ICW selected for US telehealth programme
German e-health specialist InterComponentWare (ICW) has been selected by US health network Coventry Health Care to provide the infrastructure for a home monitoring programme. Full story from E-Health Europe.
Tag: telecare
Ageing Britain: Pensioners outnumber under-16s for first time
So the UK passes another ageing milestone. Full story from the Guardian.
Trapped under a radiator for 24 hours (UK)
Margaretta Lewis became trapped after her radiator fell off the wall because it had been fitted with the wrong size screws…She wasn’t wearing her panic button at the time… Story from Legal & Medical.
TSA comment on recent Telecare Soapbox item
Marian Preece, Operations Manager for the Telecare Services Association gave the following comment on the recent Telecare Soapbox: Access to emergency services: a right, entitlement or privilege? item: TSA has worked with CFOA from 2001 to determine the correct procedures… Read moreTSA comment on recent Telecare Soapbox item
Intel’s Health Guide challenge
Healthcare technology blogger Dana Blankenhorn points out that with the launch of its Health Guide (story here) Intel strayed from its usual business model into “a consumer market it did not yet understand because it found an opportunity it could… Read moreIntel’s Health Guide challenge
Scotland's telecare strategy
The Scottish Government expects further developments in telecare: Telecare to contribute significantly to the achievement of personalised health and social care outcomes for individuals Telecare to contribute significantly to delivering wider national benefits in areas such as shifting the balance… Read moreScotland's telecare strategy
Alarm.com and SafetyCare partner to offer monitoring solution for independent living
“The new offering, which pairs Alarm.com’s patented wireless and web-based monitoring technology with SafetyCare’s 24/7 emergency and medical response services, gives individuals who might otherwise need institutional care or on-site supervision the ability to live alone without compromising their well-being… Read moreAlarm.com and SafetyCare partner to offer monitoring solution for independent living
Sensors and sensitivity keep the vulnerable safe at home (Wales)
Apart from a passing grumble about the use of the unqualified and therefore largely meaningless phrase ‘the vulnerable’ in the headline (vulnerable to what? Hiccup attacks? Falling asleep in the afternoon? etc.) I really applaud this item written, apparently, by… Read moreSensors and sensitivity keep the vulnerable safe at home (Wales)
Man lay dead in bed for two years (UK)
Not quite as gruesome as the recent maggots story [now with comment], but just as sad and the delay in discovery probably just as preventable. BBC news item.
eHealth without frontiers
Long overdue, my posting of a link to the interesting range of presentations at the eHealth 2008 conference “eHealth Without Frontiers” in Slovenia, in May. From HealthTech Wire. Note, two pages of links.