The potential for a good discussion on nurses and telehealth on the Nursing Times website is scuppered by a lack of definition: Does telehealth threaten the nurse/patient relationship?
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Dr. Joseph Coughlin of MIT’s AgeLab ‘big thinks’ about the combination, and how it lacks an Apple-like ‘ecosystem’ to knit it together and make it easier to access for a wider audience. Comments below this article discuss some strategies to
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Kaiser Permanente has premiered its mobile phone app (iPhone and Android) for secure patient access to their health records. According to their release, this is available to 9 million patients. However, will they give a credit or work a deal
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Researchers at University of South Carolina‘s College of Engineering and Computing, plus faculty at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the College of Social Work, are taking a different approach to fall detection in the home. Using
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Tunstall has announced that it is close to finalising the acquisition of Sweden-based telecare company STT Condigi which has a strong presence in many of the Nordic countries. The two companies say the acquisition is prompted by synergies between their
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Belated in every sense, Editor Steve is pleased to feature a good news item on the Northern Ireland remote telemonitoring healthcare service: a user-oriented story in the local press Modern technology is ‘life-changing’. Heads-up thanks to Toni Bunting, TANN Ireland.
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StartUp Health, profiled by us at Health 2.0 NYC in August, has started up its own Health Academy, to train entrepreneurs at various stages of developing health and wellness products/services through a ‘structured curriculum’. There will be four classes, with
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