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CSIP Telecare eNewsletter
July 2008
Welcome to the July 2008 newsletter. The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP
Networks) is responsible for providing general implementation support to organisations building
their telecare and telehealth programmes.
If you are an organisation implementing telecare and have an interesting local telecare or
telehealth story for inclusion in a future newsletter then e-mail Mike Clark (newsletter editor, CSIP
Networks) at telecare@csip.org.uk
Please note, some adjustments have been made to the CSIP Networks web site – the main URL is
now www.networks.csip.org.uk
Telecare shortcuts:
www.networks.csip.org.uk/telecarefactsheets
www.networks.csip.org.uk/telecarenewsletters
www.networks.csip.org.uk/telecareservices
www.networks.csip.org.uk/telecareoutcomes
WSD Action Network:
http://www.wsdactionnetwork.org.uk/
Notes:
1 CSIP Networks is not responsible for the content of external links and does not endorse
any suppliers or their products.
2 CSIP Networks will be making some further adjustments to its web site pages and links in the next
few weeks as telecare is re-positioned to operate alongside WSDAN. Some older factsheets will be
updated or removed where they are no longer relevant. All current URLs will map across to the new
arrangements so bookmarked pages will still work OK. The august newsletter will list all of the
detailed changes.
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Contents
Item 1 Provides further information about the Whole system Demonstrator Action Network – Page
3
Item 2 Covers the recent extra care announcement – Page 4
Item 3 Refers to the upcoming supplement for September – Page 5
Item 4 covers the recent launch of i4i – Invention for Innovation – Page 5
Item 5 – Refers to a European Commission call on ageing well with cognitive problems – Page 6
Item 6 Covers additional references and links for July 2008 – page 7
Item 7 refers to upcoming events – Page 26
Appendix covers the rules for the September supplement – Page 27
Glossary:
ALIP – Assisted Living Innovation Platform
AT – Assistive Technology
BERR – Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
CSCI – Commission for Social Care Inspection
DCLG – Department for Communities and Local Government
FACS – Fair Access to Care Services
i4i – Invention for Innovation
NHS CfH – NHS Connecting for Health
NHS PASA – NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
PT Grant or PTG – Preventative Technology Grant
TSA – Telecare Services Association
TSB – Technology Strategy Board
WSDAN – Whole System Demonstrator (Long Term Conditions) Action Network
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1 WSD Action Network – registration now available
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Over 150 people have now registered in the first couple of weeks for the new web site which will become
the main reference point for progress on the Whole system Demonstrators. The site provides reading
rooms for telecare, telehealth and telemedicine with more developments to come in the next few months. If
you are looking at the evidence for these technologies as part of health, housing and social care support
from around the world, then this will be the site to visit.
The web site for the network is:
www.wsdactionnetwork.org.uk
Public access to the site and registration is now open. For registration go to
http://www.wsdactionnetwork.org.uk/about_wsdan/register_for_updates.html
The following WSDAN activities will be commencing in September 2008:
 First meeting of Steering Group for programme and governance arrangements
 First meeting of 10-12 sites involved in the action research
 First newsletter for people who have registered on the site (don’t forget to register)
There will be a series of roadshows as part of the WSDAN programme which will commence in late 2008 or
early 2009.
As WSDAN moves forwards and the first newsletter is issued, the CSIP Networks telecare programme will
become part of Independent Living Choices and Care Closer to Home. The CSIP Telecare Newsletter will
continue but will not be duplicating WSDAN materials. The September CSIP newsletter will feature the
CSCI performance figures for 2008 and the work of the Telecare Advisory Network as well as 21CN. A
major report on the Preventative Technology Grant which brings together information from 2006 through to
2008 will also be available in September. This includes the feedback on this year’s CSCI questions about
outcomes, mainstreaming and sustainability. If your organisation has case studies and evaluations relevant
to the Preventative Technology Grant that we do not know about, please send a copy to Mike Clark at
telecare@csip.org.uk.
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2 Extra care sites announced
On 21 July, Social Care Minister Ivan Lewis announced a further 25 new extra care sites. These sites will
make use of telecare, telehealth and other assistive technologies to support people to remain independent
in their own homes.
Extra care housing - 25 new sites announced
Health and Care Minister Ivan Lewis today (Monday 21 July) announced the sites that will benefit from
£80million of Government funding to build extra care housing, enabling more older people and those with
dementia and long-term conditions to live in a home of their own. He will today be presenting the successful
Barnsley extra care housing scheme with a cheque for £3.8 million together with Sir Michael Parkinson.
People who are unable to continue to live in their own homes have traditionally had their choices limited to
care homes, creating a number of problems including couples finding they can no longer live together.
Extra care housing gives people a home of their own where wide ranges of care and support services are
provided on site. Tenants enjoy greater privacy, dignity and independence, couples can stay together, and
social and leisure opportunities can be enjoyed at the resident's convenience. In addition, homeowners may
be able to keep some of the equity in their property.
Health Minister Ivan Lewis said:
"I am delighted to announce these 25 successful extra care housing sites.
"Extra care housing is about offering people a choice. Too often I hear of cases where a couple who have
been together for over fifty years are forced apart because one requires care and has no choice but to enter
residential or nursing care leaving their partner at home. I want to change that. Extra care housing will give
people a choice about how and where they choose to spend their later life."
The Department of Health has already allocated £147 million to Local Authorities for extra care housing
between 2004 and 2008. This further £80 million, bringing the total investment to £227 million, will be
allocated over the next two years to the 25 successful schemes.
The schemes which had bid for funding were assessed on a number of qualities, including:
provision of flats with a minimum of one double bedrooms so that couples could be housed together
demonstrating commitment to ensuring the dignity of their residents offering choice and putting
personalisation high on their agenda making use of Telecare, telehealth and other assistive technology to
support residents to live independently in their own homes helping people with dementia to remain
independent for as long as possible.
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=374598&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepar
tment=False
The July 2008 Housing LIN Newsletter includes more information on the 25 extra care sites.
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http://www.networks.csip.org.uk/IndependentLivingChoices/Housing/Topics/type/resource/?cid=3767
3 Supplement for September 2008 – contributions welcome
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If you are a manufacturer or supplier of telecare and telehealth equipment, we have another supplement
coming up in September this year. We are particularly interested to hear about case studies and
evaluations.
For this edition, we are also interested to hear from other organisations outside of local authorities or PCTs
who are implementing, researching or evaluating telecare and telehealth in England.
Appendix 1 has the simple rules to follow if you are interested in contributing.
The September newsletter will also have the breakdowns of the 2008 CSCI figures, this covers outturns for
2007/8, projections for 2008/9 and responses to the questions on outcomes, mainstreaming and
sustainability.
4 i4i (Invention for Innovation) Launches
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The i4i Invention for Innovation Programme launched to healthcare product innovators on 16 July 2008 at
the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London.
Professor Lord Darzi, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, welcomed i4i as a timely
contribution to innovation research supporting the NHS. He said: "Initiatives such as i4i will help us to
achieve the best care for a 21st century health service."
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i4i will fund future product development through three funding streams for investigators. It is also the
umbrella for NIHR investment in the pilot Healthcare Technology Co-operatives as well as other
partnerships through the i4i Challenge Fund for Innovation.
Programme calls are available at http://www.nihrccf.org.uk/site/callsproposals/default.cfm;jsessionid=f0302337aec3b94d3aa4533b697f74256377
The programmes under the umbrella of i4i include:
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New and Emerging Applications of Technology (NEAT)
Health Technology Devices (HTD)
Pilot Healthcare Technology Co-operatives (HTCs)
Challenge Fund for Innovation supporting
o NIHR involvement in Assisted Living Innovation Platform
o NIHR involvement in Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme
o NIHR involvement with Medical Futures
o NIHR involvement in MATCH PLUS project
Main site:
http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/i4i/default.cfm
5 European Commission call – ageing well with cognitive problems
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This call for a pilot has recently been picked up by Graham Worsley from the Technology Strategy Board
(TSB). It has a closure date of 9 September 2008.
Section 1.4 of CIP-ICT PSP-2008-2 1.4 is the relevant section covering ICT for ageing well with cognitive
problems, combining assistive and independent living technologies.
Here is the text from the slide presentation linked at the end of the article.
Objective:
Improve quality of life and social care for the ageing population by combining assistive technologies with
independent living platforms to compensate for cognitive problems or mild dementia.
Target outcome and characteristics:
-Demand driven pilots; public-private partnerships building on regional actions, the whole value chain (e.g.
care service providers, housing corporations and insurance organisations); strong involvement of users,
families and carers.
- Solutions providing: cognitive training, activation and reinforcement for the elderly; support to day-to-day
activities and social interactions. Full scale validation.
- Complete set of common specifications for technology and end to end services.
- Socio-economic evidence for ICT investments in the field (cost-benefit, user satisfaction); sustainable
business models; larger-scale sustainable uptake and replication beyond the pilot.
– Standards; interoperability; ethical and privacy issues.
Expected impact:
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– Substantially prolonging the time that elderly people with cognitive problems or mild dementia can live
independently at home and be supported in their day-to-day activities in a socially integrated manner.
– Increase of independence and quality of life of older people, their families and carers
– Increased market potential for European industry, in particular SMEs.
TSB and CSIP Networks would be interested to hear of any submissions from England.
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/documents/4_ICTPSP_Info%20Day.pdf
6 Additional links and references
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News and publications from the Department of Health for July 2008:
Putting people at the heart of health
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=373464&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepar
tment=False
End of Life Care Strategy - promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086277
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=374013&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepar
tment=False
Third Sector Investment Programme: Innovation Excellence and Service Development Fund 2009-10 information pack for third sector organisations
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086328
Modernising allied health professions (AHP) careers: a competence-based career framework
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086264
Changing times: Sustaining long-term performance against 'Call Connect' for NHS ambulance services
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086296
Health informatics review report
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086073
Delivering care closer to home: meeting the challenge
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086052
Research and development work relating to assistive technology 2007-08. Presented pursuant to section
22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086057
DH chooses 40 bodies for information accreditation
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/dh_chooses_40_bodies_for_information_accreditation
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/PatientChoice/Choice/BetterInformationChoicesHealth/Informationaccr
editation/index.htm
Other references and links:
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House of Lords – 21 July 2008
Baroness Greengross asked Her Majesty’s Government:
What plans they have to encourage the use of telehealth and telecare technology to help the
management of long-term conditions.
Baroness Thornton: My Lords, these technologies hold much promise, but they are not as widespread as
they could be, primarily because the commissioners remain unconvinced of their effectiveness and value
for money. That is why we are now undertaking what we believe to be the largest randomised control trial of
telehealth and telecare in the world. We hope to be able to demonstrate how the technology actually works
and how it can improve the lives of people.
Baroness Greengross: My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that reply. However, in 2002 the
Government set a target for all homes requiring telecare to have access to it by the end of 2010, and in May
this year the Secretary of State announced the rollout of the whole system demonstrators in three areas.
These pilots were first proposed in January 2006. Will the noble Baroness explain why it has taken quite so
long to implement the whole system demonstrators and how the Government intend to ensure that their
targets are met?
Baroness Thornton: My Lords, the noble Baroness is right to be concerned about delays, but the reality is
that the commissioners do need to be convinced about the use of telehealth and telecare. The 2010 date
arises from an early paper in 2002 about rolling out telemonitoring as one of a range of options to be
considered. Since then, the Government have established an £80 million fund to support promoting and
embedding telecare services. The whole system demonstrator referred to by the noble Baroness was
launched in May this year; it should have been launched in the new year but was delayed due to the
complexity of setting up such an important research programme. Finally, we are establishing an action
learning network by the King’s Fund which will run alongside the research. It aims to take up any positive
early learning that flows from the demonstrator project and roll that out as well without waiting for its final
evaluation.
Lord Swinfen: My Lords, will the Government ensure that where a patient has been fitted with a heart
monitor or a blood pressure monitor for 24 hours, that information is e-mailed to the consultant immediately
or as soon as possible after it is removed from the patient so that the patient can be treated immediately
and before their condition deteriorates? They may well have to wait four months before they see their
consultant again, and the consultant will probably have forgotten about them.
Baroness Thornton: My Lords, the noble Lord points exactly to the benefits of telehealth, which involves
electronic sensors and equipment that will monitor people’s health. For example, those with COPD and
breathing difficulties will monitor their own oxygen levels at home, but that information will also go directly to
the clinician or expert in the area who can monitor the levels and get in touch with the individual within days
in order to avert, for example, hospital admittance. The noble Lord is completely right about how it should
work.
Baroness Tonge: My Lords, an article in this week’s BMJ written by a general practitioner says that the
transfer of ordinary in-patient reports, X-rays and scans still takes weeks to reach GPs, and hence the
patients, and that this delays their treatment. The situation is so bad that some NHS managers are
considering outsourcing medical secretarial work to India. Will the Minister admit that neither telehealth nor
the new IT system that we hear so much about addresses this basic problem, and will she resolve to tackle
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the matter urgently during the Recess?
Baroness Thornton: My Lords, I think that the noble Baroness is suggesting that I should not have a
holiday. As we have discussed in the House before, issues about new technology and rolling out
information technologies—which are of enormous benefit within the health service—take time to resolve
and there will be problems. However, I undertake to explore the issue that the noble Baroness raised, and
to do so during the Summer Recess.
Baroness Knight of Collingtree: My Lords, will the Minister confirm that, however health technology may
advance, she will ensure that what happens in so many large organisations does not happen in this field?
From BT to councils and even Parliament itself, it is quite impossible to talk to a real person on the
telephone. If that should develop here, you would have to have a very long-term condition indeed before it
could be cured.
Baroness Thornton: My Lords, I have some sympathy with the noble Baroness, having spent some time
this weekend on the telephone trying to deal not with the health service but with another part of technology.
Telecare and telehealth aim to help people to stay at home. Bed sensors, for example, will tell a warden
that someone may have gone to the loo but has not got back into bed. That will give an early warning. It is
about providing people with personal care where they most need it.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/80721-0001.htm
Telecare puts cardiology expertise in the heart of Southampton's primary care
http://www.bjhcim.co.uk/features/2008/807002.htm
Councils unprepared for England's ageing population (Audit Commission)
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/reports/NATIONALREPORT.asp?CategoryID=ENGLISH^573^SUBJECT^17^REPORTS-AND-DATA^ACREPORTS&ProdID=D1391254-78F6-42b8-92A1-53004A972E34
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/reports/PRESS-RELEASE.asp?CategoryID=&ProdID=F9B2600A-62B0-4adc8A30-BE8FBAC85E7E
BT to invest £1.5bn in next-generation access
http://fibresystems.org/cws/article/news/35035
Visa Europe signs with BT for 21CN
http://www.itpro.co.uk/604617/visa-europe-signs-with-bt-for-21cn
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=98CEE133-B8E1-4066-9617-1BE618C6FCCF
BT to roll out fibre network
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=263509
http://www.prnewsnow.com/Public_Release/Health%20And%20Fitness/215341.html
NuPhysicia LLC Selects CareTone Ultra from American TeleCare Inc. as its Digital Stethoscope
http://www.prnewsnow.com/Public_Release/Health%20And%20Fitness/215341.html
The Good Communication Awards – Cheshire telecare commended
http://www.gcawards.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=41
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Pensioners hand back alarms in price protest
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/733590?UserKey=0
High quality care for all: King’s Fund briefing on NHS Next Stage Review final
http://kingsfund.blogs.com/health_management/2008/07/high-quality-care-for-all-briefing-on-nhs-next-stage-reviewfinal-report.html
NICE to redesign quality framework, Darzi tells MPs
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/rss/news/article/832758/NICE-redesign-quality-framework-Darzi-tells-MPs/
Lord Darzi's NHS Review highlights telemedical cardiac monitoring ...
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16649
http://www.24dash.com/news/Health/2008-07-16-Lord-Darzi-s-NHS-Review-Highlights-Broomwell-s-Award-WinningService-as-an-Example-of-Best-Practice-in-Bringing-Care-Closer-to-Home
Swindells says Darzi 50 per cent about information
http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/3954/swindells_says_darzi_50_per_cent_about_information
CPPC Calls For A National Framework In England To Help Millions Suffering From Long Term Chronic
Pain
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113772.php
Blood pressure treatment may help keep mind clear
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/07/14/blood_pressure_treatment_may_help_keep_mind_clear/
Use your brain or lose it, brain will shrink with less activity
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24016885-5007185,00.html
A Dying Refrain
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article4347053.ece
Dementia patient makes 'amazing' progress after using infrared helmet
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23516218details/Dementia+patient+makes+'amazing'+progress+after+using+infrared+helmet/article.do
Thousands of people with Alzheimer's disease in this country are ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/13/mentalhealth.health
Treating blood pressure may help prevent dementia (Reuters)
http://nutritionnshyqudie.blogspot.com/2008/07/treating-blood-pressure-may-help.html
Project Lifesaver
http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2008/07/03/local_news/doc486a8b544ebb8320909251.txt
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2235360/Women-over-90-more-likely-to-suffer-dementia-than-men.html
Women over 90 more likely to suffer dementia than men
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2235360/Women-over-90-more-likely-to-suffer-dementia-than-men.html
Campaigners warn against diabetes risk
http://www.stv.tv/news/Campaigners_warn_against_diabetes_risk_080707110230350
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Three levels of standards needed to achieve interoperability in EHRs
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ehealth/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=42A98577-A796-4C69-941CBEE2B418E52F&copyid=C1BEFBE9-7BE1-4E04-931A-DD1EA8812492
International terminology toolset in development
http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/3966/international_health_terminology_toolset_in_development
Shropshire PCT implements electronic safety alerts
E-Health Primary Care - http://www.ehiprimarycare.com
NHS Choices selects Capita as preferred bidder
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/nhs_choices_selects_capita_as_preferred_bidder
Personal E-health Records May Give Automation a Push
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=management&articleId
=320975&taxonomyId=14&intsrc=kc_feat
NHS Choices publishes long term conditions guides
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/nhs_choices_publishes_long_term_conditions_guides
FDA approves Intel home medical device
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-intel11-2008jul11,0,6637386.story
CfH to support trusts with 'interim' systems
http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/3938/cfh_to_support_trusts_with_'interim'_systems
Intel gets FDA OK for personal health system
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1094298120080710
NHS informatics review set to stress continuity
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/nhs_informatics_review_set_to_stress_continuity
Keeping A Food Diary Doubles Diet Weight Loss, Study Suggests
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080708080738.htm
E-Health: a market waiting to be consolidated
http://telcommunicator.blogspot.com/
New information tools promised for commissioning
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/new_information_tools_promised_for_commissioning
Access to NHS care records may be widened
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/access_to_nhs_care_records_may_be_widened
Commission issues interoperability statement
http://www.hospitalhealthcare.com/default.asp?title=Commissionissuesinteroperabilitystatement&page=article.display
&article.id=12131
Scotland commits to incremental e-health
http://ehealtheurope.net/news/3904/scotland_commits_to_incremental_e-health
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Body calls EU to integrate e-health into daily health agenda ...
http://www.hospitaliteurope.com/default.asp?title=BodycallsEUtointegrateehealthintodailyhealthagenda&page=article.display&article.id=12093
Europe aims for borderless electronic health records
http://www.ehealtheurope.net/news/3911/europe_aims_for_borderless_electronic_health_records
eHealth initiatives to support medical assistance while travelling ...
http://www.healthtechwire.com/Pressrelease.146+M5b6937600ed.0.html
"Don't Delay EHealth" Advises Health First Europe
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113535.php
Wales opens new health informatics lab
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/wales_opens_new_health_informatics_lab
Asklepios rolls out video conferencing to all doctors
http://www.ehealtheurope.net/news/3909/asklepios_rolls_out_video_conferencing_to_all_doctors
EMIS and INPS plan integrated IT system
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/3901/emis_and_inps_plan_integrated_it_system
QoF to be re-focused on health promotion
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/qof_to_be_re-focused_on_health_promotion
Scotland launches e-health strategy for 2008
http://www.hospitaliteurope.com/default.asp?title=Scotlandlaunchesehealthstrategyfor2008&page=article.display&article.id=12067
Darzi review stresses choice and information
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/darzi_review_stresses_choice_and_information
Scottish GPs to get choice of systems
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/3900/scottish_gps_to_get_choice_of_systems
Government-Diabetes.Org Launches Financial Assistance for Diabetics on Medicare
http://www.freepressreleases.co.uk/Press_Releases/Business/GovernmentDiabetes.Org_Launches_Financial_Assistance_for_Diabetics_on_Medicare_2008070223906/
J&J unit gets FDA approval for insulin pump
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/advamed/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=2A37F0DD-A5C2-43D5-9B157245C33738D2&copyid=8BAF61BF-1D17-45FE-9565-D271A21FEAB1
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1726998/
New scheme aims to help dying stay at home
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/2008/07/die_at_home.html
Fall detector brings speedy help to Arthur
http://ts5.gazettelive.co.uk/2008/07/fall_detector_brings_speedy_he.html
http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/health-and-social-care/1adult-services/telecare-and-care-link/care-linkand-telecare.en;jsessionid=4AF8FE92558BC24D01CD32C39A326AF5
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e-Forum telecare Learning Journey takes place in London
http://www.eu-forum.org/article.php3?id_article=822
EC unleashes €600m for development of new digital solutions for the elderly
http://euroalert.net/en/news.aspx?idn=7468
Intel's Health-Monitoring Tech May Face Rocky Road to Adoption
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/Intels-Health-Monitoring-Tech-May-Face-Rocky-Road-to-Adoption-63816.html
Animas to Launch its Wireless Glucose Management System by Mid-August
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2008/07/10/5820.html
Enfora Unleash Unbound Wireless Patient Monitoring Solutions
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk29-08-0006.htm
BodyTel to Launch GlucoTel System in August
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1742530/
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring Effective In Diabetes Care
http://www.emaxhealth.com/23/22728.html
A Sobering Warning on RFID in Hospitals
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/4170/1/128/
Seizing the Opportunity Scotland Telecare Strategy 2008 - 2010
http://www.telecare.org.uk/news/42255/47268/seizing_the_opportunity_scotland.htm
Self-reported diabetes is associated with self-management behaviour
http://7thspace.com/headlines/286192/self_reported_diabetes_is_associated_with_self_management_behaviour_a_c
ohort_study.html
100 people a week lose limb due to diabetes
http://www.onmedica.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=8c4c3440-2426-4ead-87de-17b0ad8f5003
New rules for healthcare
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-oew-kuriyan7-2008jul07,0,2006507.story
Telecare puts cardiology expertise in the heart of Southampton's primary care
http://www.bjhcim.co.uk/features/2008/807002.htm
Invicta Telecare celebrate Independence Day
http://www.24dash.com/news/Housing/2008-07-16-Invicta-Telecare-celebrate-Independence-Day
t+ Medical acquires Vivatec Ltd
http://www.mtbeurope.info/news/2008/807016.htm
WiFiMed Holdings Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Purchase iTelecare
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/wifimed-holdings-signs-memorandumunderstanding/story.aspx?guid=%7B106ACC52-163A-42AC-A67A-2BD47E0818A3%7D&dist=hppr
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New robot brings specialized care closer to home
http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x2050101114/New-robot-brings-specialized-care-closer-to-home
Alcatel-Lucent seeks US telehealth partner
http://telephonyonline.com/global/news/alcatel-seeks-telemedicine-partner-for-lifestat-0711/
VNA received $75000 grant for telehealth
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19855348&BRD=1379&PAG=461&dept_id=162912&rfi=6
Photos: It's virtual everything in Cisco's future
http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39259989,00.htm
Stabenow, Colleagues Successfully Override President’s Veto
http://stabenow.senate.gov/press/2008/071508overridemedicare.htm
No Longer Just Chips at Intel
http://chilmarkresearch.com/2008/07/14/no-longer-just-chips-at-intel/
Telehealth at Home with Genesis DM
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2008/07/telehealth_at_home_with_genesis_dm.html
E-Visits: The Next Big Thing in Healthcare?
http://www.amateureconomists.com/blogs/2008/07/13/medicare-to-reimburse-e-visits/
Medicare bill includes provisions for telehealth
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9590&fromRSS=true
Impact of Telehealth on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heart ...
http://www.mdlinx.com/NurseLinx/news.cfm/newspage/1/spec_id/4/subspec_id/53
CfH technology boss says paper not fit for purpose
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/3920/cfh_technology_boss_says_paper_not_fit_for_purpose
SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent launch LifeStat(TM) Remote Monitoring and Health Management enabling
effective management of chronic illnesses
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sasktel-alcatel-lucent-launch-lifestattmremote/story.aspx?guid=%7B78651597-026A-42FA-A441-AEAB1460949B%7D&dist=hppr
ExpressMD Solutions™ Signs Distribution Agreement
http://journals.aol.com/qualitystocks1/qualitystocks.net/entries/2008/07/10/expressmd-solutions-signs-distributionagreement-to-deliver-remote-patient-monitoring-systems-to.../4212
Medicare and Medicaid
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3182&intNumPerPage=10&checkDate=&checkKey=
&srchType=1&numDays=3500&srchOpt=0&srchData=&keywordType=All&chkNewsType=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2
C+5&intPage=&showAll=&pYear=&year=&desc=&cboOrd
TelaDoc Exemplifies Principles of Patient-Centered Medical Home
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/teladoc-exemplifies-principles-patient-centeredmedical/story.aspx?guid=%7B190EBE41-0005-492E-B136-E24FBE7917A5%7D&dist=hppr
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Community care keeps patients healthy
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2385270.community_care_keeps_patients_healthy/
European Telemedicine Vendors Adapt to Advances in Technology
http://notebooks.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=446116
ExpressMD(TM) Signs Non-Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Cyntrist to Deliver Remote Patient Monitoring and
Telehealth Systems to Healthcare Providers in the Southeastern U.S.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-08-2008/0004844890&EDATE=
A&D Medical releases three new telehealth products (US)
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lifesourcer-to-unveil-new-telehealth-technology-at-2008-nacdsconference,450922.shtml
Telehealth Technologies Addressing the Global Impending Nursing Shortage
http://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/telehealth-technologies-addressing.html
The Value of Provider-to-Provider Telehealth
http://www.mdlinx.com/RheumatologyLinx/news.cfm/newspage/1/spec_id/18/subspec_id/0
LifeSource(R) to Unveil New Telehealth Technology at 2008 NACDS ...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lifesourcer-to-unveil-new-telehealth-technology-at-2008-nacdsconference,450922.shtml
Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care ...
http://www.energeticsecrets.com/energy-medicine---solid-solutions-for-vibrant-health/271
AeA Releases 3rd Report Strongly Endorsing eHealth Initiatives
http://www.techlinks.net/CommunityAnnouncements/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/182895/AeA-Releases3rd-Report-Strongly-Endorsing-eHealth-Initiatives.aspx
German insurer launches glaucoma telemedicine
http://www.ehealtheurope.net/news/3956/german_insurer_launches_glaucoma_telemedicine
eTELEMED 2009 : International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine ...
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/CfPeTELEMED09.html
Technology aids Nevada rural mental health resources
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/225724.html
Doctors in Italy learn procedure by watching Hall doctors live via internet
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/archive/7037/
California Telemedicine Video
http://www.chcf.org/topics/view.cfm?itemID=133682
Costs fall as telemedicine grows
http://www.hospitalhealthcare.com/default.asp?title=Costsfallastelemedicinegrows&page=article.display&article.id=12
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Arizona Prisoners Can Take Heart
http://www.onemedplace.com/blog/archives/774
Sleek design meets e-health market with Intel Health Guide
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080711-intels-health-guide-gets-fda-approval.html
Telemedicine for Stroke patients being used at BCH
http://www.wnywired.net/sprjrn/journal_main.php3?category=news&issue=2008-07-10&story=6676
Cheers and jeers for Medicare 'e-visits'
http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/cheers-and-jeers-medicare-e-visits/2008-07-09
Author’s Sought for Chapters in The Handbook on Knowledge management in telemedicine
http://www.telecom.e90.biz/2008/07/09/authors-sought-for-chapters-in-the-handbook-on-knowledge-management-intelemedicine/
New technology could mean better health care
http://www.logandaily.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=125633&TM=69036.87
European Telemedicine Vendors Adapt to Advances in Technology
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/36752/
Arizona Telemedicine Program Links Children to Specialty Care
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/7/7/Arizona-Telemedicine-Program-Links-Children-to-SpecialtyCare.aspx?topicID=60
Medicare e-visits could change the game
http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/medicare-e-visits-could-change-game/2008-07-06
Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care in rural areas
http://nolimitstolearning.blogspot.com/2008/07/telemedicine-computer-networked-service.html
Telemedicine Solving the On-Call Dilemma.
http://www.em-news.com/pt/re/emmednews/abstract.00132981-20080700000002.htm;jsessionid=LMvPDhJjtYDnWWMRbG8hGVzNc5LGD3cTg2NbvJdcptQpTM63QnrC!1629792715!18119562
9!8091!-1
AOK Plus to use ICW telemedicine system
http://www.ehealtheurope.net/news/3914/aok_plus_to_use_icw_telemedicine_system
CMS Reimbursement for E-Visits Could Spur New Insurer Rules
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/7/2/CMS-Reimbursement-for-EVisits-Could-Spur-New-InsurerRules.aspx?topicID=56
Independence Day for Telepresence Solutions in Healthcare
http://blogs.msdn.com/healthblog/archive/2008/07/01/independence-day-for-telepresence-solutions-in-healthcare.aspx
Clinical Management and Patient Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Receiving Telemedicine
Consultations for Obesity
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/tmj.2007.0075
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Telemedicine growing in Ohio
http://www.healthpolicyreview.org/daily_review/2008/07/telemedicine-gr.html
NuPhysicia, LLC Selects CareTone® Ultra from American TeleCare
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1062504.htm
Use of Telemedicine Expanding in rural areas (USA, video)
http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=19927
GeckoSystems Unveils Proprietary Sensor Fusion for Mobile Robots
http://www.worldstockwire.com/viewpressrelease/prID/528/
Philips Launches its First Patient Monitoring System ‘designed for emerging markets in India
http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/New_Product_460/Philips_Launches_its_First_Patient_Monitring_System_de
signed_for_emerging_markets_in_India.shtml
http://www.experientia.com/blog/philips-launches-its-first-patient-monitoring-system-designed-for-emerging-marketsin-india/
It Came From Intel
http://www.santaclaraweekly.com/965.html
http://www.intel.com/healthcare/telehealth/
Hoana Medical secures $1.7M to test patient-monitoring system
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ehealth/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=8F8F3136-BFBC-4734-82B5FB11BE3F07B1&copyid=7D2087A4-EEEC-42BC-9AC9-F88A833ADF0E
Electronic records help doctors, patients work together
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2008/07/15/20080715electronicrecords0715.html
New wireless monitoring patch unveiled
http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/3953/new_wireless_monitoring_patch_unveiled
Patients to get remote checkups (New Zealand)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4617865a28.html
Bioheart acquires distribution rights to RTX's heart failure monitor
http://www.pharmaceutical-business-review.com/article_news.asp?guid=4172D9C9-DAF1-486B-871DD49A59338523
Intel's in-home health device gets FDA nod
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-9988328-76.html
Creating home, high-tech home for frail seniors
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/over55/chi-re-plus-technology-0706jul06,0,4731355.story
Smarter Clothes
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1820129,00.html
Local company at heart of life-saving technology (Belfast)
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/Local-company-at-heart-of.4237451.jp
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Matters of the heart
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/306873/Matters+of+the+heart.htm
Vital help for caregivers
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/29/vital_help_for_caregivers/
Wolverhampton Tele-Health Health and Social Care Award Winners 2008
http://www.integratedcarenetwork.gov.uk/download.cfm?file=..%5Csecure%5Cem%5Cevents%5C351%5CPPtrust_bo
ard______N_ppt_2_Helen_Rowney.ppt
Heart Felt Wellcome For Wearable Wireless Sensor
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk29-08-0001.htm
Patient Records Move The Blackberry Way
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk29-08-0002.htm
GenerationOne To Launch Mobile Healthcare Care Solution
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk29-08-0004.htm
CSR Show Off Bluetooth Wireless Healthcare Solution
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk29-08-0005.htm
Enfora Unleash Unbound Wireless Patient Monitoring Solutions
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk29-08-0006.htm
Cell Phone-Sensor Technology Used For Prostate Tests
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk25-08-0001.htm
Mobile Phones To Support Healthcare In Rural India
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk25-08-0002.htm
Medseek To Support Microsoft HealthVault
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk25-08-0007.htm
New Software For Diabetic Therapy
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk25-08-0004.htm
Wireless Acid Reflux Test Used By ENT Centre
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk25-08-0005.htm
Trident Funds TelaDoc
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk25-08-0006.htm
Telehealthcare Can Transform Health And Social Care
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk25-08-0008.htm
TPlus Medical Buys NHS eHealth Supplier
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk30-08-0001.htm
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Award For Wireless Body Sensor Healthcare Monitor
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk30-08-0002.htm
Sound Way To A Sound Heart
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk30-08-0004.htm
Approval For Wireless Transmitter That Monitors Implanted Cardiac Devices
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk30-08-0005.htm
Dublin Methodist Hospital Seen As One Of Most Wired In US
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk30-08-0006.htm
A&D Medical and FitLinxx Connected By Wireless
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk28-08-0001.htm
Wireless Technology Supports Patient eDiary Service
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk28-08-0002.htm
NHS Foundation Trust Gets Wireless In The Blood
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk28-08-0005.htm
US Doctors Try SMS Patient Reminders
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk28-08-0006.htm
Herefordshire's service which helps people with dementia to stay in their own home - featured on BBC
Midlands Today
http://www.justchecking.co.uk/media/tv/Herefordshire.asp
Pensioner 'died in my arms', councillor tells Birmingham inquiry
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/24/pensioner-died-in-my-arms-councillor-tellsbirmingham-inquiry-97319-21395262/
Personalisation: Halton Council balances independence and risk
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/23/108930/personalisation-halton-council-balances-independenceand.html
NICE to overhaul QOF under Darzi plan
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/PracticeStaff/LatestNews/833592/NICE-overhaul-QOF-Darzi-plan/
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/3975/nice_to_overhaul_qof
Exercise Might Slow Brain Shrinkage in Alzheimer's Patients
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2008/07/14/hscout617429.html
Will keeping fit fight Alzheimer’s?
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2008/07July/Pages/WillkeepingfitfightAlzheimers.aspx
Wrist monitor facilitates missing persons searches
http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20080721/NEWS/264491622/1049
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Heart disease could hide diabetes
http://www.nursinginpractice.com/default.asp?title=Heartdiseasecouldhidediabetes&page=article.display&article.id=12
488
Telford PCT introduces digital dictation
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/telford_pct_introduces_digital_dictation
Developing Countries Must Plan Road Map for eHealth
http://allafrica.com/stories/200807240417.html
MediVoice(R) Partners With VisionTree(R) to Integrate Its Voice-Activated e-Prescribing Solution Into
VisionTree's VTOC(TM) Web-Based Patient Management System
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/medivoicer-partners-visiontreer-integrateits/story.aspx?guid=%7B6E282042-8D33-4F68-BD9A-CEBDB527F255%7D&dist=hppr
NHS Direct wins award for prescription pilot
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/nhs_direct_wins_award_for_prescription_pilot
NHS Review Highlights Broomwell’s eHealth Solution
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk31-08-0004.htm
Australian e-Health Research Centre
http://gwahslibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/australian-e-health-research-centre.html
More patients are taking advantage of e-mail consults
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/custom/consumer/sfl-flrxedocs0721sbjul21,0,758084.story
Scottish GPs to prescribe telephone therapy
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/scottish_gps_to_prescribe_telephone_therapy
MyCareTeam Adds Support to Diabetes Management Software for New LifeScan Glucose Meters
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1114174.htm
ASSISTED LIVING: The Model for Person-Centered Long Term Care
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/assisted-living-model-person-centered-long/story.aspx?guid=%7BA3276F9F5CED-440E-8C96-332213D44817%7D&dist=hppr
Consortium delivers large cost savings
http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/sector-and-industry-reports/socialhousing/2008/07/15/consortium-delivers-large-cost-savings-51140-21352815/
Hospital study to show effectiveness of telecare in transforming dementia care (Taiwan)
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16686
St. Jude Introduces Merlin@home Transmitter for Monitoring of Implanted Cardiac Devices
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2008/07/st_jude_introduces_merlinhome_transmitter_for_monitoring_of_implante
d_cardiac_devices.html
Belfast Health Center Seeks Technology, Medical Device Companies
http://stories.globalatlanta.com/2008stories/016233.html
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Promising Opportunities for Cardiovascular Monitoring Equipment in ...
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/promising-opportunities-cardiovascular-monitoringequipment/story.aspx?guid=%7B96CAB3FF-BDA3-4AA4-B0DD-7944E85749B9%7D&dist=hppr
New Wii Remote Patent for Monitoring Blood Pressure
http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php?s=ef38cf03733a2e72d212e30ccc647ef0&p=2168428#post
2168428
Southlake implants remote heart monitor into patient (Canada)
http://www.yorkregion.com/article/78558
Coverage & Access - Rising Gas Prices Affecting Home Health Care Workers; Industry Considers
Replacing Rural Visits With Remote Monitoring
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53408
AMAC Unveils New Walgreens Ready Response(TM) Medical Alert System Television Campaign
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/amac-unveils-new-walgreens-ready/story.aspx?guid={054CE075-B1EC4C44-94D3-B46187878D9A}&dist=hppr
Software to enable remote GP care
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2008/0715/1215940931121.html
Intel's Home Care Remote Monitoring And Communication Device Gets FDA approval
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114860.php
Queen’s develops remote healthcare monitoring
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4323501.ece
FDA Approves Intel's Home Health Care System
http://www.healthnews.com/medical-updates/fda-approves-intels-home-health-care-system-1391.html
SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent launch remote health monitoring service
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1752545/
Saskatchewan partners with company on remote health monitoring
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jjdsBsTN0cS0nIxQy_tcWNtwG-Kg
Blood Pressure Kit: Your Doctor At Home
http://polomercantil.livejournal.com/71229.html
t+ Medical Acquires Vivatec Ltd
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=232101
Heart Failure Study Validates Use of Pharos Innovation's Proprietary, Device-Free Remote Monitoring
Platform to Reduce Healthcare Utilization and Medical Costs
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/iowa-medicaid-demonstration-finds-tel-assurancer,460358.shtml
Biotronik launches cardiac telemonitoring devices
http://www.hospitaliteurope.com/default.asp?title=Biotroniklaunchescardiactelemonitoringdevices&page=article.display
&article.id=12194
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Home monitoring can help many heart patients
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=419523&Category=8&subCategoryID=
Home Healthcare and Disease Management Remote Monitoring Systems ...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/home-healthcare-and-disease-management-remote-monitoring-systemsgrowing-through-challenge,457694.shtml
Reimbursement restricts remote monitoring market
http://www.hospitalhealthcare.com/default.asp?title=Reimbursementrestrictsremotemonitoringmarket&page=article.dis
play&article.id=12184
Remote patient monitoring market on rise
http://ehealtheurope.net/news/3922/remote_patient_monitoring_market_on_rise
NHF managers visit Aragon's Telecare showroom
http://www.24dash.com/news/Housing/2008-07-24-NHF-managers-visit-Aragon-s-Telecare-showroom
Patient 2.0 Empowerment Abstract—The authors want to show the implication of interactive ICT on patient
empowerment, through an overview of some of the key aspects - EHR, telecare and patient networks - all
this within the context of recent Health 2.0 developments. Definitions will be given of both Health 2.0 and
Patient 2.0 Empowerment.
http://www.icmcc.org/pdf/ICMCCSWWS08.pdf
Taipei Dementia Trial Will Use Tunstall Telecare
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk31-08-0006.htm
WiFiMed Holdings to purchase iTelecare Ltd (UK)
http://www.itelecare.co.uk/content/section/10/47/
Machine that is changing patients' lives
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/3467080.Machine_that_is_changing_patients__lives/
Telehealth in Southern Alaska
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9634&fromRSS=true
Telehealth funded by Davis Foundation
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/BIZ/807240395/-1/rss07
XTend Medical (XMDC) Launches Online Store
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/xtend-medical-xmdc-launches-online/story.aspx?guid=%7BF6A8797D-0FCC4B5A-996F-94AE59C71E2E%7D&dist=hppr
BodyTel's Blood Glucose Monitoring and Diabetes Management System ...
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/bodytels-blood-glucose-monitoring-diabetes/story.aspx?guid=%7BC4269484B42E-49A6-98A3-69777B3629DF%7D&dist=hppr
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TeleHealth Services And Vocollect Healthcare Systems Announce Reseller Agreement
http://www.longtermcareprovider.com/article.mvc/TeleHealth-Services-And-Vocollect-Healthcare0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a&VNETCOOKIE=NO
Electronic feedback messages for home spirometry lung transplant recipients
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WG7-4SYCGC2F&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2008&_rdoc=13&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=docinfo(%23toc%236815%232008%23999629995%23693848%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=6815&_
sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=16&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a453716
df2c982239a73e7b7dc5aa7bb
Does Telemedicine Have a Role in Technology-Enabled Health Care Reform?
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/7/22/Does-Telemedicine-Have-a-Role-in-TechnologyEnabledHealth-Care-Reform.aspx?ps=1&authorid=1614
Teladoc
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/david-hom-leading-authorityhealth/story.aspx?guid=%7B365EA149-5DE2-4CB0-B087-572F691327BB%7D&dist=hppr
Guest Opinion: VA takes regional approach to health care
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/07/22/opinion/guest/40-healthcare.txt
XTend Medical (XMDC) Penetrates $118 Million European Telemedicine market
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/xtend-medical-xmdc-penetrates-118/story.aspx?guid=%7BEB82B31D-ABB74FF9-AAFD-40626F2F6227%7D&dist=hppr
Health Information Exchange and Healthcare Utilization
http://www.springerlink.com/content/48260w75n14g7417/
Bosch to join COCIR
http://www.hospitaliteurope.com/default.asp?title=BoschtojoinCOCIR&page=article.display&article.id=12570
Houston-area Wal-Marts to offer telemedicine clinics
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9619
GE Healthcare to Acquire Vital Signs, Inc
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080724005548&newsLang=en
Mobile Medics Will Shape The Medical Device Market
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1122424.htm
Philips introduces new patient monitoring system in India
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1771273/
LifeSync Joins Continua Health Alliance
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lifesync-joins-continua-health-alliance,475939.shtml
Fuel's surge a headache for home health providers
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gfsQu9PsxHIkCbn8713ieD-eHkRAD921QNM00
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Halo system offers 24/7 monitoring
http://www.al.com/business/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/business/1216545385183340.xml&coll=1
A 'doctor' in your pocket
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331023346&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
OLM – telecare reference
http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=7165
Time to rethink blood pressure tests: experts
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL1624577220080617?feedType=nl&feedName=ushealth1100
My Healthy Access, NuPhysicia to operate superstore telemedicine ...
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/07/21/daily4.html
Guam Law To Allow Residents To Receive Care Via Telemedicine
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/7/21/Guam-Law-To-Allow-Residents-To-Receive-Care-ViaTelemedicine.aspx?topicID=60
Home automation the key to keeping seniors independent and in their homes
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2008/07/26/home-automation-the-key-to-keeping-seniorsindependent-and-in-their-homes/
Keeping The Elderly Out Of The Nursing Home And At Home
http://www.prlog.org/10093751-keeping-the-elderly-out-of-the-nursing-home-and-at-home.html
New Ideas Keep Dementia Patients Safe
http://include.nurse.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080728/FL02/107280026
Exercise shown to slow down Alzheimer's progress
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=40290
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/new-research-shows-peoplebetter/story.aspx?guid=%7BA6658A6B-3880-47C8-88CF-115A924219F1%7D&dist=hppr
Walking extra 45 minutes a day helps diabetes sufferers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2464197/Walking-extra-45-minutes-a-day-helps-diabetessufferers.html
Launch Of The First Wireless Hospital Blood Glucose Meter
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115668.php
Open Survey Designed to Improve Healthcare and Reduce Medical Costs
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1129794.htm
James Purnell: Ministers will not prescribe personal budget streams
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/25/108956/james-purnell-ministers-will-not-prescribepersonal-budget-streams.html
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Clued-up health consumers (CEP)
http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=10096&topic=Health%20and%20social%20care
Nurses to have powers to shape care from bedside to boardroom
http://www.onmedica.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=c7b11622-cc25-4d27-9e82-b764ff744519
Scottish government: Better Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Care: A Consultation Document
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/07/30105717/0
Angel telecare – USA
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08213/900668-59.stm
Project Lifesaver
http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=121745866545419900
London pharmacies use SMS for stop smoking drive
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/london_pharmacies_use_sms_for_stop_smoking_drive
Open eHealth Foundation sets out priorities
http://www.ehealtheurope.net/news/4001/open_ehealth_foundation_sets_out_priorities
MOBILE MONITORING DEVICES TO POWER MOBILE HEALTH CARE
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/07/mobile_monitori.html
Walgreens Launches Quarterly E-Newsletter Dedicated to People Living with Diabetes
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/walgreens-launches-quarterly-e-newsletterdedicated/story.aspx?guid=%7BE516E0C8-D0F7-4E18-A3F3-5D66058B2E92%7D&dist=hppr
http://www.walgreens.com/library/newsletter/diabetes/default.html;jsessionid=1KX0JYA0AAH1KCXOUAUH
POQK30QCQ3MK?_requestid=12295
UN + Vodafone focus on mHealth
http://www.ehealtheurope.net/news/4011/rockefeller_foundation_focuses_on_mhealth
Platform for wearable health devices launched
http://www.ehealtheurope.net/news/4008/platform_for_wearable_health_devices_launched
New FP7 eHealth Project – EPILEPSIAE (The mission of EPILEPSIAE Project is to use Information and
Communication Technologies to empower the epileptic patients to monitor their own risks and improve their
safety in daily life, strengthening their social integration.)
http://www.ehealthnews.eu/content/view/1262/27/
St. Jude Medical's Remote Monitor for Cardiac Devices FDA Approved
http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/6604/
Using mobile phones to make a healthy connection
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/073008-using-mobile-phones-to-make.html
Telemedicine in the ambulatory setting
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/073008-using-mobile-phones-to-make.html
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Boost for the vulnerable as Town Hall scraps charges for life-saving alarm system
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline
&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED31%20Jul%202008%2014%3
A04%3A22%3A697
Partners in Care Foundation and California Association of Physician Groups Collaborate to Transform
Healthcare for Older Adults with Chronic Conditions
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/partners-care-foundation-californiaassociation/story.aspx?guid=%7BCB06365C-C6D8-46FD-9A7A-010425C99817%7D&dist=hppr
CSIP Networks is not responsible for the content of external links and does not endorse
any suppliers or their products.
7 Events
Telecare LIN
a) CSIP Housing LIN Meetings
Full list of Housing LIN events:
http://www.icn.csip.org.uk/housing/index.cfm?pid=167
Latest Housing LIN Newsletter:
http://www.icn.csip.org.uk/_library/Resources/Housing/Support_materials/Newsletter/Newsletter28.pdf
b) CSIP Network’s Mike Clark will be speaking at Enabling People with Long Term Conditions –
how telecare, electronic and computer-based technologies can help – London - 16 September
2008
Link and flyer: http://www.p-cns.org.uk/longterm_Conditions_conf.pdf
c) TSA Conference, Brighton on 3-5 November 2008 - CSIP Networks, Tim Ellis (Department of
Health) will be covering the Whole system Demonstrators and Ed Harding from CSIP will be
speaking at the TSA Conference – for more details
http://www.telecare.org.uk/information/42301/46531/national_telecare_and_telehealth_conference/
The Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST) provides a full listing of forthcoming telecare events – see
http://www.fastuk.org/services/events.php?pg=2. Suppliers also run telecare and telehealth events – check
their web sites regularly for dates.
All previous telecare eNewsletters are available at: www.icn.csip.org.uk/telecarenewsletters
CSIP Telecare Services
You can send comments and questions about the CSIP Implementation Guide, factsheets or other
resources or contact us via telecare@csip.org.uk. Also, use this mailbox to send in good practice examples.
If you or a colleague would like to receive future copies of the newsletter then all you need to do is register
at http://www.icn.csip.org.uk/index.cfm?pid=12
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Appendix 1 – Supplier supplement for September 2008
As you know, from time to time we offer some space on an equitable basis to suppliers in the CSIP
Telecare eNewsletter newsletter.
We wish to continue to recognise the important work that suppliers have done in responding to their
customers and working in partnership to implement telecare and telehealth programmes since 2005/6. For
this addition, we are broadening the scope to other agencies and organisations involved in telecare and
telehealth implementation.
For organisations that wish to contribute to the newsletter supplement here are the details:
a) Up to 3 pages of A4 (12 point Arial) per supplier in Microsoft Word (we can include a jpeg
image/logo but keep the layout and margins simple for copy/pasting)
b) Please use the general definition of telecare from Building Telecare in England to include some form
of monitoring/response. The definition is broad to include telehealth, community safety etc.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/Bro
wsable/DH_4122310
c) Please include case studies, evaluation findings, innovations. (we are looking for telehealth,
telephone support, weather forecast examples and some of the more complex assessment and
integrated systems eg for dementia or extra care rather than simpler solutions)
d) We are not looking for advertisements as suppliers can include links to their web sites in the article,
it is more about case studies (anonymised), evaluations, device/monitoring options, solutions,
examples of products and services in use, achievements. Embedded web links are OK but CSIP will
not have time to check them all
e) If you are referencing local authorities, health trusts, housing associations by name please confirm
that they are happy for you to use their names
f) The supplement is open to all suppliers/organisations as long as they meet a 5pm, 8 September
2008 deadline. Suppliers involved outside of the National Framework Agreement are eligible for
inclusion. This would ensure that all suppliers are treated equitably
g) Where there are sub-contractors and affiliates in the National Framework Agreement, we will link to
the NHS PASA current position from the supplement and cross references can be included in the
submission. We will limit each company name to one full 2 pages of A4 entry in the supplement
although there may be additional linkages through the framework agreement
h) Inclusion in the supplement does not imply any endorsement of the products/services by DH, CSIP
etc and there will be a reminder in the supplement to telecare organisations about the importance of
making appropriate checks and following procurement and purchasing requirements
i) Word documents can be sent to Mike Clark (CSIP Networks) at telecare@csip.org.uk by the 8
September deadline
j) CSIP reserves the right not to include duplicated company/supplier examples and speculative
advertisements without information about case studies, evaluations, achievements.
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