Archive for 'telehealth' Category
Remote Monitoring – how to make it work?
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is not a new concept but it has received plenty of (negative) attention lately following a cardiac patient study that revealed no benefits. Experts say the study was flawed in its data analysis and thus should not be used as evidence of remote monitoring failure. It seems obvious that getting individuals [...]
Will Smart Phones disrupt the telehealth market?
At latest count there were almost 6000 health apps for smart phones, with the iPhone leading the pack but Android based phones quickly catching up. An increasing number of physicians are now using smart phones to access medical information. The newly launched iPad has gained significant following and has even made it into hospitals as [...]
Wireless health – Part 1: How do we transmit all the data?
Please excuse me for introducing another term, ‘Wireless’, to the plethora of Mobile Health, Connected Health, Telehealth, etc. Paul explained in an earlier post here a while ago. But I’d like to focus on the mobility aspect of all the health applications, the reason why we want to make these applications wireless: Patients are rarely [...]
The Continua Health Alliance – where next?
Progress in telehealth and telemedicine has been limited by the lack of coordination and standardisation between device manufacturers. To address this, in 2006 the Continua Health Alliance was formed with the aim of promoting an ecosystem of interoperable health devices. The Continua Health Alliance is a not for profit alliance of medical device manufacturers, technology [...]
Why are telehealth hubs so expensive?
How do you create a cost effective telehealth hub for the home? That is the question that I have tried to answer in my work with Cambridge Consultants. As a result we have developed telehealth hub solutions that minimise the hardware cost, and minimise complexity. As you may have seen from my previous blog posts on the [...]
Telehealth, Mobile Health, Connected Health, and now ECare – is there a difference?
Telehealth, telecare, telemedicine, connecetd health, mobile health, ehealth and now ecare. Is there a difference? The truth is I struggle with these terms myself. When creating the content for Cambridge Consultants Wireless Medical web pages I can never be sure which of the terms will be relevant to our customers. While there may be some subtle [...]
Health2.0 Device and service blurs the lines with telehealth
Health2.0 has several definitions, but at its core has been the use of web2.0 consumer techniques to deliver health services online. The techniques and tools of Facebook turned to patient communities, or the recommendations systems of Amazon used to assist in the selection of treatment. “liked Ventolin? why not try Serevent?” or “Patients rated your [...]
