Contrary to recieved wisdom, it is possible to close care homes for older people without sending them into a spiral of decline – if it is done well and if starting from low quality provision. This is the finding of… Read moreBirmingham care home closures achieved positive results for older people (UK)
Pilot monitoring kidney disease patients remotely shows positive impact on care quality and patient safety. System also receives Innovation Prize at the Health IT expo in Paris. Press release.
Long-established UK-based telehealth equipment manufacturer and supplier Docobo has been participating in a trade mission to Brazil to explore its potential as a market. Press release.
arabianbusiness.com is among many sites to run a press release stating that Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) has “inked the deal” with Harmoni and Corinium Technologies Limited, two companies that will deploy newly developed Qatari remote patient monitoring technology… Read moreNew remote patient monitoring technology for the NHS (Qatar)
The May edition of the Telecare LIN newsletter is now available. Contents include news of the successful DALLAS projects; 3ML, and links to many news items and events. Newsletter PDF download. There is also a May 2012 supplement covering some… Read moreMay 2012 Telecare LIN Newsletter published (UK)
At last, a sign that the Department of Health is more serious about the 3 Million Lives (3ML) initiative than has been previously apparent – the news that it is investing the time at least of Chris Wright as the… Read more3millionlives: DH invests (UK)
Remember telecare? Healthsense, a Minnesota-based developer and provider of telecare systems, is raising $13.7 million in funding, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated 17 May. According to MedCityNews‘ interview with their CFO Sue Horvath, the money… Read moreBig bet on telecare: $13.7 million round for Healthsense (US)
Fortuitously following the UK-related item posted yesterday about protecting intellectual property, etc. in the telecare and telehealth field, comes this clear list of issues device inventors and first-suppliers have to bear in mind. It has a US focus, but is… Read moremHealth stakeholders: Bullet list of legal considerations (US)
Unlike in the US where the internet is awash with advice for the public on ‘medical alarms’ – much of it of dubious quality that ignores the downsides – such advice in the UK is not so widespread. That’s probably… Read morePendant alarm advice for the public (UK)
Rogers, Canada’s largest mobile provider has partnered with Exmovere Holdings Inc., a US company “best described as tech-meets-apparel, to launch a new service allowing parents to monitor a newborn’s temperature and movement via a remote computer, tablet or smartphone. Through… Read moreWireless baby pyjamas (Canada)
