Wi-Fi Alliance and Continua agreement
The Wi-Fi Alliance and Continua Health Alliance have entered into an agreement to facilitate and promote the adoption of Wi-Fi networking technology in connected health applications. Press release.
Author: Steve Hards
GSMA Mobile World Congress: mHealth etc.
“mHealth was clearly the biggest cross industry topic on the conference…Interesting that most of the mHealth solutions where not smartphone centered but made use of a specific device…Home monitoring has been another interesting cross industry area which caught a lot… Read moreGSMA Mobile World Congress: mHealth etc.
GP leader scorns ambulatory blood pressure monitoring recommendation (UK)
“Plans for GPs to diagnose most hypertension cases using 24-hour ambulatory BP monitors may be ‘unfeasible’ and would cost practices thousands of pounds.” according to GP Online, quoting Dr Kathryn Griffith, president of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, who was… Read moreGP leader scorns ambulatory blood pressure monitoring recommendation (UK)
Alere's acquisition of HTL will change the telehealth market
The announcement at a conference in Belfast on Friday by Home Telehealth Limited’s (HTL) managing director Peter Range that the company has been acquired by Alere is a highly significant one. This editor (Steve) predicts that, fed by Alere’s resources the Home Telehealth team will grow rapidly from being a substantial fish in the UK’s small telehealth pond to being a big fish in the global connected health ocean.
More news of the acquisition is expected from Alere later this week.
However, for those readers who are saying “Alere who?” I can point out that the company
Philippines to fast track national telehealth project
The Philippines’ Congressional Commission on Science Technology and Engineering (Comste), has identified telehealth [as in ‘telemedicine’] as a top national priority for 2011 and is seeking to fast track the implementation of the National Telehealth Project. This was initiated by… Read morePhilippines to fast track national telehealth project
Drawn by free saree offer, 65-yr-old maid conned (India)
Touching story of a poor woman who was conned out of her 500 rupee pension money ($11, £6.80, €8 approx). But I wonder what’s more striking to TA readers… Her age? Her work? Her poverty? Or that she also had… Read moreDrawn by free saree offer, 65-yr-old maid conned (India)
The future of telehealth and telecare in England is on a knife edge
A Kings Fund blog item by Nick Goodwin which probably started life as a bit of publicity for their conference next month, raises some doubts about the uptake of the technologies even if the results of the Whole System Demonstrator… Read moreThe future of telehealth and telecare in England is on a knife edge
Life-saving diagnosis via Facebook
Well, it had to happen sooner or later: “A British surgeon has saved his long-lost friend’s life by diagnosing him with appendicitis, via Facebook. 30-year-old Rahul Velineni logged on the social network in the middle of his shift [more productive… Read moreLife-saving diagnosis via Facebook
Doro global strategic partnerships with MyGlucoHealth and Medixine
Doro, the mobile phone designer/manufacturer, produces some of the easiest phones for older people to use but awareness of them in the market is probably a lot less than it ‘ought’ to be since Apple and other manufacturers suck up… Read moreDoro global strategic partnerships with MyGlucoHealth and Medixine
BMJ Clinical Review: Telehealthcare for long term conditions
Published earlier this month, a British Medical Journal clinical review entitled Telehealthcare for long term conditions by Susannah McLean and Aziz Sheikh of Edinburgh, UK, and Denis Protti of Victoria, Canada. It’s a comprehensive, academic overview and will be useful… Read moreBMJ Clinical Review: Telehealthcare for long term conditions