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 […]
Right on the heels of the Menlo platform announcement, Intel has released a new UMPC (ultra mobile PC) spec called Moorestown. From DailyTech:
The big kicker for Menlow is its substantial improvement in battery life over available UMPC offerings. Menlow has approximately twice the life of current devices, reaching up to 6 hours of regular use […]
A year after launching their spec for the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), Intel is announcing a new spec based on Linux.
Called a Mobile Internet Device (pic), or MID, the devices will
have screen sizes from 4.5 to six inches with a target audience
described as “consumers and prosumers” rather than mobile professionals.
While [the UMPCs] CPU components […]
I sat in on the conference call this afternoon on the new HIMSS Leadership Survey for 2007. The survey this year was based on a larger sample (360 respondents) and had some interesting findings. Of course most all the focus of the conference call was on EMR adoption. After about 1% adoption annually between 2002 […]
For as long as I've been in the industry, hospitals have on again/off again relationship regarding single vendor solutions versus best of breed. There are clearly advantages to a well designed comprehensive solution with a common user interface that is tightly integrated. Sadly, as markets have advanced and products become more comprehensive, many vendors' solutions […]
Samsung has a new product called the UbiCell that connects to 10/100 Ethernet and broadcasts WCDMA/HSDPA. It seems that Samsung also has a CDMA version. You connect from your cell phone to your carrier via the UbiCell and an Internet connection. Samsung is negotiated with carriers to offer their service over Samsugn's device. It is […]
I can't tell you how many visitors have come to my site based on a few posts I wrote about the VA putting Vista Office into the public domain - gobs of them.
Early this afternoon I noteced Google search terms like “Google EMR business model” in my server logs. It wasn't long before I came […]
In health care delivery, the network is a medical device. Okay, not always, but when devices like patient monitors or infusion pumps are connected to a network that carries data critical to patient surveillance or alarm notification, the network is part of the regulated medical device. Now the FDA has been kind enough to mostly […]
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 […]
