UK 2017: under surveillance
Is telecare and telehealth monitoring doomed to Orwellian ‘Big Brother’ connotations? Yes, if this future scenario report is to be believed. A gloomy must-read! Scotland’s Sunday Herald story.
Tag: telecare
ALARM-Net: Wireless Sensor Networks for Assisted Living and Residential Monitoring
The really interesting pointers to future developments are towards the bottom of this item on wireless sensor networks.
Disabled unaware of assistive telecoms services (Ireland)
Survey of disabled people in Ireland shows, amongst other things, that “Only one in four people with disabilities use the internet, compared with a figure of nearly a half for the overall population. People with disabilities are almost half as… Read moreDisabled unaware of assistive telecoms services (Ireland)
Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center (Qolt)
Interesting pointer to the future item from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
Telecare service gets personal for councillor (UK)
Blackpool councillor, Lily Henderson, is using her fall experience to promote the service in which she now has a personal as well as professional interest. The former mayor of Blackpool broke her arm last month after falling in her kitchen… Read moreTelecare service gets personal for councillor (UK)
Aerotel Medical Systems and Turkcell Demonstrate Advanced Wireless Telemedicine and Telecare Solutions in Turkey
At CeBIT Eurasia (Istanbul, 2-7 Oct) the two companies demonstrated: Wireless homecare hubs; Wireless ECG; HeartOne; Medical Receiving Software; SKeeper personal safety phone. Details in press release.
The Bob Blog (e-health/telehealth)
A new blog by Bob Pyke on the use and dissemination and promotion and discussion of national and international e-health/telehealth. Bookmark this one, or read with an Atom feed (bottom of the page).
UK's Department of Health axes recruitment target for community matrons
Community matrons blamed primary care trusts’ cost-cutting for a failure to attract nurses into community matron posts and believe that DH has settled for an inferior service. [Community matrons should be the key advocates of home based health monitoring in… Read moreUK's Department of Health axes recruitment target for community matrons
Philips to pay $110M for Raytel home cardiac monitoring company
Philips aims to leverage these relationships for Philips Lifeline’s products and services as well as for Philips’ in-house line of remote patient monitoring products and services.
Telemedcare in Taiwan
A belated, for which I apologise, addition to the stories about the Taiwan British Trade and Cultural Office UK-Taiwan International Telehealth Conference, 18 September. Professor Celler has the microphone Saneth Wijayaratna, Business and Strategy Manager for Telemedcare, part of the… Read moreTelemedcare in Taiwan