Nice find of a trailer for a forthcoming film (watch it!) with commentary by Chis Paton in his Health Informatics Forum blog. “Robot and Frank”: The Future of Home Healthcare Robots?

Unlike in the US where there are thousands of companies pushing their PERS or ‘medical alerts’ online, it is taking the growing scarcity of council funding to push telecare service providers in the direction of direct sales on line. We… Read moreTelecare direct selling online (UK)

A project to develop smart integrated miniaturised sensors (SIMS) is being led by Professor Tony Killard at UWE, Bristol (UK). This will take the point-of-care testing concept to a new level by building into a single strip a number of… Read morePoint-of-care tests to get even smarter

Do you currently provide a telecare or telehealth service? The DAP Connect project, funded by the Technology Strategy board, is investigating current and future trends in the telecare and telehealth sector, to learn how people working within the sector see… Read moreTelecare research (UK)

A treasure chest, or overload, depending on how you see it: a web page of links to slides from all the presentations given at the HIMSS12Conference in February. [Note 6 March, slides link – seeing a message “Handouts are temporarily… Read morePresentation slides from HIMSS12

There’s a brief report of the 29 February meeting on the 3millionlives (3ML) website (scroll down), including slides from the presentations. “Over 50 companies were represented…A lively Q and A session stimulated lots of debate on governance of the campaign,… Read more3millionlives: Industry Event Update (UK)