What looks like a good idea as healthcare provision at all ages adapts to today’s communications-driven generation. The school nurse finds him/herself getting a lot of texts from spotty kids.
Telehealth
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Regulatory approvals, mergers and acquisitions, meetings and congresses… and even a bit of telehealth. Quelle Surprise!
Reduce DNAs And Save £700M Using A Bit Of Simple Psychology
RSM study shows just how strange we humans are, as it suggests NHS could save millions by asking patients to write down their appointment times.
King’s Fund Telehealth Congress Hears Endorsement From Minister
Government health spokesman tells telehealth congress, technology can save money and improve patient experience. Encouragingly.
More Support For TeleHealth Advocates Like Us
Mobile Health will find its way into all aspects of healthcare. This nice article on e-week discusses feedback from last week’s Mobile World Congress.
Teleconsultation Avoids Referral In 74% Of Dermatology Cases
A great study in “teledermatology” supports a new approach to GP consultation by involving the specialist dermatologist much more close to the front line. Referrals were reduced dramatically.
Hacker Can Control Insulin Dose
A hacker who can break in to control wireless mobile/portable/implantable devices is also the most likely source of new security measures.
Exploding mHealth. Dept Of Health Asks You To Rate The Apps You Use
It’s incredible how smartphone technology and the internet are becoming an integral part of (some of) our lives. Here, UK’s Department Of Health is asking which “medical(ish) applications are proving popular.
When Is An App A Medical Device?
Our pages are filling up with medical applications for smartphone/tablet technology, but the regulatory status of many new potential products remains unresolved.
What Next, The iColonoscope?Terrifying Prospect Of Smartphone Apps Replacing Proper Diagnosis
Dumbed down apps might just get in the way of really useful medical applications for smartphones.
Cambridge Consultants Unveils Bluetooth®-Low-Energy Enabled iPhone M-Health App
New Blood Pressure Profile app to be demonstrated on CSR’s Bluetooth low energy devices at Mobile World Congress to showcase market opportunity for growing mHealth space
UK NHS Technology Adoption Centre Supports Telehealth In study
We think Telehealth is the future. NHS Adoption Centre agrees.
Are There Potential Telehealth Applications For Implantable, Wireless Sensors In Healing Tissues?
Engineering Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute create smart sensors which can wirelessly transmit data from Orthopaedic surgery site, but we can’t quite see the applications they see.
Augmented Reality Surgery Stretches The Definition Of “Telehealth”.
Augmented reality could be used to guide non-medics in performing ever more complex procedures when there’s no doc around. Like those frequent occasions when you’re in space for example.
Would You Want To See Real-Time Data from Your Implantable Pacemaker?
Access to one’s own real-time heart function data. Might it frighten us to death?
Biotronik Completes Testing To Validate Its Home Monitoring® System
Biotronik has put its technology to the test in January at an independently held “connectathon”. The results validate the company’s claims and represent a step towards home monitoring of key clinical parameters which is integrated with patients’ electronic health records.