Ten million pounds is to be invested over four years to improve care by growing the Scottish telehealthcare sector.
The project – jointly announced today by the Scottish Government and the Technology Strategy Board – will show how new technologies and innovative services can help improve the quality of life of, and support independent living for, older people and people living with long-term conditions.
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By David Doherty
At the Healthcare Innovation Expo in London I met with Dr Richard Pope, Consultant Diabetologist, who is reporting some great success with the use of Video Conferencing with home based patients:
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Rebecca McQuillan
12 Jul 2010
Despite suffering from daily seizures, Angela Stark can live at home, monitored by carers. Pic: Stewart Attwood
Angela Stark never knows when she’s about to have an epileptic seizure.
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A major new report published today by Healthcare at Home Ltd explores which technologies and models used in the US for chronic disease management could successfully be adopted here in the UK.
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Filed under Mobile Health, Patient management, Patient Safety, Staffing levels, Technology, Telecare, Telehealth by on May 17th, 2010. Comment.
Agency claims area is well placed to lead in delivering healthcare from a distance
HIE forum aims to put north at tele-healthcare forefront
By Iain Ramage
Published: 12/04/2010
Development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise is to host a summit on the future of “telehealthcare” in a bid to put the region at the forefront of the potentially lucrative emerging sector.
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Filed under Long Term Conditions, Mobile Health, Mobility, Scottish Healthcare, Technology, Telecare, Telehealth by on Apr 12th, 2010. Comment.
Hi-tech help to keep older people at home
A total of £16m has been invested in telecare technology since 2006
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Hi-tech devices to help older people remain independent in their own homes will be funded with a new grant from the Scottish government.
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22nd and 23rd September 2010
Glasgow Science Centre www.glasgowsciencecentre.org
Giving you advance notice that our conference this year will be the biggest and brightest yet! We are staging this event at the prestigious Glasgow Science Centre where you not only have great views over the Clyde and City but complementary entrance to the fun science exhibits. The futuristic building mirrors BCS Health Scotland’s innovative and forward looking approach..
Published Date: 01 February 2010
By Tony Lodge
BY 2025 the number of people aged 85 or older in the UK is set to increase by 70 per cent to nearly two million. By 2020 there will be 50 per cent more people over 65.
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A new report from InMedica, on the world market for telehealth, forecasts that the number of gateways used in telehealth applications will increase to over one million in 2014 and to around 3.6 million in 2018. The initiatives taken by governments and private healthcare providers to increase reimbursements and reduce the legal and liability issues will help in the roll out of telehealth as a mainstream technology for remote disease and home-health monitoring. InMedica predicts telehealth will start to be used by healthcare providers on a wider scale from 2012 onwards. This gives a two to three year window for the current market barriers to be overcome, including demonstrating the benefits of telehealth on a large scale to health insurance companies.
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The future’s bright, the future’s talking Zimmers and robo-pets
In the next 15 years, the number of over-65s in the UK is expected to increase by more than three million, and the number of dementia suffers is also predicted to rise.
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