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...that “EU/UK tendering law may not allow a procurement specification to specifically identify membership of an organisation or compliance with a code or standard. Adding these types of spec clauses may be open to legal challenges by providers who are able to meet requirements but do not have the appropriate registrations and accreditations.” Worse still, it appears that the PQQ has been written to favour one particular supplier. 3.5, page 11, mandates that “contracting parties will be able to demonstrate conformity with ISO/IEC 270001:2005” [it is actually 27001, but let the typo pass]. Now, if Tunstall’s press release Tunstall Healthcare... Continue Reading

Korean ‘nurse droid’ being tested in nursing homes. The KIRO-M5, which resembles a pint-size (3′) version of R2D2, can wake up residents, announce meals, schedule daily exercise–and can sniff the air to alert an aide or nurse when an elderly patient needs a diaper change. The KIRO also sterilizes and deodorizes the air, and totes supplies. Developed by the Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence. Korean nurse bot sniffs the air to detect soiled diapers (GizMag)   A polymer patch delivers vaccine. Designed by MIT, a dermal patch with microneedles slow-releases vaccine DNA rather than viruses or proteins, to allow... Continue Reading

...problem comes when a potential emergency is detected and a rapid response is needed. 999 services may not be appropriate, so there may be a need for a private responder service. That may be the next big challenge. Cathy Hello Jamie, good to have you join in the conversation here. There are three sides to the assessment /risk assessment area which makes you both right and both wrong! Jamie you are quite right in your last paragraph in that professionals may have views but often their risk averse employer precludes them putting in place the best solution. You are also... Continue Reading

It’s always been a gripe of ours that the telepresence/telemedicine carts used in hospitals were person-guided and therefore not ‘really worthy’ of being termed robots. However, according to the GizMag item (with video), iRobot receives FDA approval for physician avatar RP-VITA, iRobot “realized that they should not waste the time of either the physician or the hospital staff in guiding the robot around the hospital[so now] the doctor need only click on the location of the next patient to visit, and RP-VITA signals when it has arrived on site.” Oh, and there is that small matter of FDA approval.... Continue Reading

...offered to the right people. So the challenge is to turn the problem around and let the people who would benefit the most start to insist that they can have the systems that will help them. These systems are likely to be much simpler, cheaper and flexible - and could need minimal GP involvement. Greg I'm wondering what 'poorly evidenced benefits of telecare claimed by the suppliers' were quoted in the DPA report, unless this is referring to the WSD, not my idea of over hype! If we are facing a crunch between DH ambition and what's really deliverable it's... Continue Reading

...time and time again that the public do not understand it and are either outraged at being cared for by a robot or at best dismissive. With GPs taking the commissioning decisions from April it will become increasingly important to win the hearts and minds part of the debate In the article we have a politician saying it won't happen without external funding ... yet this area has had unused telehealth equipment (67% of its stock) for several years - so perhaps finance is the red herring here again? The reason telehealth is so slow to be adopted is that... Continue Reading

Health 2.0 and the New York eHealth Collaborative invite designers and developers to submit prototypes for a secure portal that will present 19.5 million New Yorkers with their individual PHR while educating them about health data privacy rights. Developers have a chance to win up to $15,000 (first place). Submission deadline is 11 April; New Yorkers will vote on the best prototypes through 21 April. Overview and registration form... Continue Reading

...healthy lifestyles, through tools such as adapting ‘DanceDanceRevolution’ to a classroom setting, mobile apps, cost estimators and rewards programs. Unfortunately, it will need to be more exciting to consumers than as presented at the Digital Health Summit, if this article is to be an indicator. UnitedHealth Group makes waves at CES (mHIMSS) The Forbes article (next) goes into more detail on their 4,000 square foot and more importantly, the global $60,000 Breakthrough Health Tech Challenge prize to help people more effectively manage chronic health conditions. And finally, the fork making all the news. After you’ve traipsed hundreds of miles of... Continue Reading

The Microsoft Kinect is proving to be a versatile platform for physical therapy and more. Microsoft’s public sector solutions area has been busily developing relationships to pair up off-the-shelf software with Kinect so that injured soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines can perform their physical therapy effectively at home. The latest is with the US Air Force to define requirements for a Kinect therapy system and with the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC). DARPA, the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Army Medicine, the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and contractors Lockheed Martin, SAIC and CACI have all expressed... Continue Reading