Do any readers know of council-run telecare services in ENGLAND that are charging for the initial supply of packages of telecare equipment in contravention of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc) Act (Qualifying Services) (England) Regulations 2003? Just asking! Editor… Read moreCharging for telecare equipment – a question (UK)
Paul Burstow, the Minister for Care Services, today launched Birmingham City Council’s initiative to reach 25,000 users of telecare and telehealth over the next three years. [TA Oct. 2011] Like Cornwall’s 30,000 aim, that’s just under 1% of the 3millionlives… Read moreBurstow, Tunstall, Mears and the £14m 1% 3ML target for Birmingham (UK)
An excellent canter around what telehealth is (and is not), its world-wide take-up and its potential. Suitable as an introduction to the subject and also a useful round-up for knowledgeable readers. Written by Rajib Ghosh from the Bosch Healthcare stable,… Read moreTelehealth’s promising global future
Living Alone With Pets and Telecare Service is a short blog piece promoting Sentry Telecare’s automated ‘we-phone-you’ checking service in Canada and the US. However, it makes a point that for many people, making sure that their pet is safe… Read moreLiving alone with pets and telecare service (Canada and US)
When ‘telecare’, in correct context and without further explanation, gets a mention in the UK’s newspaper The Daily Mirror, then we know that telecare has finally arrived. £500m funding gap leaves elderly care in crisis
Dick Vinegar, the Patient from Hell, wonders in The Guardian, why IT-literate junior doctors do not go on to push technological initiatives later in their career. “Something happens to deprive doctors of their appetite for being the champions of technical… Read moreWhere have all the NHS IT champions gone?
Telemedicine – An Introduction by Devendra Patel (MD, Medisoft Telemedicine Pvt Ltd) and Dr Sanjeev Mehta (telemedicine pioneer) has just been published and is aimed at teaching basics of telemedicine to nursing and paramedic technician students in India. Purchase on… Read moreNew Book: Telemedicine – An Introduction
Following an investigation into the other business interests of Telecare Technology’s director Jamie Cole, after concerns raised by a family member of one of the users of its phone-based reminder service, a spokesman for Staffordshire County Council said “…we feel… Read moreStaffordshire will continue to contract with Telecare Technology (UK)
Flagstaff hospital using remote patient monitoring Good one from the Washington Examiner (US). Should nurses be at the forefront of telehealth? Good one in The Guardian, by David Barrett. Why telehealth will transform care of Kent’s patients Good one from… Read moreRoundup of good and bad news items
“[Popsi Cube from] Popsicare allows for the integration and transmission of remotely captured pulse and blood pressure data along with patients’ answers to a medical questionnaire.” [Then let’s hope they’ve got their Bosch patents portfolio covered]. Medical Design Online article.
