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3 Febuary edition of the Telemedicine Reporter International Edition (PDF) for download thanks to US Tele-Medicine. To be emailed when the next is released email their media dept. |
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Recommended
Editor Steve recently finished reading these two books and recommends them. The first, Klondike Playboy is an autobiography by John Boden, known in this industry as CEO of ElderIssues, Florida, and the second, Pitch Anything, by Oren Klaff is essential reading these days for anyone who has to sell new product ideas. Let's just say you won't want these techniques used against you!
And then, of course, there are the perpetual favourites that everyone in every equipment supplier company should read over and over again, by Geoffrey A Moore.
Also - Steve's add-ins for PowerPoint for Windows
Smartphone vs. niche device |
| Thursday, 16 April 2009 17:58 |
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Agree re the charges if they can be held down to below $50/month. However smartphones are complicated. You and I "get" them but will a person who is currently 70+? Many seniors are still baffled by basic cellphones (thus the popularity of simplified phones.) I'd assume the less complex the interface, the less the senior has to do, the better. (I am not a designer, but a marketer.) In the future, with the group that is now 50+ and is accustomed to iPhones, Windows Mobile enabled devices, Blackberries--there we go, it's falling off a log. Re iPhone vs. the Health Guide--they aren't comparable (thus "clunky"). Unless very simple seniors with even early stage dementia would have difficulty using it On wrist devices--even if made comfortable and non-bruising, they can always be taken off. |
