One in every home within five years?
Biosign Technologies Inc. has developed a web-based digital instrument that generates and stores a variety of vital signs from a single reading of arterial pulse.
Biosign Technologies Inc. has developed a web-based digital instrument that generates and stores a variety of vital signs from a single reading of arterial pulse.
The Capitol Hill presentation will include a demonstration of the Delta Diabetes pilot program, which will include a total of three healthcare sites within the next year.
People with chronic illnesses like diabetes and congestive heart failure are getting a better handle on their health, thanks to some new technology.
Nurses have hand-held devices that alert them when it is time for a patient’s medication. “If a nurse delivers medication late, it will ask why, and it gives canned reasons the nurse can choose from…If it is early, then it… Read moreAsk for Rosie…it might be safer!
Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan, has lent his support to the use of telemedicine within the country, saying that it has had great benefits for NHS Wales. Speaking before the seventh summit of the British Irish Council on the Isle… Read moreWelsh telemedicine in great shape, says First Minister
NHS Direct is looking for primary care organisations to work with it on pilot remote care projects in 2005-6 and has outlined several options that PCTs could take up. One option considered is that trusts or strategic health authorities could… Read moreNHS Direct seeks partners for remote care pilots
Furthering care from a distance using ICT is the concept we need to convey. We need a new word. This editorial by Michael Fairey explores some of the problems around current ‘ehealth’ terminology.
Service-specific telemedicine and videoconferencing systems are of limited value to improvement of health. Research undertaken by the University of Newcastle has revealed that service-specific telemedicine and videoconferencing systems are of limited value to improvement of health. Instead, greater promise can… Read moreGood telecare comes in small packages, argue researchers