What's in your fantasy medical device operating system? Here's mine:
Royalty free
A true real time OS
Connectivity support on par with Windows CE (TCP/IP, wireless, USB, etc.)
Royalty free
Something without the hacker appeal of Microsoft Windows (is easy to lock down, and isn't patched every week)
Approval-ready for up to FDA Class III medical devices
A full set of developer […]
The FDA issued a public health notification
on the risk of electromagnetic interference (EMI) with medical
telemetry systems still operating in the 460-470 Mhz frequency bands.
This is to notify you that after December 31, 2005, any medical telemetry systems
operating in the 460-470 MHz frequency bands will be at increased risk for interference,
[…]
The latest study from Kalorama Information
pegs health care IT market growth at about 11 percent over the next 5
years. They estimate the market for clinical IT to exceed $25 billion
by 2009. The current clinical IT market is estimated at $23 billion,
with about $15.4 billion being spent on hospital systems. A surprising
“feature” of the market research […]
Matt Peterson of MD Buyline reports on Cisco Systems' recent security woes.
Cisco Systems, serving up to 80% of all enterprise IT
networks, seeks to protect against the threat of this danger by employing 1,500
security engineers, acquiring three IT security companies at $148 million, and
issuing 10 operating system advisors [sic] in the past two years. However, an
information-security […]
Dr Shazam at mr. hassle's long underpants is hosting this weeks Grand Rounds.
Dr. S, an emergency physician, provides a wide range of medically
related info on specific diseases, medical training, technology
(including yours truly), ethics, humor and more. Check it out.
To celebrate their fifth year in business, Parco (the Ultra Wide Band RFID vendor) is offering a small pilot project kit at a discount.
Parco
Wireless announced today the release of “Shepherd” a new package
designed to enable biomedical and material management staff to quickly,
easily and cost effectively determine whether RFID tracking is
appropriate for their institution. This package […]
Well there is definitely some secret sauce in the InnerWireless RFID system, just not the secret
sauce that I expected in my earlier post. InnerWireless has expanded
their offerings beyond RF infrastructure to
include an RFID solution that is completely separate from their
distributed antenna system. In a follow up to my previous post, I talked with
Alastair Westgarth, Senior […]
Carolinas Medical Center, flagship hospital for Carolinas HealthCare, is widely embracing wireless local area networking to improve productivity and patient safety.
To support the new applications, CHS has deployed more than 500
wireless access points for 802.11b and 802.11g networks since 2004. Two
hundred access points went into the 11-story, 1.5 million-square-foot
main hospital, and additional nodes should go […]
