Triple Tree, an investment banking firm which seems to be one of the few making multiple active investments in telehealth and telecare, as well as sponsoring the iAwards in wireless health [TA 22 Jan], recently released this white paper on
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Back in October we wrote about Ekso Bionic’s exoskeleton ‘wearable robot’ to assist rehabilitating patients and paraplegics in walking. It looks like Wired (UK edition) and SmartPlanet are taking notice. It also seems that Ekso is on track to release
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An excellent canter around what telehealth is (and is not), its world-wide take-up and its potential. Suitable as an introduction to the subject and also a useful round-up for knowledgeable readers. Written by Rajib Ghosh from the Bosch Healthcare stable,
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Living Alone With Pets and Telecare Service is a short blog piece promoting Sentry Telecare’s automated ‘we-phone-you’ checking service in Canada and the US. However, it makes a point that for many people, making sure that their pet is safe
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When ‘telecare’, in correct context and without further explanation, gets a mention in the UK’s newspaper The Daily Mirror, then we know that telecare has finally arrived. £500m funding gap leaves elderly care in crisis
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Dick Vinegar, the Patient from Hell, wonders in The Guardian, why IT-literate junior doctors do not go on to push technological initiatives later in their career. “Something happens to deprive doctors of their appetite for being the champions of technical
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Telemedicine – An Introduction by Devendra Patel (MD, Medisoft Telemedicine Pvt Ltd) and Dr Sanjeev Mehta (telemedicine pioneer) has just been published and is aimed at teaching basics of telemedicine to nursing and paramedic technician students in India. Purchase on
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Following an investigation into the other business interests of Telecare Technology’s director Jamie Cole, after concerns raised by a family member of one of the users of its phone-based reminder service, a spokesman for Staffordshire County Council said “…we feel
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Flagstaff hospital using remote patient monitoring Good one from the Washington Examiner (US). Should nurses be at the forefront of telehealth? Good one in The Guardian, by David Barrett. Why telehealth will transform care of Kent’s patients Good one from
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“[Popsi Cube from] Popsicare allows for the integration and transmission of remotely captured pulse and blood pressure data along with patients’ answers to a medical questionnaire.” [Then let’s hope they’ve got their Bosch patents portfolio covered]. Medical Design Online article.
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