Tatung has announced the entry of another Windows Mobile-based cell phone in a UMPC form factor - the first was the HTC Athena. Like most cell phone-based devices, the Tatung and HTC Athena should offer much better battery life than a PDA or Windows-based device.
Unfortunately the Tatung doesn't appear to have a keyboard (a […]
No not here. HIMSS has started a blog called HIMSSlive, for the HIMSS '07 conference. The blog, moderated by HIT blogger Shahid Shah, will provide info for both vendors and attendees. Blogging will run from now, through the conference and for some time afterwards.
Yours truly has been asked to participate, and I should have […]
The mantle of “best nurse-carried point of care computing device” has yet to be claimed. The eventual winner will probably be either be an UMPC like the OQO or a wireless phone with a nice big display. Each platform has their own advantages, and the eventual winner in any event will be complemented by COWs […]
CardioNet appears to be moving beyond high tech holter monitoring and into ambulatory cardiac monitoring. The new device has be ability to do arrhythmia detection in the sensor (rather than the PDA-like monitor) and transmitting alarms to CardioNet's Monitoring Center that provides 24×7 analysis of alarms and related cardiac rhythms.
The last two pages of the […]
Last month (November) Boston Scientific announced FDA approval of LATITUDE 2.0 Patient Management software with “remote data integration capabilities.”
LATITUDE Patient Management is the first and only remote monitoring
system to provide clinicians with direct device data integration
capability into GE's Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR). The
enhanced version of the LATITUDE website also provides increased
efficiencies to clinicians […]
Health Data Management has an article on the use of bar codes and RFID for patient identification, meds admin, blood transfusions, collecting lab specimens, etc. Passive RFID performs better than bar codes - easier to read - but the significant price differential between even 2D bar codes and passive RFID tags will stymie RFID adoption […]
The anticipated new model of the OQO computer, dubbed the 02 in a recent FCC filing appears to be moving closer to release. December 5th, 2006, both Gizmodo and Engadget had posts on the FCC filing. Gizmodo has since taken down their post (you can see the page cached on Google here, scroll down about […]
24×7 Magazine published a story of mine on connectivity. Variously described as “automating workflow” and “deciphering medical device connectivity,” the story approaches the topic from a provider’s viewpoint. After a bit of history and description of immediate and longer term reasons to connect (EMR integration and point of care workflow automation), we dive right into […]
Fellow connectologist, Dave Hoglund, has written an interesting white paper on the physics behind indoor positioning systems (IPS). Before your eyes roll up into your head, you shouldn't miss this opportunity to really understand the reasons behind why different real time location systems (RTLS) work better for some applications than others. As I've said before, […]
