By FIONA McKAY TWO multi-million, technological health pro- grammes have been launched officially to help deliver better healthcare in people’s homes. Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Alex Neil MSP unveiled the two Telehealth and Telecare programmes, worth £2.8million, when … Continue reading →
Dundee and St Andrews researchers develop a communication support system for older people with dementia As one result of their collaborative work over twelve years, a multidisciplinary team from Dundee and St Andrews Universities has produced CIRCA, a system … Continue reading →
Organised by The King’s Fund and the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC), this annual event brings together key speakers from around the world to showcase innovations and best practice in the deployment of telehealth and telecare. In addition to the … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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: Key take aways of the talk: … Continue reading →
Rebecca McQuillan 12 Jul 2010 Angela Stark never knows when she’s about to have an epileptic seizure. “One minute I could be standing, the next I could be down on the floor,” she says. The 40-year-old from Cowdenbeath might be … Continue reading →
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. The report – Lessons from the US: using … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Hi-tech help to keep older people at home A total of £16m has been invested in telecare technology since 2006 Hi-tech devices to help older people remain independent in their own homes will be funded with a new grant from … Continue reading →