The use of computers to keep aging brains alert is a new project at IBM-Israel, which has announced a collaboration with European Union partners. The three-year HERMES Cognitive Care for Active Aging project will be based on audio and visual
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Archives for Pointers to the future
Rise of the mobile/cell phone for telehealth
It’s interesting when two stories come in at the same time, unrelated except that they are tapping into the zeitgeist. Here is an example of this phenomenon. The first item is about the use of mobile phones in telehealth around
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Virtual wards linking home and hospital
This Guardian article, reporting on Edinburgh following Croydon’s example of setting up ‘virtual wards’ of people being cared for at home, is slow to get going but read on to where it gets into some of the detail. It’s a
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Potential disruptive developments in the consumer medical market
Could new web-based medical applications, coupled with the next generation of Bluetooth consumer medical devices, change personal medical care? That’s the question in a White Paper written by by Nick Hunn, Advanced Technology Director of Laird Technologies Wireless Systems “a
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VivoMetrics' LifeShirt to provide data for heart research project
VivoMetrics LifeShirt is described as “a continuous, integrated and wearable remote patient monitoring (RPM) system” and it is being used by Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) to learn more about lifestyle factors that may put children at risk for developing cardiovascular
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Telecare for drivers
Well, kind of. ‘Intelligent’ monitoring of movements by analysing GPS signals from phones and satellite navigation units in cars is now possible. So it can reduce your blood pressure by helping you avoid jams? BBC News item. Thanks to a
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Dream up new technology to provide health care anywhere
Audio report on a brainstorming session at Kaiser Permanente’s Innovative Learning Network conference. Worth the six-and-a-half minutes it will take you to listen to it. Mention of the Nintendo Wii Fit in the report reminds me that we had a
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Beyond simple telehealth: Biosensor frontiers
“Although the secure transport of patient information is fundamental to telehealth, it is just the sprawling back-end of a technology ecosystem that is only as good as the sensors themselves.” Read the rest of the article Beyond Simple Telehealth to
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Dyna-Vision iPhone telemedicine application for heart problems
A new product launched by the Dutch TechMedic company and ‘adopted’ by the communications provider T-mobile, the Dyna-Vision is a “small and portable device, with the dimensions of a PDA…monitors up-to 10 clinical parameters through non-invasive sensors attached to the
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Google Health to play a bigger part in Continua Alliance
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On Monday, Telecare Aware flagged up that the large companies comprising Dossia have joined the Continua Alliance. The implication was that by pushing for consumer-initiated change their presence will further strengthen the world-wide standard-setting role that the Alliance is carving
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