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Telehealth supplier Docobo is extending its field of interest into an area not normally – or should that be ‘yet’? – associated with telehealth, but its new wound management system is clearly an extension of the mHealth approach. It does,… Read moreDocobo introduces ComCare's Wound Management System (UK)
We do not usually report the many items about possible preventive measures for dementia that appear in the media but this research looks promising. Maintaining a brain protein’s sugar levels could prevent development of Alzheimer’s Gizmag item.
Telenor, a Norwegian mobile company serving 11 markets in Europe and Asia, and Boston Consulting Group have now issued their take on it all and believe so. Some of the more impactful statements on this 12 country study: The necessary… Read moreIs the world ready for mHealth?
Just announced is SurePod, an mPERS which uses M2M connectivity, two-way voice activated by a button and GPS tracking on a GSM network. It also has a small form factor (pendant or carried in the pocket) that could appeal. From… Read moreA new mPERS entrant (US)
Over the past year the London Borough of Hillingdon’s TeleCareLine service has been offering free telecare packages to residents over the age of 85 [85 and over, surely? Or do they really have to be 86?]. The scheme has successfully… Read moreHillingdon offers free pendant alarms to older people (UK)
On the day when the 3ML Working Group meets the companies that have responded to its meeting invitation [TA 7 Feb], service provider Appello, the National Association of Patient Participation and the British Lung Foundation have issued a joint white… Read more3millionlives: Which three million lives? (UK)
Just noting the spread of interest in mHealth: VivaCell-MTS launches Mobile-Health pilot project.
Swedish phone manufacturer Doro, which has a strong presence in the simpler-phones-for-older-people market, has announced its entry into the smartphone arena. In a press release that inspires some confidence by being refreshingly free of techno-babble, Doro says that its ‘Experience’… Read moreDoro gets smart
It’s a while since we’ve featured a press release that churns out the techno-babble without actually conveying anything. This one, from HealthyCircles is a good example of what to avoid. Is a pity that Google Translate does not turn things… Read moreHealthyCircles/Boston Life Labs doing something telehealth (US)
A New York Times writer takes a “Popular Mechanics” look at the iPhone as a platform for medical devices, and comes away with a split decision. For every Withings BP cuff that graphs and allows users to share via their… Read moreiPhone as medical platform: a consumer view
