Telecare

Archive
6 December 2005

Councils lag behind on telecare plans

 A minority of councils in England are starting to put plans in place for telecare services but most have made
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29 November 2005

Technology effective in dementia home care

Assistive technology for dementia sufferers living at home can be cost-effective, increase patients’ independence and deliver support to unpaid carers,
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1 November 2005

Adapt or perish

Barbara Stuttle, NHS Connecting for Heath's community nursing lead, speaks to EHI Primary Care about the urgent need for the
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31 October 2005

Scotland opts for national electronic health records

The Scottish Executive has announced that they are to follow the recommendations of the Kerr Report and implement a national system
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11 October 2005

Mobile phone transmits your ECG

Engineers at Loughborough University have devised a mobile phone that easily receive, collate and send a person’s ECG and other vital signs
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6 October 2005

E-health not reaching full potential, says study

An industry study into the takeup of e-health technology within the UK has concluded that health professionals are not taking
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5 October 2005

Tunstall teams up with Honeywell HomMed

Tunstall, the UK telecare and telehealth solutions specialist, has formed an distribution and alliance agreement with Honeywell HomMed, a leading
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19 August 2005

Europe-wide heart monitoring trial shows promise

The organisers of a recently completed pan-European trial aimed at finding out if telecare can be an effective tool in
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2 August 2005

King’s Fund calls for technology use in chronic care

A King’s Fund report into the management of long-term conditions has called for PCTs to put more emphasis on using
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19 July 2005

£80m telecare grant to shape new care patterns

An £80m grant to shape new patterns of social care using telecare has been announced by the Department of Health
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