The short answer? Probably not. How about RFID, wireless medical devices? Amost certainly not.
Most hospital WLAN deployments entail throwing up APs (access points) every 100 meters based on eyeballing a floor plan or running a heat map application (that estimates AP placement). Given the frequent tweaking of AP placement after deployment - even for simple […]
What first read as a re-introduction of the LIFEGUARD II patient monitoring line, turns out to be new non-invasive cardiology capabilities (press release).
LIFEGARD II with ICG (Impedance CardioGraphy) uses Thoracic
Electrical Bioimpedance (TEB) to measure continuous cardiac output, and
is the only patient monitor that has ICG totally integrated with all
other standard, non-invasive vital signs.
Non-invasive
hemodynamic measurement […]
In a surprising demonstration of business acumen, JCAHO has abandoned plans (reg. req.) to sell hospital data and will instead make the data public.
The JCAHO is the outfit that inspects and then accredits hospitals. Without accreditation, hospitals would lose a major portion of their reimbursement (not to mention garner a lot of bad publicity). […]
Only in health care would a foundation need to do a study to document the value of open source software. Used for years in other commercial and industrial market segments, open source software is also frequently built into “proprietary” systems from HIT and even medical device vendors. The potential impact needed to spur IT adoption […]
In news that triggered “$900 screwdriver” flashbacks, the U.S. government has contracted with General Dynamics to provide design and installation services for the nures call system at Bassett Army Community Hospital. The Army Corps of Engineers is building a new 43 bed hospital at Bassett to replace the existing structure. For those interested in savoring […]
