New Smart Meter Telecare project

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Ulrike Knies-Bamforth on June 16, 2010 at 9:56am

Yes, I would be very keen on finding out more - Telemedicine is the "talk of the town" whenever I talk to people in the community!

Permalink Reply by Jane Ewins on June 16, 2010 at 11:29am

This project is using smart meters as the communication portal to allow devices placed in patients home to communicate with a GPs practice. It's a really promising area of development because smart meters offer much more security in how they handle patient's data and will also be fixed communication point into homes which counters the trend of fixed phone lines in homes. Challenges faced include establishing industry standards for communication protocols and integrating data collected by patients into electronic health records. We've got a demonstration of this technology planned later this year.

Jane

Permalink Reply by Ulrike Knies-Bamforth on June 16, 2010 at 10:16pm

Thanks, Jane, this is really interesting. Where do you see market opportunities for Scottish SMEs in this? Are there any companies already operating in this space? Please keep us up-to-date on the development of the project and if the demonstration of the technology is public - please post this as an event here. Thanks again, Ulrike

Jane Ewins said:

This project is using smart meters as the communication portal to allow devices placed in patients home to communicate with a GPs practice. It's a really promising area of development because smart meters offer much more security in how they handle patient's data and will also be fixed communication point into homes which counters the trend of fixed phone lines in homes. Challenges faced include establishing industry standards for communication protocols and integrating data collected by patients into electronic health records. We've got a demonstration of this technology planned later this year.

Jane

Permalink Reply by Jane Ewins on June 29, 2010 at 2:20pm

Further information is available at the Project Hydra website: http://projecthydra.info .

Ulrike Knies-Bamforth said:

Thanks, Jane, this is really interesting. Where do you see market opportunities for Scottish SMEs in this? Are there any companies already operating in this space? Please keep us up-to-date on the development of the project and if the demonstration of the technology is public - please post this as an event here. Thanks again, Ulrike

Jane Ewins said:

This project is using smart meters as the communication portal to allow devices placed in patients home to communicate with a GPs practice. It's a really promising area of development because smart meters offer much more security in how they handle patient's data and will also be fixed communication point into homes which counters the trend of fixed phone lines in homes. Challenges faced include establishing industry standards for communication protocols and integrating data collected by patients into electronic health records. We've got a demonstration of this technology planned later this year.

Jane

Permalink Reply by Jane Ewins on June 29, 2010 at 2:22pm

See the Project Hydra website is at http://projecthydra.info for a full description of this TSB funded project

Permalink Reply by Jessica Diniz on July 1, 2010 at 11:48am

Thank you Jane for posting the details on Project Hydra. If anyone wants to find out more about the project, please visit http://.projecthydra.info or contact:
Emily Feltham, +44 (0)20 3128 8122 or +44 (0)7782 481 818
emily.feltham@yourmandate.com

See the press release here: http://onzo.com/2010/04/project-hydra-undertakes-2-3m-initiative-to...