At least a couple of influential UK publications have picked up on the doubts recently expressed by the Nuffield Institute’s Adam Steventon on the efficacy of telehealth monitoring. [TA item] The ease of picking holes in the Whole System Demonstrator… Read moreAnti-telehealth momentum building in UK media

It’s with a sense of déjà vu that we report another sizzling survey from Tunstall. This time it is about how well teleheath is being received in Gloucestershire, where 88% of patients receiving telehealth would recommend the service to friends… Read moreTunstall telehealth going great guns in Gloucestershire (UK)

After several not very successful attempts over the past year to make Telecare Aware ‘mobile-friendly’ editor Steve has invested in some proper software to do it. Visitors from a smartphone should now be having a much better experience, with a… Read more'Mobile-friendly' Telecare Aware

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… Read moreScottish COPD telehealth RCT shows no significant difference

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…. Read moreUK Telecare, Telehealth and Telecoaching Procurement Framework extended

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… Read moreWSD results: second journal article (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… Read moreScummy website starts to make the case for telecare/telehealth industry regulation (UK)

Tunstall today launched a new version of its Lifeline hub. New features include: A softer, rounder, look Less in-your-face branding An integral ambient temperature sensor Automated regular pendant test reminder A 75% more efficient power adaptor Improved battery back up… Read moreTunstall launches new version of Lifeline hub (UK)

With the concern that naïve service commissioners are being mesmerised into poor purchasing decisions by the claims of massive savings by telecare and telehealth suppliers, it is a breath of fresh air that consultant Valerie Iles of Really Learning is… Read moreSome rules of real commissioning (UK)