Telecare Aware

Small item on telemedicine developments on the South Pacific Cook islands. Islands Business item.

Tynetec’s latest dispersed alarm unit the SayPhone 21 provides user movement/activity pattern monitoring data to give an instant insight into the changing life style of users. All activity data is stored in the SayPhone 21 and can be downloaded at will to any PC or laptop using the ALTera Care software package. Tynetec press release.

Israeli Tadiran Lifecare/Australian Siemens has developed a wrist-worn device for people with diabetes. The MD Keeper reads your blood pressure, takes your pulse and allows you to talk to your doctor. This article has photo

Cardiocom receives awards: Cardiocom press release on its recent consumer awards for its AutoLink Telemonitoring and GlucoCom Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

Mediagrids [I hadn’t heard of them before, either] is a technology start-up based in the Thames Valley, UK. According to the press release, ‘The company has developed a software platform that is unique in its ability to use the broadband Internet to deliver scaleable multi-media solutions on-demand to the healthcare, surveillance, and entertainment markets‘.

Bridgepoint, the equity company that owns Tunstall, and previously Attendo (the UK part of which they sold on before buying Tunstall) has now sold its remaining interest in Attendo’s monitoring company, based in Sweden, to Industri Kapital. The latter, a UK-based, European-oriented investment company has €4bn in 24 companies. It focuses on mid-sized companies with strong cash flow and profit improvement potential. Story from AltAssets.