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Archive for November, 2009
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Personal Care at Home Bill to usher in an age of mobile health?
Posted on November 27, 2009 | No CommentsThe Queen’s Speech at the state opening of parliament last week saw the announcement of the Personal Care at Home Bill. The Bill guarantees free personal care for the 280,000 people living in the UK with ‘the highest needs’, namely those suffering form Parkinson’s and... -
Digital pens to help diabetes sufferers
Posted on November 26, 2009 | 3 CommentsA new mobile health solution from Ontaris called DiabCareOnline was highlighted at the MEDICA tradefair in Germany last week. The system combines a blood glucose metre, a mobile phone, a patient diray and, most interestingly, a digital pen from Anoto. The system is designed to... -
Texas Instruments introduce wireless development platform in a sports watch
Posted on November 24, 2009 | No CommentsTexas Instruments has announced the eZ430-Chronos, the world’s first customisable development environment housed within a sports watch. The Dallas based company claim the kit provides customers with the necessary hardware and software to begin the development of wireless networking applications, regardless of their programming expertise. This... -
Verizon to introduce video call consultations
Posted on November 24, 2009 | No CommentsVerizon, a major US telecommunications company, announced yesterday the debut of its Telehealth Collaboration Services. This will enable healthcare professionals to undertake consultations via video calling as well as provide a number of other collaboration services. The use of remote consultations will help overcome the challenges... -
Technology to offset medical spending cuts?
Posted on November 20, 2009 | 1 CommentSource: IVANS Healthcare Provider Spot Survey -
Mobile health monitoring to be top 5 mobile application by 2012
Posted on November 18, 2009 | No CommentsGartner, a leading IT analyst house, has recently released a report of what it predicts to be the top 10 consumer mobile phone applications in 2012 with mobile health monitoring apps coming in at fifth. The list was decided by a number of criteria including... -
Microsoft announce mHealth awards for Africa
Posted on November 17, 2009 | No CommentsMicrosoft has announced a new award scheme, Mobile Healthcare for Africa, intended to rewarding research projects which are looking to improve healthcare delivery in Africa through the use of mobile technology. Microsoft are acceptning proposals until November 25th for cash grants to Africa-based researchers to... -
IVT to demo mobile health system at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress
Posted on November 16, 2009 | No CommentsIVT Corporation, a major supplier of Bluetooth software and Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) terminals, has announced it will be demonstrating its new mobile health solution at the GSMA‘s Mobile Asia Congress later this month. The Chinese based company’s medical system enables remote monitoring and assists in... -
mHealth off-the-shelf in the US
Posted on November 16, 2009 | 1 CommentAmerican consumer electronics retailer Best Buy earlier this week announced that 40 of their stores in will be stocking mobile health equipment including pedometers, heart rate monitors and a number of other connected devices. The giant retailer will be offering “more than 30 feet of... -
DataDyne co-founder named top innovator by Forbes
Posted on November 13, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe founder of DataDyne, the world’s most widely used mobile health program, has been named in a list of the top seven innovators in the world by Forbes magazine. Joel Selanikio, a physician/epidemologist, founded the company in 2003 alongside Rose Donna a technologist formerly of...