In a week when Tunstall has two ‘look how well we are doing’ press releases running all over the internet (here and here), it is rather disconcerting to see that they are also asking for $1 donations to support their… Read moreTunstall: Buddy, can you spare a dollar?
This will turn out to be a pointer-to-the-near-future item if any telecare device manufacturers care to take it up: Los Altos-based start-up Electric Imp is looking to make putting ‘things’ into the internet cheaper and simpler with Imp, a Wi-Fi… Read moreElectric Imp telecare potential?
UK-based Isansys have announced an interesting development and claim it as a first – in which case it will be one for the History Project page. It is called the Patient Status Engine: “the first cloud-based patient digitization and analytic… Read moreIsansys: New cloud-based remote patient monitoring system
With due respect to NHS South of Tyne and Wear and Sunderland City Council, a local partnership award is not world-worthy news. However, this item gets posted because it is a good example of local publicity for a telehealth service…. Read moreTelehealth award Sunderland (UK)
If you like cute doggie pictures (or even if you don’t) editor Steve promises that you will love the one that accompanies the heart-warming telecare story, reported in the Telegraph and other UK papers. Mrs Shaw, the owner of Louis,… Read moreCute dog saves owner with telecare alarm (UK)
Nothing like having an ambitious conquest strategy, is there? Read IP&TV News’s interview with Lyse Brillouet, Director of Strategy and Marketing at Orange Healthcare to see it they really have one. Orange Healthcare: “eHealth is a key pillar of Orange’s… Read moreOrange Healthcare: "eHealth is a key pillar of Orange’s Conquest 2015 strategy" (EU)
There are some interesting telehealth monitoring facts, figures and conclusions lurking in a recently published report by the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School: Health for All, Care for You: Unlocking the value of Personalised Healthcare in Europe. (PDF download). It… Read moreIn terms of ROI, the biggest saving comes from telemonitoring (Netherlands)
Research led by HealthPartners Research Foundation of Bloomington, Minnesota on blood pressure monitoring programs was presented at the 2012 American Heart Association’s Quality of Care Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions. The surprising finding was that pharmacist–not the usual care manager or… Read morePharmacist the missing link in telehealth? (US)
One of our last posts of 2011 noted insurance payer Aetna’s acquisition of iTriage, a mobile app which enables an individual to check symptoms, research diseases and find a doctor or clinic. With Arizona-based Banner Health System, which is participating… Read moreAetna stacks technology into Banner Health ACO (US)
Editor Donna thought we eHealth types were hip hepcats already, but Gov. John Kasich of Ohio has officially declared that we are cool, especially if we’re in Ohio like VRI. With the incentive of state tax credits totaling $400,000, they… Read moreTelehealth officially 'cool' in Ohio (US)
