The detailed figures provide a dramatic illustration of just how fast pensioner mortality has improved in the UK. Read more.
Archive for October, 2005
Pensioner mortality rapidly improving: actuarial report
Tuesday, October 18th, 2005Mobile phone transmits your ECG
Tuesday, October 18th, 2005Engineers at Loughborough University have devised a mobile phone that easily receive, collate and send a person’s ECG and other vital signs and send them directly to clinicians, eliminating the need for large, fixed, telecare systems in patients’ homes. Read on.
E-health not reaching full potential, says study
Monday, October 10th, 2005Ian Jardine, independent consultant, member of TeHIP and co-author of the report The Impact of e-Health and Assistive Technologies on Healthcare said: “It’s important that the people understand the potential of e-health applications. They won’t do that until they start integrate that into their care pathways. [They] should not have to wait for infrastructure to be put in place by the National Programme for IT… There’s a lot of potential available now… We can do a lot in terms of home monitoring outside having a full electronic record.”
For the report itself (75 pages) follow the link at the bottom of the article.
Alertacall launched in UK
Monday, October 10th, 2005The user presses a button on the Alertacall phone by an agreed time each day. Should the button not be pressed, then Alertacall first tries to call the user, then up to three nominated people to alert them that there may be a problem. Low-cost service to be marketed directly to concerned relatives.
This press release contains some interesting figures from a survey for the company.
Company website: www.alertacall.com/
Tunstall and Honeywell HomMed link-up
Monday, October 10th, 2005Tunstall will be offering Honeywell’s HomMed Genesis monitor throughout the United Kingdom. The Genesis monitor is provided to patients at home by healthcare professionals to deliver more proactive and preventative levels of care for conditions such as COPD, diabetes and congestive heart failure.
SCIE publishes Q&A on direct payments
Monday, October 10th, 2005The Social Care Institute for Excellence has published Q&A on direct payments. There’s no mention of telecare and little mention of equipment generally, but the document may be may be useful to many of our readers.
CSIP telecare factsheets update
Monday, October 10th, 2005Recent additions to the set of helpful materials:
Information for Users and Carers Version 26 September 2005
Telecare and Telehealth Systems – slides Version: 26 September 2005
Telecare Reducing the Lead Time – factsheet Version: 26 September 2005
Link to site: http://www.icesdoh.org/doc.asp?ID=22
French AXA Assistance phone bracelet
Monday, October 3rd, 2005The Columba bracelet automatically detects any departure from a previously defined security zone. At the slightest straying from this area, it alerts AXA Assistance’s medical assistance centre which can precisely geolocate the bracelet and speak with the wearer through the bracelet’s “handsfree” feature. Read more.
Alzheimer’s trial points way to RFID telecare
Monday, October 3rd, 2005The Finnish company combines RFID and cellular phone technology to help make sure Alzheimer’s patients take the drugs they need. Cool.
Where is the telecare mention?
Monday, October 3rd, 2005These situations, of which we are seeing an increasing number of reports, seem to fail to take into account the beneficial role of telecare linked to efficient response systems. Any comments?