At last Wednesday’s Health 2.0 NYC Healthcare Kickstarter, member Frederic Zussa of Pfizer announced the opportunity for early-stage Health 2.0 start-ups based in the NY tri-state area to present in front of a large audience of VCs and investors at the upcoming annual conference of the New York Venture Capital Association (Ingenuity 2011) on 5-6 October. Applications are due by 8 September. Many thanks to reader and Health 2.0 NYC organizer Alex Fair–his details follow.

Health 2.0 NYC / Healthcare Kickstarter New York, NYU Stern, 17 August 2011 Ed. Donna attended this three-hour event which was a ‘reverse pitch’-eight New York City-based early-stage financing people (and one provider/corporate venture) presented to an audience of nearly 200,… Read moreConference Report: Health 2.0 NYC Healthcare Kickstarter

Mobile Devices and Healthcare:  What’s New, What Fits and How Do You Decide? (PDF)  Research company Frost & Sullivan advocates mobile devices in key areas such as patient care, controlling costs and regulatory compliance.  Smartphones, tablets, push-to-talk devices (!) and… Read moreResearch/white paper roundup

The US Army is currently evaluating tablets–both iPad and Android–to replace heavy, aging and sand-magnet Motorola handhelds used by medics, who routinely schlep 80-100 lbs. of gear in the field. Approval may be as early as December, but considerations center… Read moreUS Army medics transitioning to tablets?

Fall prediction is one of the ‘holy grails’ in aging in place and this new device developed by a team drawn from Virginia Tech’s Locomotion Research Lab (lead) and the University of Virginia is worth noting. The ROOP-Alert (Remote Observation… Read moreROOP-Alert fall predictor study: Virginia Tech

This is a detailed ‘top 10’ that may or may not change a practice, but if you’re a physician with an iPad (30%, with 28% looking to buy in the next six months–Manhattan Research), you may want to look into… Read moreiPad apps that 'will change your practice'

The week in mobile finished up with one last bombshell…and a rousing Bronx cheer in the markets for the once mighty Hewlett-Packard. Its CEO’s 180 degree decision to spin off their hardware business (over 12 months!) and concentrate on software… Read moreThis week, mobile bombshells (#2)

This is the most interesting robots article editor Steve has read for a long time, and does encourage one to think yes, robots could be the future of telecare (see Robosoft report). Technologist Paul Marks reports in New Scientist on… Read moreLiving with Robots and Interactive Companions (LIREC) project

The videoconferencing war heats up with Cisco introducing a low-cost option, but it’s limited to eight people. Presumably it’s just in the US, but this eWeek item does not make it clear. No big implications for telehealth monitoring yet, but… Read moreCisco targets Skype with low-priced WebEx package

The news that Simon Arnold is now Tunstall’s UK and Ireland Managing Director is confirmed by changes to the management team listing on the website. (No press release yet, apparently). Jon Lowe, who was the MD since 2003, has scaled… Read moreTunstall UK: change of leadership