A review by Audit Scotland of telehealth uptake by the NHS has found that the system is generally not considered an option when NHS boards are planning or redesigning services despite the potential for saving £1,000 on the treatment of… Read moreScotland's telehealth uptake "has been inconsistent"
Great to see newcomers to the market being launched to sell telecare directly to the public in the UK: We Care Line.
I (Editor Steve) only rarely post links to Tunstall press releases because I assume that readers who really want to see them will pick them up from other sources and they are usually formulaic and self-promoting. I’m not the only… Read more"Trade puff from Tunstall"
The iPad has made its way into the surgical suite as a versatile tool. This article from FierceMobileHealthcare summarizes multiple ways the iPad has emerged as an ‘instrument’ for surgery: informational apps, surgical plug-ins, imaging, sterile protection (that allows touch… Read moreiPad as surgical instrument
Pfizer is once again gingerly partnering, this time with Humana, the US based health insurer, on health care services targeted to older adults (‘seniors’–tired and tiring terminology, don’t you think?–in the press release.) But what they are doing together is… Read morePfizer, Humana partner on older adult health care
Aerotel will be turning its attention to the Chinese and other Asian markets having just had (presumably considerable) investment from Chinese medical equipment, medical IT and healthcare services company Neusoft Corporation. Aerotel blog item.
A couple of items from the Canada and Ireland Telecare Aware News Network (TANN) sites – see right hand sidebar for links – that should be more widely known: Ireland’s telehealth ‘Home Sweet Home’ project: The Irish Examiner reports how… Read moreTwo from TANN
Linking networks, devices, hardware and software applications–from medical facilities far forward into remote battlefields–is the task of the US Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) unit. This interview with LTC William Geesey from MC4 covers the Army’s progress in… Read more'Telemedicine in the theatre of war'
Choice Privileges, the loyalty (or ‘frequent stayer’) program of Choice Hotels International (the midpriced Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, Clarion and more) has signed up the 1-800MD doctor phone/email/video consult service. Choice Privileges members who join the ‘telemedicine anywhere’ service for… Read moreTravel loyalty program awards points for telemedicine
According to a new report by Berg Insight, smart meter penetration among residential electricity customers in the US and Canada is projected to increase from around 20 percent in mid-2011 to more than 50 percent by the end of 2016,… Read moreSmart meter installation to grow rapidly in the US
