Scottish NHS to invest €1.8m in e-health
Online scanning to allow remote diagnosis for island-based patients and Scotland’s biggest telehealth system are among a range of hi-tech projects to help more patients to be treated quicker and closer to home. The Scottish NHS is to invest €1.8m in e-health – including €640,000 funding from the country’s major health IT contractor Atos Origin. […]
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Scotland invests in telehealthcare
Scotland has launched its biggest telehealthcare project alongside 16 other e-health initiatives that will be backed by £1.6m of investment. NHS Lothian and the Scottish Government are to jointly fund a £700,000 large scale telehealth trial that will cover 400 patients with long term conditions, using Intel’s Health Guide. In addition, the government and Atos […]
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GPS patient tracking launched in Switzerland
Aerotel Medical Systems, a specialist in mobile and home-based telemedicine and telecare solutions, has partnered with GEBOA SA, to launch Aerotel’s GeoSKeeper GPS personal location system in Switzerland.
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Demonstrators make slow progress
Around 650 people are using new assistive care technologies as part of the Whole System Demonstrator project, according to the Department of Health. The WSD project was launched last May and hopes to recruit 6,000 users to test telehealth and telecare solutions in Newham, Cornwall and Kent. The project is due to run for a […]
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Commission invests €1bn in high-speed broadband
The European Commission has proposed a new €5 billion investment in energy and internet broadband infrastructure in 2009-2010.
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Newham and Milton Keynes win European awards
The London Borough of Newham and Milton Keynes Council have both won European e-inclusion awards for their use of telehealth services. The two were among the seven winners of European e-inclusion awards, presented at a European e-inclusion conference in Vienna at the beginning of December. The awards formed part of the Commission’s ‘Be Part of […]
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Europe launches CommonWell project
A new telecare project will use technology to improve the quality of life for older people in four European countries, supporting independent living though better communications and more integration of health and social care. The European Union-backed CommonWell project aims to support independent living and improve the quality of life for older people and those […]
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Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare
The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly citizens.
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