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A busy start
Date: 23 March 2018As part of TSA’s own transformation, Alyson announced in January the separation of all our standards activity from our membership services. We have created a new standards arm called TEC Quality and our goal is to show, beyond doubt, that the industry’s quality standards framework is independent
Supporting social care teams
Date: 16 January 2018Posted on 15 Jan 2018 Gillian Austin - TSA Associate Supporting social care teams to undertake basic telecare assessments The Telecare service in Dumfries and Galloway is jointly managed by Social Work Services and Communities. In 2017 work began to look at how the council could begin to deliver
Connected Communities, Connected Care
Date: 20 November 2017By Alyson Scurfield, Chief Executive of TSA 20 November 2017 Amongst the many health IT events each year, the International Technology Enabled Care conference stands out for its special focus on the people who will benefit the most from innovative solutions – users, patients and carers who can be
The Disruptors and the Displaced
Date: 20 November 2017By Paul Burstow 20 November 2017 Do you want to be the disruptor or the displaced? I posed this question at this year’s International Technology Enabled Care conference in Birmingham because, for me, it sums up the opportunity and the challenge facing UK TECS. How does the sector respond to the
EurekApp!
Date: 20 November 2017By Liz Ashall-Payne 20 November 2017 Think of any aspect of your health and wellbeing which you might want to improve upon. Have you ever tried to search the app store for a solution? You can be certain that an app already exists for it, there may even be upwards of a thousand! What is not
Harnessing the power of the disruptors
Date: 20 November 2017By Steve Carefull 20 November 2017 A pilot service using Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to support people with social care needs is underway in Hampshire County Council. PA Consulting Group, which leads the Argenti Telehealthcare Partnership that runs the Council’s care technology service, has
The End of Grudge and Guilt
Date: 20 November 2017By Stuart Sheehy 20 November 2017 When and how will a consumer market develop for independent living technology? The question is definitely a matter of when, not if. The factors driving this are well known: Substantial growth in our older population; Improving medical technology, allowing people
Analogue to digital: are you ready?
Date: 22 September 2017By Alyson Scurfield, Chief Executive of TSA 22 September 2017 By 2025, all analogue telephone services in the UK will be switched off and replaced by digital systems. Ofcom and telecommunications providers advise that systems relying on ‘voice-band data’, such as security and fire alarms, many
Care homes or care at home?
Date: 22 September 2017By Paul Burstow 22 September 2017 When the NHS celebrates its 100th birthday in 2048 there will be over 100,000 centenarians living in the United Kingdom. What will that mean for health and care? Inevitably, much will have changed. So to scale-up 20th century solutions to meet anticipated demand
Maintaining Service Quality
Date: 22 September 201722 September 2017 Paul Shead - TSA Chair I am delighted to be writing my first article for eLink since being elected Chair of TSA by the Board of Directors in June. This is an annual appointment, accountable to the Board, managing Board meetings and providing direct liaison between the Board and
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