Thanks to The Healthcare Guy, Shahid Shah for organizing another year's blogger/reader meeting. You may recall last years Meet the Blogger event in San Diego - we had a great turn out and plenty of room to network. Pictured right are Wellogic CEO, Sumit Nagpal and Welch Allyn program manager, Doug Adams enjoying last year's […]
ABI Research released a study last fall called “Active RFID and Wi-Fi in the RTLS Market“. From the blurb:
Wi-Fi and active radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies are
locked in a long battle to capture the burgeoning market in health care
asset tracking, according to a new study from ABI Research. With less
than 5% of North American health […]
Active RFID provider WhereNet has been acquired by Zebra Technologies
in a $126 million cash deal. Privately-held WhereNet provides real-time locating system (RTLS)
technology for industrial asset management, to Zebra's, portfolio of bar code, passive RFID smart label, and other specialty
printing solutions. From the story in RFID Update:
[Zebra chairman and CEO Edward] Kaplan said WhereNet will continue […]
According to AHA News:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released guidance
to help organizations comply with the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act’s security standards when they allow remote access
to electronic protected health information through portable devices or
external systems or hardware. In general, CMS said HIPAA-covered
entities should be “extremely cautious” about allowing offsite use of
or […]
After reading the above guidance document I was struck by how it provides such a good review of the quality system regulation (QSR). If you’re not a regulatory person and you want to get a high level view of the QSR, and especially how it might apply to wireless medical devices, check it out (updated link).The […]
