I [Editor Steve] have previously noted that there is a myth developing outside the UK that, because the headline results of the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) Programme were so good, the UK Government is going to provide telehealth to 3… Read more3millionlives: The myth perpetuates (US)
‘Tis a pity that the word ‘ecosystem’ is so redolent of leafmould, worms and bugs, as the European Connected Health Alliance’s website is crawling with references to it. Actually, when technologists refer to ‘ecosystem’ one has to suspect that they… Read moreECHAlliance members: Expressions of interest for 'On-line Innovation Factory' (UK)
The Secrets of Telehealth Success is a free (in exchange for your email address) PDF ebook setting out how to develop and implement a telemedicine strategy. It is available from the HandsOnTelehealth site where readers will also find a number… Read moreFree telemedicine strategy ebook (US)
Dick Vinegar, the Guardian’s ‘Patient from Hell’ blogger let’s fly at the delay in publishing the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) Programme results. It is not known whether the continuing delay is due to disputatious discussion (argy-bargy) between the peer-reviewing academics… Read morePatient from Hell excoriates WSD results delay (UK)
According to MIT’s Technology Review, Broadcom has just rolled out a chip for smartphones that promises to indicate location ultra-precisely, possibly within a few centimeters, vertically and horizontally, indoors and out. “It could show you where the bananas are within… Read moreNew microchip knows just where you are, indoors and out
In a disgracefully scrambled piece of reporting – as commenters on the original item point out – the Sunderland Echo appears to blame the telecare service’s panic buttons for a week-long service outage that was actually down to BT, the… Read moreOld people felt stranded after broken panic buttons left faulty for more than a week (UK)
The iHome is a “high-tech elderly resources centre featuring smart innovations that support independent living…For instance, paraplegic can now dim the lights and turn on the TV for a movie with a touch of button without asking for help…wrist and… Read moreiHome for smart elderly (Hong Kong)
Researchers Porter and Thompson writing in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal take it upon themselves to rename ‘telemedicine’ as ‘telecare’. Well, at least they defined their use of the term. Connecting to the future – the promise of telecare.
The Australian Federal Government is offering a total funding of AUS $20.6 million for telehealth [wide definition] projects that make use of the national broadband network. Application closing date is 17 May. Details: NBN Enabled Telehealth Pilots Program.
Pulse Today, the online version of the magazine for UK GPs, has revealed that the £5million telehealth project in Gloucestershire which prompted Minister Paul Burstow’s praise of supplier Tunstall at the King’s Fund Congress last month is struggling to deliver… Read moreTelehealth scheme praised by Minister struggling to deliver (UK)
