Vacation
I'm heading off to the desert for a few days. I will be back in the office (and posting will resume) next Monday, er make that Tuesday.
Archive for August, 2006
Two Mass Casualty Drills Held in San Diego
Last week two separate mass casualty exercises were held in San Diego county. At UC San Diego, police, firefighters,
paramedics, SWAT teams and others were called to a simulated terrorist
attack at an academic building. There were numerous injuries, a
chemical spill and a struggle to retake the building. Near Lindbergh Field, a simulated global pandemic was overtaking […]
FDA Seizes Alaris Pumps
For the past couple weeks, I've been seeing search terms in my server logs referring to variations of “Alaris recall.” Naturally curious, I did a few searches myself and found nothing on the web regarding any Alaris pump recalls. This morning things hit the proverbial fan with the following press release from the FDA.
At the […]
Hospitals Target Self-Pay Health and Wellness Market
This story in Health Facilities Management magazine profiles the One Nineteen Health and Wellness spa, a new
health care facility that opened in Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham,
Ala., in January 2005. Luminary Birmingham hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital decided to build the integrated health and wellness center 12 miles from the hospital, in a rapidly growning suburban […]
What Gets Posted Here and Why
A reader commented on a recent post by asking (tongue in cheek, I'm sure) what the vendor paid me to blog about their product. The short answer is nothing - I don't even have ads (yet). I generate no revenue directly from this web site. The site is the marketing vehicle for my consulting business, […]
St Louis Creates Ambulance Based ADT System
One of the challenges of mass casualty situations is the lack of an aggregate view of casualties. Hospitals have difficulty determining the number of victims they must prepare to receive, and without a disaster-wide view of patients it's hard to get properly triaged patients to the most appropriate facility in the right proportions. The St. […]
IntelliDOT Signs Hospital Chain
Meds administration vendor IntelliDOT has announced (press release) that they have been selected by hospital chain Health Management Associates to provide its bar code
based handheld bedside medication administration system to 55 HMA hospitals over the
next three years.
IntelliDOT has an interesting value proposition: it's well designed so that it actually improves caregiver's workflow while improving meds […]
New Multi Function VeriChip Installation Announced
You must admit, the VeriChip marketing guys are the hardest working marketeers in the RFID space. Here's another bit of news: VeriChip, along with distributor and nurse call system vendor Austco Communications Systems, have installed an RFID system for infant protection, wander prevention, staff duress and asset protection. The deal, bought by Brampton Civic Hospital, […]
Philips HL7-Ready VM Line of Low Acuity Patient Monitors
A question came up on the Biomed Listserv the other day about Philips’ new VM line of low acuity patient monitors (press release). The initial comment noted that the new VM line looked pretty impressive (it does), is HL7 ready, and questioned whether Philips OEMs the monitors or makes them themselves (they are Philips designed […]
QuiteCare Systems Adopted By Assisted Living Facility
St.
Therese Homes of New Hope (Minn.) has implemented the QuiteCare remote monitoring system in its assisted living apartments to remotely monitor
resident activity. Here's how the press release described the system:
QuietCare is an early detection and warning system that provides caregivers with 24/7 information and alerts about the safety and well-being of elderly or other at-risk […]
