What has happened to the 3ML Pathfinder Worcestershire tender?
In February we reported and commented on the clumsy tender by Worcestershire County Council for ‘Supply of a Solution for Assistive Technology for Worcestershire’ as part of its 3millionlives (3ML)...
View ArticlePoll shows why we need to promote assistive technology
A survey of 2069 adults in the UK by YouGov, commissioned by charity Carers UK and supported by Tunstall Healthcare (UK), makes a strong case for the better promotion of telehealth & telecare, as...
View ArticleDelays in ‘game-changing’ PERS
Both Philips GoSafe and Lifecomm have apparently blown past at least two in-market dates. Philips Lifeline GoSafe: Announced at CES in January [TTA 11 Jan], it is a mobile, souped-up PERS chunky...
View ArticleIs this Tunstall’s ‘taxgate’? Maybe not.
On Monday, The Independent, one of the UK’s major national papers, turned its attention in a ‘Tax Special Investigation’ to nine healthcare companies which are using a corporation tax reducing scheme,...
View ArticleChanges at the top at Tunstall
EXCLUSIVE A reliable and informed source has told this Editor (1 Nov) that Gil Baldwin, Group CEO of Tunstall Healthcare Group Ltd. will be stepping down, to be replaced by Paul Stobart, the former CEO...
View ArticleTunstall welcomes you to ‘my world’
Tunstall unveiled its tablet-based integrated system for supported housing at this week’s Housing LIN Extra Care Housing Annual Conference in London. ‘my world’ groups applications for residents in an...
View ArticleHanover Housing Association enters Tunstall’s ‘world’ (UK)
Tunstall‘s win of the Hanover Housing Association for their alarm call and door entry framework is highly significant beyond the initial installation of the Communicall Vi warden call system and...
View ArticleTunstall, CATCH, HMA Digital developing mobile platform
Tunstall is making the news again, this time in developing a mobile platform for healthcare management, information and to support independent living for people with long-term conditions. The mHealth...
View ArticleTunstall’s unhappy lenders and the consequences of debt service
A ‘slipped under the radar’ story (in this Editor’s judgement, based on the lack of news references) is Bloomberg News’ exclusive on last week’s (12 May) meetings between Tunstall Group Ltd and its...
View ArticleTunstall launches Advisory Service for ‘telehealthcare’
Tunstall Healthcare UK last week announced the addition of an advisory service to help commissioners (CCGs, borough councils) and providers better understand, design, deliver and deploy what they’ve...
View ArticleFree telecare event in Eccles (UK)
If you are in the Eccles/Greater Manchester area on 11 September (and not attending the Kings Fund International Digital Health and Care Congress or Medical Engineering Centres Annual Meeting and...
View ArticleQualcomm (Second) Life: a conversation with Jim Mault
One of the surprises for this Editor, and for others attending the mHealth Summit, was to see the sizable presence of Qualcomm Life on both the exposition floor and during the sessions. From a near-nil...
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Tunstall’s challenging year: results reported
click to enlargeBreaking News. The topline of Tunstall Healthcare Group’s 2014 results (through 30 Sept 14) is now (partly) public thanks to the Yorkshire Post, Tunstall’s ‘hometown paper’. (We do note...
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Looking back over Telehealth & Telecare Aware’s predictions for 2014, part II
click to enlargeEditor Charles has treated you to a look back on his 2014 predictions, daring Editor Donna to look back on hers. Were they ‘Decidedly so’, ‘Yes’, ‘Reply hazy, try again’ or ‘My sources...
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Tunstall to demo mHealth Down Under at Connect Expo
click to enlargeBreaking from our HIMSS coverage, Australia takes its turn in technology mega-events with the Connect Expo next week, 21-22 April, in Melbourne. It features one expo and 11 conferences,...
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Four tunes to start your Tuesday in @telecareaware
Data breaches return to Running Wild, we receive Good (Telemedicine) News from the US, Do The Time Warp and Telstra steps up as Down Under’s Hey Big Spender. We also support The King’s Fund June...
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Tunstall welcomes you to ‘my world’
click to enlargeTunstall unveiled its tablet-based integrated system for supported housing at this week’s Housing LIN Extra Care Housing Annual Conference in London. ‘my world’ groups applications for...
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Tunstall Americas gets active with QMedic
click to enlargeTunstall Americas’ monitoring providers will have something new to distribute: the QMedic activity tracker. The QMedic bracelet (alternatively pendant) has an alert button and a base...
View ArticleTunstall invests £100 m in ‘Connected Healthcare 2020′ strategy
Tunstall Healthcare Group in UK outlined today their five-year public, global strategic vision, along with a fresh investment of £100 million during this timeframe (~£20 m per year) to transition their...
View ArticleHyperbole, pets & apps: a brief romp around the digital health scene
In technology, over-use of the term “groundbreaking” is common. However it takes some nerve to use the term to describe “Home Assist”, a push-button pendant-based telecare service now being sold by...
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