O2 exits UK telehealth market
O2 Health has taken its telecare and telehealth devices off the market due to poor uptake of the service.
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Leicester telehealth scheme expanded
A telehealth project for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has prevented 107 hospital admissions in Leicester over the past 30 weeks.
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Specialist telehealth service a success
A specialist telehealth project run by Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust has increased capacity by ten patients per nurse.
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Robot to help dementia patients
NHS Western Isles will put robots in the homes of people with dementia as part of a pilot scheme to keep them at home for longer.
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Another view: of the future
GP Neil Paul has been interviewing for an IT manager for his local CCG. Candidates need to think more radically as initiatives like patient downloads of care.data come into view, he suggests.
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NHS spends £300,000 on US exchange
The NHS is spending nearly £300,000 on an exchange programme with the US Veteran’s Health Administration to investigate its use of open source software and telehealth.
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Telehealth doesn’t improve self care
Telehealth does not improve patients’ self-care behaviour, an evaluation of the Whole System Demonstrator programme reveals.
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‘Eye in the sky’ at London ICU
Intensive care unit clinicians at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust will keep a eye on critically ill patients in different locations via a telemonitoring system from Phillips.
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Telehealth framework worth up to £420m
The Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation has issued a tender for a telehealth and telecare systems framework worth between £60m – £420m.
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An NHS for the digital generation
In his new book, healthcare consultant Colin Jervis argues that it’s time to ‘stop saving the NHS and start re-inventing it’ by embracing disruptive technology.
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