The result of PASA’s 2008 review of the UK’s National Service Framework Agreement for Telecare is published today. The headlines are: Introduction of 145 new product lines Introduction of 125 new service lines Introduction of 89 new equipment/service packages Removal… Read morePASA NFA for Telecare 2008 review results published
Brief item re telecare and an epileptic three-year-old.
Just proving it is not difficult to substitute ‘re’ with the name of Nintendo’s ‘Wii’ game box to produce an eye-catching headline as many of the articles below have done. The serious point is that it is being adopted with… Read moreWiimarkable: Can it evolve into a telehealth device?
First, a well-constructed article that ranges over the issues concerning the take up of home-based health monitoring technology. Note the final paragraph. Item from The Age. By contrast, the AARP Foundation is upbeat about the willingness of older people to… Read moreThree views on technology take up
CSIP’s March Telecare Newsletter, published on Good Friday, contains a brief report on the recent CSIP Telecare Outcomes events and a link to the web page where the presentations can be found. The main body points to various UK Government… Read moreCSIP’s March Telecare Newsletter
According to a notice on the PASA website posted yesterday, from 1 April 2008, only products and equipment that comply with the requirements of the revised European Harmonised Standard will be available via the NHS PASA telecare NFA. It precedes… Read moreChange to PASA Telecare National Framework Agreement from 1 April
The European Commission’s ePractice website has launched a new eHealth Procurers Forum where practitioners involved in e-health procurement (including telecare) can meet and share experiences. This is an online community, so there is no reason for care commissioners in the… Read moreeHealth Procurers Forum launched (EU)
Report by Parkes Associates (market research consultancy) entitled New Healthcare Study Outlines Strategies to Increase Adoption of Home Health Monitoring Technologies: Opportunities for Vendor Success in Projected $2.5 Billion Digital Health Industry. Press release.
An extra £8 million is to be spent on hi-tech devices that help older and vulnerable [whatever that means] people live in their own homes. The cash was announced by public health minister Shona Robison during a visit to Inverness,… Read moreScotland: Extra £8m for telecare
Take this system out of the hospital, simplify the remote control, put it into people’s homes and add the ability to transmit data from telecare sensors and health monitoring devices and it seems to me that you have the CareMATE… Read moreInternet for hospital patients points to future telecare/telehealth systems
