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A new care home providing dementia support is said, by the owners, to be set to revolutionise care in Britain and they are going to build a lot more. Anchor Trust – a not-for-profit provider of housing and care for… Read more'Revolutionary' care home for dementia support opens (UK)
Docobo and iPLATO Healthcare have announced an alliance to offer a comprehensive system to clinical commissioners, community health teams and the public that can deliver improved evidence-based disease prevention across populations. It will improve patient care and avoid unnecessary admissions… Read moreiPLATO and Docobo partner up (UK)
Since the publication of the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) results and the finding that the cost per QALY of the technology used is off the scale, the cost of systems has become a hot topic. There are a number of… Read moreTelehealth monitoring and matters of cost (UK)
This week’s mHealthZone podcast has a lineup that moves from early-stage companies to regulation and back: Dr. Robert Pakter’s PillJogger tablet for transitional care medication adherence (also previewed at CONVERGE earlier this month), mHealth regulatory expert Bradley Thompson of Epstein… Read moreFor weekend mHealth listening
SecuraTrac, a developer of several M2M, GPS, social media (!) and smartphone-based safety systems, has linked its SecuraFone smartphone app to body sensors developed by newcomer Vital Connect for a release later this year. SecuraFone Health connects to a single… Read moreSensor-linked mPERS announced (US)
We do not usually cover items that concern the appointment of new staff, but David Ardron (ex-SupraUK) is a well known and respected figure on the UK telecare scene, so many readers will be interested to note that he has… Read moreChanges at Just Checking (UK)
Inside Health is a national, weekly, half-hour programme about health service matters broadcast on BBC Radio 4. This week it included a discussion on teleheath between the presenter, Dr Mark Porter, Dr Margaret McCartney, a GP who took a negative… Read moreWSD telehealth results discussion on BBC radio (UK)
Care4Today Mobile Adherence, developed by the Janssen Healthcare Innovation division of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Research & Development, was officially released yesterday to the consumer market. (With this parentage, the app does not have a credibility problem.) The mobile platform… Read moreJanssen launches med reminder app
Courtesy of Orange/France Telecom’s Enterprising Business blog, here is a useful infographic (thumbnail at left) which applies mHealth to different parts of the body, gives examples of significant health problems (including some uncommon ones, such as by skin, ‘If caught… Read more'The wonderful world of mHealth' infographiqued
The Gimlet Eye appreciates a little support from the kind-of-mainstream HuffPo in questioning some of the overheated enthusiasm around mHealth and the app explosion now estimated at 44 million downloads this year. Barbara Ficarra takes an even-handed and reasonably thorough… Read moreThe hype around mHealth now mainstream
