Staffordshire PCTs hit retinopathy target
Malcolm Gray screens patient Three Staffordshire primary care trusts have managed to meet national targets and screen over 28,000 patients in a year for diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that can lead to blindness if left untreated. The Staffordshire Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service, run on behalf of South Staffordshire, North Staffordshire and Stoke on […]
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EC looks to IT to help support older people
The European Commission has unveiled plans for a new €1bn European Action Plan to research the effectiveness of the use of ICT in improving the life of older people at home, in the workplace and in society in general. “Ageing Well in the Information Society” is a new research project, aimed at ensuring that by […]
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Choose and Book, 152 PCT stories
In the latest article from the clinicians leading Connecting for Health, Dr Mark Davies the clinical director for Choose and Book, sets out the progress.
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EC looks to mainstream telehealth
Members of the European Commission have said that they intend to set up an action plan to deal with the challenges of an ageing population and make telehealth more mainstream. Speaking at the London Telehealth Symposium earlier this year, three EC civil servants told the audience that the eHealth industry, had been allocated funds by […]
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Italy develops chronic disease tools
The Italian health service is aiming to make use of its IT to create an integrated tool to improve care for people with chronic conditions, a Ministry of Health official has announced. The ministry’s general director for information systems, Walter Bergamaschi told the recent World Health Congress in Barcelona that elderly people required a different mix […]
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GSM Doorbell opens up access to carers
Wireless specialists Waleli are launching a GSM Doorbell product in the UK which reduces response time for emergency calls to house-bound patients. GSM Doorbell is a mobile phone application that allows people to answer their doorbell, talk to visitors and even open the door – whether they are at home or not. As it has the ability […]
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Nottingham expands diabetic retinopathy service
A £4.5m community-based digital eye screening programme for diabetics in Nottingham is being rolled out to a further six locations, after its original four sites saw almost 11,000 patients in just seven months. The Nottingham Diabetic Retinopathy Service was launched last September screening diabetic patients at the Queen’s Medical Centre, City Hospital, Stapleford Care Centre […]
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Tunstall help Brighton extra care housing win EU award
Telecare specialists Tunstall has helped an extra care housing scheme in Brighton win a European design award, aimed at promoting independent living. Tunstall deployed their Comunicall telecare system into the £3m New Larchwood extra care housing scheme, which is run by the Hanover Housing Association, and was developed with Brighton and Hove City Council. Communicall […]
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Tunstall leads European telecare project
Telecare specialist, Tunstall, is co-ordinating a part EU-funded project called SOPRANO, which will design and develop new telehealth solutions for elderly people. The Service Orientated Programmable Smart Environments for Older Europeans (SOPRANO) is a €12m (£8m) research and development project aimed at developing new ways of integrating assistive technology, telecare and telehealth solutions into users’ […]
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Council counts savings of telecare for elderly
An audit by Gloucestershire County Council looking at the amount of savings available to them by implementing telecare found that it could save £15,000 on the treatment of just three elderly patients. The council began a pilot project of ‘Telecare in Gloucestershire’ (TeleG) in the Gloucester and Forest of Dean regions in 2004 and set […]
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