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Vendors to fold active RFID into healthcare offerings
Date: Jul 08, 2010
Lincolnshire, Ill.-based Zebra Technologies has added Integrated Business Systems and Services (IBSS) to its roster of channel partners, which means we can expect IBSS to incorporate more of Zebra’s hardware into its software going forward.
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Report underscores handheld demand in healthcare
Date: Jul 07, 2010
What do an aging population, cost restraints, government giveaways, medical error reduction initiatives, and a shortage of medical professionals have in common? They're all key drivers, responsible for ratcheting up healthcare's total market for handheld devices, according to a new report. Up seven percent from 2009, this market segment is expected to hit $8.8 billion by 2010.
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mHealth and maternal and newborn mortality
Date: Jul 06, 2010
A call for collaboration by international groups to reduce maternal and newborn mortality by employing mobile technologies includes a joint statement with five primary action areas:
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Cell phone accessory to help offset a leading cause of blindness?
Date: Jul 02, 2010
With the World Health Organization reporting that uncorrected refractive errors rank as the world's second-highest cause of blindness, affecting an estimated two percent of the world's population, it's encouraging to learn that MIT's Media Lab is gearing up to begin clinical trials on a mobile health care innovation that can transform a cell phone into a sophisticated eye-testing device, using a snap-on plastic accessory.
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Another ‘game-changing’ tablet for healthcare?
Date: Jul 01, 2010
If you recall, when Apple’s iPad launched, it was alternately praised and hissed at for being…too cute by a half, perhaps? At the time, the reasons were many, for and against. Eventually, though, the noise died down. MHW poll respondents even went on to dub the iPad a potential healthcare “game-changer.” Now, it’s Cisco’s turn.
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Sprint gains ground with M2M
Date: Jun 30, 2010
As I wrote back in March, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will soon be a major focus for device makers and others with a stake in the mobile point of care. Now Sprint, which launched its Emerging Solutions Group in October 2009, is claiming considerable success in this field, having certified more than 300 non-Sprint branded M2M and embedded devices for use on the Sprint network. Recent partnerships with the Alzheimer's Association and others underscore the company's efforts to achieve this goal.
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Will healthcare take to Android?
Date: Jun 29, 2010
Apple may have cashed-in big-time this past weekend following the launch of the iPhone 4, but Samsung has plans of its own for a smartphone rollout that could help the Suwon, South Korea-based electronics company grab market share from both Apple and Blackberry maker Research In Motion. Competition among smartphone makers, of course, can only be a good thing for the healthcare professionals who rely so heavily on these devices.
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Rich data at the point of care
Date: Jun 28, 2010
Recently, Keith Kleiner of singularityhub.com posted on the Xprize promotional video for an AI physician on every smart phone. Artificial intelligence at the point of care will benefit from the kinds of IT advancements featured at the June 2010 Semantic Technology Conference. Semantics and linked data have already helped to revolutionize healthcare and life sciences research, enabling the querying of complex biomedical data sets and their visualization, the construction of knowledge sharing databases and repositories, and networking between researchers.
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Study shows healthcare flocking to wireless technologies
Date: Jun 25, 2010
New research from ABI indicates the uptake of Wi-Fi within healthcare has spiked 60 percent over the past 12 months in both wireless LAN and Wi-Fi RTLS deployments. Better yet, the research suggests this trend may continue with high double-digit growth, at least for the medium term.
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Hemoglobin testing device emphasizes wireless data sharing
Date: Jun 24, 2010
A new, palm-sized handheld device promises physicians the ability to perform on-the-fly non-invasive hemoglobin testing. With embedded 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth communication capability, Masimo’s Pronto-7 enables wireless printing or e-mailing of test results, and it looks like future upgrades will likely allow for wireless transmission to EHR systems.
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Recent Posts
RFID system finds support
Pittsburgh-based ClearCount Medical Solutions has capped its latest round of funding at $5 million, which should go a long way towards driving market penetration and R&D for the SmartSponge and SmartWand systems. These solutions for hospital patient safety applications use radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and chips embedded in sponges to enable surgeons and nurses to detect and count sponges during operations. Read More
Date: Sep 02, 2010
Sutter Health banks on mobile app
The second largest healthcare system in Northern California has tapped the iTriage mobile app in a move to keep local patients supplied with data about doctors and nearby hospitals. Sutter Health, which spans 24 hospitals and a network of 4,700 physicians, hopes its patients will turn to the free download to view information such as a doctor's board certification or practice specialty, hours and office addresses, languages spoken, medical training and degrees, affiliations and referral networks, whether he or she accepts new patients, and what health plans are accepted. Read More
Date: Sep 01, 2010
Marketing deal to extend AirStrip OB reach
A collaboration between Alere Health and mobile medical software developer AirStrip Technologies should go a long way towards extending the reach of AirStrip OB software. Beginning Sept. 1, the new marketing agreement calls for Alere, through its Women & Children's Health division, to begin offering AirStrip OB to its healthcare provider client base in the U.S. Read More
Date: Aug 31, 2010
The numbers favor 'mPHRs'
With 50 percent of consumers saying they want a personal monitoring device prompting them to make improvements in their health, could a marriage between mobile devices and personal health records completely change the way health care is delivered in the United States? It can and it will, according to a brief issued by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Read More
Date: Aug 30, 2010
Pittsburgh-based ClearCount Medical Solutions has capped its latest round of funding at $5 million, which should go a long way towards driving market penetration and R&D for the SmartSponge and SmartWand systems. These solutions for hospital patient safety applications use radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and chips embedded in sponges to enable surgeons and nurses to detect and count sponges during operations. Read More
Date: Sep 02, 2010
Sutter Health banks on mobile app
The second largest healthcare system in Northern California has tapped the iTriage mobile app in a move to keep local patients supplied with data about doctors and nearby hospitals. Sutter Health, which spans 24 hospitals and a network of 4,700 physicians, hopes its patients will turn to the free download to view information such as a doctor's board certification or practice specialty, hours and office addresses, languages spoken, medical training and degrees, affiliations and referral networks, whether he or she accepts new patients, and what health plans are accepted. Read More
Date: Sep 01, 2010
Marketing deal to extend AirStrip OB reach
A collaboration between Alere Health and mobile medical software developer AirStrip Technologies should go a long way towards extending the reach of AirStrip OB software. Beginning Sept. 1, the new marketing agreement calls for Alere, through its Women & Children's Health division, to begin offering AirStrip OB to its healthcare provider client base in the U.S. Read More
Date: Aug 31, 2010
The numbers favor 'mPHRs'
With 50 percent of consumers saying they want a personal monitoring device prompting them to make improvements in their health, could a marriage between mobile devices and personal health records completely change the way health care is delivered in the United States? It can and it will, according to a brief issued by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Read More
Date: Aug 30, 2010
