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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Telecare framework sales near £7m mark
Almost £7m of sales have gone through the telecare national framework agreement since its launch last June and an update available from this month has added nearly 1000 new equipment lines and additional savings. The national framework agreement, run by the NHS Purchasing and Supplies Agency (NHS PASA), aims to provide health and local authorities […]
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Patient outreach solution launched for LTCs
A new system designed to help the management of long term conditions (LTCs) has been launched by Clinical Solutions. The system is Clinical Solution’s first for supporting the treatment of LTCs and the company hopes it will help to transform the way patients are cared for by health services in Europe. Clinical Solutions’ global sales and marketing director, […]
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NPfIT ‘needs re-evaluating to be a success’
Connecting for Health must look at three key things – scalability, complexity and availability if the National Programme for Information Technology is to be a success, according to a panel of industry professionals. Speaking at the Healthcare Computing 2007 conference in Harrogate, the panel said that the size and complexity of the NPfIT programme had […]
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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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A world of good
Some of the best ideas for e-health around the World were brought together for the Imagine Cup. Joe Fernandez reports.
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DTI says it will back UK telehealth firms
Industry and regions minister, Margaret Hodge has said that the Department of Trade and Industry wants to promote new telehealth technologies that are crucial to managing burgeoning healthcare budgets. Speaking at the London Telehealth conference this week, Hodges said: “New technologies can help deal with the ageing population in part. The DTI wants to develop […]
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Granger promises summary care record pilots by Easter
Connecting for Health’s chief executive, Richard Granger, has revealed that the first pilots of the national summary care record project should be ready to begin by Easter. Speaking at the London Telehealth Symposium yesterday, Granger said that the delayed project summary record will be ready to begin rollout to initial pilot trusts by Easter. Dr […]
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Reports highlight telecare’s popularity
Research studies on the two biggest telecare projects in the UK have highlighted the popularity of the technology among users. One of the reports, Piloting Telecare in Kent County Council: The Key Lessons, focuses on use of telecare in Kent where 550 people are currently piloting a range of telecare interventions. The other study, Smart […]
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Capex becomes Eceptionist’s UK partner
Capex Health, a systems developer and training provider, have been named as the UK partner for Eceptionist, specialists in internet based scheduling services. Eceptionist is a web-based solution from the US, already in use in the UK, that supports scheduling, telemedicine, disease and case management, care pathways, protocols and reporting for facilities and hospitals. The […]
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