It looks like SpaceLabs is doing better in their new home, after GE's acquisition of Instrumentarium left them twisting in the wind.
The Healthcare Group reported record revenues of $54 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to $3.3 million reported for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. For the six months ended December […]
The good news for Datascope is that they had a $6 million backlog of their new wireless network and central station on December 31, 2004. The bad news is that they can't ship it because a new software release is late.
Datascope introduced Panorama just last July. Prior to the release of Panorama, Datascope was […]
A fresh initiative aims to make medical device connectivity “plug and play” within 3 years. As reported in the January issue of the AAMI newsletter, the story describes efforts lead by representatives from Boston-based Partners Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente in cooperation with the FDA, other health care professionals, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Most medical devices with […]
According to an updated page on their website, Philips has abandoned their “channelized” radios for a frequency hopping, bi-directional, spread-spectrum WLAN in the WMTS band. They've joined GE and Datascope with similar WLAN technology in WMTS. They couldn't resist coming up with their own name, so they're calling it “Smart-hopping Technology.” From this diagram, it seems […]
Intel announced (last week actually) that they've reorganized their company along key vertical markets — and for the first time, designated health care as a target. It seems that these large companies catch “healthcare fever” from time to time, thinking more about the market opportunity than core competancies or what a strange and alien place […]
Last week, Tele-Tracking released (or should I say announced?) a wireless version of their Bed Board. Called bedboardmobile, it is intended to run on a wireless handheld device. I'll be curious to see the user interface. It's all about a very tight workflow when you have such minimal screen real estate. Patient placement coordinators and […]
Tim at HIS-Talk has a great post up today (what a hard workin' guy) with thoughts about health care quality and technology adoption. Washington Monthly ran an article about how the quality of care at the VA is better than in U.S. hospitals in general. While admitting that he's, “like most Americans, … scandalously uninformed, yet highly opinionated,” […]
Talked with Paul Kowalksi (Business Development for Vital Signs) at Delphi Medical today to get clairification on their strategy and direction.
Delphi Medical is pursuing an OEM strategy (like their parent) to bring wirelessly connected medical devices (pumps, VSMs, vents) to the home and alternate care markets. The overall solution also includes a wireless PDA and […]
GE issued a press release today announcing record 18% revenue and earnings growth in the fourth quarter of 2004. GE Healthcare contributed double digit growth. Jeff was ecstatic saying, “We've got great businesses positioned in the right markets with very strong teams driving powerful initiatives”. Here's what they said about the Healthcare division:
Increased total orders […]
The latest CDC report on Ambulatory Health Care Data shows a 3 million increase in ED visits in 2002 over the previous year. There were a total of 110 million ED visits in 2002. Wheew! [via ACEP]
On a lighter note, the ACEP has two handy brochures to help explain to your ED patients about overcrowding […]
