Telecare
Intelligent
healthcare monitoring for hospital and home care
The Saphire Project has developed an intelligent healthcare
monitoring and decision-support system based on a 'semantic
interoperability' platform that integrates wireless medical
sensor data with hospital information systems. November
2007.
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 Post-operative telecare of babies a success for Belfast children's
hospital
A three-year home-care project by the Paediatric Cardiology Department
of the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, has shown that
videoconferencing can provide major assistance in the post-operative
care and monitoring of babies and small children with major congenital
heart conditions. November 2007.
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It’s good to talk:
making connected personal health possible
David Whitlinger, Intel’s Director of Healthcare
Standards explains why interoperability is the key to
providing millions of people worldwide with the tools they
need to manage their health and the health of their
families. October 2007.
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Delivering expert cardiac support in the community
Mike Paynter, nurse practitioner in emergency care at
Bridgwater Community Hospital, outlines how cardiac problems
can be assessed in the primary care environment, improving
patient care and helping alleviate some of the operational
and financial burdens on secondary and emergency care
providers. October 2007.
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Telemedicine as
support for chronic disease management
With the decline in numbers of doctors and experienced nurses and
the consequent increasing pressure on the acute sector, coupled with
increasing patient expectation, Julia Davey, RGN Community
Respiratory Nurse Specialist at Central Surrey Health, asks how can
the growing problem of chronic disease management be addressed?
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Assistive
technologies for
the healthcare
market
Robert Moran explores
some of the challenges
facing the healthcare
and socialcare services
and some of the
assistive technologies
that can help overcome
them. May 2007 Read article
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Telecare — from
pilot to practice
The hard benefits of
telecare have been
proven time and again.
So how, asks Dr
Beverly Castleton, can
we bring it into the
mainstream so those
who need it can benefit?
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Telecare Services
Association
A UK trade association established
in March 1995 (as the Association
of Social Alarms Providers) to
represent the interests of the
social alarms and telecare sector.
Became the Telecare Services
Association (or TSA) in 2005. May 2007
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Telecare — healthcare technology of the future?
Telecare technologies may be one answer to providing healthcare
for the UK’s burgeoning — and rapidly ageing — population, says
Cisco Systems’s Chris Blenkhorn. February 2006.
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Monitoring system
increases long-term patients' independence
Consultants at Newham University Hospital NHS Trust can now read
patients vital signs and assess them in their homes through an
Internet-based monitoring system. February 2006.
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Videoconferencing enables improved healthcare for cancer patients
Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire (SWSH) Cancer Network used
videoconferencing to maximise the availability of expert resources
for patient treatment and reduce the necessity for travel. February
2006.
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The
no-nonsense guide to... monitoring systems
The DoH wants monitoring systems to be available in all homes
that need them by December 2010. Peter Mitchell provides a rundown
of what’s on offer and what’s in the pipeline.
October 2005.
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