Another automated phone safety confirmation service (US)
Shortly after the previous posting (US phone check-in service started), news of another automated phone safety confirmation service pops up, this time in Leicester, Massachusetts.
Tag: telecare
Access to emergency services: a right, entitlement or privilege?
Are telecare users – in the UK at least – at risk of being denied an emergency service response? I have put this together as a Telecare Soapbox item, but there is a time-limited component to this, so read it… Read moreAccess to emergency services: a right, entitlement or privilege?
The future place for telecare and telehealth
Someone ‘gets’ it. Interesting that it is someone in the telecoms and not the telecare industry: The ‘business case’ for Fibre-to-the-Home networks is no longer based solely on the commercial returns from Internet access and other communication services. Important services… Read moreThe future place for telecare and telehealth
Draft British Standard 8521 reminder (UK)
For UK suppliers and call centres, a reminder [see also] from the Telecare Services Association that the new BS 8521 has been published as a draft. After a period of public consultation it will become a standard later this year,… Read moreDraft British Standard 8521 reminder (UK)
US phone check-in service started
Angel Telecare has recently been founded by a couple in Florida. It is similar in principle to the UK’s Alertacall ‘safety confirmation service’ in that non-interaction with the phone starts an alert sequence. However, Angel Telecare has automated dialling out… Read moreUS phone check-in service started
iShoe to reduce falls?
The ‘iShoe’ has been widely reported in the general media, but here is the source story.
Tower Hamlets drops telecare charges (UK)
Thumbs up for Tower Hamlets council! Read story here.
CSIP's July Telecare Newsletter published
Apparently only in Word format this month, July’s CSIP Telecare Newsletter looks forward, as we all do, to September’s publication of the CSCI performance figures for 2008 and a major report on the Preventative Technology Grant which “brings together information… Read moreCSIP's July Telecare Newsletter published
Tynetec performance 2007-08 (UK)
North of England-based Tynetec [a Telecare Aware sponsor] has announced another year of spectacular growth. The pattern established in the previous financial year, when turnover grew by more than 25%, has been matched in the year to June 2008. Details… Read moreTynetec performance 2007-08 (UK)
London Telecare Group poster (UK)
The London Telecare Group (of councils) has commissioned the poster below from the JCA Design agency. Thanks to generous support from the Adshel and ClearChannel agencies which manage advertising in London’s bus shelters, 409 posters are currently getting the message… Read moreLondon Telecare Group poster (UK)