Telecare eNewsletter June 2014

Welcome to the June 2014 newsletter from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Knowledge Transfer Network and the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network.

Launched October 2005, our free monthly newsletter is now distributed to 48,000 subscribers in the UK and worldwide via e-mail and archived at www.telecarelin.org.uk. You can also find highlights on Rebelmouse (daily) or by following Mike Clark on Twitter (@clarkmike). With over 800 news and events links over the last month, we hope that you find this newsletter useful.

Digital health and home automation announcements from three major tech companies - Samsung, Apple and Google resulted in a number of news headlines over recent weeks. These are still early announcements but essentially we could be seeing a shift from thousands of standalone health apps into platform arrangements and portals that can bring together data from a number of sources/devices in one place. Interest in mhealth, digital health and aspects of remote monitoring has never been greater, but still many barriers remain. As clinical commissioning groups and local authorities refine their Better Care Fund plans during 2014/15, there is growing interest in self care and self management to reduce hospital admissions particularly for those with long term conditions. A significant reduction in admissions will be key to the success of the local plans. To support this interest in self care, the Technology Strategy Board and dallas programme have an important event on 'Self Care in the Digital Age' on 24 June 2014 at The King's Fund - if you are not attending, do join in the online discussions using the webcast and social media (#selfcare14). There is an also an updated supplement on the Better Care Fund plans covering self care/self-management this month.

For weekly news, updates and information, you can register with the Technology Strategy Board, ALIP group and the dallas group. You can follow the dallas programme on Twitter at @dallas_connect. You can also access a Twitter Stream via the TelecareLIN website.

A Links Supplement is available this month in 2 formats - pdf, doc

An update supplement on the Better Care Fund Plans covering telecare, telehealth, assistive technology and self care/self-management is available in 2 formats - pdf, doc