This is the simplest, clearest explanation I have seen of how remote patient health monitoring is managed in the NHS, what patients do, and its benefits. The 3.21 minute video on YouTube does not hide its Docobo origin, but that
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Archives for telehealth
Just what part of biomedical informatics research don't you understand?
In this blog item the author rants most engagingly that many healthcare organisations are rushing into technological areas that they do not understand. He is responding (approvingly) to a recent US Joint Commission’s Sentinel Events Alert on HIT that challenges
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Open source calls the tune for phones
I missed this when it was published back in July, but it may be a fitting end-of-the-year item to mark the rise of what may be the next trend in telehealth monitoring technology, as briefly touched on in Telecare Aware
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CommonWell project in four European countries
The CommonWell project will support independent living and improve the quality of life for a total of 400 older people and people with long-term conditions in four locations in Europe. However, when you read the press release, remember that the
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Health technology in Norfolk care homes (UK)
“Telehealth…is used as an ‘early warning system’, with the aim of quicker medical intervention and reduced hospital admissions…Woodside House Care Home in Norwich…is one of the first nursing homes to use the system in the county. It has been successfully
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An open letter to the Obama Health Team on health IT spending
A great-value posting (as always) in the e-CareManagement blog, advocating a phased strategy that concentrates on building doctor-patients connectedness.
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Home Telehealth: Mainstreaming What We Do Well
Article abstract: “The number of home telehealth programs implemented both domestically [US] and abroad and the number of peer-reviewed publications detailing positive outcomes for chronic disease management, preventive care, and self-management have increased over the past 5 years. The most
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IBM: We may soon have computer-assisted memories
The use of computers to keep aging brains alert is a new project at IBM-Israel, which has announced a collaboration with European Union partners. The three-year HERMES Cognitive Care for Active Aging project will be based on audio and visual
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Telehealth terminology: a contribution to the debate
Adam Vincent, Caitlin M Cusack, Eric Pan, Julie M. Hook, David C. Kaelber and Blackford Middleton from Partners Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School produced a one-page conference poster for the AMIA 2007 Symposium suggesting a taxonomy for telehealth. This
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Croydon's virtual ward using Kings Fund Combined Predictive Model
Croydon has been using the Combined Predictive Model in its virtual wards project (see Telecare Aware item) whereby people identified by the model as having a very high risk of future hospitalisation are put on a ‘virtual ward’. They are
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