Large scale telecare pilot details published
The Department of Health has identified its target groups and released more information for prospective participants about its telecare pilot covering one million people. The DH says it wants the Whole System Long Term Conditions Demonstrator Programme to focus on two groups of patients – the frail elderly with complex health and social care needs […]
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Agencies adopting telecare strategies
A national survey looking at how local authorities have responded to the telecare policy agenda and the government’s Preventative Technology Grant has found that over half now have a local strategy in place. The survey was led by the Independent project, a consortium of academics, housing and social care providers and industry representatives. It found […]
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DH planning telecare pilot for one million people
The Department of Health (DH) is to soon seek expressions of interest for a large scale project examining how technology can be used to keep patients with long term conditions out of hospital. The Integrated Care and Assistive Technology (ICAT) project, outlined earlier this year in the DH white paper Our Health Our Care Our […]
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Use technology more for home care, says report
A report looking at the amount of time professional carers should give to patients with long term conditions has encouraged trusts and local authorities to make better use of existing telecare technology. The report, by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), titled “Time to Care?” says that many people find their care workers are too […]
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Cheshire tests telehealth vital signs monitor
Two Cheshire care agencies have teamed up with a housing trust to pilot the Genesis machine, a new telehealth product that monitors patients with long term conditions from home. Cheshire County Council Social Services Department and Central Cheshire Primary Care Trust have partnered with Weaver Vale Housing Trust in the venture. Weaver Vale, which manages […]
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UK telehealth firm gains EU recognition
The Health-eLife project, which uses doc@HOME technology from UK-based telehealth services firm Docobo, has been awarded ‘project of the month’ status by the EU. The project has been supported by the EU eTen initiative, designed to promote the deployment of network-based services across Europe. Each month the EU looks at different projects connected to the eTen […]
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European telecare project reports success
A major project funded by the European Commission into video communications in telecare has concluded that while such systems are well received by older people, to be truly effective the IT needed to be further integrated with other devices such as alarm systems. The IST@HOME project lasted six months and supplied 600 homes in Germany, […]
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Wanless calls for telecare to move to mainstream
Telecare should be moved into the mainstream when planning long term care for elderly although its financial impact is difficult to predict, according to a review of social care funding by Sir Derek Wanless. The report, Securing Good Care for Older People: Taking a long term view, recommends a new system of funding for social […]
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Tunstall releases telecare guidance notes
Telecare company Tunstall has released a series of guides that aim to show how telecare devices can be used to support the National Service Framework for older people, as well as specific ideas for dementia care and learning disabilities. The guides, which are available on the Tunstall website, show examples of how devices such […]
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Good outlook for IP VPNs in European healthcare
Industry analysts Frost & Sullivan have predicted positive, if qualified, growth of Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP VPNs) in healthcare across Europe over the next few years. IP VPNs allow external access to networks so that clinicians can access patient information and health records. Internally, VPNs they can be used both for sharing data and […]
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