The first presenter was Harald Fiedler with Philips Medical Systems,
from my old stomping grounds in Bothell, Washington. His focus was on
lessons that he's learned from remote service implementation. Harald lead off with a truism: you don't know what you don't know. That is so true any time your business takes you outside of your traditional […]
This must be the height of conference season - I'm at another conference this week. Yesterday I presented a 3 hour workshop titled “Understanding How the Introduction of New Equipment Impacts the Networked Customer Environment: Lessons in Connectivity and Security.” Whew! Medical device vendor attendees are well represented here. My interest in the remote service […]
GE Healthcare introduced AirStrip OB, their wireless fetal monitoring surveillance product at HIMSS 2006 in San Diego. Here's a story about the system and some early users in the San Antonio Express News. The 510(k) approved system transmits near real-time waveforms from GE fetal monitors for obstetrician's to use in diagnosis and treatment decisions during […]
Targeting both acute care and alternate care markets, Philips introduced the SureSigns VS3 vital signs monitor today (press release). The new monitor builds on their new line of low acuity patient monitors, the VM 4, 6 and 8.
The SureSigns VS3 provides easy access to patient information
using innovative pop-up screens, fixed keys and […]
According to AHA News:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released guidance
to help organizations comply with the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act’s security standards when they allow remote access
to electronic protected health information through portable devices or
external systems or hardware. In general, CMS said HIPAA-covered
entities should be “extremely cautious” about allowing offsite use of
or […]
The FDA has finally released their guidance document on medical devices incorporating wireless technologies. We have 90 days from the date of publication (January3, 2007) to submit comments and suggestions.
Once I've had a chance to read the whole thing, I will post more.
UPDATE: When I went to leave a comment finding the right page was […]
Fellow connectologist, Dave Hoglund, has written an interesting white paper on the physics behind indoor positioning systems (IPS). Before your eyes roll up into your head, you shouldn't miss this opportunity to really understand the reasons behind why different real time location systems (RTLS) work better for some applications than others. As I've said before, […]
Yesterday I presented at a workshop in Seattle held by Cardinal Health. The topic was Wireless Infusion Information Technology and was educational - being remarkably free of sales pitches for a vendor event. There were about 17 attendees, which I thought was pretty good for a mid market city like Seattle. I promised the attendees […]
Prompted by the construction of a new hospital, the Children's Hospital in Denver is installing a new enterprise-wide network. The project will link 11 Childrens Care centers, 2 other campus facilities, 400 outreach
clinics, and 1.44 million square feet in a new 10 story 236 bed hospital
building. The deployment will include 800 access points, 5,000 VoIP […]
There's a huge, mostly unmet, market requirement for low acuity patient monitoring. Much of this is driven by JCAHO's recent focus on pain management. A lot of hospitals were receiving poor patient evaluations regarding pain management on general nusing units. In response, hospitals have increased their administration of pain meds; but when you increase therapies […]
