The differences of approach taken by the TSA to its shortly-to-be-published integrated Telecare and Telehealth Code of Practice (COP) and the approach taken by the pan-European COP TeleScoPe project, into which the TSA code was to contribute, has led to the resignation of Dr Malcolm Fisk from the Board of the Telecare Services Association (TSA).

Malcolm had been an elected member of the Board for nine years and was its Chair for four of them. He is the lead coordinator for the development of the work on TeleScoPe. It appears that he now no longer thinks that the TSA work is compatible with the European effort. Read his resignation statement…

The Housing LIN, again supported by a grant from Tunstall, has published a third Board Assurance Prompt (BAP). This one, called Supporting Vulnerable Adults, focuses on technology supporting vulnerable people such as “those with mental health issues, learning disabilities, those… Read moreHousing LIN bakes another BAP (UK)

Did you attend this event and could you put together a short report for publication here? We cannot find any reports online but we understand that there was a particularly interesting session that touched on the sensitive matter of the… Read moreRequest: Telehealth and Telecare event 1 November, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh: Were you there?

There’s a major article by Kevin Doughty in the November 2012 CUHTec newsletter (PDF) about commissioning telecare delivery services in the UK. “Many telecare services are at a crossroads. Should they take the managed service propositions offered by several national… Read moreCommissioning cost-effective telecare delivery services (UK)

In a thoughtful piece, John Guyatt, Telehealthcare Director, Solutions4Health, walks the reader through some of the issues for GPs around implementing some form of technological support for people with long term conditions. Among the points he makes are: “‘Telehealthcare’ is… Read moreTelehealthcare: an acceptable helping hand for General Practice? (UK)

A trio of researchers, including Simon Fraser University’s Andrew Sixsmith, is working to develop intelligent, interactive sensors to be embedded in seniors’ homes and used to support independent living. “The European Union’s investment of billions of dollars in ambient assistive… Read moreCanada and Europe fund intelligent senior homes

An indication from The Independent and Corporate Watch that the worrying prospect of more care home providers going bust may be closer than we feared. It’s not a problem technology is going to solve but it is inextricably linked to… Read moreBritain's biggest care home owners have debts of more than £4.5bn

New University of Michigan research evaluated the impact of automated calls (‘telehealthcare’) from a US-based server to the mobile phones of patients with hypertension in Honduras and Mexico. Hypertension is an ‘epidemic’ in countries with limited access to health care…. Read moreTelehealthcare: successful test with people of limited literacy in Honduras and Mexico

i-Spy Digital is a specialist company in the ‘digital media space’, that is, linking mobile telecoms with point of sale (POS) terminals and digital signage, etc. According to their website they “pride ourselves on our innovative and first-to-market leading initiatives.”… Read moreConnect with older people via SMS on their TV (UK)

At the forthcoming TSA conference, Cardiff-based Telecare24 is launching Reassure24, its ‘we call you’ reassurance and reminder offering. The marketing hook is that the messages can be recorded by the UK’s ‘TV doctor’ Hilary Jones, who will be well known… Read moreReassure24 – new entrant to the 'we call you' services (UK)