Medrtonic announced a new clinical trial to determine the safety and efficacy of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) combined with a sensor that continuously records pressure inside the heart, potentially alerting
physicians to potential heart-failure complications before they worsen.
(press release).
The investigational device, known as the Chronicle(R) ICD, features
both the traditional ICD's ability to restore normal heart […]
Mike Gray has an update on his attendance of SCAR in Austin. He touches on one of the hidden costs in PACS or CVIS systems - proprietary storage. Back in the early days of PACS many vendors used their own file management systems and stored data in proprietary formats. That's no big deal when you're […]
Health care delivery is inherently mobile; patients and staff not only go from place to place for diagnosis or therapy - surveillance, alarm notification and voice communications can require wireless network connectivity while traversing significant distances. Consequently, one of the largest challenges facing medical device vendors today is wirelessly enabling their products. Not only do […]
The American Journal of Surgery published this paper on the benefits of an alphanumeric paging system on physician's work environment (full text $30). It is not surprise that improved communications was beneficial.
Physician perceptions of the capability of text paging before the
intervention were high and did not differ significantly
postintervention. For nursing staff, postintervention perceptions of
the text-paging […]
San Diego company IntelliDOT announced today raising $13 million in a Series C round lead by Integral Capital Partners of Menlo, CA (press release). The funds raised will be used for sales and marketing of their CAREt bedside bar coding system.
IntelliDOT Corporation provides [a] wireless workflow optimization and medication
error prevention solution for hospitals and other […]
