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Archive for January 17th, 2006

Aperio Technologies Virtual Microscopy System

Aperio Technologies develops and sells microscopy systems for pathology that provide what they call digital pathology or virtual microscopy:
Digital pathology is a digital environment for slide-based diagnoses
that delivers consistent and accurate results, faster than traditional
methods. It consolidates macro (gross) and micro (slide) information
with case histories, work lists, reports, associated images and
documents, and also with automated […]


Wireless Interference Risk with Guidant CONTAK RENEWAL

The latest Guidant pacemaker, the CONTAK RENEWAL 3 RF cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and ZOOM LATITUDE Programmer use the 914 MHz frequency to communicate. (Previous post here, Guidant press release here.) This spectrum is also used by at least two different products that may be used in hospitals, the Spectralink wireless phone PTB450 and […]


Indiana Mandates the Reporting of Hospital Medical-Errors

As of January 1, 2006, hospitals in Indiana are required to report to the Indiana State Department of Health over two dozen different types of medical errors that result in an adverse event.  Reports must be made within 15 days of the adverse event, describe the event and identify the hospital. Patients, physicians and hospital […]


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