Ascom is perfectly entitled to name its nurse call system anything it wants. But does it fit within the range of your construct of ‘telecare’? It doesn’t sit comfortably in mine. Read their Ascom Telecare IP – Nurse Call System information and leave a comment if you want to react.
LogicMark’s Guardian Alert 911
An interesting product positioned half-way conceptually between Alertacall’s Safety Confirmation Service and a full-blown call center service. A product for fairly independent people and, as noted in Telecare Aware last March, being sold through the Winn-Dixie supermarket chain in the US as well as directly by LogicMark. Visit this website link to view a Guardian Alert 911 video. (Also in the Video Library)
Remote patient monitoring video news item (US)
News item from News10.com shows remote patient monitoring in use.
Video. Only 1min 40 seconds including sponsor’s advert. (Also accessible from the Video Library) Related article.
Link to Viterion product shown.
Pennsylvania prosecutes home alarm company
Company offering burglar and ‘medic alarms’ was prosecuted for not adequately disclosing automatic contract renewals, unfair price increase language and not notifiying cancellation rights. Press report.
What does Archimedes say?
Fascinating article for those of us who sense that reluctance to embrace telehealth and telecare technology is more than just a ‘rational’ plea for more evidence. Long but interesting item on Dr David Eddy, who has spent much of his life exposing the ‘irrationality’ underpinning most medical practice. Read it here.
C-Turtle video home monitoring
Launch of ViTelCare C-Turtle video-enabled home monitoring unit. New telecare product information in this dull-as-ditchwater press release which leads to a more interesting website.
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