GE Healthcare Acquires Agility Healthcare
For each and every patient interaction, patient, clinician, staff, space, assets & supplies must come together at the same time.
The Value of Unique Device Identification
Is there a need to better track the use of medical devices? You bet. Besides tracking implantables for post market surveillance and recalls, tracking medical devices used at the point of care can reduce the risk of infections like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA) through physical contact and cross contamination. There are no national hospital reporting […]
AT&T Jumps on RTLS Bandwagon
These days phone companies like AT&T are more like network services providers than old time POTS (plain old telephone service) monopolies. Most, if not all of their land-line voice traffic runs over IP networks and the wireless unit is moving to full IP networking for wireless voice when they move to LTE in a few […]
Premier Claims Safety Improvements with Medical Device Unique IDs
Premier Safety Institute sent out the September issue of their (usually) excellent Safety Share newsletter today. Here was the lead item (emphasis in original):
A major move to improve the safety of medical devices - On September 21, Congress approved a law requiring the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to put into place a unique […]
AAMI 2007 - Day One, Clinical Engineering Symposium
First up today, the Clinical Engineering Symposium: Medical Device Integration Projects. A panel of rock stars will present case studies on medical device connectivity. Steve Grimes kicked things off to a full house - SRO, actually.
Case Studies from Beth Israel Deaconess
First up will be John Halamka, CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His […]
Cisco's Medical Grade Network Provides New Connectivity
On October 11th, Cisco broadcast a live webinar to introduce their Clinical Connection Suite (press release).
Of course Cisco makes the same network boxes for health care as they do for every other vertical market, but they create a vertical market spin with alliances, marketing and distribution. Cisco has done a service to the industry by […]
