Our original article on the acquisition of MedApps by Alere left the open question of what would become of the original MedApps group and operation. Editor Donna has received a follow up in quite an interesting fashion. I received a
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Monthly Archives August 2012
Scottish COPD telehealth RCT shows no significant difference
The initial output from the Telescot trial was published yesterday as a late abstract for the European Respiratory Society (ERS) congress on 3rd September. The conclusion, that telehealth as a single intervention on an already optimised management programme did not
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UK Telecare, Telehealth and Telecoaching Procurement Framework extended
The UK Government’s Procurement Service has extended its ‘Assistive Technologies – Telecare, Telehealth and Telecoaching’ framework agreement for a year until 5 August 2013. Why? Who did they consult on the pros and cons of extending it? Let me (ed.
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WSD results: second journal article (UK)
Editor Steve confesses to having missed the publication of the second journal article covering the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) evaluation a month ago – along with most other commentators, it seems, although there was a pointer to comment on it
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August 2012 Telecare LIN Newsletter published (UK)
August’s Telecare LIN Newsletter (PDF) has been published. There are two supplements: Evaluations, Journal Articles & Surveys (January to June 2012) and Useful Links (news items, etc.). The newsletter contains information on: publication of the second journal article covering the
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Telehealth news briefs for a brief week
In the UK yesterday it was the last public holiday before Christmas and in the US it is the relatively quiet semi-holiday week before US Labor Day, so here are some brief recent news items of note. Medtronic’s CareLink Express
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Is investment momentum directing towards telehealth?
At long last? Neil Versel at Mobihealthnews sees a trend in M&A and VC dollars now directing into telehealth devices and systems. His examples: Alere and MedApps, Alere’s partnership with WellDoc and AT&T ForHealth, Telcare’s $25.5 million raise from Sequoia
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A snapshot of mHealth Down Under
The always interesting HealthWorks Collective in their ‘Mobile Health Around The Globe’ takes us to Australia. They discuss the government initiated eHealth care system (PCEHR-Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record) with secure EHRs that can be accessed through mobile phones, the
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Scummy website starts to make the case for telecare/telehealth industry regulation (UK)
As ‘scum’ is defined as ‘filmy layer of extraneous or impure matter that forms on or rises to the surface’ it is the only word I can find to describe a new website called WhatIsTelecare.com set up by a Ralf
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Your weekend robot fix: Hector and the chameleon
The CompanionAble Project, which a reader discovered in 2010 (1st comment), is making news with its robot assistant dubbed ‘Hector’. He works in concert with a tablet remote control and in a ‘smart home’ (now termed by CEDIA the ‘intuitive home’) setting,
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