Telecare Aware has moved – see below

The EU’s IST@HOME project has concluded that to be truly effective video communications needed to be further integrated with other devices such as alarm systems.

The good news: Telehealth study of 216 people begins

Carematix and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing to conduct a four-year study on the effectiveness of telehome monitoring. The study is funded by a grant for more than $1 million from the National Institute of Nursing Research.

Wide-ranging article with references about technology and people with dementia. A good read.

See how a basic alarm system can be sold over the internet.

Telefonica Moviles Espana and Medical Intelligence have initiated negotiations in an effort to accelerate the process of making the Columba phone-bracelet available in the Spanish marketplace.

The company has a broad market presence in United States and Canada, marketing its services through a network of more than 2,500 hospitals and other healthcare providers and serves a subscriber base of nearly 470,000.

Leading US economist announces that the US has at its disposal an overlooked ‘secret weapon’ that could significantly reduce health care costs and kickstart the nation’s sluggish economy

Medical Intelligence introduced the Columba bracelet in Paris last June to move forward with its final market testing with its partners – Orange, France’s largest mobile telephony operator, and AXA Assistance, the leading provider of medical assistance.

Every decade the White House holds a policy event on issues around aging. The following links give a flavour of the matters raised in December, when telecare and telehealth matters put in a strong appearance.

The benefits of broadband technology would be manifested in lower medical costs, lower costs of institutionalized living and additional output generated by more seniors and individuals with disabilities in the labor force according to economist Robert E. Litan, author of the report Great Expectations: Potential Economic Benefits From Accelerated Broadband Deployment To Older Americans and Americans with Disabilities.