Belfast gets European Connected Health centre
Belfast, Northern Ireland, is to be the home of a new ‘European Centre for Connected Health’, intended to help test technologies that enable people with chronic conditions live independently at home. NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey and Economy Minister Nigel Dodds announced the establishment of the centre at last week’s Connected Health Conference, held in […]
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Brown pledges telehealth for 100,000
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to offer telehealth services to 100,000 people with long term conditions in a speech outlining his plans for a more preventative and personal NHS. Brown’s speech, designed to regain the political initiative on health, also revealed government plans to offer patients screening for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney […]
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2008: the year telecare grows up?
A large evaluation of assistive technologies across health and social care begins next year, Fiona Barr reports.
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Docobo extend telehealth to mobile phones
Telehealth specialist Docobo has developed a new mobile phone application enabling remote monitoring of patients with long term health conditions. An extension of its existing doc@HOME system, the application is an integrated telehealth solution for the remote management of patients with long term conditions (LTCs), designed for people who need their LTCs monitored whilst still […]
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Stockport practice pioneers online asthma self-care
A GP practice in Stockport has successfully piloted a groundbreaking new online monitoring service for asthma patients enabling them to better self-manage their condition. Marple Cottage surgery worked with primary care systems provider EMIS to develop the internet-based service, which allows patients to complete regular reviews of their condition from home without having to always […]
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DH details 100 assistive technology projects it has funded
Nearly 100 research projects on assistive technology including telecare and telehealth schemes were funded by the government or the European Union in 2006/7, according to a report from the Department of Health (DH). The DH annual report on research and development in assistive technology notes an increase in the importance attached to telecare to support […]
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Patients helped by remote monitoring, study finds
Remote monitoring of patients with chronic heart failure has a positive impact on clinical outcomes, according to a study published this week. A review published in the BMJ found that structured telephone support or telemonitoring by a health professional reduced admissions to hospital for chronic heart failure and deaths from all causes by nearly one […]
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Central Surrey use telemedicine to tackle COPD
Central Surrey Health NHS Trust have shown that using telemedicine as support for treating patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can bring benefits to both patients and nurses by allowing close, accurate and easy monitoring, potentially leading to earlier discharges. Speaking at the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate, Julia Davey, community respiratory nurse specialist […]
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Telecare firm supports learning disability project
Telecare provider, Tunstall, has joined a new project called Through Assistive Technology to Employment (TATE), designed to increase employability for people with learning difficulties and support individual living. Tunstall were approached by the project team and agreed to help to develop and mainstream assistive technology devices and telecare systems to help meet the needs of […]
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Unwinding the cord
NHS Direct aims to develop its core health advice service to offer a range of remote care additional services to the NHS. Fiona Barr talks to chief operating officer Dr Mike Sadler.
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