Spacelabs seems to be doing pretty well.
The Healthcare Group reported revenues of $47.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2005, compared to $8.6 million reported for the third quarter of fiscal 2004. For the nine months ended March 31, 2005, revenues increased by $129.3 million, to $144.6 million from $15.3 million for the comparable […]
While doing some research the other day I came across a pretty good article from last year. “Rx for patching mired in red tape”
digs into problems surrounding medical devices that get infected by
computer viruses and worms. The story raises lots of interesting
issues. so let's dig in.
The epidemic of Windows-based worms and viruses in the past […]
Demand for ever more ICU beds continues to grow in all western countries. The level of demand is independent of the actual density of ICU beds in a given country. Demand is the same in low density countries like Great Brittan, Australia and Canada, as it is in high density countries (US, Germany, Austria). The question […]
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Vendors Association (whew!) issued a call last week for the adoption of a standard for interoperability. Their rational is that it will result in more faster market adoption of their products. Hmmm, who's on those committees coming up with these standards? Mostly members of the EHRVA.
Here is an interesting presentation by Mark Blatt MD on EMI in hospitals. Mark runs Intel's health care business. Bottom line: cell phones within 1 meter of medical devices cause interference 4% of the time, 802.11 radios show no interference as close as 10 cm.
Christ Hospital in Cincinnati has implemented NaviCare in their 33 operating rooms for $800,000. Big cost savings are expected.
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation describes what federally funded programs have accomplished in understanding medical errors and implementing programs to improve patient safety over the last 5 years.
The 140 articles in the 4-volume set cover a wide range of research paradigms, clinical settings, and patient populations. Where the research is complete, […]
The systematic adoption of WLANs continues with this press release. To date, Daou's completed site surveys and spectrum analysis, and they're currently in network design. The driving application is a Cerner deployment.
Patient Care Technology Systems has named Tony Marsico as CEO. Appointed VP of Client Support just last March, Tony was previously president of Healthcare I.T., a passive-based tracking and communications system for emergency departments called EDTracker. Last fall, PCTS acquired Tony's company.
As wireless proliferates, two things seem to be going by the wayside: thick APs and proprietary AP/client radio combinations.
Thick APs are access points that contain all the smarts to run the radio and manage associations to wireless clients. They're expensive. Thin APs keep the radio and antenna at the AP and put the smarts […]
