Why do we have two kidneys if we can perfectly live with one? Kidneys for live ” Spain, March 2012.- this is the question that ALCER wants to move to the citizens. So tables will be installed in 50 cities where people can...
Read MoreNEAT Group acquires TeleMedCare and is positioned as experts in TeleHealth
-The NEAT group, group of companies specialized in technology applied to health care environments and private security, acquired Australian company TeleMedCare which culminates its process of technological convergence within the public health sector.
-With the purchase, the Spanish technology group will increase 20% of its workforce and believes that over the next 5 years, TeleHealth products will involve more than 50% of the turnover of the whole group.
Madrid, September of 2011. Group NEAT, company specializing in solutions for the public health sector, has acquired the Australian company TeleMedCare which culminates its project of technological convergence within the public health sector. Also get increased its international presence and its sales force in the countries in which the company is represented.
TeleMedCare offers solutions for Telemonitoring of patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity or COPD, to improve their care and quality of life. The investment carried out in its product of the same name, TeleMedCare, is more than 10 million Euros. It has a staff of 20 people and offices in Australia, United Kingdom, United States and Canada, countries which is being carried out projects in telemedicine, both public and private companies.
TeleMedCare acquisition fits within the strategy of the NEAT group to integrate with its platform of geriatric care and positioned them in the world of telemedicine to count with the most advanced market TeleHealth solution. According to Adolfo Tamames, President of the NEAT group: “ with the purchase of TeleMedCare, NEAT group will increase 20% of its workforce. With regard to figures, believe will mean that over the next 5 years TeleHealth products insured more than 50% of the turnover of the Group ”.
TeleMedCare solution
TeleMedCare is a turnkey system which includes from the device, the connection to the system, maintenance and integration with databases. It is specially designed for use by medical personnel at home – companies from Teleassistance – or in clinics, hospitals and homes for the elderly.
TeleMedCare device stands out for its ease of use, its compact and ergonomic design. It has a touch screen of great size that orients the person handling. It is multi-user and includes biometric recognition through the fingerprint of the user. Also has integrated vital signs measurement mechanisms such as: tensometer, thermometer, electrocardiograph, peak flow meter, pulsioxÃmetro, scale and meter, as well as others that can be added.
TeleMedCare system has a calendar personalized for each user where recalls his medication, visits to the centres of health and/or specialists and even a test of health that can be filled in by the patient. The patient information available remotely via the management platform of the service of NEAT group, from which both health personnel and the patient can access data from any location and securely.
TeleMedCare has all the certificates and approvals required for the marketing of medical systems and Telemonitoring of patients. Among the mark CE for Europe, the FDA for United States and Canada and compliance with the ISO 14971: 2007, Medical Devices – Application of Risk Management to Medical Devices.
For now, the NEAT group has presented the system to different service providers at Spain, including public administration with a major reception. The company expects shortly to start some projects already.
NEAT group is a technology company that offers complete solutions for the social sectors and security. Founded in 1988 its purpose of providing products and professional services of high quality in the technological area.
NEAT products are characterised by offering high quality, innovation, high-tech, security and easy handling to comply with high technical expectations and knowledge demanded by their customers.
Within the line of business of the public health Sector, they develop systems of fixed and mobile Teleassistance, residences and help at home. Within this sector is a leader in Spain.
Read More“ The patient with a transplanted kidney, has better quality of life, but must not forget his sick condition and must take care with care their health ”.
almost 100 experts in dialysis and transplants met in Granada to discuss the present and future of chronic kidney disease. According to the Spanish society of dialysis and transplant (SEDYT) increasingly is diagnosed earlier and better kidney disease.
-Congress will analyse the nutrition in patients on dialysis and prior to kidney transplantation care
– will be discussed on the present and future of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis and transplants, especially live
– patient data updated in 2010 with chronic kidney diseasehemodialysis and dialysis, and transplanted in Spain, Andalusia and Granada
Spain, 2011-may the Dr. Julen Ocharan, President of the Spanish society of dialysis and transplantation, and President of the Scientific Committee of the Congress XXXIII SEDYT believes that “ the transplanted patient is a success in chronic kidney disease but should not be forgotten that it is of a patient in which renal develops it only one kidney, should therefore take care of it and must take care. It should continue with a healthy lifestyle, monitoring food and take medication for the care of the kidney with rigorous ”.
This will be one of the ideas to be dealt with in the XXXIII Congress of SEDYT that according to Dr. José Hervás, President of the Congress “ wants to be a new point of encounter and discussion for top professionals in our country in the field of dialysis and kidney transplantation. We must not forget that in Spain currently there are 40,000 patients with chronic kidney disease who need kidney replacement therapy, i.e. dialysis ”.
Congress begins on Wednesday May 11 hours in Nephrology nursing, a space so that nurses and optional can share knowledge environment for dialysis. The new challenges and new tasks of the Nephrology nursing, with special attention to food will explore. Malnutrition is one of the first consequences of dialysis patients, who must also control the consumption of nutrients such as phosphorus or potassium, if they are not correctly filtered can cause very serious diseases.
Thursday, may 12, the debates rotate on dialysis. We will analyze the present and future prospects of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, techniques that have a different impact on the quality of life of the patient. Hemodialysis was the first system devised to replace the cleaning function that does not make one sick kidney, still today the technique most commonly used in Spain in the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease. Also discuss new advances in Nephrology therapy according to Dr. José Hervás, President of the Congress “ allow for a better quality of life and survival in these patients, which are reduced their quality of life at the time that must connect to a machine ”. The new basic guidelines for clinical practice of the Spanish society of dialysis and transplant (SEDYT) will also be presented to ensure the protocolarización of the treatment of this disease and to ensure adequate care to the patient.
Friday 13, last day of the Congress, will be dedicated to transplants, with particular emphasis on transplantation of live, which will give details the Dr. Antonio Osuna in the Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves of Granada and Dr. Rafael Matesanz, director of the national transplant organisation.
Terminology help
Kidney and liver are the two scrubbers organs of our body. Renal replacement therapy may be the transplant and dialysis (which in turn may be hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis).
Dialysis: is the medical term used to define the artificial process of filtration of waste products and the Elimination of excess fluids of the body at the time in which the kidneys cannot be it normally.
Hemodialysis: Is a type of dialysis. It was the first technique that was used in Spain and remains the most widely used. Currently 90% of kidney patients using hemodialysis. A complex in a vein puncture is performed that can leave the blood cleaned through an external circuit through a machine. Patients requiring hemodialysis often performed in a hospital or specialized Centre. Go about 3 or 4 days a week and are about 4 hours in each session.
Peritoneal dialysis: is another technique of dialysis. It is used as a natural membrane filter – peritoneum – internally lining the abdominal cavity of the patient. Requires a small surgical procedure in which a catheter is inserted in the stomach, through it is the exchange of fluids, either manual or mechanized. This type of dialysis is always home, and allows a greater autonomy of the patient.
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