Telecare eNewsletter July 2014

Welcome to the July 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 1900 news and events links over the last month, we hope that you find this newsletter useful.

Pressures on the health and care system continue including access to A&E and GP systems. The Health Committee has reported on the challenges facing services for people with long term conditions. NHS England would like to see more personal health budgets as well as integrated health and care budgets. Many of the 151 Better Care Fund plans will need to be revised in the Autumn as some of the local targets for hospital admissions are unlikely to be met. The recent dallas event on 'Self Care in the Digital Age' established that there is strong support for progressing this approach with appropriate technology support. There continues to be interest in wearable technology which could have health and care applications - further announcements, particularly from Apple, are expected in October 2014. A further WSD journal article covering the cost effectiveness of telecare has been published - just one of the hundreds of articles each month - a recent International Journal of Medical Informatics article on Telemedicine completed a bibliometric and content analysis of 17,932 publication records. The Digital Health and Care Alliance (DHACA) has now commenced activities - read more about the recent launch day. There are a wide range of events and conferences coming up in the Autumn including Telecare Services Association, Royal Society of Medicine and The Kings Fund Congress - read more about the details.