GPs in Surrey will soon be able to identify which patients are likely to need more attention to prevent hospital admissions. NHS Surrey has commissioned Docobo Ltd to supply practices with its new risk stratification tool called ArtemusICS. Using patient
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Monthly Archives February 2012
Philips Healthcare – a good year in 2011
Summary of Philips Healthcare’s 2011 in item from FRPConnect. Note the remote health monitoring sales in Singapore and Lifeline PERS agreement in Japan. Philips Healthcare Showed 3% Sales Growth In 2011.
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PC for older people – not Windows and fully locked down (US)
No more midnight phone calls “All the buttons have disappeared from my Outlook – can you come round and fix it now?” The Telikin [get it?] touch-PC is designed for older people to use, and might be a good compromise
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Charging for telecare equipment – a question (UK)
Do any readers know of council-run telecare services in ENGLAND that are charging for the initial supply of packages of telecare equipment in contravention of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc) Act (Qualifying Services) (England) Regulations 2003? Just asking! Editor
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Burstow, Tunstall, Mears and the £14m 1% 3ML target for Birmingham (UK)
Paul Burstow, the Minister for Care Services, today launched Birmingham City Council’s initiative to reach 25,000 users of telecare and telehealth over the next three years. [TA Oct. 2011] Like Cornwall’s 30,000 aim, that’s just under 1% of the 3millionlives
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