Reader Bernard Farrell (who's got a terrific diabetes oriented blog) ask about my recent slam on USB connectivity for medical devices.
I'm intrigued by your comment “The good news is that USB connectivity is pretty
crude and poorly suited for most medical device connectivity applications and
should be eclipsed by Ethernet and wireless LANs.” Given how successful USB […]
The other day, PACS guru Mike Gray wrote an interesting post on disaster recovery. Between the HIPAA security requirements and Sarbanes-Oxley, hospitals have little choice but to archive data and store a copy off site. Mike takes the concept of backing up data a step farther:
So here is something to consider. Given that you are […]
The Syracuse Post-Standard profiles a Premise Corporation installation at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center. The story has a nice lead in that set's the stage for Premise's patient flow application:
Monitoring the flow of patients and bed availability in a
busy 431-bed hospital like St. Joseph's Hospital Health
Center, in Syracuse, is akin to managing flight traffic at
an […]
Published studies about studies are sort of a “gimmie” in the academic world - you don't really need to do any research per se, but simply analyze research done by others. This new study titled, “Systematic Review of Home Telemonitoring for Chronic Diseases: The Evidence Base,” is a study of studies. From the abstract:
Results: The […]
The feds prepare the next phase in their transformation of the health care industry with the release of proposed new Prospective Payment System (PPS) rules published May 4th in the Federal Register (I found the proposed rule using the Justia search engine mentioned yesterday). The Home Care Automation Report reports:
CMS has done no more or […]
