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O2 announce plans to launch mobile telecare service
O2 have announced plans to launch the UK’s “first telecare service built around mobile technology”. The operator’s Help at Hand service will enable the remote monitoring of patients with chronic conditions. Scheduled to launch in April by O2 Health, the new scheme will be managed by the operator’s business unit focused on the mobile health market. O2 says the new service will increase support for those with long-term conditions to outside the home and their immediate … Read entire article »
Filed under: CHS news, Health Gadgets, Latest News
Omron launches sleep monitoring and movement devices
Ever since Zeo launched its Sleep Manager device last year many different companies have attempted to make their mark on the lucrative sleep monitoring market. It seems as consumers we all just love finding out more about the way we sleep and different recommendations for getting a better night’s kip. What an angry and irritable bunch we must all be! Well this week, industrial tech and healthcare company Omron has unveiled its new pair of sleep … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health Gadgets
Doctors use iPads to create calm and colourful hospital environment
We all know that going into hospital for any kind of test can be really unnerving, especially for little children, and now GE Healthcare in the US has developed a way to make patients a little more calm when they attend the hospital for an MRI scan, with the help of a trusty iPad. Together with PDC, the large healthcare company has created a customisable environment, which it calls a caring MR suite. The new immersive suite … Read entire article »
Filed under: Professional healthcare products
Squid: Will fitness tracking soon move to our clothes?
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, SO MANY brands have launched fitness and health tracking devices recently that it’s hard to keep up. Some gadgets are worn on our wrists, like the Nike Fuelband, some clip to our clothes, like the Fitbit, and others sit happily inside our ears, like Valencell’s devices, but new technology from students at Northeastern University aims to bring effective body monitoring and fitness tracking to our clothes, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
MWC 2012: Etisalat’s Mobile Baby wins Best Mobile Health Innovation
Mobile World Congress, one of the biggest mobile tech events across the globe, officially kicked off this week in Barcelona. Although the focus is primarily on the biggest names in tech competing with their shiny new handsets, there were a few interesting mobile health announcements too. The event wasn’t like CES, with a huge health and fitness gadget or mobile section, but there was a dedicated ‘Best Mobile Health Innovation’ award, which went to Etisalat, a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps, Professional healthcare products
GPs announce plans to ‘prescribe’ smartphone apps to patients
Mobile health has just taken a huge step forward with the news that GPs in the UK are set to be able to prescribe smartphone apps to help patients manage their health better. According to the Department of Health, the technology can put patients in charge of their medical records and health, especially in the cases of chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. Over 500 apps were nominated as part of a competition run by the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, CHS news, Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps
Withings Smart Baby Monitor and app combo feeds data to your mobile
Innovative French health monitoring company Withings has recently launched a handy new baby monitor and app combo to provide parents with information about how their baby’s doing wherever they are straight to their mobile phones. The monitoring device has been designed to give parents on-the-go information about their child and then allows them to interact with them remotely too. If parents want to, they can speak through their phone to the monitor, or they can turn lullabies … Read entire article »
Filed under: Child health gadgets, Mobile Phone Apps
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