...a doctor from the comfort of their home or hotel room. Often when you are travelling in an unfamiliar place, it is the simple questions you want answers to. They can simply text, email, video or voice call AHI’s TeleHealth for an immediate answer.” Dr John Field, founder of Docto, offers another scenario: “it is preventing a mother from having to go to a foreign hospital in the middle of the night with sick kids. She can press a button and see a doctor in real time, without leaving the house.” Docto website claims that its “Emergency Department” is staffed... Continue Reading
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Two events that should appeal to all commercially-minded UK readers
As some readers will be aware, this editor is involved in organising a range of low-cost, and free, digital health events. Two that should be of interest to all commercially-minded readers are: On Friday 22nd April DHACA is holding its eighth members’ day at the Conference Centre at 1 Victoria St., this time focusing on customer mapping: how do you identify and contact the right person in the NHS to sell your digital health product or service to? We will have Siobhan Jones, a Deputy Directory in the Department of Health, John Currie a senior procurement manager in NHS England,... Continue Reading
Our wrapup of news and tart takes on HIMSS 16 (updated redux)
...will improve the flow of health information to consumers and healthcare providers. They are consumer access, no information blocking and standards. When? Where? How? Strictly TBD. HHS release, MedCityNews, Modern Healthcare, which dubbed it ‘another year, another promise’. Innovate or Die. For companies and providers, it’s not about compliance anymore but about improving patient outcomes due to value-based care and incentives. Providers will increasingly be responsible for patient care throughout the community to make their numbers. Having made this sound point, Dr John Halamka then proposes they will need a ‘care traffic control’ system through data aggregation, with a laundry... Continue Reading
ATA 2016 announces keynoters
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ATA2016Bannerv2-1.jpg” thumb_width=”200″ /]American Telemedicine Association 2016 Conference and Trade Show Sat 14-Tues 17 May, Minneapolis Convention Center ATA 2016 is the world’s largest and most comprehensive meeting focused on telemedicine, digital, connected and mobile health. Over 6,000 healthcare professionals and entrepreneurs in the telemedicine, telehealth and mHealth area are expected to attend the 75+ sessions and visit the over 300 exhibitors in the main hall. Keynote speakers announced are: Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of the MIT Media Lab James Peake, former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs John Noseworthy, MD, President and CEO of the Mayo Clinic David Shulkin, MD, Under... Continue Reading
Three of the best – digital health events at the Royal Society of Medicine for 2016
...speakers including Dr Ruchi Dass, the renowned public health expert from India, Sir John Savill, Chief Executive at the Medical Research Council, Dr Adam Hill, Medical Director McLaren, Prof David Thwaites, Director of the Institute of Medical Physics University of Sydney, Tom Wright, Chief Executive of Age UK, Dr Jack Kriendler, Australia, and many more. The objective of this conference is to explore just how far the delivery of health and care has been improved by the availability of new technology, and what the latest predictions are by those working in the field of how medicine will really be practised... Continue Reading
HealthSpot closes the doors, shuts kiosks in Rite Aid, Cleveland Clinic (updated)
...report stated that attempts to contact CEO Steve Cashman went unanswered. In November 2014, HealthSpot received a major investment from Xerox on top of a $18.3 million springtime round [TTA 13 Nov 14]. Updated 13 Jan (Editor Donna) The Columbus Business First articles that Editor Chrys has linked to, as of this point, are the most informative. Neil Versel and Stephanie Baum also have related articles in MedCityNews. They also chewed it over with HealthcareScene network’s John Lynn last Friday on video (starts at 26:30) with a surprising revelation that Mr Cashman had been in touch with Mr Lynn, to... Continue Reading
A diagnosis of why digital health startups die–an old (and new) story
...now, was to have common data and interchange standards.) So there’s no real element of surprise here by John Sung Kim’s pleading in TechCrunch re ‘integrating into legacy systems’ and the troubles his own startup DoctorBase encountered in what he tactfully puts ‘political and technical hurdles’ encountered. But then the velvet gloves come off about EHRs and their less-than-scrupulous idea of ‘partnerships’. DoctorBase landed a customer, a large research hospital, then The EHR company actually sent a “diplomat” to my office to get an idea of our feature set, then told us that integrations are a long and carefully thought-out... Continue Reading
GE Healthcare staying together: CEO (updated)
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2000px-General_Electric_logo.svg_.png” thumb_width=”150″ /]It’s ‘black and white’ but not GE blue all over! During an investor conference Wednesday, GE Healthcare’s CEO John Flannery insisted that “Bottom line is we have been black and white that all aspects of healthcare are part of our portfolio,” reported in Reuters. Investors have questioned the flatlining of both revenue and profit and the fact that GEHC doesn’t seem to fit well in the engineering/manufacturing bent of the Immelt-ized GE. The speculation by investors and we in the healthcare press is rational. Earlier this year, GEHC announced the phaseout of the Centricity Enterprise (hospital) EHR.... Continue Reading
NHS Expo & Testbeds – another view
...Manchester’s history. Perhaps the mural that was closest to the events of the day was the picture of John Kay, inventor of the flying shuttle, being bundled out of his house as rioters fearful of their jobs broke in. The 21st century equivalent could be the DH officials who explained that private sector companies working for testbed competition winners would not be allowed to make a profit, or use subcontractors, and would be expected to employ auditors at their own cost to confirm this. Adding the recognition that the DH would inevitably be requiring regular reporting and interference, this caused... Continue Reading
Is the fitness tracker eventually going to lose to the smartwatch? (Updated)
...to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. 2 of every 3 smart wearables (capable of running third-party apps) was an Apple Watch. Another sign of the coming divide between fitness bands (which will be sold on price and fitness focus) and smartwatches (which will be sold on versatility as well as fitness justifying the higher price). IDC release Also by Mr Versel is a memorial to telemedicine pioneer Dr ‘Red’ Duke. As a surgical resident at Parkland Hospital, he was on the team which saved the life of Texas Governor John Connally, shot with President John Kennedy in November 1963.... Continue Reading
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