USEFUL LINKS - SUPPLEMENT December 2012
Welcome to an additional supplement from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Knowledge Transfer Network and the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network.
This supplement to the December 2012 Newsletter provides a summary of news stories relating to Telecare and Telehealth from the UK and around the world. They cover the following topic areas: a) Policy, funding and trends
To view information on policy, funding and trends that may be of interest, click on the links below:
£1.5m for personal health budgets rollout after 'positive' evaluation - Community Care (UK) 1,500 jobs at risk in NHS Direct call centre closures, say unions| guardian.co.uk (UK) 100,000 people to benefit from telehealth to help them live independently at home (UK) 100,000 people to reap telehealth benefits in 2013 - Public Service (UK) 100,000 to get 'doctor by broadband' in 2013 - Telegraph (UK) 100percent personalbudgets - Blog - Think Local Act Personal (UK) 3millionlives programme: turning the spotlight on telehealth and telecare (UK) 4 top trends that will shape digital health A day in the life of ... a CCG chief officer (UK) A decade of austerity for the NHS? | The Nuffield Trust (UK) A decade of austerity? The funding pressures facing the NHS from 2010/11 to 2021/22 | The Nuffield Trust (UK) A healthy outlook | Holyrood Magazine - New Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil outlines his priorities A person-centred approach to dementia care - Health Service Journal (subscription) (UK) A step by step guide to commissioning for social value (UK) About personal health budgets - Patient choice - NHS Choices (UK) Accident and emergency 2012 | Care Quality Commission Report (UK) Achieving high reliability in NHS Wales - Health Foundation (UK) Active Ageing: Delivering Results for Europe Adoption of mHealth technologies: UK vs. USA (UK) All Together Now: Competitive integration in the NHS (UK) An extra £48bn public spending cuts are required by 2018 (UK) An organisational analysis of the implementation of telecare and telehealth: the whole systems demonstrator An organisational analysis of the implementation of telecare and telehealth: the whole systems demonstrator Analysis: mandate may allow space for CCGs' freedom | Health Service Journal (Subscription) (UK) Anna Dixon: why does health and social care need to change? | The King's Fund (UK) Are NHS Pharmacists capable of giving personalised medicine a chance? (UK) December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 1 of 23 Audio: Dementia Challenge reception at Downing Street (UK) Auditors say most councils are coping with cuts, but stress is starting to show - Audit Commission (UK) Baby boomers 'facing unseen health crisis' (UK) BBC News - A&E waiting times longer - CQC (UK) BBC News - Adult social care suffering under cuts, survey suggests (UK) BBC News - Bend me, shape me: Flexible phones 'out by 2013' (UK) BBC News - Cold homes cost NHS more than a billion, Age UK study says (UK) BBC News - Consultants warn care hit by poor deals on supplies (UK) BBC News - Diabetes: 1-in-3 inpatients suffer NHS error, report to claim (UK) BBC News - Fears over health and loneliness of elderly this winter (UK) BBC News - Full hospitals creating potential danger, analysis says (UK) BBC News - High-tech health care 'can benefit NI patients and economy' BBC News - High-tech health care 'can benefit NI patients and economy' (UK) BBC News - Is the NHS mandate really that radical? (UK) BBC News - Ministers rebuked on NHS spending claim (UK) BBC News - 'Never mind the patient, tick the box' (UK) BBC News - NHS cracks 'beginning to appear' (UK) BBC News - NHS medical director wants surgeon league tables (UK) BBC News - NHS 'must be tougher negotiator' on private deals (UK) BBC News - Quality of care suffering, says regulator (UK) BBC News - UK chancellor announces more fast broadband cities (UK) Better data means better care in the NHS | Jeremy Hunt (UK) Big data: what does it mean for healthcare? Biomedical Catalyst funding to develop healthcare technologies (UK) Blog ¦¦ BIVDA - Telehealth and self care could revolutionise management of long-term conditions (UK) Board Assurance Prompt – supporting vulnerable adults - The application of assistive living technology to support independence (UK) Bridging the gap between local government and the NHS (UK) Campaign to End Loneliness (UK) Can we 'nudge' older people to go online? Cancer patients are living longer than ever before (UK) Care for older people: projected expenditure to 2022 on social care and continuing health care for England's older population | The Nuffield Trust (UK) Care Home reviews by Reevoo and Yourcarehome - Residential and Nursing Care Home News (UK) Care homes watchdog could monitor firms' financial health| guardian.co.uk (UK) Care homes: How can data and technology impact the lives of vulnerable patients? - Health 2.0 London (London, England) - Meetup Care Quality Commission must not run the risk of politicisation (UK) Care Quality Commission: budget cuts not to blame as elderly are denied dignity and respect (UK) Care Quality Commission: Elderly denied dignity and respect (UK) Care reform must be a postbag issue | Briefing | Local Government Chronicle Care UK calls for more integration between health and social care following Dr Foster report (UK) Careline Personal Pendant Alarms for the Elderly (UK) Cash for care' rolled out to 56,000 people (UK) CCG authorisation: time for Wave 1, but what's the splash? | MHP Health CCG running costs allowances 2013/14 | NHS Commissioning Board (UK) CCGs face old fears with desire for change - Health Service Journal (Subscription) (UK) CCGs to lead huge telehealth expansion (UK) CCGs˜will not delegate mandate responsibilities to practices (UK)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 2 of 23 Charity: More Help Needed For Cancer Carers Choice Support saves local authority £250,000 in new initiative (UK) Choose Well web site (UK) Choosing the place of care: The effect of patient choice on treatment location in England, 2003-2011 | The Nuffield Trust (UK) CIOs more optimistic about health IT than docs Civil Service Live Network: Civil Service World's news: Prescribing data for a healthier NHS Clinical-financial partnerships in the NHS: why we need them to deliver the cost and quality challenge Cold homes cost NHS £1.36 billion (UK) Community nurses in Lothian await £1m mobile gadget boost Compassion in practice: Our vision and strategy is here! | Viv Bennett (UK) Contractual ‘duty of candour’ to drive a more open NHS culture (UK) Copy of Plasmas's by The King's Fund on Prezi (UK) Council to increase care charges in Midlothian - Local Headlines - Midlothian Advertiser (UK) Councils need to plan for financial future to avoid going over the edge (UK) Cracks begin to appears in NHS (UK) David Bennett: Monitor's changing role (UK) David Nicholson addresses nursing leaders - YouTube (UK) Debate on NHS Digital First Initiative Demonstrates Telemedicine's Hidden Hurdle Dementia challenge champion groups report on progress | The Dementia Challenge (UK) Dementia Friends Web Site (UK) Department of Health outline diabetes care plan Department publishes Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework 2013-14 (UK) Designing a Car That Takes Your Pulse, Senses If You're Ill Developing a clearer strategy for the CQC | David Behan (UK) Developing integrated care at scale and pace: time to make it happen | The King's Fund (UK) DH reveals detail of GP contract deal (UK) DH support for telehealth roll-out (UK) Digital by default requires a concerted culture change in government (UK) Digital Inclusion in Care Homes (UK) Doctors could Skype patients to save time and money Doctors dismayed as public health committee is scrapped (UK) Doctors need to be part of the digital revolution Dr Foster Intelligence - Using the power of information to provide better services (UK) Dr Foster's report: live chat on the state of the NHS| guardian.co.uk (UK) Dr George Margelis' Blog on telehealth E-Health Insider :: GP develops patient engagement tool (UK) E-Health Insider :: 'Historic' mandate highlights IT (UK) E-Health Insider :: Lamb 'banging the drum' for telehealth (UK) E-Health Insider :: Monitor to base tariff on PLICS (UK) E-Health Insider :: New GP data set to assess quality (UK) E-Health Insider :: NHS CB builds customer service platform (UK) E-Health Insider :: NHS CB finds info bosses outside NHS (UK) E-Health Insider :: NHS CB mandated to create EHR (UK) E-Health Insider :: PACS to the future (UK) E-Health Insider :: Poulter says IT key for new DH team (UK) E-Health Insider :: Power to the people (UK) E-Health Insider :: 'Revolution in transparency' for NHS (UK) E-Health Insider :: Revolutionary road (UK)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 3 of 23 eHealthNews.eu Portal | Housing LIN Launches Report on Benefits of Assisted Living Technology for Vulnerable Adults eHealthNews.eu Portal | Opinion Article: Building an Innovative & Cost Effective Health System in Europe eHealthNews.eu Portal | UK is to be World Leader in Delivering Health Technology (UK) End of the Doctor's surgery (UK) End of the doctors surgery? GP visits to be replaced by Skype consultations in bid to save NHS £3bn (UK) Exactly how does the new Secretary of State think he is going to influence the NHS to do his bidding? Exclusive: Less than a dozen CCGs 'very difficult to operate' EXCLUSIVE: Technology sidelined in QIPP plans | News | Health Service Journal (Subscription) (UK) Executives Unplugged' say healthcare needs an attitude adjustment Expert Patients Programme Courses for Long Term Health Conditions (UK) EXPO, Innovators Den - NHS Inno Expo 2013 First NHS Commissioning Assembly meeting and patient responsibilities (UK) Five million elderly only have TV for company | Carers Chill4us (UK) Five million elderly only have TV for company: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt - Telegraph (UK) General practice in London: supporting improvements in quality | The King's Fund (UK) Going paperless at King's College Hospital | The power of information (UK) Google: Britain must embrace the web's innovators - Telegraph (UK) Government announces next steps on Dementia Challenge | The Dementia Challenge (UK) Government spending by department, 2011-12: get the data | guardian.co.uk (UK) Government urged to pay GP partners £160k to go salaried (UK) Government's NHS spending claims are misleading, watchdog tells Jeremy Hunt - UK Politics - UK - The Independent (UK) GP quality and outcomes framework indicators focus on the wrong issues| The Guardian (UK) GP super-partnerships: a route to integrated care? | The Nuffield Trust (UK) GPs are being asked to take up thy mouse and co-ordinate (UK) GPs as providers working closer with colleagues at astonishing speed | Inside Commissioning Blogs (UK) GPs face more scrutiny under 'mandate' to improve care GPs to begin implementation of telehealth drive under new DES (UK) GPs told to boost dementia diagnoses (UK) Health - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Health and Social Care Act explained (UK) Health Care Waste: Is Technology the Answer or Part of the Problem? Health checks by GPs 'should cover mental health' (UK) Health minister praises Airedale Hospital staff for dementia services (UK) Health policy under the coalition government | The King's Fund (UK) Health records to move online by 2015 - Government Computing Network Health reforms: The NHS still needs to change its ways, Mr Hunt | The Economist (UK) Health Secretary orders review into new rating system for NHS and social care (UK) Health technologies to improve the lives of people with long-term conditions (UK) Healthcare professional acceptance of telemonitoring for chronic care patients in primary care Healthcare professional acceptance of telemonitoring for chronic care patients in primary care Healthwatch England aims to ensure the voices of service users are heard| The Guardian (UK) Home care chief Bridget Warr keeps home care on top of Government agenda (UK) Hospital beds nearly all occupied, say government figures (UK) Hospitals 'full to bursting' as bed shortage hits danger level (UK) Hospitals 'full to bursting', claim health monitors (UK) How anxiety over falling can lead to elderly losing their sense of independence (UK)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 4 of 23 How service user watchdog plans to make impact on poor practice - Community Care (UK) How telecare is transforming social care | Social care network | Guardian Professional (UK) How the new NHS Mandate will impact upon the care sector (UK) Hunt admits GPs are doing more work for no more money (UK) Hunt announces telehealth push - News - Practice Business (UK) Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) three-year report: the first million patients Improving GP services in England | The King's Fund (UK) Improving Oxygen Services (UK) INHALE Web site (UK) Intellect Calls for Renewed Focus on Implementation and Policy Delivery (UK) Internet not used by most over-75s | Age UK (UK) Is It Possible To Innovate Without Innovating ? Is the RCT too slow for mobile health? It's time to think differently | The King's Fund (UK) Jeremy Hunt speaks at the Age UK conference (Audio) (UK) Jeremy Hunt Speech at Age UK on 14 November 2012 (UK) Jeremy Hunt, King's Fund Speech on 28 November 2012 (UK) Jeremy Hunt: Making quality of care as important as quality of treatment | The King's Fund (UK) Jeremy Hunt: The four improvements I want to see in the NHS by 2015 (UK) JEREMY HUNTS VISION FOR TELEHEALTH IS AMBITIOUS BUT DESERVES WIDESPREAD SUPPORT (UK) Joint Committee on the Draft Care and Support Bill - Membership - UK Parliament (UK) Kent and Medway Public Health Observatory - Long term conditions (UK) Labour steps cautiously up to difficult truths about the NHS Let's find the political will to integrate care | Health Service Journal (Subscription) (UK) Local councils warned that "paying for failure cannot continue" (UK) Loneliness and telehealth | Margaret McCartney's blog Loneliness measure to boost care for older people (UK) Long-term conditions and multi-morbidity | The King's Fund (UK) Looking after someone: a guide to carers' rights and benefits 2012/13| Carers UK (UK) Lords Committee asks what's right and wrong in health and social care for the elderly - UK Parliament (UK) Managing COPD resources (UK) Measuring accountability for outcomes: is transparency enough? | The King's Fund (UK) Measuring patient involvement is hard, but we must do it - Health Foundation (UK) mHealth will remain uncharted territory until FDA finalizes app rules Mike Nolan: how relationship-centred care can improve patient outcomes | The King's Fund (UK) More pain for social care as Osborne cuts extra £445m from councils - Community Care (UK) My Diabetes My Way - Diabetes Information in Scotland (UK) My Journey' phone app for mental health patients (UK) My unfinished business in the NHS National Well-being interactive wheel of measures (UK) New technologies promote respiratory condition awareness New technology for nurses (UK) NHS accused of wasting billions on unnecessary hospital admissions (UK) NHS CCG News (UK) NHS Commissioning Board (Mandate): 13 Nov 2012: House of Commons debates - TheyWorkForYou (UK) NHS Confederation statement on Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2012 (UK) NHS cost-cutting being put ahead of patients' welfare, claims watchdog (UK) NHS Direct maps out its future - Government Computing Network (UK) NHS failings aggravate distress over blunders (UK)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 5 of 23 NHS friends and family benchmark too crude, says ex-Lansley adviser (UK) NHS health checks through general practice: randomised trial of population cardiovascular risk reduction (UK) NHS IT expenditure will rise, says study (UK) NHS lays out G-Cloud timetable for e-mail services - Government Computing Network (UK) NHS Leadership Recognition Awards 2012 (UK) NHS mandate dumps the targets to focus on improvements (UK) NHS Mandate pledges to boost e-consultations with GPs (UK) NHS mandate welcomed by health bodies - Public Service (UK) NHS Outcomes Framework 2013 to 2014 focus on measuring health outcomes (UK) NHS Outcomes Framework 2013/14 mind map (UK) NHS Outcomes Framework indicators | The NHS Information Centre (UK) NHS shakeup tackles disparity between mental and physical health services| The Guardian (UK) NHS staff need to be creative to hit Qipp targets (UK) NHS telehealth will not get national implementation - Public Service (UK) NHS under pressure from lack of joined-up care, says report (UK) NHS will have to make better use of social care solutions (UK) NICE: GPs should screen all adults for exercise habits (UK) Non-elective activity increase could hit CCG budgets (UK) Notes on the Whole System Demonstrator | Margaret McCartney's blog (UK) Nurses 'unaware' how they can patronise and demean - Telegraph (UK) Nurses will be formally rated for their compassion (UK) One million˜Dementia Friends will help make life better for people with dementia | The Dementia Challenge (UK) Online access to medical records is essential but too many GPs see patient power as a threat Online GP consultations 'to become widespread' OnMedica - News - Telehealth expansion to be headed by CCGs Operating principles for joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) and joint health and wellbeing strategies (JHWSs) Oxfordshire Telecare Revised on Vimeo Panel session: what does real partnership with patients mean in practice? | The King's Fund (UK) Patient data in the NHS: live discussion (UK) Patient Voices: Not Florence Nightingale? (UK) Patients should be given power to correct record errors, says DH adviser (UK) Personal budget pilots increased costs by 22%, shows DH report (UK) Personal Budgets are proven to improve care (UK) Personal health budgets Learning Network (UK) Personal health budgets Learning Network (UK) Personal Health Budgets: 30 Nov 2012: Hansard Written Answers and Statements - TheyWorkForYou (UK) PHBE :: Personal Health Budgets Evaluation (UK) PHRs improve patients' adherence to preventive services guidelines Poll: Telemedicine Is Popular in Britain Poor care 'a betrayal of our values' says nursing chief (UK) Practical guides for health and wellbeing boards (UK) Practice nurses can help elderly do more walking (UK) Pressures on health and care services are increasing the risks of poor care according to our latest report | Care Quality Commission (UK) Prime Minister launches next phase of Dementia Challenge (UK) Pro-Active Care model - Dr Tuan Nguyen | Long term conditions (UK) Public attitudes to NHS spending: new poll by Ipsos MORI | The Nuffield Trust (UK)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 6 of 23 Public consultation on the revision of European legislation on medical devices : MHRA (UK) Public expenditure crisis: no cash for decrepit schools, jails or NHS| The Guardian (UK) Public health commissioning in the NHS from 2013 (UK) QIPP NHS Connecting for Health (UK) QOF activity could be unprofitable, accountants warn (UK) Report: NHS slipping on Innovation, Health and Wealth targets | Health Service Journal (Subscription) (UK) Research into new care technologies gets £6.25m in funding | BMJ Resources for health and wellbeing boards Restrictions on test strips | Diabetes UK Blogs (UK) Richard Smith: At last, a consumer led NHS? Rising costs and flat economic growth set to prolong the NHS financial squeeze for a further decade | The Nuffield Trust (UK) Roll-out of telehealth to start next year | PJ Online RSM Videos | The Royal Society of Medicine SCIE: Personalisation (UK) Scottish Older people may give up Safety Alarms after charges are added (UK) Sector Skills Insights : Health & Social Care | Publications | UKCES (UK) SEHTA launches new UK Healthcare Innovation Hub (UK) SEHTA unveils UK Healthcare Innovation Hub (UK) Self Directed Support bill passed (UK) Self management support resource centre (UK) Service award - Durham Council (UK) Shared services: Sponsored roundtables Shared services: Surveys¦ a confidence trick? Sharp rise in adult abuse cases amid fall in social work numbers - Community Care (UK) Should we start preparing for a decade of austerity in the NHS? (UK) Simple Guide to Payment by Results (UK) Snow angels win award (From Northwich Guardian) (UK) Social Care Worker Survey Exposes Cuts (UK) Social care: a postcode lottery | Full Fact (UK) Social Work Reform | Projects | The Centre for Welfare Reform Standards fall as care operators get 'too big to fail' - Home News - UK - The Independent (UK) Structures and processes for priority-setting by health-care funders: a national survey of primary care trusts in England Summary of responses to the draft Care and Support Bill consultation published (UK) Surge in non-elective hospital activity hits CCG budgets (UK) Systemic failures' to blame for poor patient care, say health leaders (UK) Technology cash for Scottish community nurses Telecare: delivering savings in Hillingdon (UK) Telehealth to benefit three million by 2017 (UK) Telemedicine: 12 Nov 2012: Hansard Written Answers and Statements - TheyWorkForYou (UK) Telemonitoring NI | HSC Public Health Agency Telescot project - Stroke Telestroke network pays off for member hospitals The CCG Commissioning cycle (NHS Institute) by Robert Varnam on Prezi (UK) The Centre for Usable Home Technology (UK) The franchising of Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust - National Audit Office (UK) The Health and Social Care Information Centre: QOF online results database (UK) The health and social care ratings review | The Nuffield Trust (UK)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 7 of 23 The key to better healthcare lies in data | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional (UK) The Mandate | A mandate from the Government to the NHS Commissioning Board (UK) The new wonder-drug - NHS Networks Blog (UK) The Royal College of Nursing: NHS is 'sleepwalking into a crisis' There are two worlds in the NHS: policy and practicality (UK) Tim Kelsey interview | Using Health Data to Develop Better Treatments - YouTube (UK) Time for radical change to shift power to patients | The King's Fund (UK) Time to Think Differently | The King's Fund (UK) TLAP welcomes Personal Health Budgets Pilot evaluation report - News - Think Local Act Personal (UK) TLAP welcomes SCIE's new digital guide to Personalisation - News - Think Local Act Personal (UK) Top nurses announce new strategy to build culture of compassionate care across the NHS (UK) Tough times 2012 - Audit Commission (UK) Towards Excellence in Adult Social Care (UK) Tunstall Healthcare Blog: Tunstall welcomes Minister's endorsement that UK is to be world leader in delivering health technology (UK) U.K. NHS mandate includes expansion of health IT, PHRs and mobile health | Government Health IT (UK) U.K. telehealth model, smartphone prescribing unlikely to take hold in U.S. (UK) U.S. primary care doctors making sizeable strides on health IT - amednews.com UK dials up "virtual doctors" in big telehealth push - Yahoo! News (UK) UK experimenting with virtual clinics using iPad and Skpe to help close budget gap (UK) UK government announces healthcare technology revolution - E & T Magazine (UK) UK GPs Leading the Way for Online Services (UK) UK to be world leader on health technology, says Hunt (UK) UK to be 'world leader' on health technology, says Hunt (UK) Up to 100,000 patients could be on telehealth in 2013, says UK health secretary, Articles | MobileHealthLive (UK) Updated national framework for NHS continuing healthcare and related tools (UK) Video: Critical elderly care report is a 'wake-up call', says Jeremy Hunt - Telegraph (UK) Wakefield - supporting young carers with telecare Welbeing at the double: Two top business awards for leading telecare service (UK) Welcome to the website for ThinkGlucose - NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (UK) What about end of life care? Mapping England's health and wellbeing boards What can be done to ensure care home residents get quality healthcare? (UK) What health professionals should know about diabetes (UK) What impact does telehealth have on long-term conditions management? | The King's Fund (UK) What matters most to NHS managers (UK) What would a world without NICE look like? | MHP Health WhatsApp: the new text messaging | Technology | The Guardian (UK) Why the NHS reforms sow seeds of confusion (UK) Will the friends and family test transform the NHS? | Healthcare Network | guardian.co.uk (UK) Windows 8 and Surface are poised to disrupt healthcare | Perficient Healthcare IT Solutions Blog With #dementia on the political agenda, we™re optimistic about the future | Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 8 of 23 b) Business intelligence and product development
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“ 20% doctor included”: speculations & musings of a technology optimist 20 Game-Changing Technology Trends That Will Create Both Disruption and Opportunity on a Global Level 2012 mHIMSS Mobile Technology Survey Results from HIMSS Analytics! 2012 NDEP Frankie Award Winners (Diabetes) 2013 crystal ball time: AT&T's top 5 predictions 2020health's Blog | Technology. Business. Policy. (UK) 3D imaging device enables dramatic improvement in wound care 3-D 'light switch' could lead to new Parkinson's, epilepsy treatment 4 Things Media Companies Must Do ... or Die 45 Mind Blowing Digital Health Statistics and Trends 5 great mobile apps for healthcare you've never heard of 5 steps to a mobile practice 7 ways health IT can help curb prescription drug abuse A baby monitor that 'socks' it to you A creative approach to helping people with dementia (UK) A Digital Health Manifesto: or why health data integration is the key to a healthcare renaissance A guide to measuring the triple aim: population health, experience of care, and per capita cost A History of Social Media [Infographic] A Hospital War Reflects a Tightening Bind for Doctors Nationwide A Measured Life on Vimeo A Role for Physicians: An Observation on Cost Containment A Simpler Social Technographics Ladder A Strategy for Healthcare Digital Engagement About self management | My Condition, My Terms, My Life Access To Online Health Information And Use Of Clinical Services Linked ACO Tally Could Double By January, Says CMS Official AEA Technology PLC : New health app for iPhone helps those affected by air pollution | 4-Traders Aetna Chairman and CEO at mHealth Summit: Sneak Peek of Passage Virtual Fitness App; Eight New Partners Added to the CarePass„¢ Platform | Aetna News Hub Aframe Digital Receives FDA Class II 510(k) Clearance for Mobilecare Monitor AgendaWorld Conference on Active Ageing, 2012: UKAFA members' perspective (UK) Air Products Telehealth (UK) AliveCor founder: Payers will invest in medtech to save money (video) AliveCor IPhone ECG transforms heart rhythm monitoring AliveCor's Heart Monitor for iPhone Receives FDA Clearance Almost half of clinicians collect data at bedside via mobiles American Medical News Examines Top Telemedicine Markets AMIA: Why interoperability is 'taking so darn long' App heralds official launch of health services directory Are e-visits coming to a doctor near you? - Health & wellness - The Boston Globe Arizona studies envision telemedicine on smartphones - Phoenix News - KTAR.com Army-funded home telehealth system measures firefighter stress At the VA, More Patients to be Served by Telehealth - Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law AT&T chief medical information officer on why remote monitoring is mod twist on house calls (video)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 9 of 23 AT&T Sees Telehealth, Mobile App Growth as 2013 Health IT Trends ATA CEO says telehealth use to double in next few years Atlanta docs develop app to detect heart defects Autom, the Robotic Weight Coach: Interview with Intuitive Automata's Founder, Dr. Cory Kidd Avado - Connecting Providers and Patients Basis health and heart rate monitor for wellness and fitness BBC News - 'Promising results' for bowel cancer breath-test (UK) BBC News - Robots in the classroom help autistic children learn (UK) BBC News - Smartphones to be pocket seismometers (UK) BBC News - Warning over urgent care for cancer patients (UK) Beginnings of Bionic - Flexible, stretchable electronics could launch cyborg era Big Data "Eurekas!" Don't Just Happen - Harvard Business Review Biggest mHealth Issue | EMR and EHR BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Mobile Technology May Define The Future Of Healthcare Bill Aims To Advance Innovation in Mobile Health Technology BlipCare Launches The Next Generation Wireless Weight Scale That Reminds Users To Take Their Readings Blood meter design concept reduces waste Boost for video consultation on World Stroke Day (UK) Bosch selects Doro to enrich its TeleCare offering with mobile solutions Bosch selects Doro to enrich TeleCare offering with mobile solutions Breast cancer detection device for the OR inches closer to pre-market approval BYOD: Is Mobile Device Management The Answer? Can mobile technology retool the world's seniors? Canada and Europe fund intelligent senior homes Cardiac rehabilitation may not provided a quality of life benefit in coronary artery disease patients Catholic Health Initiatives - a plan for a national Virtual Health Services platform Cell Phone Activities 2012 | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project Cell Phone Activities Over Time | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project (Infographic) Change4Life launches smartphone drinks tracker app (UK) Chronic Disease and Social Networks Cisco Connected World Technology Report 2012 - The Network: Cisco's Technology News Site Clinton Health Matters Initiative Clinton turns to remote monitoring, Verizon to address health gaps Cloud experts say healthcare is the perfect storm Coags Uncomplicated is a free educational app with a hidden agenda Colin Sullivan's sensor mat a virtual doctor Collaboration To Improve Healthcare Accessibility For Veterans Colorado Telehealth Network to offer statewide image archive and exchange Communication failures lead to rampant discharge medication errors Connected Housing - Connecting the Housing Twitterverse (UK) Connected Housing - The building block of our social fabric (UK) Content, partnerships now trump technology in global mHealth Contracting value - Conclusion | KPMG | GLOBAL Coordinating Care Using Telemedicine Solutions Cost-Effective Application-cum-iPhone case to assess Heart Condition | French Tribune Costing Dementia Care after General Hospital (UK) Courage Project on Ageing in Europe Dancing Robots To Help Autistic Children Data for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma: making a real difference
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 10 of 23 Decisions doctors must make to avoid Medicare penalties Dell Launches Unit Providing Social-Media Strategy to Brands Demand for informal care is rising but supply is set to fall - we must solve this conundrum' (UK) Design Ltd.: Renovated Myths for the Development of Socially Embedded Technologies Diabetes Insulin Pumps Victims of Airport Security Diabetics can check sugar with phone Dial-a-doctor, online services cut office visits Digital Technologies, Older People, Trust, and Isolation Discussing data ownership and analysis with Open mHealth on Twitter Disease Management Company ActiveCare Collaborates With Qualcomm Life Diversinet Introduces mobiHealth Wallet with New Patient-Centered Health Information Divining a Digital Future Do Smartphones (& Tablets) Mean Smart Healthcare? (UK) Do You Understand Medicalese? Docs could ditch the dirty stethoscope with this wireless, disposable lung monitoring system Docs involved in patient portal creation more likely to recommend use Doctors give a cautious welcome to epilepsy patch (UK) Don't immediately believe the mhealth hype Drugmaker ties to diabetes bloggers come under fire Early warning system for pediatric patients could alert providers to deteriorating condition (video) East and Midlothian Physiotherapy Service shortlisted for national award (UK) Effects of a mHealth intervention for alcohol relapse prevention Effort Uses Smartphones To Boost Cervical Cancer Diagnoses in Tanzania ehealth Access Launches the Virtual Medical Kiosk - Telepresence Options eHealth Access launches virtual medical kiosk eHealth Access with its Virtual Medical Kiosk, aims to widen healthcare delivery in India eHealth conference: Telehealth's time has come E-Health Insider :: E-portal for youth mental health (UK) E-Health Insider :: Interest high in EMR deployment (UK) E-Health Insider :: South group to share e-prescribing info (UK) eHealthNews.eu Portal | Patients' Electronic Medical Record to the Foot of the Hospital Bed eHealthNews.eu Portal | Philips CarePartners Mobile App Helps Ease the Burden of Caregiver Coordination eHealthNews.eu Portal | Tunstall Previews iVi Intelligent Pendant Electronic Health Records Infographic Empowering Intelligent Health Empowering Intelligent Health, Denmark Conference (UK) Epocrates finally fights back Epocrates for patients may be coming soon e-Prescribing nears halfway mark Eric Topol's tech tools: what it would take for this doc to use European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Europe's Information Society Newsroom Expanded telemedicine program unveiled that is aimed at veterans Experts urge commissioners to invest in self management courses for patients with chronic disease FairPoint Communications to build New England Telehealth Consortium Network FCC committee: mHealth Task Force must meet needs of underserved groups FDA clears Aframe's MobileCare Monitor as Class II device Federal Telemedicine News: Partners in mHealth (UK) Feds announce $3.3m aged care telehealth program Five Disruptive Telehealth Startups to Watch
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 11 of 23 Freedom - Internet Blocking Productivity Software From Mobile Health to mHealth: Driving patient care From now on for me, it's health *and* care « e-Patient Dave From the mHealth Summit: The Medium or the Message? Frontline first: protecting services, improving care Gaming takes hold in healthcare genHOME | York St John (UK) Genomics revolution: UK could miss the boat, scientists warn (UK) GeriTech: When multiple problems lead to multiple recommendations; how to help patients succeed? Glooko Logbook - Lets Your iPhone Talk To Your Blood Glucose Monitors And Plan Your Diet [ App Review] Growing Digital Health, Increasing Challenges for Public Administrators“ Part II Guilford business brings telemedicine to the workplace” Business” Bangor Daily News” BDN Maine Half of all app store revenue goes to just 25 developers (UK) Half of smartphone owners consult the˜doctor in their pocket” Half of Smartphone Users Research Health Information on Web: Pew HandiHealth presentation Harnessing Energy From the Body to Power Devices Health apps claims can be bogus Health Hacks win: controlling the speed of "Call Me Maybe" with a heart rate monitor Health IT Group Offers Tool To Assess Patient Engagement Strategies Health IT Group Unveils Framework To Bolster Patient Engagement Health News - Sensor Network to Protect the Elderly Health-care apps for smartphones pit FDA against tech industry - The Washington Post Healthcare IT News Breakfast | 2012 mHealth Summit Healthcare Observers Disagree on Cost-effectiveness of Electronic Health Record Systems Healthcare Technology Utilization... Tactical Technology Guidance (UK) Healthcare, Technology & Government 2.0: 10 Billion Dollars in Electronic Health Record Incentives (UK) Healthcare's Age of Agility Will Shuffle Market Leadership - Forbes HealthSpot Unveils Telehealth Solution for Anytime, Anywhere Access to Healthcare Healthy Aging and Independent Living HAIL Lab - Center for Innovation - Mayo Clinic Heart Gadgets Test Privacy-Law Limits - WSJ.com Help patients remember appointments to save big bucks Helping the elderly use computers - My Ageing Parent HeraldNet.com - Health and fitness app users hooked on workout trackers Hospitals check into social media Housing associations 'must do more' to help tenants ahead of Universal Credit (UK) How Apps Are Changing the Way Surgeons Operate and Communicate With Patients How Can Nurses Contribute to Patient Engagement? How Clean Hands Help Manage Diabetes How elderly go from being perceived as capable consumer to 'old person' How Much Will We Save If We Raise the Age When Seniors Can Apply for Medicare to 67? How Physicians Utilize Digital Media for Patient Interaction How smart phones help me be a better doctor How technology can save our healthcare system How the iPad mini can transform mobile healthcare | ZDNet How to reduce unscheduled admissions in the over-75s by 20% How to stay in your own home when age or illness strike (UK) Hurricane Sandy Sheds Light On Telemedicine Trend
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 12 of 23 IAB study reveals 80% of smartphone owners shop on their device (UK) Ian Jacobs - The Health and Wealth Challenge 2012 iHealth Partners with Evernote and Practice Fusion to Bring Doctors and Patients Better Data for Healthier Living Implant Devices Collect Patient Data, But Patients Denied Access Improving productivity, patient satisfaction and clinical workflow in your medical practice, clinic or hospital Inclusive Design Toolkit Infographic: 10 Benefits of Health IT Infographic: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care Infographic: Is mHealth Poised to Explode? Infographic: mHealth Mobile apps, devices and solutions Infographic: Mobility in health care Infographic: Pharma Goes Digital Infographic: Rise of the Digital Doctor Innovation in Healthcare Innovation in Healthcare Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report Looks at Telehealth Challenges Integrating Health Technology Into Everyday Devices International Profiles of Health Care Systems, 2012 IOS Press Books Online, Telemonitoring of Medication Adherence in Patients with Major Mental Illness: Watching the Patient as well as the Pills iPhone Medical Apps: FH Diagnosis (UK) iRobot's RP-VITA mobile telepresence robot iPad app eyes-on (video) Is age really the issue in later life? | Nominet Trust (UK) Is bigger better for the NHS? | Resource centre | Health Service Journal (UK) Is the NHS entering treacherous waters? | The King's Fund (UK) IT departments are ignoring the BYOD trend It’s about people, not technology ITU and Google face off at Dubai conference over future of the internet | Technology | guardian.co.uk (UK) Just Checking and people with learning disabilities (UK) (UK) Key Factor of Social Media Success Within Organizations: Employees And Their Emotional Capital Key Issues in Mobile Health and Implications for New Zealand Kickstarting: A Wi-Fi-Connected Light Socket Connects Any Bulb To Your iPhone Lack of Evidence in Medical Apps: The Solution Lead With Your Heart, Not Just Your Head - Harvard Business Review Leading Matters: Focus on Mobile Health IT at HIMSS Leading the way in Assistive Technology conference Learn Web Design, Web Development & More | Treehouse Lessons Learned Preparing for Medicare Bundled Payments NEJM Lightbulb innovation: the care and dignity of older people in hospital (UK) LinkousThink: Regulation or Roadblock? (UK) Macy's Flagship New York Store Gets Indoor GPS Navigation Major insurers embrace mobile health technology Map of Most Popular mHealth Apps Worldwide | Smart Phone Health Care Mapping future health: patient, provider, pharma perspectives Market Oversight in AdultSocial Care (UK) McMurray company's medical website expands access to doctors | TribLIVE MediaPost Publications Rise In Mobile Users Searching Health Info 11/09/2012 Medical Museion | Social media: putting the public into public health information dissemination
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 13 of 23 Medical Smartphones: A portable ECG in every pocket Medical Smartphones: Notable tweets from Day #1 of the mHealth Summit Medical tricorders: The dream of the medical tricorder | The Economist Medical vital-sign monitoring reduced to the size of a postage stamp medicaldeviceslegal Medicare Is Faulted in Electronic Medical Records Conversion Medicine and Technology: Technology innovation and health care quality mHealth : Healthcare Mobile Apps, Devices and Solutions mHealth and Regulations- What to Expect in 2013 mHealth And The FCC: What Does The FCC Have To Do With Medical Devices? mHealth perceived as globally effective: GSMA mHealth presence grows at Europe's largest Telecare and Telehealth Conference « mHealth Insight: the blog of 3G Doctor mHealth Summit 2012 | mHIMSS mHealth Summit 2012: Remote monitoring invaluable for reducing readmissions mHealth Summit 2012: Smartphone system a 'game changer' for cancer diagnosis mHealth Trials Are Happening, Without the Clinic mHIMSS, the mobile initiative of HIMSS, presents the Roadmap MHP Health Mandate MHS takes cautious, yet innovative, approach to mobile health initiatives miroRx | a healthcare innovation firm - humanize health Misfit Adds Shine To Wearable Health - Forbes Misfit Shine is an all metal activity tracker for those looking to get fit - SlashGear Misfit Wearables launches Shine, an elegant but rugged activity tracker Mobile apps 'revolutionising healthcare' - Public Service Europe Mobile devices effectively influence physical activity Mobile Drives Adoption Of Social Media In 2012: Apps & Mobile Web Account For Majority Of Growth; Nearly Half Of Social Media Users Access Sites On Smartphones | TechCrunch Mobile Health 2012 | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project Mobile Health Apps: Meeting the Apple challenge“ the Google way Mobile Health Around the Globe: India - Using eCompliance to Control Tuberculosis Mobile Health Association | LinkedIn Mobile Healthcare Faces The Future [Infographic] Mobile Medical Apps - Where is the Evidence? Mobile technology use by docs on the rise Mobile Web Africa 2012 in Johannesburg: The Best Bits Modern technology allows users to take charge of their health Monitor Your Diabetes Using These Digital Tools More NHS patients being treated by private firms, survey finds (UK) Most providers now using patient portals Music Breathes Life Into COPD Patients - COPD My 2012 Digital Health Awards: Company, Person, Book Of The Year - Forbes My Thoughts on Telehealth myHealthFile | Cloud based clinical management solution mySugr | eating diabetes Myth and Reality of Doctors Getting Overwhelmed by Emails - Forbes National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) (UK) Nationwide Medical Weight Loss via Teleconferencing from hCGTreatments Neurological Institute Expands Telehealth Network - Features - California Healthline New AHRQ guide identifies successful design methods for development of consumer health IT New anonymisation code sets out how to manage privacy risks and maintain transparency (UK)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 14 of 23 New behavioral strategies may help patients learn to better control chronic diseases New centre gets doctors online New dementia service to help people stay at home based on understanding behaviour patterns (UK) New health chiefs reveal action plan | Herald Sun New mobile technology revolutionizes drug-resistant TB diagnosis New practice models may help save primary care - Why PCMH and team-based models could rescue and transform healthcare delivery - ModernMedicine New Report Finds E-Prescribing Is on the Rise New research reveals true regional picture of end of life care (UK) New system connects heart patients and doctors from different ends of the Island North Island Midweek - Doctor on line one Number of Medicare ACOs could top 300 in January, official says - McKnight's Long Term Care News Nurses using smartphones to fill IT gaps OCR Issues Guidance About De-Identifying Patient Information - iHealthBeat Off the Hamster Wheel? Qualitative Evaluation of a Payment-Linked Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Pilot - The Commonwealth Fund One day smartphones will know your body better than you do (Wired UK) (UK) One-third of patients look to phone for health info Open data - the big talk must be backed with action - Public Service (UK) Open mHealth - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Open mHealth | Building open software architecture to break down barriers to mobile health integration. Open mHealth | Transforming mobile health through open architecture and an open community. Open mHealth: Making Sense of Mobile Health Data - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Oracle Big Data - YouTube Our Digital Planet (UK) Our Views: Digital age for medicine PAH gets serious about telehealth Panic buttons for seniors must go Paul Barter: Why Getting Grandpa Online Could Save His Life People Using Twitter To Find, Post Information About Cardiac Arrest - iHealthBeat Personal Social Services: Expenditure and Unit Costs -England 2011-12 - Provisional Release (UK) Person-Centered HealthCare: Connecting Homes and People to Improve Lives Person-Centered HealthCare; FDA Approves EarlySense Bedside System Pew Internet & American Life Project Pew study analysis proffers promise for mHealth sector Pfizer Think Science Now Positive Technology App created by the EU funded Interstress Project on Vimeo Programs preview mainstreaming of personalized medicine Progressing towards using telehealth - General Qualcomm Life Announces New Technology Collaborators and Customers, Expands Availability of the 2net Platform and Hub to Canada - Sacramento Business Journal Qualcomm Life launches in Europe Qualcomm Life Launches Its Wireless Health Solution in Europe - First Customers Include Telbios and Cystelcom RACGP opposes telehealth cutback Real games for health and the trouble with gamification Reducing Length of Stay: Like Clockwork Reform and Healthcare in Canada Reimbursement remains a major barrier to telehealth Remote monitoring to cut readmissions by 75%
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 15 of 23 Remote monitoring to cut readmissions: One year later, Beacon pilot preps for future Retail clinics create continuity gap in patient care Reverse Innovation Robot extends doctors' reach Robots may help improve dementia care Roundup: partnerships in social care (UK) Samsung provides specialized Galaxy S® II smartphone for Preventice remote patient monitoring system Scanadu hopes its tricorder-like device and a smartphone will help people track their health and diagnose problems Scanadu unveils smartphone-enabled home diagnostics Scientific Statement Examines Role Of Social Media In Fighting Childhood Obesity - Forbes Scottish government must 'get a move on' over broadband - Public Service (UK) See the Future of Telehealth Through the Eyes of Teleradiology Self-tracking: six ways to manage your health and wellbeing“ in pictures (UK) Self-tracking: the people turning their bodies into medical labs (UK) Several Slideshare Decks From RockHealth | Enabling Healthy Decisions Shaping Innovation – two sides of the equation Sharecare and the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance Join Forces to Advance Connected Health Innovations Silverline apps help seniors enjoy iPhones | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog Silvers Summit Simple, connected mHealth is the key to patient engagement Singing a New Tune: Redefining Innovation in the Medical Device World Skip Skype For Telemedicine: Facts To Consider Smart Customers, Digital Experiences and 5 Stupid Mistakes Presented at Digital Experience 2013 Smart hospitals: Medicine for the knowledge age Smart hospitals: Transformational medicine for the knowledge age Part 1 - KMWorld Magazine Smartphone apps for health and fitness an exploding craze Smartphones and Implications for the mHealth Space (UK) Smartphones Might Aid Health Effort in Rural California SmartWard patient care app wins London Startup Weekend competition (UK) Social customer service: are you ready to connect? - Business Review Europe Social media and health care: opportunities and obstacles Social Media as the Next Web - Brian Solis Social media in medical education by jonathon tomlinson on Prezi Social Media Pyramid Servings need to Serve | Social Media University, Global Social Media: What Have We Done Since Last Year? by Nick Atkin on Prezi Solutions4Health Web Site (UK) Spending on medicines must be cut because Britons cannot put up with aches and pains like their wartime forebears, says Tory MP - Telegraph (UK) St. Jude Medical Wins EU Approval for Assura Line of Implantable Defibrillators State of mHealth: Present, Adoption, Economics, Barriers, & Future State Variation in E-Prescribing Trends in the United States Susannah Fox of Pew Research Center Talks About New Findings on Mobile Health Usage Tech support key to physicans' adoption of telemonitoring Technolage - ICT for Aging Well Technology could ease pressure on health system Technology Is Useless If It Doesn't Address A Human Need Technology Lets Users Control Smartphones With Gestures Technology News: Mobile: Bringing Healthcare Home From the Hospital
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 16 of 23 Technology that helps the aged stay home Technology to allow connection between patients, clinicians Technology to help us manage our health (UK) Technology will replace 80% of what doctors do - Fortune Tech TEDxToronto 2012 Talk: Dr. Joseph Cafazzo | TEDxToronto 2012 Conference Telehealth dials up momentum | New York Nursing News Telehealth for oncology genetic counseling: An Idaho experience Telehealth Impact Presentation Thank you Telehealth Infographic: Benefits, Delivery & Outcomes Telehealth medicine: the future or another technological disaster waiting to happen? - Lexology Telehealth monitoring keeps recovery on track at home TELEHEALTH MOVES INTO THE MAINSTREAM (UK) Telehealth Network to be Built in New England Telehealth over satellite broadband confronts the issue of latency Telehealth poised to take center stage Telehealth Services Provide Remote Patients Link to Doctors Telehealth startup could reduce hospital re-admission rates for chronically ill patients Telehealth Technologies--The Tools for 21st Century Health Care - YouTube Telemedicine | Health Care Transformation Telemedicine boost for people with MS and CF Telemedicine Brief: Patients In The World Wide Waiting Room Telemedicine Leader Climbs into the Top 100 Fastest Growing Technology Companies Telemedicine making a shift to smartphones Telemedicine Navajo Nation Telemedicine network to connect hospitals in the north country Telemedicine program in Haiti shows how VTC can deliver healthcare to those most in need Telemedicine program shows promise for patients with concussions in rural Arizona Telemedicine rising in popularity along with security risks Telemedicine's Effect in Delivering Healthcare to the Underserved Text messaging turns 20 | Technology | The Observer (UK) The Best (and Worst) of Mobile Connectivity | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project The Best Asthma Education App in the World The best mHealth apps in the world? The Best Talks From #LEWEB PARIS 2012 - DAY 1 The biggest cause of shared services failure? The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray? The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Reinvent Healthcare - YouTube The Empowered Patient: 5 Ways Social Media Makes Patients Stronger The EU impact on UK healthcare (UK) The Fallacy of Treating Health Care as an Industry THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL [SLIDE DECK] - Business Insider The future of digital healthcare: Introduction (UK) The future of digital healthcare: Patient experience based online education & learning (UK) The great mobile technology leap forward The hidden inequity in health care The House Call Reinvented: Video Creates Personal Doctor-Patient Connection Via Cloud-Based Remote Patient Monitoring Service | AT&T The Impact of Telehealth Technology and Social Innovation in Healthcare The Internet of Things is coming. Now what? | Intel Business IT Hub | ComputerworldUK (UK)
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 17 of 23 The Medical Home The New 6Ps of Radical Innovation for Large Companies – #6 PEOPLE The pacemaker implanted in the brain that can prevent Alzheimer's patients losing their memory (UK) The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Crossroads Care are now Carers Trust. Action, help and advice for carers The quantified self movement: some sociological perspectives The Rapid Rise of Mobile Health Management Tools The Real Issue in Telehealth: How Can I Get Paid? The relationship between commercial website ratings and traditional hospital performance measures in the USA The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment: Workshop Summary The Rural Blog: Telehealth lets rural seniors be independent longer (UK) The SMUG Social Media Pyramid | Social Media University, Global The tablets that do more harm than good - Telegraph (UK) The telephone is obsolete: How my patients contact me today The two things that could doom 'the Internet of things' revolution” Tech News and Analysis The Ultimate Battle for Supremacy: Doctor versus Machine The virtual doctor who is always on call Think like a data journalist | News | guardian.co.uk (UK) This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers Of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier Of Business | Fast Company This Tool Will Archive Your Entire Online Life This Video Company Powers Google Hangouts - And Nintendo's Wii U Three Key Steps to Building an HIT Supported ACO Three years of stagnant health app adoption Ting Shih: Is Disruptive Health Care Technology an Absurd Idea? Tunstall Healthcare Blog: Tunstall is a lead partner in EU CommonWell project in Andalusia (UK) Tunstall Healthcare Blog: Tunstall wins Medilink Award for Outstanding Achievement (UK) Tunstall previews iVi intelligent pendant and PNC7 at International Telecare and Telehealth Conference 2012 (UK) Twitter – An Important Tool for Innovation Efforts Twitter app takes on disease tracking University of California, San Francisco Medical Center: Reducing Readmissions Through Heart Failure Care Management - The Commonwealth Fund Up to 15 jobs to go at telehealth company - Business News - Yorkshire Post (UK) Using Social Media to Help Manage Your Diabetes - Taking Control of Your Diabetes - UCSD-TV - University of California Television Using Technology to Promote Health Literacy | HealthWorks Collective VA plans app to view VistA imaging on mobile devices | Government Health IT VA Plans to Double Its Telehealth Program Value in Knowing: A Look at The Benefits of Early, Accurate Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases VanguardInHealth: Spot the difference (UK) Verizon's Tippett says mHealth data transfer and security must be invisible and seamless | mHIMSS VODG - Blog - Home improvement: why the adaptations system needs an overhaul (UK) Voice Biometrics, the Key to Simple and Secure Access to Health Information (UK) We can have it all: why healthcare will still be unaffordable We Really Want Health Tech to Be Mainstream Tech Wearable microchip monitors vital signs, draws power from cell phones Wearables fitness and activity tracking for seniors -- nowhere in mHealth
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 18 of 23 Webicina.Com Blog West Coast collaboration looks to promote mHealth, telehealth in senior living communities West Coast collaboration looks to promote mHealth, telehealth in senior living communities What Boomers won't do with their phones What Broadband Giveth Health Taketh Away « Dr George Margelis' Blog What does the future hold for the mobile industry? What does the US presidential election mean for the future of healthcare in America? What has been achieved so far | The Dementia Challenge (UK) What Instagram and Kodak have to do with health reform What Is Glympse: Glympse What Percentage of U.S. Adults Follow a Health Care Provider on a Social Media Website? What would your personal health checklist look like? What™s Next for HealthCare Information Technology Innovation? | HealthWorks Collective When is patient data not patient data? When a patient wants his or her ICD data | e-Patients.net Where are parasites going next? Can we pre-empt and halt them with a mobile phone? « Environmental, Earth & Life Sciences « Cambridge Journals Blog Where growth is coming in telemedicine - amednews.com White paper explores mHealth market“ FM Magazine Who are the chronically costly? Health care's 1% - amednews.com WHO/Europe | European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies - Countries and subregions Whose care costs the most? - Many or most of the patients with the highest health care costs in the nation have health insurance and higher relative incomes, and are white.- amednews.com Why Doctors Should Learn to Code by Jeremy Walker - Jeremy Walker - iHiD (UK) Why Lean Might Not Be the Best Solution to Healthcare Inefficiencies | Capacity Management Why there is such a Frenzy about Medical Apps (UK) Why We Can't Solve Big Problems | MIT Technology Review Will Disruptive Innovations Cure Health Care? - Sponsored by GE - Harvard Business Review Without patient participation, there is no patient engagement Working smarter not just longer is a better way to support ageing population | CARDI : Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland Would the integration of health and social care promote independent living? | Social care network | Guardian Professional (UK) Xboxification of Healthcare - Forbes You think randomized controlled trials are great? Actually, they are even better than that-Guest post by Clement de Chaisemartin | News, views, methods, and insights from the world of impact evaluation Your Car as Stress Monitor? - IEEE Spectrum c) Research, evaluation and evidence
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A $1.70 solution found to greatly increase prescription pickups A Comparison of Care at E-visits and Physician Office Visits for Sinusitis and Urinary Tract Infection A cross-sectional survey and service evaluation of simple telehealth in primary care: what do patients think? A framework for evaluating the formation, implementation, and performance of accountable care organizations A Survey Of Primary Care Doctors In Ten Countries Shows Progress In Use Of Health Information Technology, Less In Other Areas
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 19 of 23 A systematic review of the mediating role of knowledge, self-efficacy and self-care behaviour in telehealth patients with heart failure A UK Case Study of Who Uses NHS Direct: Investigating the Impact of Age, Gender, and Deprivation on the Utilization of NHS Direct | Abstract (UK) Action After Review (AAR) - South Yorkshire Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - CLAHRC SY (UK) Are you using social media to build your practice? Patient trends and healthcare changes give new value to online presence Assessing the Return on Investment in Health IT: An Exploration of Costs and Benefits in Relation to the Remote Monitoring of Chronic Diseases Association of Online Patient Access to Clinicians and Medical Records With Use of Clinical ServicesOnline Patient Access and Use of Clinical Services BMJ Journal: Public web ratings identify great care Boston University-based study finds many medical apps worthless [Video] Brain injury research study: progress is 'ordered, predictable' Burden of atrial fibrillation and poor rate control detected by continuous monitoring and the risk for heart failure hospitalization Cardiac rehabilitation and quality of life: a systematic review Clinical Impact of Home Telemonitoring on Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Impact of Home Telemonitoring on Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Abstract Cochrane review demonstrates smoking cessation after six months through mobile phone intervention Congenitally blind learn to see and read with soundscapes : Positive Technology Journal Considering Patients' Personality in Outcomes and Experience Initiatives - Patient Performance Institute Controlling vascular disease may be key to reducing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease Denver Health patients like text reminders, but clinical gains uncertain Detecting inpatient falls by using natural language processing of electronic medical records Diabetes may be linked to hearing loss: study Does cigarette smoking exacerbate the effect of blood pressure on the risk of cardiovascular and all- cause mortality among hypertensive patients? Does telemonitoring in heart failure empower patients for self-care? A qualitative study Electronic Health Record-Based Patient Identification and Individualized Mailed Outreach for Primary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Cluster Randomized Trial Electronic Patient Visits Appear to Offer Accurate Diagnoses but May Lead to Overprescribing of Antibiotics, Pitt Study Finds Emergency Medicine: Clinicians' Perceptions of Telemedicine Opportunities & Barriers Emergency readmission rates for stroke rise » Hospital Dr (UK) Enhancing Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Using Health Information Technology Essentials of telehealth and telemedicine, top Do's and Don'ts, mHealth and other health IT advice Evidence builds for SMS smoking cessation Evidence-based healthcare plus agile technology development equals effective mHealth E-visits could lead to overprescribing E-Visits Offer Mixed Results in Primary Care E-Visits to Doctors Might Streamline Care: Scientific American Podcast Experts Make a Business Case for Pursuing Medication Adherence Initiatives Factcheck: How many diabetes-related deaths are avoidable? Factors affecting medication adherence in patients with hypertension Failings in diabetes care 'cost thousands of lives'
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 20 of 23 Feasibility of evidence-based diagnosis and management of heart failure in older people in care: a pilot randomised controlled trial Five reasons that many comparative effectiveness studies fail to change patient care and clinical practice General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis GP pilot offers obese patients free weight-loss sessions (UK) High Blood Pressure Often Missed in Young Adults: Study - MedicineNet Home telehealth scheme 'reverses hypertension' (UK) Huge Experiment Aims To Save On Care For Poorest, Sickest Patients - Kaiser Health News Hypoglycaemia is associated with increased length of stay and mortality in people with diabetes who are hospitalized Increased Mortality Following Telemonitoring in Frail Elderly Patients: Look Before You Leap! Indigo funded project in eHealth is peer reviewed! Integrated Telehealth and Care Management Program Reduces All Cause Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure Is your hospital fit for the future? (UK) Italian organ transplant centre trials telehealth (UK) JMIR--Impact of Interactive Web-Based Education With Mobile and Email-Based Support of General Practitioners on Treatment and Referral Patterns of Patients with Atopic Dermatitis: Randomized Controlled Trial | Schopf | Journal of Medical Internet Research JMIR--Improving Diabetes Management With a Patient Portal: Qualitative Study of a Diabetes Self- Management Portal | Urowitz | Journal of Medical Internet Research JMIR--Increasing Physical Activity With Mobile Devices: A Meta-Analysis | Fanning | Journal of Medical Internet Research JMIR-Open Peer-Review: Designing iCanFit--A mobile-enabled web application to promote physical activity for older cancer survivors, and other submissions JMIR-Open Peer-Review: Internet-based Early Intervention to Prevent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Injury Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial, and other submissions JMIR--Persuasive System Design Does Matter: A Systematic Review of Adherence to Web-Based Interventions | Kelders | Journal of Medical Internet Research JMIR--The Impact of Electronic Patient Portals on Patient Care: A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials | Ammenwerth | Journal of Medical Internet Research JMIR--The Smartphone in Medicine: A Review of Current and Potential Use Among Physicians and Students | Ozdalga | Journal of Medical Internet Research JMIR--What E-patients Want From the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Content Analysis of Posts on Discussion Boards | Hewitt-Taylor | Journal of Medical Internet Research Kaiser Permanente Research Finds Association Between Access to Online Health Information and Use of Clinical Services in Colorado | Kaiser Permanente News Center Letter from Doctor Boosts Cholesterol Medication Use: Study Many health apps are based on flimsy science at best, and they often do not work Medication Adherence and Medicare Expenditure Among Beneficiaries With Heart Failure medwireNews - Hypertension - Texting service helps patients reduce their blood pressure Methodologies for assessing telemedicine: A systematic review of reviews (UK) mHealth apps may make chronic disease management easier - The Clinical Advisor More evidence of high weekend mortality rates (UK) NHS information: Revolution or evolution? (UK) NZ Study: Telehealth: Rethinking Healthcare Roles for Smarter Care Online disease management of diabetes: Engaging and Motivating Patients Online With Enhanced Resources-Diabetes (EMPOWER-D), a randomized controlled trial -- Tang et al. -- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
December 2012 ALIP – Telecare Network Newsletter Supplement Page 21 of 23 Online medical records may not improve efficiency Outcomes of an effectiveness trial of cognitive-behavioural intervention by mental health nurses in schizophrenia Patient satisfaction with electronic medical/health record: a systematic review Patients With Online Access To Doctors May Make More Office Visits Patients With Online Access To Doctors May Make More Office Visits : Shots - Health News : NPR Perspectives on the enablers of e-heath adoption: an international interview study of leading practitioners Pilot evaluation of the text4baby mobile health program Pragmatic randomised trials using routine electronic health records: putting them to the test | BMJ Predictors of Attrition in Older Users of a Home-Based Monitoring and Health Information Delivery System Principle-based analysis of the concept of telecare Recent study on telemonitoring and telemedicine solutions confirms research by eHealth innovation Relations between Internet use, socio-economic status (SES), social support and subjective health Reliability of Real-Time Video Smartphone for Assessing National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Scores in Acute Stroke Patients Screening for type 2 diabetes and population mortality over 10 years (ADDITION-Cambridge): a cluster-randomised controlled trial : The Lancet (Abstract) Screening for type 2 diabetes and population mortality over 10 years (ADDITION-Cambridge): a cluster-randomised controlled trial : The Lancet (Full text) Six-monthly HbA1c tests in diabetes 'unnecessary' (UK) Social Theory and Health - Knowing as practice: Self-care in the case of chronic multi-morbidities Strategies for monitoring and updating clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review Study backs telemedicine for assessing concussions Study comparing virtual doctor visits versus office visits for Sinusitis and UTI Study finds no evidence to support GPs in A&E wards (UK) Study Points to Mobile Device as Breakthrough for Community Screening and Stroke Prevention Study shows patients quickly forget how to use EPI pen, mobile app offers solution Study: Exercising With Physically Superior Partners Makes You Better Even if They Aren't Real Surprise Ending: Huge Diabetes Study Stops Early Sus-IT A New Dynamics of Ageing Project (UK) Systematic Review of Teleneurology: Methodology | Frontiers in Teleneurology Teleconcussion--A New, Innovative Strategy for Assessing Young Athletes Teleconcussion--A new, innovative strategy for assessing young athletes Telehealth Program Did Not Increase Abortions in Iowa, Study Finds Telehealth services to extend the reach of care involve more than using a telephone for intervention delivery Tele-health trial axed Telemedicine Holds Promise In Mild TBI Treatment, Researchers Say | News | Rehab Management Telemedicine in heart failure: Pre-specified and exploratory subgroup analyses from the TIM-HF trial Telestroke - The Application of Telemedicine for Stroke Text Messages Now Help People Kick the Smoking Habit Text, video messages may help stop smoking - chicagotribune.com Text4Baby Initiative Led to Changes in Attitudes, Beliefs About Pregnancy Texting service helps patients reduce their blood pressure The appropriateness of, and compliance with, telephone triage decisions: a systematic review and narrative synthesis The challenge of taking baby steps—Preliminary insights into telemedicine adoption in Rwanda Type 2 diabetics benefit from smartphone disease management | EHRintelligence.com Using simple telehealth in primary care to reduce blood pressure: a service evaluation
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