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NHS Somerset has begun rolling out telehealth equipment to thousands of its patients as part of a scheme that will allow them to monitor long-term health conditions from home. As part of a three-year, £1.2m contract, 4,000 NHS patients with… Read moreTelehealth on mobiles rolling out to thousands of patients in Somerset (UK)
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, keynoted last week’s ATA with some surprising statements: Artificial intelligence will make smartphones smarter than humans Siri-Watson-type combinations will reduce doctors to technicians when it comes to diagnostics; artificial intelligence-fueled computer systems will run decision-support… Read moreApple's Wozniak predicts at ATA
In what is the first review of studies concerning text reminders on medications, a Netherlands research team found that SMS, audio/visual reminder devices and even pager reminders significantly improved medication adherence, at least in the short run (under 6 months.)… Read moreText reminders improve short-term medication compliance
Implanted user interfaces, which is what chips in your arm or chest are formally called, can be used for alerting, recharging and reprogramming of existing implanted devices such as pacemakers without wireless transmissions, which can be hacked. On the other… Read moreImplanted chips not just for ID'ing Fido anymore
The iPhone has proven itself to be wonderfully adaptable for apps that aid blind and vision impaired people in such necessities of life as identifying currency bills (LookTel Money Reader), Sendero (audible GPS locator), speech texting (HeyTell), HopStop (transit point… Read moreHow blind people are reinventing the iPhone
Those innovative people at The Carephone [previous TA items] look like they are about to do it again with a shoe with a GPS tracking device embedded in the heel and with conductive charging so that it never needs to… Read moreCarephone GPS Tracking Shoe prototype (UK)
Quick round-up of three items: Honeywell HomMed’s Genesis Touch: More item on Honeywell’s latest product which “offers enhanced mobility so users can manage their healthcare wherever they are and thanks to tamper-proof interfaces, it provides a smooth, safe and secure… Read moreThree new products and a pointer to the future?
Revised 5 May It’s tough out there, and despite the push to reduce readmissions and for healthier patients, likely to get tougher. What is not sorted out is the old 4BQ* and the new 4BCQ**. Two panels at ATA dissected… Read moreKa-ching! Telehealth/telemedicine financing debated (US)
At ATA, AT&T and VRI announced that they would jointly develop a home health platform over the AT&T wireless network. Alerts based on VRI’s proprietary software will be monitored by their nurse case managers and marketed by AT&T’s ForHealth unit… Read moreAT&T ForHealth, VRI announce joint home monitoring (US)
Following Dr Lance Forbat’s Soapbox item yesterday I (editor Steve) had a look at his Facebook Page, only to discover an excellent testimonial from a patient to the benefits of using telehealth – in this case the Doc@Home system –… Read moreTestimonial to telehealth maintaining a patient's quality of life
