Installer's life saved by lifeline alarm
You couldn’t make this up – an astounding story from the Wilkes Journal-Patriot. Lifeline saves a life.
Tag: telecare
London Telecare Group visits NHS Direct at Beckenham
The outcome of the visit is that a working party will explore areas of mutual benefit. The real point of giving you this link is to show how, with a little self-funding to provide some organisation, neighbouring councils can support… Read moreLondon Telecare Group visits NHS Direct at Beckenham
DLF Telecare Training (UK)
Places still available on the DLF’s next one-day training course in London, 22 October, led by experienced telecare occupational therapist Jennifer Beaumont. £150 + VAT. For more details or to book your place call 020 7432 8010 or email training@dlf.org.uk
Brickhouse Fall Detection and Mobile GPS Tracking Bracelet 'a huge hit' (US)
Read past the hype and it actually sounds like a worthwhile new service. Simplicity for the user has to be the way to go. Brickhouse press release.
First WSDAN e-newsletter published
If, as I previously suggested, you have signed up to receive the newsletters from the Whole System Demonstrator Project Action Network (WSDAN) you will know that its first newsletter has been published. It has links to an overview of the… Read moreFirst WSDAN e-newsletter published
Project E-vita links RTX telehealth monitor data with electronic patient record
Isle of Man-based electronic patient record (EPR) company EvaWare has moved the goalposts for telehealth companies that rely on the manual transfer of telehealth monitoring data into patient records. Its ‘Project E-vita’ takes data from monitors via the RTX hub,… Read moreProject E-vita links RTX telehealth monitor data with electronic patient record
Actigraph – potential telehealth/telecare applications?
I’m not sure where best to send you on this website, so start at the home page and browse around. If doesn’t really have a telehealth/telecare focus but includes something on stroke management and sleep monitoring and, considering the work… Read moreActigraph – potential telehealth/telecare applications?
Bugs for home-constructed telecare?
Don’t give up after the first paragraph of this article, it has possible implications for telecare. And don’t underestimate the company, just because the guy in the photo looks like a young geek. His company, Bug Labs has raised about… Read moreBugs for home-constructed telecare?
TeleMed & eHealth '08 (UK)
The Royal Society of Medicine’s e-health conference 24-25 November 2008, London has the snappy strapline of: “Optimising patient centred care as a way of improving both healthcare outcomes and patient satisfaction.” Promising content, though.
Who Provides, Who Decides, Who Pays (US)
The Center for Connected Health’s forthcoming annual Symposium at The Conference Center, Harvard Medical, Boston, on 27 and 28 October 2008 is entitled: Who Provides, Who Decides, Who Pays: Consumers, Clinicians and Business Models in the Connected Care Era. Details… Read moreWho Provides, Who Decides, Who Pays (US)