14-Apr-15 Five nursing homes in Singapore have banded together to buy in bulk machines that can measure various vital signs simultaneously, such as oxygen levels, temperature, blood pressure and pulse rate. The readings are transmitted automatically to a new IT system adopted by more nursing homes, to replace laborious paper records. [image: Straits Times]
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04-Nov-14 While home based care for the elderly has been available for years, start-ups are now paving the way to a more specialised home-based care model. Apart from geriatric care, these ventures are providing speciality care integrated with technology and customised packages. [image: Pippa Ranger Department for International Development]
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23-Oct-14 The University of Bristol in the UK and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have signed a partnership agreement to explore technologies that advance ageless ageing and other healthcare innovations, including a smart sensor wristband that monitors activity in the home. [image: Heythorp Healthcare]
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