UPDATE 6 June: The Compendium has now been edited to refer to reminder services in general (page 30). New download link.
Just as a minister's speech is not the place to endorse a particular company by name, neither is an official Department of Health publication. Yet that is just what the Long Term Conditions Team has done in its third edition of the Long Term Conditions Compendium of Information. (PDF download. Link now defunct) published 30th May. What the heck were they thinking?…
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It sure looks like it. S.3187, proposed by Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, holds up health IT and mobile medical guidance by wrapping it up into a reauthorization of the user fee programs that fund the FDA’s reviews of prescription
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In yet another example of how nothing in the US Capital moves swiftly, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just voted to approve wireless spectrum for MBANs–mobile body area networks–which will help free patients in hospitals from the inconvenience of hard-wired
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The overall conclusion of IMS Research’s latest forecast on telehealth is that the demand for self-monitoring one’s own health via telehealth devices will far outstrip the demand or placement via managed programs, even though the latter will demonstrate decent growth.
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Last week at the 7th Annual Wireless-Life Sciences (WLSA) Wireless Health Convergence Summit in San Diego, three winners were announced for the 2012 Triple Tree iAwards. Based on category, they were: Operational Innovation: HomeCare HomeBase (operational software for homecare agencies)
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A reader asks if there are readers with experience, or research knowledge of, using telecare chair and bed sensors to help with managing the risk of falling for people with dementia in hospitals or care homes. If you are willing
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The ninth annual Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit, in conjunction with Santa Clara University, has a business plan competition in line for a $10,000 prize. The closing is today, but you might want to take note for next year if
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For those of us who associate Avery Dennison with office products and labels, their presence in healthcare will come as a surprise (well, it did Editor Donna!) Their recently announced partnership with Preventice, a developer of mobile health apps and
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Polycom issued a press release around findings with Saint Vincent’s Health System in Pennsylvania, and aside from the attention-grabbing “100% ROI within two months” on a bariatric wellness program based on video — proof of which Editor Donna strained to
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It was developed at University College Dublin (UCD) and has gone on sale first in Japan: The Omron Sleep Design HSL-101 has been almost 10 years in the making and has cost more than €9 million. It has been developed
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