At a ‘recent’ Computer Weekly/Vodafone roundtable debate NHS healthcare and IT professionals discussed the future of telehealth, the challenges it faces, and what must happen to broaden its adoption. The report by Computer Weekly of the discussion covers patient participation;… Read moreHow to make telehealth more widely adopted in the NHS?
A private and public collaboration in Korea has spurred a mobile initiative that will use 3G-enabled applications and services enabling patients and health workers to manage diabetes better. The project, called Self Quality Care will be implemented by the Gyeonggi… Read moreKorea launches m-health project
New product news – Cisco’s new Integrated Services Router (ISR) announced August 23, “dovetails with Cisco officials’ idea of the “Internet of things” putting networking capabilities into machines not normally connected to the Internet, from ATMs and refrigerators to GPS… Read moreCisco unveils small router for M2M communications
On 9th and 10th November 2011 in Barcelona the UK’s Trade and Investment Barcelona office and the Catalan Ministry of Health (TicSalut Foundation) are holding their third Technology for Health Workshop. TICSalut sets the technology guidelines for public hospitals and… Read moreSpanish opportunity for UK telehealth companies
We have already flagged up that it is possible to hack an insulin pump [TA 11 Aug] and the following item explains the process more, extending the warning to cars: “Computer hackers can force some cars to unlock their doors… Read moreHacking remote devices
Good news for the suppliers of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring equipment and services – the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has endorsed the use of 24 hour monitoring of patients with suspected hypertension as a cost-saving… Read moreAmbulatory BP monitoring boost in UK
The FDA has provided its draft guidance for select mobile apps [TA 26 July and 21 July]…but do they even have the ‘bandwidth’ to cover what falls under their regulation in a timely fashion? This article in Hospital Impact proposes… Read moreShould the FDA even be reviewing mobile apps? Or go out for a walk?
This study proposal on how much travel can be reduced by the use of telehealth–travel by patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals–is intriguing because it points out a cost saving that is not enumerated reliably as a savings. The study design… Read moreTravel avoidance by telehealth usage
While not unexpected given the length and severity of his health problems, Steve Jobs stepping from the helm of Apple to chairman of the board certainly is a very heavy shoe dropping indeed. You don’t have to be an Apple… Read moreThe last mobile bombshell?
Stories back to back in FierceMobileHealthcare are clear indicators that ‘native apps’ on the iPad are gaining ground, while hospital CIOs get headaches figuring how to secure various mobile devices doctors are now using. drchrono, an incubated-in-NYC success story (now… Read moreiPad healthcare apps not so stealthy (see above)
