According to the negotiator for the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC), there is no demand from patients for access to their health records online and the Department of Health’s £8m Healthspace project should be scrapped. The usage figures… Read moreNo demand from patients for EHRs in the UK
Hot on the heals of the news of Home Telehealth Limited’s acquisition by Alere – yes, it has been confirmed, and no, a press release is not available yet – is the news that another of the UK’s smaller, dynamic… Read moreMoonray Healthcare acquires Telehealth Solutions (UK)
The first of the Telecare Aware News Network (TANN) sites – for ‘local’ news – are getting underway, and congratulations to the contributing editors for Ireland and England which have got off to a flying start with their first posts!… Read moreTelecare Aware News Network (TANN) goes live
In response to the demand for places that it could not fulfill, The King’s Fund’s International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare will be streaming some of its sessions live, starting at 9:30 London time tomorrow, 2nd March. http://www.kingsfund.tv/ Free registration… Read moreKings Fund Congress live streaming tomorrow and Wednesday
BBC report from Mobile World Congress puts its finger on shocking reason (to younger people ) why it may be hard to get hold of an older person via their mobile phone. Also has interesting video on apps for people… Read moreOlder generation demands smarter mobile phones
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has partnered with the Mobile Health Company to offer mHealth services across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia regions. The range of interactive services will provide health information and interpretations around diet, obesity, diabetes, and personal… Read moreQtel to launch mHealth services (Qatar)
The following quote from a story in New Zealand’s Waikato Times gives the gist – but read the item to see what did Tunstall and Bupa said about it: “Failings in the medical alarm system used by Mrs McCarthy were… Read moreFailings in alarm response 'inexcusable' (NZ)
The Guardian tries to get in a pre-official-announcement announcement of the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) Programme results. “We do know that it’s starting to make a difference,” said Stephen Johnson, head of long-term conditions for the Department of Health. Government… Read moreWSD "shows promising results"
A start-up Polish telecare/telehealth company (www.cupomorze.pl) is seeking support/partnerships with companies that may be able to help set up and launch a telecare service in Poland, where such services do not currently exist. To start a dialog, contact Anna Wielinska.
Not telehealth exactly, but since much of the topic is about patient-doctor communications, this may be of interest: the hospital-oriented Phrazer is said to be “the world’s first multilingual communication system, where patients provide medical background information, symptoms or complaints… Read morePhrazer handheld communicator
