Michael Ostrovsky, MD of MedGadget is hosting another round of Medical Weblog Awards, which he started last year.
It's been another year filled with explosive growth, stirring
debate, and excellent writing — in a number of fields. Our categories
reflect this diversity. The categories for this year's awards will be:
– Best Medical Weblog
– Best New Medical Weblog […]
Consulting firm BearingPoint has released a market study where they surveyed over 300 health care folks.
Improvement to patient safety was cited as the top benefit for RFID by
nearly 70 percent of respondents, with improved patient flow and general
productivity ranking second, each cited by 48 percent of respondents […]
I've noted a recent flurry of search engine queries on “fda approved wireless
alarms.” The same topic was raised by a reader in a recent
email. So, given the subject's topical interest I thought I'd ramble a
bit.
First the short answer: the only FDA approved wireless alarm available
today is from Baxter with their Colleague CX smart pump. […]
CodeBlue
is a research program at Harvard that is exploring the application of
wireless sensor network technology to a range of medical applications.
Current applications include pre-hospital, in-hospital emergency care,
disaster response, and stroke patient rehabilitation. Lead by Professor
Matt Welsh, the team includes Boston Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 10Blade, Inc., and others.
The program has developed wearable […]
I still hear this question frequently - and I'm not alone.
Blog is short from web log, an online diary or newsletter made up of a
series of posts or stories. You're reading a blog post right now.
The Wall Street Journal did a story last week about business blogs,
titled, “What the In-Crowd Knows.”
People who follow electronics got […]
Data migration is one of the dirty little secrets of health care IT.
The typical high cost to migrate data from a legacy system to a new
system represents one of the largest barriers customers face when
moving from a legacy system to new technology (or a new vendor).
When the costs of switching from one brand of technology […]
The
Center for Biosecurity at UPMC
and the Society of Critical Care Medicine convened the Working Group on
Emergency Mass Critical Care to provide recommendations to
hospital and clinical leaders regarding the delivery of critical care
services in the wake of a bioterrorist attack resulting in hundreds or
thousands of critically ill patients. In these conditions, traditional
hospital and clinical care standards […]
Researcher Jukka Lekkala is leading a team looking to develop
implantable wireless sensors. They are looking to overcome the
limitations of external or supercutaneous sensors like poor skin
contact and inconvenience for long term monitoring. One of the key
challenges that Lekkala and his team will address is biocompatibility.
Advances in biomaterial technologies allow the biocompatible coatings
of sensors to […]
Many vendors offer special software applications for the operating
room. Packages for scheduling, materials management, and clinical
documentation have been offered for years. At a time when the OR
represents the most profitable service line for most hospitals (see
post below) there is increasing focus on “comprehensive perioperative management,” or what I call patient flow.
Healthcare Informatics has a great […]
The technology wish lists included in the HIMSS Leadership Survey is
a vendor's wet dream - so many things, and so many
CIOs want to buy them! Of course reality strikes back by figure 12, “barriers
to adoption.” Here we learn the biggest barrier is a “lack
of financial support” - insufficient funds.
To better learn what's top of mind […]
