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WSDAN WEEKLY NEWS – TELECARE AND TELEHEALTH
Updated list of news links and journal articles - 23 May 2011 to 30 May 2011
Prepared by Mike Clark for WSDAN (***items are of particular interest)
***Headline 1 – DALLAS announcement
£18m DALLAS programme - Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles At Scale http://bit.ly/fi6B8k
***Headline 2 - Whole System Demonstrator Programme (WSDAN) Roadshow – Hull – 30 June
2011
Delegate count is now at maximum of 216 – Contact WSDAN if you have not registered and still
wish to attend
http://www2.hull.ac.uk/pgmi/centre%20for%20telehealth/wsdan.aspx
Headline 3 – Health Bill
This week sees the end of the six week listening exercise with over 200 events held. A report is
expected to follow over the next 3-4 weeks with the possibility of a further command paper. In the
meantime, the political news is of the likelihood of significant changes and a possible recommital of
the Bill through the House of Commons. There are some suggestions that it could take until Spring
2012 before the Bill is finally passed unless it is withdrawn completely. Whatever the process and
outcomes, there remains uncertainty around structures and funding to support technology
innovations in healthcare.
The Guardian daily blog continues with breaking news, Q&A sessions, interviews etc.
Thursday 26 May: NHS reforms live blog - Nick Clegg delays health reforms
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/blog/2011/may/26/nhs-reforms-live-blog
Friday 27 May: NHS reforms live blog - can health and social care work together?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/blog/2011/may/27/nhs-health
Monday 30 May: NHS reforms live blog - they're listening, but are you speaking?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/blog/2011/may/31/nhs-reforms-live-blog
If you are registered or subscribe, then you can also follow:
www.hsj.co.uk
www.pulse.co.uk
www.gponline.com
Follow the King’s Fund news, blogs and Twitter feed at:
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk
Headline 4 - 800,000 'not given help with social care'
In a new report, Age UK says that 800,000 people are excluded from the social care system rising to
an estimated one million within four years. Six years ago, 50% of councils provided support to
people with moderate needs, this figure has now dropped to 18%.
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Only 1.2 million are getting formal care either at home or in a care home. Some of these people are
have to self-pay as they exceed the income cap.
Once inflation is taken into account, social care funding has only been rising by 0.1% a year since
2004 - equivalent to £43m. By comparison, the NHS budget rose by £25bn.
The Dilnot Commission is expected to report in early July and a White Paper follows later in the year.
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13559024
Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/30/social-car-failing-disabled-pensionerssays-report
Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392251/Care-home-fees-soar-26-000-year-thousands-elderly-forced-sell-homes.html
Age UK Blog: http://ageukblog.org.uk/2011/05/30/countdown-to-the-dilnot-report-%E2%80%93care-in-crisis/
Dilnot Commission website: http://www.dilnotcommission.dh.gov.uk/
Also… Care is failing 1.5 million people with learning disabilities
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/31/care-failing-those-with-learning-disability
Headline 5: Future Homes: Building better lifestyles for an ageing population
This new Guide, an output from ALIP 1’s DAP Programme will be published on 30 June at a free
event at RIBA in London.
http://towardslifetime21.eventbrite.com/
Headline 6 - First telehealth pilot in New Zealand improves patients’ quality of life
The results from a recent 12 month New Zealand pilot of telehealth technology have just been
released and suggest that the technology can improve quality of life for people with long term
conditions and may have a positive impact on life expectancy. Ten monitors were used in the twenty
patient trial.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1105/S00158/first-telehealth-pilot-improves-patients-quality-oflife.htm
Headline 7 - Seven years and billions of dollars later, Health Accord goals only half met (Canada)
The Health Council of Canada has been evaluating progress on the 10-year, $41.3-billion health
accord enacted in 2004 and considers that only incremental progress has been made.
"To tackle emergency room waits, we need concerted action by governments and health authorities
to improve access to care in the community," the report says, calling for smoother transitions to longterm care and home care, especially for seniors.
The council is more upbeat about a recent expansion of telehealth.
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Total health-care spending was $192 billion in 2010. Experts project health-care costs will rise by
about 6.5 per cent a year in the coming years.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ipY_wE2YCBv0zykwI8aoz7Gf6K
Uw?docId=6992918
Also…Telehealth Use in Canada Grew by More Than 35 Per Cent Annually Over the Past 5 Years:
National Study
Canada has more than 5,700 telehealth systems in at least 1,175 communities across the country.
The new study (‘Telehealth Benefits and Adoption – Connecting People and Providers Across
Canada’), indicates that almost 260,000 Telehealth sessions were held last year. Nearly half of the
clinical Telehealth sessions delivered care to patients from rural and remote communities. The
report estimates that Canadians who received care via telehealth rather than travelling to other
communities for care saved about $70 million in personal travel costs in 2010. In addition, there
were benefits to the health system valued at $55 million per year (e.g. because of avoided federal or
provincial subsidised travel costs or reduced hospitalisations for patients with chronic diseases).
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/30/idUS107259+30-May-2011+MW20110530
Headline 8 - Pulse: Pharmacists target new patients for medication checks
Pulse reports on the £55 million a year New Medicine Service which aims to improve medicinetaking in patients with asthma, COPD, type 2 diabetes or hypertension, or those currently
undergoing anti-platelet/anticoagulant therapy. From October 2011, pharmacists will have to target
at least 70% of their MURs on patients taking high-risk medicines, suffering respiratory disease or
those whose prescription has changed post-discharge.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=35&storycode=4129622&c=2
Headline 9 - Guardian: How the Lake District could host a telehealth revolution
In June, the village of Shap in the Lake District will be able to access a community-based 100mbps
synchronous broadband service which could allow video conferencing including remote
doctor/patient consults.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/may/27/patient-lake-district-telehealthrevolution
Headline 10 - Nursing Times: Nurses will need new 'skillset' to cope with personal health budgets
Nursing Times reports that the introduction of personal health budgets for patients will require a
“culture change” among nurses, who will need to learn a whole new set of skills. An evaluation of
the pilots (currently 61 sites) is due to report next year leading to further roll out if successful.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/long-term-conditions/nurseswill-need-new-skillset-to-cope-with-personal-health-budgets/5030275.article
Headline 11 - Video link doctor saves stroke victim (Brighton)
Staff at Brighton’s Royal Sussex County Hospital responded to a stroke alert in A&E that linked the
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patient via telemedicine to the stroke consultant who was at home at the time. Thrombolysis was
identified as the most appropriate course of action and by the next morning the patient was
symptom free. Four days later the patient was well enough to go home.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9055701.Video_link_doctor_saves_stroke_victim/
Also… East Lancashire stroke victims to be assessed by video link
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/burnley/9055958.East_Lancashire_stroke_victims_to_
be_assessed_by_video_link/
Headline 12 - Clinical Trial Of Mobile Health Monitoring Solution Starts In Singapore
Four companies are working together on an eight week mobile health monitoring trial using HP wrist
devices for cardio vascular conditions. 24 hour blood pressure and heart traces are being monitored
for 100 patients using wireless and cloud infrastructures that include medical diaries, clinician
comments etc. It is suggested that such systems could ultimately replace home-based static
monitoring devices.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226892.php
Headline 13 - Integrating telecare for chronic disease management in the community: What needs
to be done?
A new journal publication covering 221 participants involved in interviews, workshops etc between
2007-2009 looks at factors inhibiting telecare implementation in the UK for chronic conditions. The
report concludes that key barriers to telecare integration were:
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uncertainties about coherent and sustainable service and business models
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lack of coordination across social and primary care boundaries
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lack of financial or other incentives to include telecare within primary care services
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lack of a sense of continuity with previous service provision and self-care work undertaken by
patients
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general uncertainty about the adequacy of telecare systems
The authors consider that slow and uneven implementation and integration do not stem from
adoption problems. They result from incomplete understanding of the role of telecare systems and
subsequent adaption and embeddedness to context, and uncertainties about the best way to
develop, coordinate, and sustain services that assist with chronic disease management.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/131
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Headline 14 - Full Fact looks at how much of the NHS budget is spent on treating chronic
conditions
Figures are often published on the NHS spend on chronic conditions/long term conditions. Full Fact
looks at the figures being quoted.
http://fullfact.org/factchecks/nhs_budget_chronic_care_long_term_conditions-2731
Headline 15 - Guardian: Tameside and Glossop uses telehealth to save on COPD
The Guardian picks up the Tameside and Glossop PCT telehealth programme for 60 patients. Some
figures are quoted for HF and COPD admissions. An evaluation is planned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/may/26/tameside-glossop-telehealthsavings-copd
Headline 16 - NHS cuts driving healthcare opportunities - Government cuts affecting NHS primary
care trusts (PCTs) will be the key driver in the adoption of new patient care technologies,
according to venture capitalist Albion Ventures
Andrew Elder, partner at Albion, said that until recently, there has been widespread reluctance to
adopt new technologies but cost pressures have seen a surge in interest in areas such as remote
patient monitoring, imaging and diagnostics.
http://www.whatinvestment.co.uk/funds/equities/smaller-companies/1625858/nhs-cuts-drivinghealthcare-opportunities.thtml
Headline 17 - How to deliver scalable telehealth programmes....that work! - Alere Masterclass –
June dates in London and Stockport
http://www.alere.co.uk/primary-care-services/articles/how-to-deliver-scalable-telehealthprogrammes----that-work---alere-masterclass-183/text.htm
Headline 18 - Nebraska Legislature Sends Telemedicine Ban to Governor
Nebraska lawmakers have given final legislative approval to a bill that would bar the use of
telemedicine to provide medication abortion. The measure is aimed at blocking Planned Parenthood
of the Heartland from replicating a program that uses telemedicine to provide medication abortion
services in 16 Iowa clinics. Through the program, a woman seeking abortion care receives an
ultrasound and examination from a nurse and then consults with a physician via the Internet on a
private computer. If the physician determines that the patient is an appropriate candidate for
medication abortion, he or she dispenses the medication remotely by pressing a button that opens a
container with the drugs at the patient's location. Supporters of the bill said it would protect
women's health by ensuring that a physician is nearby. However, opponents noted that the drugs in
the medication abortion regimen are taken over more than one day. They also argued that the bill
could have an effect on the growth of telemedicine in the state in general. In addition, the bill would
force some women to travel long distances for abortion care, which potentially could be an
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unconstitutional burden.
http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/News2?abbr=daily2_&page=NewsArticle&id=28849
Headline 19 - Australian Telehealth Programme – some findings
According to a scheme manager for a Canberra-based telehealth scheme, several positive results
from a recent trial would help strengthen the case for the widespread adoption of telehealth.
http://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/2011/05/26/article/Trying-outtelehealth/GZGDRZMNBO.html
Also…Local GP group bags telehealth funding (Australia)
A GP body will be paid $567,000 to develop telehealth standards and training ahead of the launch of
new Medicare rebates for online consultations planned for July.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/government/local-gp-group-bags-telehealthfunding/story-fn4htb9o-1226063167076
Headline 20 - Ford Unveils Heart Monitoring Seats
The car seat features a complex system of six embedded sensors that are capable of detecting
electrical impulses from the heart without necessarily coming into contact with the skin. The idea is
for these seats to be linked up with remote medical services which are capable of accessing and
evaluating the data in order to react immediately to health issues such as a heart attack.
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Ford-Heart-Monitor-Car-Seat,news-11319.html
Also..Health IT Hits the Open Road
http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2011/05/health_it_hits_the_open_road.php?oref=latest_posts
Headline 21 - Benefit for Some HF Patients in Telemonitoring – continuing coverage over the
TEHAF and TIM-HF trials presented at the European Society of Cardiology's Heart Failure Congress
Remote monitoring doesn't boost heart failure clinical outcomes for patients overall but may help in
newly diagnosed or unstable cases, researchers found in two clinical trials. The potential for benefits
appears in sub-group analyses, so targeting of interventions may well be important. John Cleland
also commented on the high level of treatment in the control groups which could have reduced the
difference between control and intervention groups. Some discussion about the staffing support for
the patients was also of interest.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/HFC/26642
Headline 22 - Prince Charles to visit Magna Careline at Poundbury
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/9049958.Prince_s_Poundbury_visit_is_a_coup_for_Magna/
Headline 23 - Phone Oximeter peripheral measures pulse ox and respiratory rate, connects to
iPhone
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2011/05/phone-oximeter-peripheral-pulse-ox-respiratory-rateiphone/
Headline 24 -Large Scale Deployment in China of 100,000 Patients Monitoring - what lessons can
we learn?
Jason Goldberg from IdealLife will key note at the upcoming ECHWeek2011 in Brussels in June.
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http://www.echcampus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=238:-100000patients-on-remote-healthcare-monitoring-its-only-phase-one-&catid=15:latest-news&Itemid=86
Headline 25 - Telephone-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy: a systematic review and metaanalysis
http://jtt.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/4/177
Headline 26 - The King’s Fund – Chris Ham - Health reforms need major changes
http://www.onmedica.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=b85c1192-7f04-4d81-9260-c191804126ed
Headline 27 - Mike Farrar: 'The NHS has to be managed properly'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/25/mike-farrar-opponent-nhs-reforms
Headline 28 Community Care: Social workers say personalisation will fail most service users
In the Community Care survey:
● 83% said cuts to adult care budgets in their areas would impede personalisation
● Almost half (48%) thought that personal budgets were not of sufficient value to help users meet
their needs
● 37% disagreed that the resource allocation system in their area effectively allocated money to
people in line with their needs - 47% agreed
● 33% said resources had been the greatest barrier in making progress with implementing
personalisation
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/05/25/116868/social-workers-losing-faith-inpersonalisation.htm
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/05/25/116869/councils-dogged-by-slow-progresson-personalisation.htm
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/05/25/116867/bureaucracy-is-damagingpersonalisation-social-workers-say.htm
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/05/25/116855/The-rise-of-non-qualified-socialcare-staff-under-personalisation.htm
Headline 29 - USA Survey: The Social Life of Health Information, 2011
Findings are based on a national telephone survey conducted in August and September 2010 among
3,001 adults in the U.S.
The survey finds that, of the 74% of adults who use the internet:
80% of internet users have looked online for information about any of 15 health topics such as a
specific disease or treatment. This translates to 59% of all adults.
34% of internet users, or 25% of adults, have read someone else’s commentary or experience about
health or medical issues on an online news group, website, or blog.
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25% of internet users, or 19% of adults, have watched an online video about health or medical
issues.
24% of internet users, or 18% of adults, have consulted online reviews of particular drugs or medical
treatments.
18% of internet users, or 13% of adults, have gone online to find others who might have health
concerns similar to theirs.
16% of internet users, or 12% of adults, have consulted online rankings or reviews of doctors or
other providers.
15% of internet users, or 11% of adults, have consulted online rankings or reviews of hospitals or
other medical facilities.
Of those who use social network sites (62% of adult internet users, or 46% of all adults):
23% of social network site users, or 11% of adults, have followed their friends’ personal health
experiences or updates on the site.
17% of social network site users, or 8% of adults, have used social networking sites to remember or
memorialize other people who suffered from a certain health condition.
15% of social network site users, or 7% of adults, have gotten any health information on the sites.
Of adults who use the internet:
27% of internet users, or 20% of adults, have tracked their weight, diet, exercise routine or some
other health indicators or symptoms online.
6% of internet users, or 4% of adults, have posted comments, questions or information about health
or medical issues on a website of any kind, such as a health site or news site that allows comments
and discussion.
4% of internet users, or 3% of adults, have posted their experiences with a particular drug or medical
treatment.
4% of internet users, or 3% of adults, have posted a review online of a doctor.
3% of internet users, or 2% of adults, have posted a review online of a hospital.
Of adults who use social network sites:
14% of social network site users, or 6% of adults, have raised money for or drawn attention to a
health-related issue or cause.
11% of social network site users, or 5% of adults, have posted comments, queries, or information
about health or medical matters.
9% of social network site users, or 4% of adults, have started or joined a health-related group on a
social networking site.
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http://cl.exct.net/?qs=5a3f2858e8419b236934b845c8cb1519fc86a7d064ffc7572648814b6e48f287
Headline 30 - Worcester - 'Spy in the sky' keeps Andy safe
Andrew Burley of Church Walk, Upton-upon-Severn, has regained his independence and no longer
worries his family when he goes out alone because of a “buddi” which he has been using since
January. Mr Burley, who was diagnosed with dementia in August last year, has been issued the buddi
on permanent loan from Worcestershire County Council Telecare Team which works in partnership
with community mental health teams, and currently has 20 buddis out on loan. The articles indicates
that more than 200 UK local authorities are using buddi.
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9043720._Spy_in_the_sky__keeps_Andy_safe/
Headline 31 - First 4G LTE trials to begin in UK
LTE can potentially offer higher broadband speeds that can support telemedicine video links. Verizon
are rolling out LTE is some parts of the USA.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8534724/First-4G-LTE-trials-to-begin-in-UK.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/25/bt-trial-4g-broadband-in-uk
Headline 32 - Post-op app helps patients monitor infections
Gentag has developed a new app that can sense pressure, elevated temperature and other signs of
post-surgical infection. The technology uses skin patches embedded with radio frequency
identification (RFID) sensors. The sensors identify tissue swelling and increased temperature, and
transmit that information wirelessly to a patient's cell phone via near-field-communication (NFC)
technology. Patients can self-monitor their own surgical sites from home, and hopefully identify
incipient infections and prevent re-hospitalizations. Full commercial launch is set for 2012, starting
with monitors to identify swelling inside of casts. The technology eventually will be used to monitor
pressure points to prevent pressure ulcers, Gentag officials say.
http://www.fiercemobilehealthcare.com/story/new-post-op-app-helps-patients-monitorinfections/2011-05-19
Headline 33 - Improving the telecare service in East Sussex – online survey
http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/consultation/2011/telecarestrategy/telecareservices.ht
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Headline 34 - Smartheart Launching Personal Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Free App
The SHL Telemedicine device is a lightweight personal electrocardiogram (or ECG) that allows
realtime monitoring. There is a smartphone app that connects to the ECG wirelessly. The app will
record results and email them to a physician. The app can monitor degradations in the health of your
heart, as well as identify an irregular or abnormal heart condition and send an alert to the user.
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2011/05/24/smartheart-launching-personal-electrocardiogramecg-and-free-app/
Events, conferences, courses
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Scottish Technology Showcase 2011 (7 June 2011) Glasgow
https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/scottish-technology-showcase-2011
Assisted Living Innovation Platform Annual Showcase Event (8th June 2011) Glasgow
https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/assisted-living-innovation-platform-annual-showcase-event
CUHTec: Using telecare to reduce the cost and increase the effectiveness of re-ablement and
intermediate care 8 June 2011, York
http://www.cuhtec.org.uk/download/FDetailsReableJune11-1.pdf
CUHTec: Assistive technology and telecare for learning disability services 9 June 2011 York
http://www.cuhtec.org.uk/download/FDetailsLDJune11-1.pdf
Smart Healthcare Live – the UK’s leading event for healthcare ICT Excel 14-15 June 2011
http://www.smarthealthcarelive.com/
3rd European Connected Health Leadership Summit Brussels, 14 - 15 June 2011
http://echcampus.com/
Mobile Health Expo NYC 21-23 June 2011
http://www.mobilehealthexpo.com/
Dementia care in the community / Technology in Dementia Care 30 June 2011 Birmingham
http://www.careinfo.org/jjcommtech.php
Whole System Demonstrator Programme (WSDAN) Roadshow – Hull – 30 June 2011
http://www2.hull.ac.uk/pgmi/centre%20for%20telehealth/wsdan.aspx
NHS Confederation in Manchester 6-8 July 2011
Paul Rice advises there will also be a QIPP strand in the NHS Confederation Conference focusing on
Telehealth.
http://conference.nhsconfed.org/Pages/default.aspx
The changing NHS and implications for Med Tech companies Leeds 6 July 2011
http://www.futurehealthtech.org/events/3-other-events/51-the-changing-nhs-a-implications-formed-tech-companies
Eighth Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference and Exhibition 2011 San Diego, California 11-12 July
2011
http://tcbi.org/index.php?conference=hu2011
The International Telecare & Telehealth Conference 2011, London, 14-16 November 2011
http://www.telecare.org.uk/information/42301/48936/conference_11/
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The Kings’ Fund - International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare 2012 (early booking announced)
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/events/international.html
UK Links
2020Health: Our response to the Future Forum
http://2020health.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/our-response-to-the-future-forum/
800,000 'not given help with social care'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13559024?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Alvolution Flexible Homes Events - 5 April, 29 June & 29 September 2011
http://www.appliedeventology.co.uk/flexible-homes/
BMA Launches Online Toolkit And Guide To Ethical Procurement
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/225754.php
Can Technology Help Disabled People?
http://www.silvercareuk.com/visualy-impaired/can-technology-help-disabledpeople?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Care is failing 1.5 million people with learning disabilities
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/31/care-failing-those-with-learning-disability
CC Live: Burstow gets tough with PCTs over social care cash
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/05/18/116835/cc-live-burstow-gets-tough-withpcts-over-social-care-cash.htm
Community Care: Social workers say personalisation will fail most service users
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/05/25/116868/social-workers-losing-faith-inpersonalisation.htm
Competition Vs Collaboration in health
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13449140
Councils axe £1bn of funding for elderly and disabled care
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8510705/Councils-axe-1bn-of-funding-for-elderly-anddisabled-care.html
Diabetes test campaign planned - Pharmacies in Wales will offer free risk assessments for the most
common type of diabetes in an attempt to uncover the thousands of undiagnosed people who have
the disease
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/diabetes/diabetes-testcampaign-
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planned/5029975.article?referrer=RSS&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_camp
aign=Managing+Long+Term+Conditions
DH: ‘You’re Welcome’ quality criteria will help health services become more young-people friendly
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/Features/DH_126916?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=t
witter
Dilnot Commission told to reduce means-testing in care system
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/05/18/116828/dilnot-commission-told-to-reducemeans-testing-in-care-system.htm
Download: How GPs reduced outpatient referrals (UK)
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=48&storycode=4129512&c=1&utm_source=tw
itterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
East Lancashire stroke victims to be assessed by video link
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/burnley/9055958.East_Lancashire_stroke_victims_to_
be_assessed_by_video_link/
Elderly care costs could treble says OECD
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13437528
Elderly residents’ fears over housing services (Bury)
http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/local/elderly_residents_fears_over_housing_services_1_271
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First 4G LTE trials to begin in UK
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8534724/First-4G-LTE-trials-to-begin-in-UK.html
Full Fact looks at how much of the NHS budget is spent on treating chronic conditions
http://fullfact.org/factchecks/nhs_budget_chronic_care_long_term_conditions-2731
Future Homes: Building better lifestyles for an ageing population (UK)
http://towardslifetime21.eventbrite.com/
Government to fund housing advice service for older people
http://www.gatewayhousing.org.uk/news/news-articles/government-to-fund-housing-adviceservice-for-older-people,726,ART.html
GP dashboard gives real-time urgent care data
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=40&storycode=4129222&c=1&utm_source=tw
itterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
GPs told to cut hospital attendance by 15% in a year(Tunstall)
http://tunstall-telehealthcare.blogspot.com/2011/05/gps-told-to-cut-hospital-attendance-by.html
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Guardian: Tameside and Glossop uses telehealth to save on COPD
http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/may/26/tameside-glossop-telehealthsavings-copd
Have Your Say on Future of Community Alarm Service (Durham)
http://www.newtonnews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3042:have-yoursay-on-future-of-community-alarm-service
Helping people with dementia to stay at home could save NHS millions
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=970
How the Lake District could host a telehealth revolution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/may/27/patient-lake-district-telehealthrevolution
How to deliver scalable telehealth programmes....that work! - Alere Masterclass – June dates in
London and Stockport
http://www.alere.co.uk/primary-care-services/articles/how-to-deliver-scalable-telehealthprogrammes----that-work---alere-masterclass-183/text.htm
How will we care for the centenarians of the future?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/23/future-policy-elderly-care-onown?CMP=twt_gu
http://tunstall-telehealthcare.blogspot.com/2011/05/telehealth-will-help-meetgrowing.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.carers.org/news/scottish-parties-pledge-commitment-carers
Improving the telecare service in East Sussex – online survey
http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/consultation/2011/telecarestrategy/telecareservices.ht
m
Keeping recoveries 'on track'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13373877
Law Commision Report calls for major social care revamp
http://www.carers.org/news/law-commission-report-calls-major-social-care-revamp
Live Q&A: How can local government work with GP consortiums
http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2011/may/17/local-government-gpcommissioning-nhs-reforms
Maudsley builds PHR on HealthVault
http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/ehi/6903
Mike Farrar: 'The NHS has to be managed properly'
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/25/mike-farrar-opponent-nhs-reforms
ndrew Lansley sees iPad spinal surgery recovery tracker
http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/may/13/andrew-lansley-ipad-spinal-surgeryrecovery-tracker
NHS cuts driving healthcare opportunities - Government cuts affecting NHS primary care trusts
(PCTs) will be the key driver in the adoption of new patient care technologies, according to venture
capitalist Albion Ventures
http://www.whatinvestment.co.uk/funds/equities/smaller-companies/1625858/nhs-cuts-drivinghealthcare-opportunities.thtml
NHS reforms live blog - can health and social care work together?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/blog/2011/may/27/nhs-health
NHS reforms live blog - how much information do you really want?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/blog/2011/may/24/nhs-reforms-live-blog
NHS reforms live blog - Nick Clegg delays health reforms
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/blog/2011/may/26/nhs-reforms-live-blog
NHS reforms live blog - what would you ask the health secretary?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/blog/2011/may/23/nhs-reforms-live-blog
NHS reforms live blog - who's responsible for the nation's health?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/25/nhs-reforms-blog-minutebyminute
Nurses will need new 'skillset' to cope with personal health budgets
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/long-term-conditions/nurseswill-need-new-skillset-to-cope-with-personal-health-budgets/5030275.article
Our response to the Future Forum
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/mental-health/depressionmajor-problem-for-nursing-home-residents/5030380.article?referrer=RSS
Palliative care review will call for dedicated nurse for every patient
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/end-of-life-and-palliativecare/palliative-care-review-will-call-for-dedicated-nurse-for-everypatient/5030098.article?referrer=RSS
Pharmacists target new patients for medication checks
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=35&storycode=4129622&c=2
Prince Charles to visit Magna Careline at Poundbury
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/9049958.Prince_s_Poundbury_visit_is_a_coup_for_Magna/
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Private Healthcare Network Map
http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Private_Healthcare_Network_Map
Scalpel, Android, iPhone: the NHS starts dispensing apps
http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/may/17/scalpel-android-iphone-nhsdispensing-apps
Social care failing disabled over 65s, says report - Age UK predicts more than 1m will be without
support by 2014
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/30/social-car-failing-disabled-pensioners-says-report
Specialist nurses boost care for lung cancer patients
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/cancer/specialist-nurses-boostcare-for-lung-cancer-patients/5030101.article?referrer=RSS
Telehealth will help meet the growing demand for care
http://tunstall-telehealthcare.blogspot.com/2011/05/telehealth-will-help-meetgrowing.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The King’s Fund – Chris Ham - Health reforms need major changes
http://www.onmedica.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=b85c1192-7f04-4d81-9260-c191804126ed
The King's Fund: Commission on Leadership and Management in the NHS
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/current_projects/leadership_commission/index.html
The King's Fund: Michael Dixon: To make and buy or not to make and buy
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/multimedia/dixon_gp_consortia.html
The King's Fund: Paul Zollinger-Read: Our ten priorities for commissioners
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/multimedia/paul_zollingerread_1.html
The King's Fund: Stephen Dorrell: The Commissioning Inquiry
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/multimedia/dorrellcommissioning.html
The King's Fund: The legal implications of GP commissioning
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/multimedia/gill_thomas.html
The King's Fund: Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissioners
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/articles/transforming_our.html
The single practice pathfinder
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=40&storycode=4129217&c=1&utm_source=tw
itterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The trouble with medical devices
http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d3123.full
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United Kingdom Department of Health using iPads for post-op orthopedic follow up
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2011/05/uk-department-health-ipads-conduct-postop-orthopedic/
Video link doctor saves stroke victim (UK)
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9055701.Video_link_doctor_saves_stroke_victim/
Will NHS changes affect us? (Isle of Man)
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/will_nhs_changes_affect_us_1_3420556
Worcester - 'Spy in the sky' keeps Andy safe
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9043720._Spy_in_the_sky__keeps_Andy_safe/
Links (other)
5 new hot spots where medicine and technology will converge
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/njio-fnh052611.php
A Nightshirt to Monitor Sleep
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37606/?p1=A3
Aera CT Continuous Wireless Cardiac Monitor
http://medgadget.com/2011/05/aera-ct-continuous-wireless-cardiac-monitor.html
Aetna Texting Program to Help Members Better Manage Diabetes
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110523006264/en/Aetna-Texting-Program-MembersManage-Diabetes
Also..Health IT Hits the Open Road
http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2011/05/health_it_hits_the_open_road.php?oref=latest_posts
Australian Telehealth Programme – some findings
http://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/2011/05/26/article/Trying-outtelehealth/GZGDRZMNBO.html
Avado turns health care into continuous care
http://www.digitalninjastl.com/blog/tag/remote-monitoring/
Benefit for Some HF Patients in Telemonitoring – continuing coverage over the TEHAF and TIM-HF
trials presented at the European Society of Cardiology's Heart Failure Congress
http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/HFC/26642
Clinical Trial Of Mobile Health Monitoring Solution Starts In Singapore
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226892.php
Clinical trial underway to develop new meter for checking glucose levels
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http://topnews.us/content/240647-clinical-trial-underway-develop-new-meter-checking-glucoselevels
Commission Seeks Views on How Best to Exploit Cloud Computing
http://www.ehealthnews.eu/research/2638-commission-seeks-views-on-how-best-to-exploit-cloudcomputing
Connecting mobile devices with EMRs
http://www.mobilehealthwatch.com/blog/connecting-mobile-devices-with-emrs
Differential Diagnosis i-Pocket app provides to the point differentials, but with drawbacks
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2011/05/differential-diagnosis-ipocket-tothepoint-differentialdiagnosis-albeit-drawbacks/
Doctors study benefit of remotely monitoring patients to reduce health care costs
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_18163714
Doctors Use Robotic Telemedicine Technology for Remote Patient Examination
http://www.azorobotics.com/news.aspx?newsID=1550
Duo-Fertility sensor and monitoring
http://www.duofertility.com/what-is-duofertility
Excluded Groups Want In On Health Information Technology Funding (USA)
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2011/May/23/Iwatch-Excluded-Groups-Health-IT.aspx
Exmovere Taking Orders for Biosensor Baby Pajama Evaluation Kits
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=222536
Favorite iPhone medical apps hit the Android market, and 5 iOS apps we’re hoping come to Android
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2011/05/favorite-iphone-medical-apps-android-market-ios-android/
FDA signals it will regulate medical apps
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/05/30/bica0530.htm
Final Rule Streamlines Telemedicine Credentialing & Privileging Process
http://www.healthcarereforminsights.com/2011/05/26/final-rule-streamlines-telemedicinecredentialing-privileging-process/
First telehealth pilot improves patients’ quality of life
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1105/S00158/first-telehealth-pilot-improves-patients-quality-oflife.htm
Five New Hot Spots Where Medicine And Technology Will Converge
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226722.php
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Five steps docs can take to avoid 'social media missteps'
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/five-steps-docs-can-take-avoid-social-media-missteps
For health IT firms, regulatory questions abound
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/for-health-it-firms-regulatory-questionsabound/2011/05/19/AFWMWF9G_print.html
Ford and WellDoc prototype mobile health in cars
http://mobihealthnews.com/10958/ford-and-welldoc-prototype-mobile-health-in-cars/
Ford developing car seat that tracks heart rate
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/chibrkbus-ford-developing-car-seat-thattracks-heart-rate-20110524,0,5353070.htmlstory
Ford Unveils Heart Monitoring Seats
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Ford-Heart-Monitor-Car-Seat,news-11319.html
Formative Evaluation of the Telecare Fall Prevention Project for Older Veterans
http://7thspace.com/headlines/383593/formative_evaluation_of_the_telecare_fall_prevention_pro
ject_for_older_veterans.html
Health care where we live, play, work and pray: how Ford & Toyota’s mhealth pilots fit into Whole
Health
http://healthpopuli.com/2011/05/23/health-care-where-we-live-play-work-and-pray-how-fordtoyotas-mhealth-pilots-fit-into-whole-health/
Health minister highlights Taiwan’s e-health services
http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2011/may/30/health-minister-highlights-taiwans-e-healthservic/
Healthcare funding models which effectively penalise doctors for keeping patients out of hospital
are acting as a brake on widespread adoption of teleheath services.
http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/government-tech-policy/47349-healthcare-funding-modeljeopardises-telehealthHealthcare Puts Tablets To The Test
http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/mobilewireless/229503427?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
Heart Failure Patients Monitored With Telemedicine: Patient Satisfaction, a Review of the Literature
http://www.onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-9164%2811%2900124-2/abstract
Here's a driving effort to monitor your diabetes
http://www.startribune.com/business/122154669.html
HOW TO: Build an SMS App Quickly & Easily
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http://mashable.com/2011/05/19/smsified/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_ca
mpaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29
http://singularityhub.com/2011/05/23/no-more-medical-record-hell-startup-looks-to-bring-doctorsand-patients-into-the-digital-age/
http://singularityhub.com/2011/05/23/no-more-medical-record-hell-startup-looks-to-bring-doctorsand-patients-into-the-digital-age/
IBM Expands Health Analytics Solution Center to Address Explosive Growth of Medical Information
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34610.wss
IBM uses 'Watson' analytics to increase smartphone, EHR capabilities
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ibm-uses-watson-analytics-increase-smartphone-ehrcapabilities
iHealth voted Best Medical App for Patients 2011
http://goarticles.com/article/iHealth-voted-Best-Medical-App-for-Patients-2011/4719589/
In sickness and in health, mobile apps are where it’s at
http://www.healthcarecommunication.com/Main/Articles/6816.aspx
In-car heart-rate sensors provide on-the-go readings
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/incar-heartrate-sensors-provideonthego-readings-2288757.html
'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicine
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gUcOBLoEFR1Zl012vgqM1puTRq9Q?docId=
538a2d727d2448bda056fc5ab2ffd4e9
Large Scale Deployment in China of 100,000 Patients Monitoring - what lessons can we learn?
http://www.echcampus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=238:-100000patients-on-remote-healthcare-monitoring-its-only-phase-one-&catid=15:latest-news&Itemid=86
Local GP group bags telehealth funding (Australia)
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/government/local-gp-group-bags-telehealthfunding/story-fn4htb9o-1226063167076
Location tracking needs permission, says EU group
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-management/2011/05/19/location-tracking-needspermission-says-eu-group-40092831/?s_cid=938&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications in Healthcare 2010-20
http://www.reportlinker.com/p0498665/Machine-to-Machine-M2M-Communications-inHealthcare-20.html
Medco, Verizon partner to make pharmacy information mobile
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http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/medco-verizon-partner-make-pharmacy-informationmobile
mHealth: Study May Show SMS Helpful in Timely Administering of Teen Medication
http://www.mobilemarketingwatch.com/mhealth-study-may-show-sms-helpful-in-timelyadministering-of-teen-medication-15628/
MIT Collaborates with Analog Devices and GE Global Research
http://www.onlinetmd.com/medical-device-manufacturing-design-engineering-mit-analog-devicege-global-research-052611.aspx
Mobile app helps users test hearing loss
http://www.intomobile.com/2011/05/19/mobile-app-helps-users-test-hearing-loss/
Mobile medicine
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2011/0527/1224297520760.html
Mobile operators to generate billions in revenues from hypochondriacs
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=465067
Mobile phones should be used to manage diabetes in poorer countries
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2011/May/mobile-phones-should-be-used-to-manage-diabetesin-poorer-countries-91174209.html
Mobile technology lets doctors check on patients with just a click
http://www2.journalnow.com/business/2011/may/29/med-apps-052911-ar-1071974/
Nebraska Legislature Sends Telemedicine Ban to Governor
http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/News2?abbr=daily2_&page=NewsArticle&id=28849
Newest Health Monitoring Devices For Women To Use During Exercise For Weight Loss
http://fastweightlosetips.com/17158/newest-health-monitoring-devices-for-women-to-use-duringexercise-for-weight-loss-2/
Patients 'should be allowed to self-refer for psychological therapies'
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=35&storycode=4129619&c=2
Pew’s Susannah Fox: Mobile health is at a crossroads
http://mobihealthnews.com/10963/pews-susannah-fox-mobile-health-is-at-a-crossroads/
Phone Oximeter peripheral measures pulse ox and respiratory rate, connects to iPhone
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2011/05/phone-oximeter-peripheral-pulse-ox-respiratory-rateiphone/
Post-op app helps patients monitor infections
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http://www.fiercemobilehealthcare.com/story/new-post-op-app-helps-patients-monitorinfections/2011-05-19
Prisons in South Korea adopt telemedicine
http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2011/may/18/south-korea-correctional-facilities-adopttelemedi/
Remote Consultations Present New Revenue Source for Physicians
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2011/5/16/remote-consultations-present-new-revenuesource-for-physicians.aspx#ixzz1Ns40Hts5
Robot brings dementia patients out of their shells
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-x-w-dementia-seal-0518-20110518,0,498840.story
Seven years and billions of dollars later, Health Accord goals only half met (Canada)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ipY_wE2YCBv0zykwI8aoz7Gf6K
Uw?docId=6992918
Single payer healthcare: Vermont's gentle revolution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/may/25/healthcarevermont?CMP=twt_gu
Smartheart - ECG linked to smartphone
http://www.getsmartheart.com/
Smartheart Launching Personal Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Free App
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2011/05/24/smartheart-launching-personal-electrocardiogramecg-and-free-app/
Social Networks, work and Network-Based Resources for the Management of Long Term Conditions:
a framework and study protocol for developing self care support
http://7thspace.com/headlines/384418/social_networks_work_and_network_based_resources_for
_the_management_of_long_term_conditions_a_framework_and_study_protocol_for_developing_s
elf_care_support_.html
State to offer remote home monitoring care (Ohio)
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/state-to-offer-remote-home-monitoringcare-1166152.html?cxtype=ynews_rss
Tapping into smart health
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/05/16/mobile_technology_is_changing_how
_we_think_about_health_care/?page=2
Team working in healthcare
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/05/atul-gawande-harvard-medicalschool-commencement-address.html#ixzz1NXTNCXsN
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Technology via 'telehealth' gives access to more patients
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_737787.html#ixzz1NUJnRSgB
Telehealth improves chronic care for underserved patients
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/telehealth-improves-chronic-care-underservedpatients/2011-05-23
Telehealth Use in Canada Grew by More Than 35 Per Cent Annually Over the Past 5 Years: National
Study
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/30/idUS107259+30-May-2011+MW20110530
Tele-ICU Saves Money as Well as Lives
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/tmj.2011.9995?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium
=social&utm_campaign=tmj
Tele-ICU technology improves patient outcomes, study finds
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/05/30/prsc0530.htm
TELUS Health Solutions shows how new personal health record will simplify communications
between consumer/patient and healthcare professional
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/27/c8063.html
The computer will see you now: Telehealth programs catch on (Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/the-computer-will-see-younow-telehealth-programs-catch-on/article2031925/
The Future of Social Media in Healthcare
http://blogs.perficient.com/healthcare/blog/2011/03/30/the-future-of-social-media-in-healthcare/
The Phone Oximeter peripheral measures pulse ox and respiratory rate, connects to iPhone
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2011/05/phone-oximeter-peripheral-pulse-ox-respiratory-rateiphone/
The text effect - transforming two-way patient communications
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/educators/the-text-effecttransforming-two-way-patient-communications/5030019.article
The world in 2020 From robotic-assisted healthcare to "people tracking", this is what the world will
look like in 2020.
http://realbusiness.co.uk/leadership/the_world_in_2020
Thousands more elderly forced to sell their homes as care home fees soar to £26,000
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392251/Care-home-fees-soar-26-000-year--thousandselderly-forced-sell-homes.html
Trying out telehealth (Australia)
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http://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/2011/05/26/article/Trying-outtelehealth/GZGDRZMNBO.html
United Telehealth Services Launches Turnkey Telehealth Programs for Hospitals and Providers
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110526006409/en/United-Telehealth-ServicesLaunches-Turnkey-Telehealth-Programs
USA Survey: The Social Life of Health Information, 2011
http://cl.exct.net/?qs=5a3f2858e8419b236934b845c8cb1519fc86a7d064ffc7572648814b6e48f287
Vic doctors want $328m for e-health (Australia)
http://delimiter.com.au/2011/04/27/vic-doctors-want-328m-for-e-health/
Virtual lung models set to personalise asthma and COPD treatment
http://www.24dash.com/news/health/2011-05-19-Virtual-lung-models-set-to-personalise-asthmaand-COPD-treatment
vNurse: Using virtualisation on mobile phones for remote health monitoring
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww
.deutsche-telekomlaboratories.de%2F~panhui%2Fpublications%2Fvnurse.pdf&rct=j&q=vNurse%3A%20Using%20virtua
lisation%20on%20mobile%20phones%20for%20remote%20health%20monitoring&ei=OoPkTeuKDMi
3hAehzanzBw&usg=AFQjCNFmLpu_wpwApLnMWNbFH6zQPGNtA&sig2=wlT7WFrRAULH3zVSiuUlPA&cad=rja
Waldo Health Working on Design of Remote ECG Heart Monitoring Sensor
http://www.azosensors.com/news.aspx?newsID=2688
Webinar: Medical devices need standard treatment
http://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_articles&article=27860&publicatio
n=29&view=portals
Why Social Media Won’t Change Healthcare
http://www.mobilehealthcaretoday.com/blogs/martin/2011/05/why-social-media-won-t-changehealthcare.aspx?cmpid=TW
Why the time is right to mix mobile and health
http://www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com/article/why-the-time-is-right-to-mix-mobile-and-health
Journals and studies
A multifactorial approach to falls prevention
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice-clinical-research/clinical-subjects/patient-safety/amultifactorial-approach-to-falls-prevention/5030090.article?referrer=RSS
A randomized controlled trial of home telerehabilitation for post-knee arthroplasty
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http://jtt.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/4/195
A systematic review of digital interactive television systems and their applications in the health and
social care fields
http://jtt.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/4/168
A systematic review of lifestyle monitoring technologies
http://jtt.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/4/185
Attitudes of heart failure patients and health care providers towards mobile phone-based remote
monitoring
http://science.icmcc.org/2011/05/24/attitudes-of-heart-failure-patients-and-health-care-providerstowards-mobile-phone-based-remote-monitoring/
Cardiac e-Learning: Development of a Web-Based Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Educational
System
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/tmj.2010.0108?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium
=social&utm_campaign=tmj
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and old age?
http://crd.sagepub.com/content/8/2/143.abstract
Electronic Prescriptions Are Slowly Spreading in the European Union
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/tmj.2010.0111?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium
=social&utm_campaign=tmj
Grief Among Family Members of Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia
http://journals.lww.com/ajgponline/Abstract/2011/06000/Grief_Among_Family_Members_of_Nurs
ing_Home.6.aspx
Integrating telecare for chronic disease management in the community: What needs to be done?
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/131
Limitations in physical functioning among older people as a predictor of subsequent disability in
instrumental activities of daily living
http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/05/23/ageing.afr054.abstract
Medical device recalls and transparency in the UK
http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d2973.full
New Canadian blood pressure education program a powerful tool in fight to reduce stroke
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/hasf-ncb052511.php
Study uncovers new way to look at long-term conditions such as diabetes
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2011/May/study-uncovers-new-way-to-look-at-long-termconditions-such-as-diabetes-91176421.html
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Telemonitoring Increases Patient Awareness of Health and Prompts Health-Related Action: Initial
Evaluation of the TELE-ERA Study
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/tmj.2010.0213?journalCode=tmj
Telephone-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
http://jtt.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/4/177
Text Messaging for Enhancement of Testing and Treatment for Tuberculosis, Human
Immunodeficiency Virus, and Syphilis: A Survey of Attitudes Toward Cellular Phones and Healthcare
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/tmj.2010.0164?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium
=social&utm_campaign=tmj
The compatibility of telehealth with health-care delivery
http://jtt.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/4/190
Using internet enabled mobile devices and social networking technologies to promote exercise as an
intervention for young first episode psychosis patients
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/11/80
'Walking Distance' Test an Accurate Indicator of Disease Severity in Patients With COPD, Study
Shows
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110515201311.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm
_medium=twitter
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