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Philips acquire Health Watch medical alert service

Health Watch Holdings, a US-based national provider of personal response systems, has been acquired by Philips in a $130m (£65m)
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DH to pilot care from home in July

The Department of Health has announced that it will be beginning piloting primary care commissioning of telecare in July, with
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Telecare framework sales near £7m mark

Almost £7m of sales have gone through the telecare national framework agreement since its launch last June and an update
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Patient outreach solution launched for LTCs

A new system designed to help the management of long term conditions (LTCs) has been launched by Clinical Solutions. The system
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Tunstall help Brighton extra care housing win EU award

Telecare specialists Tunstall has helped an extra care housing scheme in Brighton win a European design award, aimed at promoting
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Tunstall leads European telecare project

Telecare specialist, Tunstall, is co-ordinating a part EU-funded project called SOPRANO, which will design and develop new telehealth solutions for
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Survey reveals almost all councils using telecare

A new database from the Commission for Social Care Inspection rating adult social care in all 150 local authorities in
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DTI says it will back UK telehealth firms

Industry and regions minister, Margaret Hodge has said that the Department of Trade and Industry wants to promote new telehealth
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Granger promises summary care record pilots by Easter

Connecting for Health’s chief executive, Richard Granger, has revealed that the first pilots of the national summary care record project
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Telecare can grow to meet demands of 2020

Telecare has the capacity to become a key tool in helping cope with future demands of the fast ageing population, once it gets past current
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