A Telecare Aware reader would like to make contact with anyone who can share practical experience of programming Tunstall controllers in the field by setting Tapit using a serial connection to a laptop computer. Please contact me in the first… Read moreTunstall controller programming – request for help
NHS Direct has issued an EU tender for Support services in the provision of Long Term Condition remote care management. The 48 month contract on offer is to develop a framework agreement and bidders are expected to have capability in… Read moreNHS Direct tenders for consultancy service
CSIP’s January Telecare Newsletter contains a significant article for commissioners of UK telecare/telehealth services and implementation managers and, I think, suppliers will also benefit from understanding the matters it raises. Mainstreaming telecare during 2008: some current issues lays out in… Read moreCSIP's January Telecare Newsletter
Attendees are invited to submit abstracts related to these themes so they may have an opportunity to discuss their work with leaders in the field. Abstracts will be published on the Med-e-Tel website and in the Med-e-Tel exhibition guide. The… Read moreMed-e-Tel call for abstracts deadline approaching
March 10-12 World Health Care Congress Europe – Berlin April 6-8 American Telemedicine Association – Seattle May 4-7 E-Health 2008 – Vancouver July 7-8 Healthcare Unbound – San Francisco October 27-28 Partners’ Telemedicine Symposium – Boston Thanks to Frank Wartena,… Read moreForthcoming telecare/teleheath related events
Media in the UK today is abuzz with the story that the Alzheimer’s Society is now more in favour of monitoring people with dementia. Here is a selection of links to articles in the papers. It’s worth browsing the comments… Read moreTracking people with dementia (UK)
The Cornwall, Newham and Kent story is fleshed out and put into context with interviews by eHealth Europe. The item reminds us that when the programme (which has yet to get properly into delivery mode) was announced two years ago,… Read moreLong Term Conditions Whole System Demonstrator Programme (UK)
Fall prevention programmes, which are widely used throughout the NHS, do not seem to work, suggests a UK analysis flagged up before publication in the BMJ. OnMedica item.
King’s College report by Professor Anthea Tinker and colleagues contains some pertinent comments for all telecare providers on the needs of older people and the ability of present technologies to meet those needs. My suggestion is that Telecare Aware readers… Read moreRemodelling sheltered housing and residential care homes to extra care housing: Advice to housing and care providers
In spring 2007, Calit2 (one of four California Institutes for Science and Innovation) staff researcher Paul Blair mentored a team of electrical engineering students who developed an enhanced Bluetooth blood-pressure monitor and integrated it into Calit2’s cell phone-based wireless healthcare… Read moreNew Bluetooth blood pressure monitor developed
