Rather surprising in their synchronicity were two new reports–the first from research company Frost & Sullivan, the second an academic study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)–detailing problems and concerns with mobile health from the perspective of… Read moremHealth challenges: two perspectives
Some good news on the US funding front for early-stage and second round companies: New York funding eight startups: Announced at this week’s New York eHealth Collaborative conference was the formation of the New York Digital Health Accelerator, which is… Read moreSome good news on the telehealth funding front
TapCare is promoting an interesting idea – that it is possible to use Near Field Communication (NFC) tags with smartphones and tablets as a simple way of alerting the carers (caregivers) of people living independently to changes in their care… Read moreWhat is TapCare? And who?
Adam Steventon of the Nuffield Turst continues to ruminate on the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) results in his latest blog item, Should clinical commissioning groups invest in telehealth? More and more, the answer to the question of whether telehealth monitoring… Read moreThe answer to the question of whether telehealth is a good thing (UK)
A piece on the UK’s Royal College of Nursing website describes an interesting use for home-based pulse oxometry: measuring obstructive sleep apnoea, particularly in children, where other forms of hospital-based monitoring are particularly disturbing and produce atypical results: Home monitoring… Read moreUsing pulse oxometry to monitor obstructive sleep apnoea
For over three years the UK Government’s Framework Agreement (FA) for procuring Telecare, Telehealth and Telecoaching services has been perpetuating the industry-wide confusion between Carecalls Ltd trading as Telecare Technology (www.telecaretechnology.com) and the unrelated Telecare Technology Limited. Two weeks ago… Read moreShh! GPS clears up a BS mess (UK)
Social workers are up in arms about the portrayal of a social worker in one of the UK’s favourite TV soaps. Fury over Eastenders’ ‘misleading’ social work storyline – Community Care item. Now, hands up who still thinks it’s a… Read moreFury over Eastenders' misleading social work storyline (UK)
Blueprint Health, the NYC-based healthcare tech accelerator and mentoring center, held their ‘Demo Day’ featuring its current class of nine startups last Thursday (repeated today at the Health 2.0 National conference in San Francisco). Many of these were also previewed… Read moreInvestor alert: sit in on pitches by nine health startups
Back when the weather was warm, we reported on MedStartr as the first crowdfunding platform for healthcare [TA 30 July] and how startups can use it to their advantage. In fact, MedStartr crowdfunded its own party project, Healthcare Revolution: SF,… Read moreCrowdfunding catching on for healthcare (US)
Will the Automist device (video below) become a standard addition to telecare (plesiocare?) providers’ product offerings? However they incorporate it into their business models (via referral commissions or as an accredited installer?), the device is an interesting proposition for them… Read moreSafety product: Automist – Affordable domestic fire sprinkler alternative
