It is so long that the UK’s Department of Health has produced a successful policy on anything that its current officials are probably clueless about what one looks like. What other explanation can there be for a national strategy on… Read moreUK's new national COPD and asthma strategy
Hats off to Alan Long, Executive Director of the housing maintenance and home care services provider company Mears Group for putting his company’s money on the line to demonstrate his confidence that the provision of telecare pays. According to the… Read moreBravo! Mears Group installs telecare for free (UK)
By implementing the Telus Remote Patient system the Pointe de l’Île Community Health Centre in Montreal increased the number of patients managed from 30 to 80 per week and reduced home visits from 12 to 2, resulting in potential savings… Read moreQuebec Community Health Centre makes telehealth savings
Mobile networks in North America are filled to 80 percent of capacity, with 36 percent of base stations facing capacity constraints, according to a survey by investment bank Credit Suisse. Report from CIO.com.
Japanese fascination with androids notwithstanding, most people don’t feel comfortable with robots if they look too human, so Robosoft are probably on the right track with their service robots such as Kompaï. (TA report.) Now researchers have been delving into… Read moreO Robot, Robot! wherefore art thou Robot?
“We’ve got a new customer” press releases do not usually make it onto Telecare Aware (see our press release policy) but this press release (PDF) reveals an interesting snippet, in that the tender selection criteria were weighted 70% towards quality… Read moreTrust Housing Association contracts with CarelineUK (Scotland)
Neil Versel in mobihealthnews unwraps the debate at the eighth annual Healthcare Unbound conference about different approaches to popularising mhealth applications: make them data-driven (useful) or ease-of-use driven (usable)? In doing so he reveals the variety inherent in the current… Read moreCracking the mobile health consumer market (US)
However slightly depressing the UK’s mainstream telecare (see item Introducing Worcestershire TeleCare – A guide for Customers) a discussion like the following reminds one that the UK is streets ahead of the US when it comes to the availability of… Read more'Medical alarm necklaces' – the people debate (US)
Many smartphone apps are criticised (or ignored) because they do the ‘same old stuff’. However, MIT researchers have developed an app that promises to be really useful. The app, plus clip-on eye-piece, enables low-cost diagnosis and assessment of cataracts. “With… Read moreSmartphone app for cataract diagnosis
A new device developed at the University of New South Wales can predict who is likely to fall, according to early tests. The belt-worn device measures the performance of someone as they carry out everyday tasks and a structured home-based… Read moreNew device predicting falls (Australia)
