app, the MedCoach. Medication, refill reminders–‘Shake… Read moreJitterbug markets an iPhone app (US)
Showing definite signs of substantially increasing its presence in the integrated telehealth monitoring area–where there’s room to grow–VRI and MedApps signed an agreement for 3,000 MedApps HealthPAL units, transmitting data via MedApps’ cloud-based platform to their web portal. The announcement… Read moreVRI expanding telehealth capabilities with MedApps
A UK-based 5,800 person, six-month study of texting with motivational messages and behavioral-change support for quitting smoking, against a control group that received text messages unrelated to quitting, achieved a significant increase in biochemically verified continuous abstinence at 6 months… Read moretxt2stop: smoking cessation programme (UK)
