Of particular interest to telehealth device and software producers/suppliers is the knowledge that IT people in parts of the NHS are working on telehealth interoperability matters. The range of technologies they include under the telehealth umbrella is not immediately clear,… Read moreNHS working on 'telehealth interoperability'
A new study jointly authored by CAST (Center for Aging Services Technologies) and NORC, a research organization at the University of Chicago, was published last week. The Report to Congress (link to text) provides a detailed discussion of Aging Services… Read moreAging Services Technology study released (US)
Critical mass around consumer ‘comparison shopping’ of healthcare costs in the US is gaining. Companies such as Castlight Health and GoHealth have provided comparisons for insurers and businesses. Several companies such as FairCareMD, SnapHealth and others have targeted the ‘cash-only’… Read moreOnline comparison shopping of healthcare costs not so far away (US)
Reaching out to people who would like to monitor their wellness or are concerned about health conditions, but are not going to be buying any of the ‘quantified self’ devices, appears to be the mission of SoloHealth and their free-to-user… Read moreSelf-service health kiosks rolling out (US)
Back in May we noted MedCityNews‘ report that Healthsense, one of the early entrants in the remote behavioral/ADL monitoring sector of telecare with their eNeighbor system, had filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise $13.7 million in… Read moreBig bet on telecare round #2: Healthsense gets $7 million Series D funding
If a California congressman (who ironically represents a district in California’s Silicon Valley) gets his proposed bill passed, there will be a special Office of Mobile Health at the FDA. The Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act (HIMTA) would provide… Read moreFDA to get an Office of Mobile Health?
More on the ultimate ‘big data’ cruncher, IBM Watson, from IBM’s Rob High at the DataWeek 2012 conference. Instead of the broad but relatively shallow scope of Watson answering questions on the Jeopardy TV program, the focus is narrow and… Read moreIBM Watson meets oncology
The Center for Technology and Aging (CTA) this week launched its new ADOPT Toolkit to assist healthcare organizations of many types–whether hospitals, providers, home health agencies, payers and aging social services organizations–to better use the right technologies for the right… Read moreHelp in ADOPTing technology for older adults
At lunchtime on Wednesday 25th September I, (editor Steve) published an item, withdrawn this afternoon, that implied an association between Telecare Technology Limited (a company dissolved a month ago) with CareCall Limited known to the UK’s telecare community as Telecare… Read moreCareCalls Limited: A sincere and unreserved apology
The VA offers its definition on this web page for veterans: “Telehealth is technology that allows you to access medical services in your own home, or at a nearby VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). It helps ensure Veterans get… Read moreWhat is telehealth? (US)
