Great to see newcomers to the market being launched to sell telecare directly to the public in the UK: We Care Line.

I (Editor Steve) only rarely post links to Tunstall press releases because I assume that readers who really want to see them will pick them up from other sources and they are usually formulaic and self-promoting. I’m not the only… Read more"Trade puff from Tunstall"

Aerotel will be turning its attention to the Chinese and other Asian markets having just had (presumably considerable) investment from Chinese medical equipment, medical IT and healthcare services company Neusoft Corporation. Aerotel blog item.

A couple of items from the Canada and Ireland Telecare Aware News Network (TANN) sites – see right hand sidebar for links – that should be more widely known: Ireland’s telehealth ‘Home Sweet Home’ project: The Irish Examiner reports how… Read moreTwo from TANN

According to a new report by Berg Insight, smart meter penetration among residential electricity customers in the US and Canada is projected to increase from around 20 percent in mid-2011 to more than 50 percent by the end of 2016,… Read moreSmart meter installation to grow rapidly in the US

More good news for followers of, and investors in, Intelesens, the Belfast-based university spin-out company that makes miniaturised, lightweight, unobtrusive and easily-worn-under-clothing vital signs monitoring sensors. Ulster Tech Spin-out Wins US Approval.  UPDATE 13 Oct: This was originally announced by… Read moreIntelesens gets FDA Class 2 approval (UK)

Telehealth story about an individual patient: Widnes mum receives emergency care at home. Runcorn and Widnes World. When you have read it, why not use their Twitter or Facebook buttons to spread the good news?

This time it’s the Orkney Islands Council which is just starting a wide consultation about possible charging for telecare. All About Orkney. [For previous TA items on charging issues – look through this search.]

This might have ended up a ‘Telecare Soapbox’ piece if I’d been able to contact the author, Andy Carr… Anyway, it’s a thoughtful piece about the barriers to the adoption of telehealth technologies in the NHS at present. Telecare Futures… Read moreTelecare Futures (UK)

Tunstall has won (in a tender process conducted under the Buying Solutions Framework Agreement (BSFA), which is probably why you didn’t hear about it before now) a £14 million, three-year contract to provide telecare kit and response service to up… Read moreTunstall wins £14m telecare service tender for Birmingham (UK)