The West Midlands developed AskTARA website is to be launched nationally on 1 October 2011 (NHS Local announcement). The site will initially target telecare and telehealth products, but will expand to take in a range of services such as personal… Read moreAskTARA for national (UK) launch
Here’s just one reason why developing a universal EHR or PHR is so difficult. There’s much more variety in people’s naming systems than you might expect. So your very first database field gives you a headache – or it should… Read moreWhy a universal EHR or PHR is so difficult
As when Bosch announced it had joined the Continua Alliance [TA item], it’s odd to see something you assumed to be the case being trumpeted. Tunstall press release Tunstall Response Achieves Prestigious TSA Platinum Award. [The ‘Platinum’ level is the… Read moreTunstall Response meets TSA standard (UK)
Sign-of-the-times thought-piece by Peter Beresford, Professor of Social Policy at Brunel University asks whether the pressures on older people in the UK might lead them into expressing their frustrations by ‘direct action’. Are older people angry enough to riot? Guardian.
15 months ago, in June 2010, editor Donna pointed out the possibility of using the technology in the Xbox Kinect for falls detection. [TA: Xbox Kinect for healthcare?] Now we hear that people at the University of Missouri have been… Read moreXbox Kinect shows falls detection promise
