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At 30th April 2026

Medtronic reports corporate IT systems cyberattacked. 500K UK Biobank records breached. Are med device and research organizations the new hacker happy hunting ground?
‘Behind the Emergency’–a well-done presentation about and approach to a specialized healthcare market
Weekend Must Read: The 10 point pattern of failure of healthcare tech companies
News roundup: (breaking) IKS Health finalizes TruBridge buy, Hims shares rise on independent Rx fills, Cala Health scores $50M, Joyful Health $22M, Tava Health $40M, actor Jeremy Renner partners with RapidSOS
Even famous doctors have their identity stolen: Dr. Eric Topol “authors” an apparently fake, AI-generated paper
Teleprescriber Zealthy–and CEO Kyle Robertson–accused of asset fraud; DOJ moves to freeze assets and put company in receivership
Chutes & Ladders: Vendor protest filed against VA-OIT, Teladoc stock touted as ‘best buy’, Treehub ‘founder residency’ launches, AcuityMD raises $80M to near-$1B valuation
29th ISfTeH International Conference announced for 11-13 November in Germany–submit your proposal now!
Perspectives: What Healthcare Can Learn from Formula One About AI
Chutes & Ladders: Click Therapeutics raises $50M, lays off 27%; India’s IKS Health in talks to buy TruBridge for over $600M; TELCOR buys Sample for RCM expansion
VA’s Oracle EHR resumes go-lives at four Michigan systems–finally
Two weekend ‘must reads’: the New Yorker’s Sam Altman/OpenAI exposé–and comments; a further deep dive into Carbon Health’s implosion

Telehealth and Telecare Aware posts pointers to a broad range of news items. Authors of those items often use terms 'telecare' and telehealth' in inventive and idiosyncratic ways. Telecare Aware's editors can generally live with that variation. However, when we use these terms we usually mean:

• Telecare: from simple personal alarms (AKA pendant/panic/medical/social alarms, PERS, and so on) through to smart homes that focus on alerts for risk including, for example: falls; smoke; changes in daily activity patterns and 'wandering'. Telecare may also be used to confirm that someone is safe and to prompt them to take medication. The alert generates an appropriate response to the situation allowing someone to live more independently and confidently in their own home for longer.

• Telehealth: as in remote vital signs monitoring. Vital signs of patients with long term conditions are measured daily by devices at home and the data sent to a monitoring centre for response by a nurse or doctor if they fall outside predetermined norms. Telehealth has been shown to replace routine trips for check-ups; to speed interventions when health deteriorates, and to reduce stress by educating patients about their condition.

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