People with chronic illnesses like diabetes and congestive heart failure are getting a better handle on their health, thanks to some new technology.
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Ask for Rosie…it might be safer!
Nurses have hand-held devices that alert them when it is time for a patient’s medication. “If a nurse delivers medication late, it will ask why, and it gives canned reasons the nurse can choose from…If it is early, then it
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Auto-logging carers' visits
A HomeCareDirect has announced (31 May) a new service. Amongst its benefits are reassurance to family members who often live some distance away, that carers have arrived to provide care.
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The Methuselah Mouse
In reliability theory, aging is defined through the increased risk of failure.’ So, by definition, we are more likely to fail as we get older?
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Pace sees opportunities in home healthcare
Pace Micro Technology, the largest maker of digital TV boxes in Europe, is considering a move into healthcare to reduce its exposure to the low-margin set-top box market.
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The future of telecare with the cellphone industry?
The changing face of mobile phone technology has implications for telecare.
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ADT Quietcare ‘answered a prayer’
A ‘win the hearts’ argument for using telecare: Virginia Murley, nearly blind, lives in a senior apartment in Mesquite, Texas. When she turned down the temperature control on her thermostat by accident, she couldn’t see well enough to fix it.
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Telemedicine/telecare not always welcomed
In the US, the Veterans Administration is a leader in telemedicine and telecare systems, but its plans are not always welcomed.
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Welsh telemedicine in great shape, says First Minister
Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan, has lent his support to the use of telemedicine within the country, saying that it has had great benefits for NHS Wales. Speaking before the seventh summit of the British Irish Council on the Isle
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Seattle talks to passing blind people
Thought provoking, with implications for the way telecare technology could go… Some cafes and retail stores in Seattle are begining to market products and services to passers-by using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The first target group is visually and
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