It’s annual report season, and Bosch North America’s dry, looooong release picked up by WSJ MarketWatch with their 2011 financials (all businesses up 11%) about halfway through (‘New activities….’) details certain interesting facts: their claim as the ‘global market leader… Read moreBosch North America's 2011 results
In an interesting contribution to thoughts about the life of healthcare companies online, the introduction of an article by Farris Timimi of the Mayo Clinic says: “The biggest risk in health care social media is not participating in the conversation…. Read moreMayo Clinic suggests 12-word social media policy
The International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH) is pleased to announce that the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a competition for innovative and sustainable information and communication technology (ICT) solutions for the health sector in Africa. It aims to… Read moreAfDB launches eHealth Award to seek African ICT health solutions
HealthGO and HealthGO Plus In an interesting move, the culmination of their somewhat under-the-radar development work in the past few years [TA May 2010 and March 2011], Bordeaux-based eDevice have now launched two versions of a ‘fully configurable’ device to… Read moreNew product: HealthGO by eDevice (France)
BeatPanic is a small-time iPhone app to help people who have panic attacks to reduce their anxiety and it is getting rave reviews from its users. It’s a pity the publishers do not yet have the resources to produce an… Read moreBeatPanic iPhone app
A request for information from Tahir Idris, a consultant at TeleMagenta, which has been commissioned by the Housing LIN to write a viewpoint on how assistive technologies (AT) [definition has been deliberately left up to you] can play a greater… Read moreAssistive technologies to aid people with dementia and carers (UK)
A group at the University of Arkansas has come up with their own nanotextile/sensor e-bra (and e-undershirt for men). Similar to the Nuubo [TA 23 Sept], it has sensors smaller than a dime, the fabric has gold nano-electrodes fabricated on… Read moreeGarments for athletes and patients
The National Center for Telehealth and Technology, the primary Department of Defense area which applies technology to psychological health, has developed an intriguing Android app, Positive Activity Jackpot. To help returning combat veterans adjust to unstructured time and the civilian… Read moreAdjusting to home, adjusting care for veterans (US)
Here in the US, hospitals (along with pharmacists, nurses and doctors) come out on top in terms of people’s trust in healthcare. Health plans are way down at the bottom (along with lawyers and Congress in other surveys.) Vince Kuraitis… Read morePersonal health records–who do you trust? (US)
Did you know that implanted medical devices generally do not have identification once used? What is more, once the FDA has approved devices, there is a lack of rigor in documenting and reviewing incidents in what’s generally called ‘adverse event… Read moreImplants lacking ID, incident review (US)
