Tech support offered to vanguards
Interoperability and information governance are among the technological priorities for NHS ‘vanguard’ sites, according to a support package published by NHS England.
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West Suffolk telemedicine pilot at risk
West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group has pulled out of a partnership with West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust to pilot a telemedicine service, putting the project at risk.
Digital Patient

Scots’ Dallas project fails to recruit
A £10 million digital health project in Scotland has recruited just one quarter of expected users.
Digital Patient

Joe’s view of telehealth
On holiday in the Alps, Joe McDonald invents teleplumbing. Now he’s got big plans for Skypiatry…
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Keogh calls for TECS support
Sir Bruce Keogh has called on 250 stakeholders to support the uptake of telehealth and telecare as part of the Technology Enabled Care Services programme.
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NI leads EU health and care tech project
The Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland is leading a €5.5m European project to help people live independently through the use of technology.
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NHS E to publish telehealth toolkit
NHS England’s Technology Enabled Care Services programme will publish a telehealth toolkit for commissioners later this autumn.
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Scottish COPD patients United4Health
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will deploy tablet devices to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure as part of a pan-European telemonitoring study.
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Possible Gloucestershire telehealth scam

Telecare “not magic bullet” – WSD study
Policy makers have been warned to avoid describing telecare as a “magic bullet” in the latest study to cast serious doubt on the cost effectiveness of remote monitoring and intervention.
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