...networking over TCP/IP, and appeared to store patient information. The central monitoring station ran Windows XP Embedded, which presented one set of flaws, but far more accessible to a breach was the communication from the devices to the central monitoring system. In short, “the attacker simply has to send replacement data to the central station while appearing as the patient monitor.” The article proves vital signs can be altered by the time they reach the central monitoring station to create a bad diagnosis, unnecessary testing, and unneeded medication. The McAfee article lays out How to Mess With Vital Signs, Believably.... Continue Reading
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News roundup: Paradromics; Cerner’s trials with DOD, VA; Medtronic; Babylon Health; NHS’ private data
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Lasso.jpg” thumb_width=”125″ /]Connecting the brain with medical devices is Paradromic’s USP. Their brain-machine interface technology is seeking to power prosthetics to assist the blind, deaf, and paralyzed, and in future brain diseases. Their current project is to enable the paralyzed to communicate through a computer in real time. Their seed round of $7 million was led by Arkitekt Ventures and Synergy Ventures. Crunchbase. Mobihealthnews The US Department of Defense’s replacement of the ancient AHLTA EHR with a Cerner-Leidos system, MHS Genesis, has been having a rough test period at Fairchild Air Force Base, Oak Harbor, and Naval Station Bremerton.... Continue Reading
2017’s transition in digital health funding: is it maturity or a reconsideration?
Rock Health’s topline for 2017 digital health funding is impressively upbeat, casting it as “the end of the beginning in digital health, the start of a new era with new challenges”. Digging into it, there is a continued slowing that Rock Health itself predicted back in their 3rd Quarter report [TTA 3 Oct 17]. It seems that the big did get bigger, but if you weren’t on the train in 2016 or prior, 2017 wasn’t the year you left the station. Their findings bear this out, keeping in mind that their tracking is for US companies with deals over $2... Continue Reading
Advances in 2017 which may set the digital health stage for 2018
...about the history of telemedicine experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) and the Concordia station in Antarctica. An example is the World Interactive Network Focused on Critical UltraSound (WINFOCUS), which is an international initiative on developing global ultrasound practice and education. And if you doubt we made progress in healthcare on a lot of fronts in 2017, this more-than-every-week list has 82 advances with links, including that smartphone camera flashes and microphones can be made useful for medical diagnosis, not just selfies (Telegraph). Those ‘Time Crystals’ could be used right now! Human Progress (Hat tip to Editor Emeritus Steve)... Continue Reading
End of year action: Vivify/InTouch, InTouch/TruClinic, Medtronic, NYCEDC winners, ActiveProtective, Adidas exits wearables, Fitbit (updated)
...purchase DTC telehealth provider TruClinic furthering their move into home telehealth. TruClinic will be merged into InTouch. Heading it up will be recently appointed EVP of Marketing and Consumer Solutions Steve Cashman, who founded and headed pioneering but overly ambitious for the market health kiosk HealthSpot [TTA roundup here]. Release (Our update on the state of health kiosks here) Speaking of Medtronic Care Management Services, MCCM touted its VA Home Telehealth ties to Healthcare Analytics News. Intriguing claim: they’ve treated 310,000 veterans since 2011 (Cardiocom, the 2011 awardee, was purchased in 2013). VA itself credits only 156,000 patients to Home... Continue Reading
The ‘health kiosk’ idea is alive and kicking from New York to France
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Kiosk1.jpg” thumb_width=”200″ /][Photo: NYP] The $40 million+ failure of HealthSpot Station last year [TTA 14 June 16] might have signaled the demise of the health kiosk (telemedicine + multiple vital measurement devices) concept. Basic stations with consumer engagement/mobile tie-ins such as Higi have been gaining traction at retail locations [TTA 30 Mar] such as RiteAid (which bought the assets and IP of HealthSpot) and Publix supermarkets. CVS MinuteClinics in northeast Ohio and Florida have allied over the past two years with Cleveland Clinic and American Well to integrate records and telemedicine. But the kiosk model is gaining a second... Continue Reading
OnePerspective: VA shows how technology can improve mental health care
...some 2,000 VA locations. Using encrypted videoconferencing, the telemedicine stations are used for remote consults with patients as well as with outside physicians in 44 specialties. Clinic personnel can also utilize the primary care medical devices that are integrated into the station and provide the information from them directly to the remote clinicians. Recently, the VA began retrofitting the telemedicine stations with audiology equipment so remote audiologists could test veterans’ hearing and tune their hearing aids. Another key part of the VA’s telehealth plan is a virtual visit service called VA Video Connect. Announced in August 2017 by President Trump... Continue Reading
Fitbit, Qualcomm Life get in step with UnitedHealthcare’s Motion
...well weller. How would it help the marginally fit or heaven forbid, those trying to regain their fitness with a chronic condition? One last point for employers: to get FIT, it involves a lot of employee time away from a desk or a station! ZDNet, UHC/Qualcomm release Another bit(e) from Fitbit: Quietly at the end of year, Fitbit moved to terminate one of its multiple patent infringement-related suits against the now moribund Jawbone. [TTA 27 July] It was due for a March trial before the International Trade Commission. Taking a few shots at Jawbone’s precarious financials, Fitbit cited “Press reports... Continue Reading
North West Telecare event, 23 November
Wednesday 23rd November 2016, 9:15am – 4:30pm Village Hotel Club Ashton Moss, Pamir Drive, Ashton-Under-Lyne UK (close to Ashton Moss Metrolink Station) This is a free event for housing and healthcare professionals with a full day of workshops on telecare in supporting independent living, case studies of best practices and demonstrations of the latest products. There are four workshops which run both in the AM and PM sessions. There are also three guest speakers: Dr Malcolm Fisk, Director of the Telehealth Quality Group, De Montfort University, Leicester; Gill Drummond, Dementia Lead for Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust;... Continue Reading
A clutch of interesting digital health events
DHACA is holding its tenth DHACA Day on October 6th, three minutes’ walk from Leeds station. We have a wide array of fascinating speakers, with a keynote by Bethany Gildersleve, Head of Operations at NHS Digital. Membership of DHACA is free, though we have to make a small charge for lunch. For more details, and to book, go here. The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is holding an event on Point-of-Care-Testing, a technology that enables radical improvement to care pathways that improve patient outcomes and can dramatically reduce costs. Keynote will be Prof Chris Price, Visiting Professor in Clinical Biochemistry,... Continue Reading
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