telehealth
South Manchester gets £500,000 high-speed fibre
News The MDDA plans to set up working groups from the housing, business, healthcare and creative sectors to assess and develop uses for the next-gen broadband - with telehealth services one potential use being considered. [25 Mar 2009]
WiMax speeds Cybermoor's rural broadband
News One of the main drivers for the project is around improving the delivery of public services to individuals so the new network will enable us to use more telehealth devices which will help to reduce the bill to the NHS as... [19 Mar 2009]
Photos: It's virtual everything in Cisco's future
Photo Networking company Cisco has been showing off some of the technologies it's working on in its R&D division - including this telehealth station, pictured above. Marsolier added that telehealth equipment,... [16 Jul 2008]
NHS broadband network speeds patient diagnosis
News In future, N3 could also be used to deliver telehealth, where patients monitor their own health at home without having to make a trip to hospital. NHS patients in Kent and Medway are benefiting from a broadband link with... [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: Scottish NHS trials video checkups
Photo The Scottish Centre for Telehealth (SCT) in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) is trialling video conferencing technology from Cisco, called HealthPresence. In 2005, representatives from NHS Grampian presented the "booth... [08 Feb 2008]
Home care moves into the 21st century
News Telehealth devices allow people to monitor conditions such as heart disease or diabetes. The elderly and sufferers of long-term illness could soon benefit from technology designed to help them live more independently. [23 May 2007]
Leader: Let's make everyone tech-literate
Leader Already the NHS is floating plans for telehealth systems in the home, which could reduce the pressure on the health service's stretched resources. We're a nation suffering from technology overload, unable to control the... [25 Jan 2007]
NHS to put healthcare tech in homes
News The NHS is planning to institute so-called telehealth systems in homes around the country. Testing the telehealth systems for interoperability with the new national database of patient care records,... [25 Jan 2007]
SMEs: 'Life-blood of government IT'?
News Speaking at the London Telehealth Symposium, Hodge said SMEs must contribute alongside the "titans of the industry". A government minister has called for smaller tech companies to play a bigger part in the development of... [24 Jan 2007]