...doesn't end there, and that we will soon see options for these hub units that also offer mobile connectivity, WiFi and router options as well as wireless links (2 way) with environmental, security, vital signs or any other digital devices or sensors. Perhaps I could be overwhelmed if the companies gave a commitment to add these features sooner rather than later - or if there was a strategy for adding or replacing modules to allow for low-cost upgrades. Jamie Cole Looks very nice! My Gran wouldn't be embarrassed to have that in her house. Thomas Johnson Unit looks good. What's... Continue Reading
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Swedish research on GPS tracking with people with dementia
As part of the publicly-funded Trygge Spor research project, more than fifty people with dementia have been using GPS for periods from several weeks to up to a year. The results show that “localisation technology helps achieve an increased sense of security, freedom and quality of life, both for sufferers and their next of kin.” The results are being presented now at a major seminar held at Gardermoen, and will be followed throughout 2013 by scientific articles. Dementia sufferers benefit from GPS. SINTEF. It will be interesting to see over the coming months the types of technology they have tested... Continue Reading
Another five ‘big defining innovations’ for 2013
Writer and Singularity University VP Vivek Wadhwa opines in Venture Beat on the defining technologies we’ll see in 2013. (He was spot on with the cool down of social media, the rising tide of security breaches and cloud-computing failures). All these, but especially the second, are important to healthcare tech. Editor Donna’s comments and opinion follow: Tablet explosion to computing revolution: cheaper, more powerful, but don’t agree that anything decent will ever be given away. And no, tablets will not kill PCs because they are one-way communication tools–great for internet surfing, books, presentations and video, bad for responding to your... Continue Reading
‘The pileup of things’: CES highlights
...division of security giant ADT, and Ideal Life announced a strategic partnership to integrate Ideal Life’s telehealth into the ADT home management system. (release) Our recently profiled [TA 4 Jan] iPhone/Android med reminder app, MediSafe Project from Israel, claims that its users since November (two months!) have an 81% med adherence rate, versus the WHO 50% average in developing countries. For those on cholesterol statins, the percentage is 84%. Impressive, though early days. MedCityNews A Series C funding to note is PatientSafe Solutions, a patient workflow and documentation mobile platform. Investors are the Merck Global Health Innovation (GHI) fund and... Continue Reading
The last weekend update for 2012
...Steve’s recent noting of startup Transparency Life Sciences gaining the first FDA approval of a clinical trial using telehealth monitoring (on the use of the blood pressure drug lisiniprol on MS patients) is Mobihealthnews. Other companies are slicing off digital pieces, such as Janssen R&D’s Clinical Trial Innovation Unit (of Johnson & Johnson) developing a shared online databank of non-proprietary clinical information plus a standard online portal for investigators to communicate with pharmaceutical companies. Omniscience Mobile is currently using mobile communication between participants and investigators for companies like Pfizer and Merck. The pointer to the future is that mobile data... Continue Reading
Unhappy 2013 for telehealth/telemedicine in Australia
Dr James Freeman Over at GP2U, while we are disappointed with the latest changes to the Australian Telehealth rules they only affect Government funded Telehealth. There remains broad scope for non Government funded Telehealth such as our user pays Skype2doctor service. https://gp2u.com.au/skype2doctor Donna Cusano--Editor James, here in the US we have had serious concerns with the fact that Skype is not secure (and is not HIPAA compliant). Most telemedicine platforms like American Well and MDLive use proprietary video conferencing. How are you coping with the privacy question with GP2U? Donna Cusano--Editor Here is more on the security problems US providers... Continue Reading
AirStrip licenses Diversinet data security technology
Following on their October heads-up on AirStrip Technologies working with Toronto-based Diversinet on security relating to AirStrip’s use with the US government, the two have formally announced a licensing agreement where Diversinet’s mobiSecure SDK platform will be used for secure messaging in AirStrip’s mHealth application suite. This enables AirStrip military, government and commercial customers to comply with Federal security requirements. Diversinet recently received the FIPS 140-2 validation for their cryptographic technology underpinning their MobiSecure platform which is required for US and Canada government use [TA 18 Oct]. Earlier this month, they announced the mobiHealth Wallet, which allows patients to create... Continue Reading
EU issues action plan for digital healthcare
Tim Craig This is missing some important issues: - how to enable and then encourage care service providers to collaborate - defining the security regime necessary to support users ownership and management of their own health records - the financial framework necessary to support collaborative care working... Continue Reading
PERS buttons obsolete…and dangerous?
...cost. Panic buttons for seniors must go (Mobihealthnews) Update 7 Dec: Editor Steve, in his comments under the article, makes two points: self-reporting safety confirmations (response to automated calls and similar systems) adds another security layer for older people and disabled living alone; current accelerometer-based fall detectors often miss ‘soft’ or gradual falls, especially to the seated or slumped position Also from Ed. Steve, continuing research in behavioral telecare’s quantification of the early detection of illness is being done by the University of Missouri at two locations in Missouri and Iowa. They are using Microsoft Kinect for gait assessment, which... Continue Reading
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