Here are a couple of items that remind us that, for many people, telecare and telehealth are new concepts. Technology links patients, health care providers 24/7 ‘Pioneering’ telecare system helps Gwynedd’s older residents
These items are for the ‘terminology’ category: pointing up that the terms ‘telehealth’ and ‘telecare’ are used in a variety of ways. Native Telehealth Outreach and Technical Assistance Program TeleCare Exceptional Customer Service Over the Phone
Hats off to Margaret McArthur, Senior Associate at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham for her newly-published report on automatic medicine dispensers. (Readers from June may recall her request for information.) Although working with limited data she has… Read moreAutomatic Medicine Dispensers review
The item most people had been waiting for, the headline news on the analysis of the CSCI performance data from social care authorities on their use of the Preventative Technology Grant (PTG) is predictably disappointing. Not because the figures look… Read moreCSIP’s September Telecare eNewsletter published
Tynetec will lead an innovative research project to evaluate the potential benefits of proactive preventative telecare and telehealth systems in partnership with Aid Call and three regional care providers: Darlington Borough Council, Intrahealth Ltd and Your Homes Newcastle. The University… Read moreTynetec leads on ALIP project
Read this press release [URL “http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.ukRemoveThisFromTheUrl/wh/news/wk40-08-0001.htm” is reported by Google to be compromised by malware, 16 March 2015] reproduced in Wireless Healthcare and you will think that the eNeighbor is a wonderful system, presented at a wonderful conference. But the… Read moreeNeighbor System
Here is a link to a summary review of Technology and Aging (Mihailidis, A. et al. (2008)) in the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Research Library. Interesting to note the comment that “AT can hardly be regarded… Read moreBook: Technology and Aging
A very apt item hot on the heels of Wednesday’s posting about the telecare ethics paper A Trusted Infrastructure for Telecare (here), which should be a ‘must read’ for everyone involved in telecare and telehealth. This is an interview with… Read moreDoes video invade privacy or ensure protection?
The downside of having a pendant alarm from a user’s perspective. Phyllis McGuire in the Bennington Banner.
You should be signed up to receive these yourself (here) as Telecare Aware is not going to report all the bits and pieces it contains. But the item that struck me as most significant was the ‘Vendor Assisted Source Code… Read moreContinua September newsletter published
