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)
The 3ML organisers will find that seeking publicity is a two-edged sword. See the following article by the UK’s populist newspaper the Daily Mail as it responds to 3ML publicity from Bosch and Tunstall with a good description of telehealth… Read more3millionlives: Would you trust this machine to act as your GP? (UK)
NHS Somerset has begun rolling out telehealth equipment to thousands of its patients as part of a scheme that will allow them to monitor long-term health conditions from home. As part of a three-year, £1.2m contract, 4,000 NHS patients with… Read moreTelehealth on mobiles rolling out to thousands of patients in Somerset (UK)
Those innovative people at The Carephone [previous TA items] look like they are about to do it again with a shoe with a GPS tracking device embedded in the heel and with conductive charging so that it never needs to… Read moreCarephone GPS Tracking Shoe prototype (UK)
Quick round-up of three items: Honeywell HomMed’s Genesis Touch: More item on Honeywell’s latest product which “offers enhanced mobility so users can manage their healthcare wherever they are and thanks to tamper-proof interfaces, it provides a smooth, safe and secure… Read moreThree new products and a pointer to the future?
Following Dr Lance Forbat’s Soapbox item yesterday I (editor Steve) had a look at his Facebook Page, only to discover an excellent testimonial from a patient to the benefits of using telehealth – in this case the Doc@Home system –… Read moreTestimonial to telehealth maintaining a patient's quality of life
Neil Versel, in mobihealthnews, picks up on the ‘trebles death rate’ story. Study raises questions about home health monitoring. Neil is always worth reading (although his admission that he is unaware of falls detectors having a high rate of false… Read moreTelehealth ‘trebles death rate’ in elderly patients (revisited)
Guy Dewsbury, in his blog, sounds an alarm bell on what he sees as an increasing (and worrying) trend: the idea that ticking boxes as part of an assessment for social care needs can lead to appropriate ‘prescriptions’ for telecare… Read moreTick Box Telecare – its coming to you… (UK)
