When attending these shows I feel compelled to try to decipher the “buzz,” to name the hot issues or key trends that characterize the event. This show has gotten so large and so diverse that, like the elephant and the blind men, buzz is perceived through your own perspective and interests. So, HIMSS this year […]
I made it - a lot of people didn't (or came in really late). Sadly, my bag didn't make it. It's midnight and they still haven't delivered it yet.
Picking up my registration packet, I ran into Neil Versel and Susan Carr. And while waiting for the Emergin Customer event, I caught up with an old […]
Philips does it again, with an announcement that is sure to cause consternation among their competitors (press release). Philips has launched a wireless version of their HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator. The device will run on 802.11a/g wireless LANs, “with [the] capability to network with the Philips IntelliVue Clinical Network.” The press release starts off talking about […]
Yours truly was quoted in this story on point of care computing devices by Neil Versel. In this review, Neil looks at all the various devices used at the point of care and more generally in care delivery areas like nursing stations. After talking with providers and vendors, the conclusion is there is no “one […]
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) as rapidly replacing RS-232 connections on medical devices. As more device vendors adopt general purpose operating systems like Windows CE, it becomes very easy to leverage USB for connectivity.
When faced with complex connectivity requirements, it is very tempting to just push those requirements off on the user by providing […]
You don't see new patient monitors very often, the barriers to entry are rather steep. But here's one, the Barnev Computerized Labor Monitoring system. Using proprietary ultrasound technology, the system provides continuous measurement of
cervix dilatation and fetal head descent.
Signals from disposable sensors located on the maternal
cervix and fetal head provide objective, continuous and accurate
cervical dilatation […]
Reader Kyle slipped me this URL today, proclaiming 802.11a/g support for Philips patient monitors. Telemetry is not included - you'll still have to buy proprietary WMTS access points that only work with their telemetry monitors. The radios are packaged as “adapters” that fit in the patient monitor enclosures and, “operate wirelessly on the Philips IntelliVue […]
Getting a jump on the competition before HIMSS, Motion Computing announced today the C5 mobile clinical assistant (MCA) tablet computer. The marketing folks are even trying to define their own product category anointing the C5 with its own acronym and referring to their device as, “a new computing category, created by Intel with support from […]
This story in RFID Journal describes Philips Medical Systems' RFID solution. Philips teamed up with AeroScout, using their tags and positioning engine software. Here's an overview of the solution:
Built on a suite of software Philips designed to help health-care
institutions manage their staff, patient care, assets and operations,
the system has been integrated with real-time location system […]
I was talking with someone in the industry who pointed me to this PDF file on Philips Medical Systems' web site. This electronic brochure for Philips' IntelliVue Telemetry System was remarkable for the use of the 2.4GHz band (still DECT though). My curiosity aroused, I looked further and found this PDF, touting the IntelleVue 802.11a/g […]
