At the Cerner shareholder’s meeting this week, Neal Patterson described 4 new “fundimental directions” for growing the company.
Building on 2005 revenue of $1.2 billion and earnings of $86 million, Patterson said the health care information technology leader will focus on moving: […] Further into medical devices, using Cerner software to integrate everything from hospital […]
In what has become a classic outsourcing move in other industries, Philips Medical has contracted with UPS to redesign and operate its global parts logistics network. The goals of this new business arrangement are to improve customer service and no doubt lower costs for Philips Medical.
UPS has been given the task of ensuring Philips […]
Portland is fortunate to be home to a number of top notch health care delivery organizations; Legacy Health System is one of them. I had a chance to meet with two of their IT folks to specialize in medical device connectivity, and wrote a story about their recent experiences that came out in yesterday's Health […]
MX Magazine was kind enough to ask me to write a story about the current state of medical device connectivity. This isn't a comprehensive market analysis, but a discussion of market trends, technology, and the current state of connectivity. Numerous examples of new products are included in the review. The following product categories are discussed […]
Health care guru and blogger Matthew Holt reports on Esther Dyson's comments at the CDHCC conference.
I asked her what VCs should be investing in. She suggested
management of the chronically ill, such as compliance reminders, and
products for women and family aimed at pregnant women and those with
newborns.
Given that she’s spending a lot of time holding […]
The Chicago Trib runs a story today (reg req) about comments made by Baxter Chair and CEO Robert Parkinson to shareholders about efforts to resolve problems with their Colleague infusion pump.
Addressing shareholders at the
company's annual meeting held at the Palmer House Hilton downtown,
Parkinson said Baxter awaits Food and Drug Administration approval of
the Deerfield-based medical […]
Hillenbrand reports profits up, revenues down (slightly) for the second quarter. Earnings came in at $54.5 million, compared to $54 million for the same period last year.
The company also said its restructuring efforts, which the company
announced in September, are being executed as planned in the United
States and Europe.
Hillenbrand said it's on target to achieve its […]
Chris Bolinger of Summit Data was kind enough to email me with some additional information on their embedded Wi-Fi radios (original post here).
Summit plans to have its radios certified for CCX Version 3 in early June. Summit then will have the only compact flash WLAN radio certified for CCX at any version. […]
According to Health Data Management, Sensatex is looking for beta testers for its SmartShirt System.
Sensatex is using technology developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology to weave tiny conductive fibers into the cotton
fabric of a shirt to enable monitoring of physiological activity. Funded by DARPA for the 21st Century Land Warrior Program, the technology allows […]
Philips has announced the commercial launch of their remote monitoring system Motiva for the U.S. market (press release). The system is designed around the patient's home television, abut also requires a broadband connection and set to box.
Motiva supports daily vital signs monitoring for high-acuity
patients using wireless devices installed in the home. The current
product includes […]
