Do we (tele)care what the evidence says?

In recent years there has been a growing evidence base surrounding the effectiveness, efficiency and merits of telecare. Incorporated within a large Department of Health evaluation that commenced in 2008 (the Whole Systems Demonstrator programme) the evidence for telecare is mixed. This post sets the scene around evidence for telecare and introduces an event taking place on 20 February 2014 to which you are all very welcome.