Will the Automist device (video below) become a standard addition to telecare (plesiocare?) providers’ product offerings? However they incorporate it into their business models (via referral commissions or as an accredited installer?), the device is an interesting proposition for them… Read moreSafety product: Automist – Affordable domestic fire sprinkler alternative
The 3millionlives (3ML) team has put together their first newsletter. Download it here (PDF), where you can also ask to be put on the mailing list. The first edition includes a useful list of forthcoming UK events, information about the… Read more3millionlives: Monthly newsletter started (UK)
Nothing to do with a company trading as Telecare Technology, but an exhibition in Edinburgh, Scotland for Scottish Members of Parliament and invited guests. It is now finished, but it is good to note the effort at educating these influential… Read moreTelecare Technology and the Reshaping Care for Older People Agenda (UK)
Reinforcing the observation Telecare Aware has been making lately that Tunstall is now making all the running in the UK’s telecare and telehealth publicity stakes, the newsletter highlights the recent slew of Tunstall-funded reports and 3millionlives (3ML) developments. Newsletter. (PDF)… Read moreSeptember's Telecare LIN newsletter published (UK)
California-based HELPSoS’ Telecare uses cloud-based technology via any traditional mobile phone and requires no other software or hardware. For $8 a month the company provides members with “important notifications and advice through phone, text or even e-mail and offers health… Read moreHELPSoS launches low-tech mobile health service in India
Of particular interest to telehealth device and software producers/suppliers is the knowledge that IT people in parts of the NHS are working on telehealth interoperability matters. The range of technologies they include under the telehealth umbrella is not immediately clear,… Read moreNHS working on 'telehealth interoperability'
At lunchtime on Wednesday 25th September I, (editor Steve) published an item, withdrawn this afternoon, that implied an association between Telecare Technology Limited (a company dissolved a month ago) with CareCall Limited known to the UK’s telecare community as Telecare… Read moreCareCalls Limited: A sincere and unreserved apology
The VA offers its definition on this web page for veterans: “Telehealth is technology that allows you to access medical services in your own home, or at a nearby VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). It helps ensure Veterans get… Read moreWhat is telehealth? (US)
An easy-read ‘four best practices for using Twitter’ put in the context of promoting telehealth by Nirav Desai, CEO of Hands On Telehealth. A good starting point if you have not yet taken to Tweeting. There’s More to Twitter and… Read moreUsing Twitter to promote telehealth initiatives
The well-respected Housing Learning Improvement Network has produced two variants of four-page papers for senior people in housing organisations, apparently authored by housing consultant Nigel Appleton who has a long history of interest in telecare technologies. The documents offer a… Read moreHousing LIN 'Assisted Living Technology' papers for housing providers (UK)
