 |
New study pinpoints future telehealth trends in US homecare
|
|
Philips has announced the results of a survey of more than 950 home care agencies in the USA. |
|
|
Tunstall helps Milton Keynes PCT launch COPD telehealth service
|
|
Tunstall is supporting Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Milton Keynes Community Alarm Service to launch a pioneering telehealth initiative to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and enable people to better manage long-term conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) a |
|
|
Cardiocom obtains CE marking for telehealth solutions
|
|
Cardiocom has obtained the required CE marking and certification to launch the company's telehealth products in the European market. |
|
|
Philips and Misys target homecare with joint development plans
|
|
Philips and Misys Healthcare Systems are planning to work together to develop homecare market solutions. |
|
|
Tunstall launches guide to show how telecare can promote independent living for the disabled
|
|
A guide to show how telecare is being used to promote independent living for people with physical disabilities and sensory impairments has been published by telecare and telehealth specialists, Tunstall.
|
|
|
Scottish Centre for Telehealth, and NHS Scotland run first Cisco HealthPresence Trial
|
|
Cisco, The Scottish Centre for Telehealth (SCT) and the National Health Service in Scotland have launched the world's first trial of Cisco's HealthPresence, a patient care delivery concept based on Cisco’s TelePresence technology. |
|
|
New teleheath service supports chronic disease patients in Canada
|
|
Healthanywhere, a Division of IgeaCare Systems has partnered with We Care Health Services to deliver a telehealth system that provides a comprehensive menu of services for those with chronic diseases and their caregivers. |
|
|
Nottingham City Primary Care Trust deploys the UK’s largest mainstream telehealth system
|
|
Nottingham City Primary Care Trust (PCT) has launched of one of the UK’s largest mainstream deployments of telehealth solutions, to monitor people with long-term conditions in their own homes, delivering timely, preventative care and improving quality of life. |
|
|
Sheffield PCT Telehealth project cuts hospital admissions by 50 percent
|
|
Sheffield Primary Care Trust (PCT) has won the regional finals of the NHS Health and Social Care Awards in the category for Innovative Information and Communication Technology as a result of its innovative deployment of Tunstall telehealth systems to monitor people with chronic obstructive pulmonary |
|
|
Tunstall demonstrates system that is helping NHS PCTs win telehealth awards
|
|
At this year’s Managing Long Term Conditions conference in Harrogate, Tunstall demonstrated how its telehealth solutions are being successfully used by NHS Trusts to deliver timely, preventative care to its patients. |
|
|
Evaware launches new telehealth platform for home-based patients
|
|
Evaware has launched a Telehealth Platform that enables clinicians to remotely monitor the vital signs of their home-based patients on an almost constant basis and automatically send alerts when any pre-determined clinical thresholds are breached. |
|
|
Chubb roadshow focuses on Telecare and Telehealth
|
|
Chubb Community Care is taking 'Telecare and Telehealth’ on the road in a series of events in England, Scotland and Wales during September and October 2008. |
|
|
The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia opts to use iSOFT's EMR solution
|
|
The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) has selected an iSOFT Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system to support people who live in and travel to some of the country’s most remote regions. |
|
|
Vocollect and TeleHealth agree to resell AccuNurse voice-assisted care solutions
|
|
Vocollect Healthcare Systems and TeleHealth Services have agreed a strategic partnership, whereby TeleHealth will resell AccuNurse voice-assisted care to deliver broadened solutions for the needs of its customer base. |
|
|
ADASS partners Tunstall to accelerate the deployment of telehealthcare technology
|
|
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) is to partner with Tunstall for 2009 to deliver ADASS objectives through the accelerated application of telehealthcare technology. |
|
|
Intel unveils care management tool for patients with chronic conditions
|
|
Intel has developed the Intel Health Guide, a care management tool designed for healthcare professionals who treat patients with chronic conditions, for the UK. |
|
|
Tunstall Healthcare help councils to clinch awards for telehealthcare solutions
|
|
The London Borough of Newham and Milton Keynes Council have received European awards for their pioneering use of telehealthcare solutions to improve the quality of life for older people and those with long-term conditions. |
|
|
Tunstall partners with University of Sheffield to develop Virtual Extra Care Service
|
|
A partnership between Tunstall, Fold Housing Association, Housing 21, DigiTV and the University of Sheffield is aiming to deliver an innovative research project to develop a Virtual Extra Care Service (VIRTEx) within local communities. |
|
|
Handheld pulse oximeter with USB is first to be certified to meet Continua guidelines
|
|
Nonin Medical’s Nonin 2500 PalmSAT handheld pulse oximeter with USB is the first product to be certified to meet the Continua Health Alliance design guidelines. |
|
|
Bluetooth solution helps device manufacturer to develop wireless features
|
|
Bluegiga’s OEM Bluetooth modules are now available with Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP), which is integrated into Bluegiga's iWRAP firmware to simplify and reduce the need for engineering and testing time for any type of health or medical device. |
|
|
InfoLogix partners TeleHealth Services to develop Mobile Workstations On-Demand
|
|
InfoLogix is forming a strategic partnership with TeleHealth Services, the USA's leading provider of patient and staff education-on-demand, to enable US hospitals to acquire and implement the latest mobile healthcare infrastructure with minimal impact to their capital expenditures. |
|
|
TeleHealth Services releases new video on-demand patient and staff education system
|
|
TeleHealth Services is introducing the new version of the company’s TIGR system at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA. |
|
|
Scandinavian delegation visit telehealthcare initiatives in the UK
|
|
Swedish and Finnish local authority officials and health and social care leaders visit the UK to view the success of telehealthcare initiatives in offering personalised community-based care, ensuring an efficient use of available healthcare resources and improving quality of life. |
|
|
Baptist Hospital East selects TeleHealth Services to provide TV solutions
|
|
Baptist Hospital East, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, selects TeleHealth Services as the organisation’s healthcare television provider to equip the Park Tower facility, a new wing of the hospital. |
|
|
Tunstall launches interactive telehealth device with in-built GSM/GPRS
|
|
Tunstall Healthcare launches the company’s RTX3371 telehealth monitor - an interactive telehealth device with in-built GSM/GPRS mobile phone technology that collects vital signs wirelessly from a range of external devices such as weight scales and blood pressure cuffs. |
|
|
IT AND COMMUNICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE – INTELLIGENT HEALTH
|
|
FOCUS ZONE REPORT – There are already 17.5million people living with chronic conditions in the UK and the Department of Health suggest that by 2030, incidences of chronic disease in the over 65s will more than double. |
|
|
MedApps partners Microsoft to transmit medical device readings into online health records
|
|
MedApps joins forces with Microsoft to provide a new, convenient and cost effective solution to transmit medical device readings into an online health record. |
|
|
Timpanogos Regional Hospital implements on-demand video education for patients
|
|
TeleHealth Services is implementing its TIGR on-demand video education and entertainment system into Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah, USA. |
|
|
Nonin unveils Bluetooth-enabled fingertip pulse oximeter
|
|
Nonin Medical has unveiled the world's first Bluetooth-enabled fingertip pulse oximeter, Onyx II, Model 9560 which is now certified as compliant to the Continua Version One Design Guidelines. |
|
|
TeleHealth Services boosts interactive patient education client base
|
|
TeleHealth Services adds two new partnerships to its growing interactive patient education client base. |
|
|
Bristol GPs use telehealth solution to improve care of CHF patients
|
|
GPs at The Orchard Medical Centre in Bristol are reporting on the success of telehealth in improving care for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), keeping them independent and out of emergency care, and promoting greater self-management. |
|
|
Evolvent Technologies wins DoD Military Health Services BHIE contract
|
|
Evolvent Technologies receives a contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health Services for enhancements to the Bidirectional Health Information Exchange (BHIE) to further increase Veterans Affairs (VA) clinician access to DoD information on a shared patient population. |
|
|
KidneyTel home monitoring for kidney disease patients
|
|
Telemonitoring of kidney dialysis patient’s health provided by KidneyTel from Fresenius Medical Care |
|
|
US Rural Community Care gains Boost from technology
|
|
Report from the US HHS demonstrates how technology can improve health care services for people living in rural communities |
|
|
Dual language telehealth for Wales
|
|
Tunstall group provide Telehealth Solution in Welsh and English for the Anglesey and Gwynedd health boards |
|
|
Telehealth project to begin at NHS Dudley
|
|
Dudley Primary Care Trust wins award for the development of a telehealth system deployment for the management of patients with long-term conditions |
|
|
Tunstall releases next-generation digital telecare solutions
|
|
Tunstall Healthcare is launching its range of next-generation, digital–ready telecare solutions, designed to give both service users and care providers more choice and flexibility at this year’s TSA National Telecare and Telehealth Conference. |
|
|
Verizon introduces new telehealth service tailored to collaborative technology
|
|
Verizon is introducing new services for physicians, hospitals, clinics and insurers that enable providers to 'see' patients through video consultations, as well as other collaboration services. |
|
|
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery launches epilepsy telehealth service
|
|
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, in partnership with iPLATO Healthcare, is launching a new service to support people with epilepsy. |
|
|
Orchard Medical Centre wins Health Business Telehealth Award
|
|
The Orchard Medical Centre receives the Health Business Telehealth Award as a result of the success of its use of telehealth to improve care for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). |
|
|
Halton and St Helens Community Health Services selects Tunstall for telehealth
|
|
Halton and St Helens Community Health Services, in partnership with Sefton Careline, is launching a new telehealth monitoring project which will see telehealth systems from Tunstall Healthcare being set up in patients’ homes, enabling their health to be monitored remotely by nursing staff. |
|
|
Spotsylvania agrees to partner TeleHealth Services for patient care
|
|
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center selects TeleHealth Services as a partner in bringing enhanced patient care and clinical services to the Rappahannock region of Virginia. |
|
|
Blackpool telehealth project reduces hospital admissions by 75 percent
|
|
Blackpool Council’s Vitaline and NHS Blackpool have reported on the use of telehealth home monitoring to support people with long-term conditions to enable them to live independently at home. |
|
|
MEDecision unveils collaborative health information exchange (HIE) service
|
|
MEDecision introduces the next generation of its healthcare management technology with the launch of InFrame, a collaborative health information exchange (HIE) service that enables care delivery organizations to share clinical data — including diagnostic-quality medical images — among themselves and |
|
|
TeleHealth Services partners Alegent Health in patient enhancement project
|
|
Alegent Health selects TeleHealth Services as its interactive patient education and entertainment partner in the health system's 'Generation Patient' enhancement initiative. |
|
|
TeleHealth Services updates interactive patient education solution
|
|
TeleHealth Services is unveiling an updated TIGR Version 7 system interactive patient education solution. |
|
|
iSOFT partners Medic4all to deliver end-to-end telehealth solutions
|
|
iSOFT Group is partnering with Switzerland-based Medic4all in a move that will boost iSOFT’s ability to deliver solutions that satisfy the growing demand for the delivery and monitoring of healthcare outside the traditional hospital environment. |
|
|
SurgeryPod system aims to streamline a GP’s day-to-day operations
|
|
Executive Chairman of Telehealth Solutions Jeremy Cummin is urging health professionals to make 21st century technology work for them, saving valuable time and resources through improved efficiency. |
|
|
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly plans to build on telehealth pilot
|
|
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, one of the Department of Health’s three national Whole System Demonstrator pilot sites, plans continue to deliver telehealthcare services and make them available to more patients in Cornwall as part of the largest telehealth deployment in the UK. |
|
|
Tunstall launches new integrated telehealth care platform for long term conditions
|
|
Tunstall Healthcare Group launches its icp integrated care platform, which is a next generation suite of telehealth solutions at the Managing Long Term Conditions conference in Harrogate, UK. |
|
