In an effort to reduce energy consumption, the government has moved the start of Daylight Savings Time from April 1 to March 11 and the ending from October 28 to November 4 (the day after my birthday). This change will save untold millions of barrels of oil, and impoverish or enrich Bush's friends in the […]
According to the FDA:
Defibtech, is initiating a voluntary worldwide recall of
Lifeline Semi-automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) and ReviveR
Semi-automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs). This recall affects all
Lifeline and ReviveR AEDs with software versions 2.002 and earlier.
The self-test software for these devices may allow a self-test to clear
a previously detected low battery condition. If this situation occurs,
the operator may […]
Another emergency medical service is deploying wireless technology to support workflow automation, improve pre-hospital care, and better communicate patient data to waiting hospital Emergency Departments. From Information Week (press release):
In an announcement Tuesday, the RAA said the In Motion technology,
which can access different wireless networks while ambulances race to
their destinations, had not only improved pre-hospital […]
Okay, it's not an off-the-shelf PC as like the Motion C5 or Philips ProScribe. But this is one very interesting device. Developed by Emano Tec in conjunction with CareGroup's Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, the MedTab hits the following point of care requirements:
Droppable (tested to 30g impact)
Pocketable (5.5 x 7.5 x 0.5 will fit in a […]
Yesterday's FierceHealthIT had a story about, “the end of proprietary standards.” This was an amusing quote in many ways. To my mind, the term “proprietary standard” is an oxymoron, as standards are broadly adopted and available to all comers. The CEO who uttered these momentous words represents a vendor whose principal product strategy uses proprietary […]
For the past several months I've been working with a group that came out of the National Library of Medicine's Scalable Information Infrastructure program. The grant has ended, but a number of the participants are taking the program out of the academic world and putting it on the fast track to commercialization.
Made up mostly […]
Tuesday was a day spent with numerous companies outside of health care who want in. I was struck by a number of consistent themes. Most companies treat health care like any other vertical. This is a mistake for several reasons.
Conventional wisdom frequently holds that the health care market doesn't justify the creation of a […]
