Today was a sunny spring day in Pittsburgh. The conference is being held in the David L. Lawrence convention center - where 4 months ago a 20×60 foot slab of concrete fell 30 feet to the street below; something about a dangling cherry-picker. After a bit of retrofitting, things are better than new (hopefully).
Michael DeVita […]
Now that I’m done with my HIMSS wrap up piece for MX magazine, I’m going to be posting on items that didn’t make it into the story. (FYI - here’s last year’s HIMSS report.) For obvious reasons magazines don’t want to publish content that’s already been published here. This first post reports on a presentation […]
This web site was listed in a Healthcare Design Magazine e-newsletter as an RFID information web site for healthcare facilities. I love the URL - www.rfidhealthcare.com - I'm sure there are lots of folks kicking themselves because they didn't think of this URL themselves. Perhaps www.healthcarerfid.com is available? Sadly, no - it just serves up […]
The delivery of health care is an inherently mobile activity, with patients moving though the care delivery process and almost all health care workers in constant motion. So it's no wonder that wireless technologies have been adopted with gusto.
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) has been a concern with medical devices since their inception. This EMI can […]
Matthew Holt as a couple informative stories at Digital Healthcare & Productivity.com (whew, what a mouthful) about RFID adoption in hospitals. His first story asked, “Does Asset Tracking Live Up to the Hype?” Short answer, no.
Even if WiFi is good enough to track equipment and other assets,
there are now a few voices out to deflate […]
The RFID market in health care has been going through some significant changes, many of which were evident at HIMSS 2007. The latest evidence of evolving business models is the merger announced today between InnerWireless and PanGo (press release).
While styled as a merger, PanGo will be absorbed by InnerWireless with only half of PanGo's […]
I came across some interesting posts in the Biomed Listserv. A biomed from a 250 bed hospital is looking for feedback on GE and Philips telemetry systems. This 260 bed community hospital is going to buy a 12 channel system, and ramp up to about 150 of the devices over the next few years. All […]
When attending these shows I feel compelled to try to decipher the “buzz,” to name the hot issues or key trends that characterize the event. This show has gotten so large and so diverse that, like the elephant and the blind men, buzz is perceived through your own perspective and interests. So, HIMSS this year […]
This story in RFID Journal describes Philips Medical Systems' RFID solution. Philips teamed up with AeroScout, using their tags and positioning engine software. Here's an overview of the solution:
Built on a suite of software Philips designed to help health-care
institutions manage their staff, patient care, assets and operations,
the system has been integrated with real-time location system […]
VeriChip Corporation has announced that it has obtained the patent for
a portable RFID asset location system. The product combines RFID tagging technology
along with a portable receiver that can enable the tracking of assets
in a fixed setting like a warehouse or building.
The system will utilize portable receivers to collect RFID
messages and identify the unique ID of […]
