A Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare article by James Barlow, Debbie Singh, Steffen Bayer and Dick Curry. Read the abstract/purchase the article here.
Website/programme set up by the Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing (SISA) at the University of Sheffield and ATT research active staff at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Supporting organisations include: Tunstall; Clarke & Partners Ltd; Toby-Churchill Ltd; Madhouse Software… Read moreAdvanced Care Technologies (ACT) Programme (UK)
Get staff independently trained. One day course: 4 July and 28 November remaining. DLF Telecare Training.
The announcement by Abbott that it received European CE Mark approval for its FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System for people with diabetes (interesting press release, by the way) reminded me of the importance of this issue for companies that… Read moreThe importance of CE marking revisited
These two recent QuietCare-promoting stories are good examples of how the media can write positive human-interest stories if fed the right material. QuietCare executives must be quietly pleased – but maybe not with the picture accompanying the second story. Technology… Read moreQuietCare: Good news stories (US)
I’ve been monitoring their press releases since the announcement of their award of Whole System Demonstrator site status, along with Newham. You’d think they (and their technology partners) would be making a big thing of it, but no, not even… Read moreWhat's happening in Cornwall and Kent? (UK)
More local items for your perusal and consideration of what makes a good story Hi-tech help for the elderly (Wigan) ‘Smart House’ uses new technology to promote independent living (Wirral) Nottingham’s SMaRT wins award Sensor Sensibility: 21st century home safety… Read moreUK local news stories
Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of Sate for Health, today announced the three ‘demonstrator sites’. Kent, Newham and Cornwall will, between them, receive £12m this year. They will be working with patients with chronic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or type… Read moreHewitt announces £12m for telehealth and telecare demonstrator sites (UK)
See what the Department of Health’s various Tsars picked as their best technological innovations from the past decade.
The UK’s Secretary of State for Health may know more about telecare than you might guess. According to a report by Care Directions concerning the launch of the AT Dementia website Patricia Hewitt ‘extolled the virtues of the new technology… Read moreWhat does Patricia Hewitt know about telecare?
