John Zaleski over at MedicInfoTech has an interesting post on the design for a central surveillance system that supports ventilators from multiple vendors. Referred to as the Remote Mechanical Ventilation Manager, the system is a rather conventional affair similar to systems for patient monitoring. The system assumes RS232 interfaces on the ventilators.
Changes in hospitals […]
Medical Devices Today reports that identical bills introduced in the House and Senate April 18 (HR 1908
and S 1145) could weaken the value of patents and jeopardize firms' access to venture capital. The reforms are backed by IT giants like Microsoft, Cisco Systems
and Intel. Sponsors say the legislation will prevent litigation abuses
and increase patent quality. […]
You can find a pretty comprehensive report on the proposed reimbursement changes for 2008. The report was written by Larry Goldberg, senior advisor for health care
legislative and regulatory matters at Grant Thornton, LLC, an accounting, tax and business advisory firm.
[Hat tip: S-DRG Report]
Researchers led by the Duke Clinical Research Institute looked at whether paying hospitals extra for following specific treatment guidelines
would improve patient outcomes, and you know, reduce costs. “They found no evidence that financial incentives were associated with
improved outcomes, nor that hospitals had shifted their focus from
other areas in order to concentrate on the areas being […]
This clip was shot at HIMSS 2007 in New Orleans, with Joel French, VP and GM of the health care business group at Motion Computing. Joel was kind enough to take the new C5 tablet through its paces.
I've been fiddling around with video clips since, well HIMSS, and have finally worked out the kinks. More […]
