The 3millionlives (3ML) team has put together their first newsletter. Download it here (PDF), where you can also ask to be put on the mailing list. The first edition includes a useful list of forthcoming UK events, information about the… Read more3millionlives: Monthly newsletter started (UK)
The Gimlet Eye marvels at the billows of corporate fog rolling across the moors of this interview with Pfizer’s Kristin Peck in McKinsey Quarterly . Soggy phrases like ‘we are now reaching an inflection point’, ‘society-wide discourse on the future… Read moreReading for a wet afternoon: Pfizer inflecting 'connected health'
In an effort by an affluent Connecticut town, New Canaan, to retain older adults in their homes, a pilot of ten residents aged 70 to 85 will receive iPads or Acer tablets, enabling them to teleconference with a nurse two… Read moreTown self-funds 'tablet telemedicine' to retain seniors
The September issue of Stroke (American Heart Association) has published a study validating the use of a smartphone app for use in viewing CT scans of stroke victims. The viewing application tested was Calgary Scientific’s ResolutionMD, and the study of… Read moreMayo Clinic study proves effectiveness of mobile stroke imaging
This sober article on very early-stage or ‘angel’ investing may have been written by Andy Rachleff to disabuse novice investors from ever venturing into this type of financing, but it is also a cautionary note to any start-up looking for… Read moreWhy your 'angel' investor may not be on your shoulder
This past summer at bucolic Fort Dix, New Jersey, the US Army tested the capabilities of its first-ever tablet-based physiological monitoring device (in Army-speak). With prototype medical software designed to assist medics in combat conditions, running on commercial tablets connected… Read moreTactical 4G telehealth tested for US Army medics
If you were wondering when someone would develop an iRobot for your iPhone, Helios from Hello Labs is (almost) here. Like Botiful for Android [TA 25 July], it is controlled by the person on the other end of your line…. Read moreTurning your iPhone into a robot
Nothing to do with a company trading as Telecare Technology, but an exhibition in Edinburgh, Scotland for Scottish Members of Parliament and invited guests. It is now finished, but it is good to note the effort at educating these influential… Read moreTelecare Technology and the Reshaping Care for Older People Agenda (UK)
Reinforcing the observation Telecare Aware has been making lately that Tunstall is now making all the running in the UK’s telecare and telehealth publicity stakes, the newsletter highlights the recent slew of Tunstall-funded reports and 3millionlives (3ML) developments. Newsletter. (PDF)… Read moreSeptember's Telecare LIN newsletter published (UK)
California-based HELPSoS’ Telecare uses cloud-based technology via any traditional mobile phone and requires no other software or hardware. For $8 a month the company provides members with “important notifications and advice through phone, text or even e-mail and offers health… Read moreHELPSoS launches low-tech mobile health service in India
