I take the cynical view that the equipment they are interested in is
that which can be installed by virtually untrained staff, following non-
specialist assessment, from a job lot!!
sorry!
Jeremy
> I was disappointed to see that a recent report entitled "The Impact of
> e-Health and Assistive Technologies on Healthcare" did not seem to
> mention communication aids, environmental controls or nearly anything
> else that I think people on this list would consider Assistive
> Technologies. (I say 'didn't seem to' because I haven't yet waded
> through the entire 75 page tome, but a quick electronic search of the
> pdf document didn't throw anything up.
>
> Admittedly the group that produced the report is predominantly from a
> Health Informatics perspective but it still annoys me to see the term
> assistive technology used without mention of AAC or EC. Yet again the
> telecare agenda obliterates everything else.
>
> Also, on an extensive list of contributers in the appendix, only two
> names were vaguely familiar to me from the EAT world. I'm going to
> contact the authors to let them know what I think. I've got half a toe
> in the Health Informatics world myself and generally think it's a
> great field, but they've made a pigs ear of this one.
>
> Anyway,...I just felt like a rant after leafing through it...thanks
> for listening !!!
>
> If you'd like a look its here :
>
> http://www.health-informatics.org/tehip/tehipstudy.htm
>
> Cheers
>
> Gary
>
>
> Gary Derwent
> Compass Electronic Assistive Technology Service
> Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
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