Generation3 Capital (Gen3), a Chicago based private equity firm which has had some experience in the security and durable medical equipment market, announced this week their acquisition of LogicMark, designer and manufacturer of two-way PERS systems. LogicMark was the first… Read moreGen3 acquires LogicMark (US)
Participants at a Future Trends Round Table chaired by Dr Michael Dixon OBE at The King’s Fund on Thursday December 8, 2011, agreed that telehealth could only deliver benefits if it is implemented as part of fully integrated healthcare services… Read moreRound Table agrees integration is important for telehealth implementation (UK)
[This may be important for the context of the next stage of the development of the market for telecare in the UK if services and suppliers play it right. Ed. Steve] In a letter published in The Daily Telegraph on… Read moreDemands for urgent and fundamental reform to care and home help services in England
…and you can attribute that to the US government push on and subsidy of EHRs plus the press for ‘meaningful use’. The EHRs being purchased generally use software, such as Citrix, configured for desktops or laptops and not fully compatible…. Read moreFewer than 1% of hospitals have fully functional tablet systems: West Wireless Health Institute
Axial Exchange’s Care Transitions Suite, which integrates multiple sourcing of patient information from pharmacies, hospitals, EMS, physicians and health plans, won a first prize award in Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)… Read more'All in one' care tracker wins HHS innovation competition
Announced in the very quiet time between the holidays was mHealth developer iTriage‘s latest app, enabling users to access Microsoft Health Vault’s PHR through their iPhone and (shortly) Android phone. iTriage presently allows users to check symptoms, research diseases and… Read moreAetna's iTriage connecting with Microsoft HealthVault (US)
