Verizon and PatientKeeper announce
that the PatientKeeper platform can now be accessed through Verizon's
wireless network. Each wireless carrier's wireless network is somewhat
proprietary, so IP based applications must be tested (and sometimes
tweaked) to run properly. Whether this announcement means anything more
that test and validation on Verizon's network is not clear.
In other news, Sprint announced that they'd completed […]
Last week Partners HealthCare System was hit by a computer worm
that also impacted computers world wide. The malicious code hit
computers in 4 of their 5 hospitals. Fortunately, patient care and
safety was not compromised. Partners has about 55,000 computerized
devices connected to their network, only 800 computers were infected.
Responding to an alert of a vulnerability last week […]
Dispensing with the usual wands, the new CONTAK RENEWAL 3 RF defib/pacemaker and ZOOM LATITUDE programmer from Guidant
uses a wireless radio link for device-to-programmer communications. In
addition to the usual capabilities, the ZOOM LATTIUDE programmer also
includes a remote monitoring capability. The wireless radio link
provides three times faster device interrogation. The only real benefit
here is the faster […]
Be sure to check out this week's installment of Grand Rounds at straightfromthedoc.
Physician Kevin provides a sharp and concise listing of the best health
care blog posts from the past week. You're sure to find something
interesting there…
