The British Standards Institute is currently inviting public comments on the draft of BS 8484, a standard for the management of lone worker protection services. The draft standard covers the provision of services using electronic monitoring and alarm techniques. Although… Read moreBSI standard for the management of lone worker protection services under review (UK)
For the second year now the NHS is underspending… so PCTs and NHS Trusts should have some money to invest in remote health monitoring to reduce future costs… Item from Healthcare Republic.
Short Invicta press release charts another step in its growth.
Devon County Council and the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust (SWAST) has launched a dedicated service to respond to community alarm calls. Historically, SWAST’s clinicians have been called to non-medical situations where an elderly person may have fallen but… Read moreDevon organises improved alarm response (UK)
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… Read moreCroydon's virtual ward using Kings Fund Combined Predictive Model
Telecare system provider Mediagrids has confirmed to Telecare Aware that it is subject of a winding up order from Inland Revenue. This is despite cost-cutting measures, including redundancies, during the past year. So, despite the UK Government’s policies of encouraging… Read moreMediagrids closing
Regular readers will recall that in May it was announced that Northern Ireland ’s Department of Health and Social Services was to issue a tender worth £46 million for the supply of telehealth services (the Remote Telemonitoring Northern Ireland (RTNI)… Read moreRemote Telemonitoring Northern Ireland Service tender – long list mystery
Yesterday Alertacall announced that Eldercare, the community alarm provider of Help the Aged, is the first strategic partner for its new Pellonia service. The Ancient Romans were practical people, and the story is that they looked to the goddess Pellonia… Read moreMajor UK telecare provider gets boost from Roman goddess
In October a Freedom of Information Act request found that one in four Primary Care Trusts has closed or reduced dementia services in the past three years and less than half have early detection services in place. Read more in… Read moreWidespread cuts to dementia services in the UK
November’s Whole Systems Demonstrator Action Network (WSDAN) newsletter was published on Friday and it’s starting to show some promise in terms of keeping the general world informed about the project’s development. If you didn’t get it, sign up for it…. Read moreNovember WSDAN newsletter published
