Wireless Healthcare

Modified Bluetooth to Speed up Wireless Health

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:09:53 +0000

A dedicated embedded system the short-range Bluetooth wireless networking protocol to connect patient data to the network and then on to the healthcare provider. This avoids the problem of trying to ensure that a viable connection between monitoring devices and the internet or cellular phone network is maintained constantly

Quiet Alarm in Personal Healthcare

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:09:26 +0000

Staffs receive a calling alarm from patients or colleagues in the form of a text message on their handheld unit. They can receive emergency alarms, fire alarms and lift alarms, and can also obtain information from other people such as hospital porters about a patient’s location, or information about an empty room

Dimension Data to Support and Implement EMR System

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:08:59 +0000

InterMed also worked with the company to implement a contact center solution, with Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise and 500 IP-based soft phones

Real-time Remote Diagnosis of Newborn Baby's Heart Murmur

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:08:39 +0000

The doctors agreed to set up a telemedicine consult utilizing a remote echocardiogram system connected to a mobile and wireless transmitting video conferencing device, rather than immediately transporting the baby to Omaha

Mobile Cell Phone Application Expands Capabilities of MedFlash

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:08:20 +0000

MedFlash stores personal health and lifestyle information on a portable flash drive and in an online personal health record. The MedFlash web site allows users to maintain and update their information and upload it to the flash drive. MedFlash can be worn as a bracelet or used as a key chain

IBM Launches Health Analytics Solution Center

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:07:55 +0000

The company says the new facility is part of a network of global centers addressing the growing demand for advanced analytics needed to help hospitals and medical staff improve decision-making and provide higher quality care

Wireless Health Body Monitoring System on Trial

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:07:40 +0000

Digital plaster wireless vital signs monitor is being trialed in patient settings in Imperial College London study

Mobile Website for Patients on the Go

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:07:08 +0000

The new platform enables mobile web users to quickly retrieve address information, phone numbers, directions and maps to North Shore-LIJ’s 14 hospitals

Health 2.0 - Time for a new Strategy

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:37:06 +0000

Peter Kruger, Analyst with Wireless Healthcare explains why the 30 million potential ‘alpha daughters’ who are providing care for elderly parents should be factored into any ehealth marketing strategy

WAM - It’s Wireless Aided Medication

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:37:38 +0000

There is a lot that wireless automated medication system vendors can do to enhance the usefulness of their products such as automatically updating personal electronic health records with medication plans and compliance data

Body Area Network Healthcare Device Now Available

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:38:54 +0000

The Sensium Life Pebble TZ203002 is a small, ultra-low power body-worn device that continuously monitors common vital signs including ECG, heart rate, skin temperature, and physical activity

Swine Flu iPhone Application

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:38:18 +0000

The HMSMobile Swine Flu Center, a new iPhone application developed by the Harvard Health Publications Division of Harvard Medical School, is now available for purchase in the iTunes store

Smartphones in Hospital Setting

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:38:37 +0000

As an extension of the Vocera platform, the Vocera smartphone, jointly developed with Motorola, Inc. based on its Total Enterprise Access and Mobility solution, offers the same one-touch, voice user interface of the Vocera communications badge

Wireless eHealth Hub Launched

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:38:01 +0000

Cambridge Consultants has unveiled VenaHub, a data collection and aggregation system that promises to simplify personal health management in a connected health environment. VenaHub employs a small pocket device to capture data from a user's ecosystem of wireless medical devices, which it then integrates into a customizable online health information portal

Clinical Software Application Now Available for BlackBerry Smartphones

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:51:27 +0100

BlackBerry smartphones are one of Epocrates’ fastest growing platforms with more than 20 percent growth among U.S. physicians in the past quarter

Forget the Stethoscope, Just Pass me my iPhone

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:51:02 +0100

The iAorticValve application will allow doctors and patients to access and use critical aortic valve information—and have it at their fingertips in a mobile form. The application will take information spread across different sources and create a portal for connection, feedback and better health decisions

Collaboration on Electronic Health Records

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:50:28 +0100

Working in concert, Cerner and CDW Healthcare will offer physicians one-stop software, hardware and service offerings along with comprehensive client service

Getting Your Teeth into the iPhone

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:50:08 +0100

Sikka Software Corporation announced a new edition of its iPhone Dental Practice Monitor (iDPM) application for iPhone and iPod touch, available immediately on the Apple App Store. This enhanced version further simplifies accessing percentile benchmarking data from over 2,000 installations of Sikka, key performance indicators for all major dental practice business ratios

Illness Often Undiscovered and Undertreated Among the Uninsured

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:49:47 +0100

A new study shows uninsured American adults with chronic illnesses like diabetes or high cholesterol often go undiagnosed and undertreated, leading to an increased risk of costly, disabling and even lethal complications of their disease

Bluetooth for Fitness and Health

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0100

Claims that BLE will be present in a billion cell phones within a few years, enabling hundreds of millions of wireless devices such as blood pressure monitors, glucose monitors, heart monitors, and fitness loggers to wirelessly provide vital data to health care workers, patients, athletes and fitness devotees

Screening Second Opinions

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:48:14 +0100

El Camino Hospital utilizes Glowpoint’s Telepresence interExchange Network (TEN) service for secure, high-quality network connectivity to provide patients with remote access to as many as 14 expert opinions

Intelligent Sleep Apnea Therapy System Unveiled

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:09:18 +0100

With new advanced event detection software and expanded reporting capabilities, Philips Respironics Sleep Therapy System has the ability to recognize and report when a patient may be experiencing symptoms beyond OSA. A sophisticated three-layer algorithm distinguishes between obstructed and clear airway apneas and periodic breathing, such as Cheyne-Stokes Respiration

Tag for Applications that Require Precise Location of Children and Adults

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:09:02 +0100

The wristband tag houses a programmable push button that, when pressed, sends a pre-determined message to the RTLS system that then processes the button press based on a sophisticated set of business rules. These messages could be an alert that assistance is needed, or signals an event, for instance, when an individual has completed a task or is required to check-in on a periodic basis

Customised CNodes Solution to Collect Cancer Data

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:08:45 +0100

The centrally maintained solution allows staff and clinicians to input greater quantities of patient data through drop-down menus rather than inputting manually, saving valuable staff and resource time and ensuring that data is accurate

Dual Language Telehealth Solutions for Community COPD Care

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:08:27 +0100

The partnership between Anglesey and Gwynedd will initially see 20 dual language RTX telehealth monitors from leading supplier Tunstall Healthcare installed into COPD patients’ homes, enabling them to record their vital signs including blood pressure, blood oxygen levels and pulse

mHealth, Alpha Daughters and Healthcare Reform

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:08:11 +0100

The report from Wireless Healthcare contains a case study describing the care an alpha daughter provides for an elderly parent suffering from COPD, and explains how mhealth based symptom checking and remote monitoring of vital signs and medication compliance could assist the alpha daughter

Phase II Development for In Vivo Glucose-Sensing RFID Microchip

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:07:47 +0100

VeriChip and its development partner Receptors Llc say that further scientific and technology details of the development of Phase II of its in vivo glucose-sensing RFID microchip

Home Health Care Mobile Application from Verizon

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:05:35 +0100

Designed specifically for use by home caregivers who travel from appointment to appointment, OnCare by Xora enables companies to track only the data they need and gives caregivers select features that apply directly to their work. For example, administrators can securely and efficiently dispatch, track and communicate with mobile caregivers, helping the organization run on time and on budget

New Diabetes Care Management Solution

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:05:11 +0100

Eurotech Group has announced the Everyware Medical Gateway designed to help physicians remotely monitor and adjust the treatment of their diabetes patients. Based on the open standards promoted by the Continua Health Alliance, the Everyware Medical Gateway requires little patient involvement and helps eliminate many of the impediments typically associated with chronic care home monitoring

Ekahau’s Wireless Temperature Management Solution in Alabama

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:04:51 +0100

Alabama Medical Center (SAMC), a 370-bed regional hospital in Dothan is upgrading its Ekahau RTLS to include campuswide monitoring of its refrigerators and freezers

Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution for NHS South West Essex Community Services

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:04:23 +0100

21c says that NHS South West Essex Community Services has deployed its specialist Microsoft-based Business Intelligence (BI) solutions as the backbone of the 18 week patient pathway and performance scorecard analysis for Community Services

Last Puff SMS for NHS

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:03:42 +0100

A scheme to use mobile technology to obtain a patient’s current smoking status and invite ‘quitters’ for Smoking Cessation services, has proved a great success in NHS Hammersmith and Fulham

The Wide Appeal of mHealth in the US

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:03:22 +0100

The study indicates Americans are seeing great potential in the future of mHealth. Adults surveyed believe that those in rural areas had the most to gain from mobile heath services (51%). Closely following were those with chronic diseases that needed monitoring (48%), retired/Medicare patients (41%) and caregivers (38%)

Second Generation Patient Bedside Terminal Released

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:38:59 +0100

Holy Name hospital of Teaneck, New Jersey has selected JAOtech Smart Terminals for its second generation bedside entertainment and communication system. Holy Name hospital is one of the US pioneers of patient bedside all-in-one computers, and the 340 JAOtech Jima units replace its existing six year old terminal estate, upgrading the entertainment system enabling future access to patient electronic medical records

Four-Portal eHealth ecoSystem at Rex Healthcare

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:38:37 +0100

Medseek says that Rex Healthcare signed a multi-year agreement with Medseek to design and implement a comprehensive eHealth ecoSystem, a virtual community in which patients, physicians and employees can collaborate to better manage health and more efficiently deliver healthcare

802.11 Embedded Radio for Life Critical Wireless Network

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:38:14 +0100

Quatech say they are shipping dual-band 802.11a/b/g radios to Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions. The Quatech-supplied radios are utilized in Welch Allyn FlexNet for 802.11 life-critical wireless networks

Embedded Wi-Fi Solutions Company Joins Continua Health Alliance

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:37:56 +0100

ZeroG's low power Wi-Fi products are architected to be easy-to-implement into embedded systems. The technology has been developed specifically to add seamless Internet connectivity to microcontroller-based systems that have limited processing power, few memory resources, and minimal or no operating system

MotionBee Platform for Remote Motion Control

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:37:36 +0100

STMicroelectronics has introduced MotionBee, a complete, ready-for-use platform that combines state-of-the-art motion sensing with ZigBee wireless technology in a single ultra-compact module

Mental Health Profiler Launched

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:37:15 +0100

The Profiler will help the Pharma industry to understand the nuances in relationships and practices throughout the NHS and wider healthcare sector

Motorola's 802.11n Wireless LAN Solution Claimed to Improve Patient Care

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:56:41 +0100

The WLAN technology will enable end-to-end voice, video and data mobility across the entire healthcare facility, helping improve patient care, boost productivity and increase staff satisfaction

MedApps Telehealth Solutions Now Certified on the KORE Telematics Network

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:56:24 +0100

A number of health conditions, including diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), asthma (COPD) and hypertension, can be monitored remotely while a patient is at home, improving care and significantly reducing healthcare costs

myHalo Clip for Senior Fall Detection Alerts

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:55:35 +0100

The myHalo fall detection system is not based on tilt-sensors of any kind. The system uses solid state accelerometer sensors and proprietary, low power, advanced motion signal processing techniques that allow myHalo to detect falls in situations not previously possible

Clinical Trial Studying Non-Invasive Multi-Sensor Monitoring for Congestive Heart Failure

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:55:08 +0100

The Corventis technology used in the study was a clinical prototype of the AVIVO Mobile Patient Management System, a wireless system which collects heart rate, respiratory rate, fluid status, posture and activity data in patients away from the hospital

Free Six Month Trial of iPhone Based ePrescribing Service

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:54:42 +0100

Physicians using Quest Diagnostics' Care360 Labs & Meds from their personal computer can now access these services from their Apple iPhone or iPod touch using Care360 Mobile

IBM in Chinese Capsule Endoscope Deal

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:54:22 +0100

Jinshan will use IBM's digital service capabilities and health technology solutions to move into medical and healthcare management services using Jinshan's capsule endoscope technology

Exrei Buys Alzheimer’s Patient Tracking Company

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:11:15 +0100

Medical Intelligence has developed the Vega GPS bracelet for people suffering from Alzheimer’s and Urgentys, a lone worker solution and the aim is to integrate these solutions into Exrei's existing Everon product range

Pervaya's Telecare Concept

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:10:52 +0100

The SALVEO system is composed of a network of wireless sensors communicating with a small base. Several motion sensors analyse the activity or the Senior making it possible for to detect an eventual fall or a brutal change in the person's life style

Accuracy of Self-monitoring Blood Glucose Devices

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:10:36 +0100

Entra Health Systems says it has addressed an issue within the healthcare community over the accuracy of self-monitoring blood glucose devices (SMBG). Several groups in health care have voiced concerns that the prevailing international accuracy standard for SMBG's of plus or minus 20% is insufficient to ensure the safety of diabetic patients using these devices to monitor their blood sugar levels

Over 3000 People Use Birmingham Telephone Health Service

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:10:10 +0100

The service is open to people with a GP in east and north Birmingham with long-term conditions such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), high blood pressure, stroke or TIA (mini stroke), chronic kidney disease or are aged over 65 and would like help with a range of conditions

CE Mark for AVIVO Mobile Patient Management System

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:09:51 +0100

The AVIVO Mobile Patient Management System was designed to provide focused insight into the cardiac health status of patients, such as those suffering from heart failure, by combining the patient-friendly PiiX wearable sensor with advanced computational algorithms, global wireless capabilities and a comprehensive web-based infrastructure

Cardiac Telemedicine Service Handles 50,000 Calls from Surgeries and Community Clinics

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:09:33 +0100

The technology, developed by telemedicine specialist Broomwell Healthwatch, enables fast, accurate diagnosis of heart problems by telephone and allows patients with symptoms of chest pain, or possible heart problems, or for those undergoing routine monitoring, to receive a full 12-lead ECG test at their local GP surgery or clinic within minutes

GP Surgeries use SMS to Advise Patients on Swine Flu

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:09:12 +0100

The iPLATO Patient Care Messaging service, which is being used by the surgeries to send out the Swine Flu related text messages, was originally funded by the PCT to improve efficiency and performance across a range of healthcare areas

Vaccination Tracking System to Simplify Immunization Management

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:08:49 +0100

General Data is offering a new mobile application to help healthcare organizations administer employee vaccinations and track the immunization status of their personnel for H1N1, influenza, and other vaccinations

GE Working to Enable a Cable-Free, Wireless Patient Monitoring System

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:39:02 +0100

The FCC recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, acting upon GE Healthcare’s petition to establish a new, vendor-neutral dedicated radio frequency band for low-power, short-range, wireless patient monitoring devices

Patient Reminder Company in Tech Media Invest Top 100 List

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:38:39 +0100

iPLATO has earned a place in the Tech Media Invest Top 100. This is a list of the hottest emerging and most innovative companies in the ever converging tech and media industries

Trial Data Confirm Clinical Benefits of Biotronik Home Monitoring

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:38:06 +0100

The company claims it has the first and only fully wireless, mobile remote monitoring system for patients with implantable cardiac devices on the market today and now there is further clinical evidence to support its use in daily practice

AT&T Launches Dedicated Certification Lab for Healthcare Devices

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:37:52 +0100

Located in Austin, the new lab will serve as the hub for testing network compatibility, data performance and audio quality for a broad range of non-traditional, wirelessly-enabled devices, such as netbooks and healthcare-related tracking devices

Telecare at the Heart of a Preventative Social Care Agenda

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:37:37 +0100

Oldham Council is mainstreaming its use of Individual Budgets, with telecare playing a key role in providing preventative social care and support within the home and local environment, to ensure best quality care is delivered cost-effectively

t+ Medical Launch Blood Pressure Lite

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:37:19 +0100

The company says its new product t+ blood pressure lite enables NHS healthcare professionals to effectively monitor their patients’ blood pressure without patients having to leave their home

Microsoft’s HealthVault Tested in Disability Support Applications

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:36:46 +0100

Healthvault, which has just emerged from its beta phase, will be used as platform for a technical prototype connecting the two organizations that will be available later this year. The agency also will collaborate with Microsoft to study current personal health record standards, gaps in those standards, and options for filling those gaps

UnitedHealth Group and Cisco Launch Connected Care

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:46:07 +0100

UnitedHealth Group’s national care provider network, including 590,000 physicians and care professionals and more than 4,900 hospitals, combined with Cisco’s industry-leading video conferencing and other collaborative network technologies, will help connect patients more easily with primary care physicians, specialists and hospitals

Electronic Health Records - Part of Family Medicine's Future

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:45:45 +0100

The project is claimed to be the first of its type to take advantage of the GoogleHealth online system, with the ability to import health information directly from GoogleHealth, Google's on-line health compendium. The results may be accessed by user's approved medical health professionals or kept completely private

More Connectivity Options and Customers for Intel Health Guide

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:45:24 +0100

In order to give payers and providers more flexibility in deploying the Intel Health Guide, the system is now available to connect patients and their health care teams via multiple connectivity options including cable/DSL broadband, cellular wireless and residential phone service

‘Snip Doctor’ Provides Spot Test Results for Specific DNA Sequences

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:44:56 +0100

The SNP Dr is a breakthrough silicon chip-based device that offers fast and accurate spot test results for specific DNA sequences that indicate how we are likely to respond to certain drugs. The device is currently being trialed in partnership with global pharmaceutical company Pfizer

Dermatology Service Reminds Patients of Appointments via Text Messages

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:44:34 +0100

The text messaging service will be used to automatically send appointment reminders to the mobile phones of the relevant out-patients

State Privacy Rules Reduce Electronic Medical Sharing by 24%

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:44:00 +0100

States that have passed privacy laws restricting the ability of hospitals to disclose patient information have seen the sharing of electronic medical records suffer by more than 24%, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science

Very Mobile Eye Hospital

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:43:29 +0100

The Flying Eye Hospital program, at the invitation of Kenya’s Ministry of Medical Services, conducted an intensive skills exchange program with eye care professionals from around the country from June 2-12, which resulted in 155 patients being screened and 58 patients receiving treatment

Politics and Patient Records

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:31:49 +0100

PDA Based Device may aid Treatment of Hand Injuries

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:31:34 +0100

The device could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of hand injuries and neurological disorders, specifically carpal tunnel syndrome

TherapyEdge Software for HIV Patient Management

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:31:08 +0100

In response to the global HIV crisis, TherapyEdge and Right to Care have developed a model of care for antiretroviral therapy treated patients from treatment initiation sites to primary health care centers

Integrated Care for Patients with Long Term Conditions

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:30:50 +0100

CCMS is an electronic health record and clinical case management system that makes integrated patient information available at the point-of-care via PC, laptop, tablet or mobile devices

NHS Surgeries in Wirral to use Text Messaging Services

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:30:33 +0100

With an estimated 82% of the UK adult population owning a mobile phone, iPLATO Patient Care Messaging aims to reach a significant number of NHS patients

Multi-Presence for Physicians and Healthcare Specialists

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:30:13 +0100

InTouch Health has released Multi-Presence, which enables multiple physicians and healthcare specialists at different locations to simultaneously access the same Remote Presence consultation thereby allowing them to collaborate on patient care

JAOtech Smart Terminals to Access Electronic Medical Records

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:59:24 +0100

Delivered by ANS Group in partnership with Provision Network, a division of Quest Software, the system is to be rolled out across all 140 bedside terminals at the hospital, as well as other computers used by clinical staff at nursing stations and in offices

Three new Medical Development Kits from TI

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:59:03 +0100

Texas Instruments Incorporated has announced what it claims is the industry's first medical development tool set with a complete signal chain and software offering for multiple medical diagnostic and patient monitoring applications

Wireless Compatible Hearing Aid from Siemens

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:58:33 +0100

The new Pure product includes compatibility with the Siemens Tek wireless enhancement system. Tek is a Bluetooth accessory that allows users to stream sound from audio devices such as mobile phones, MP3 players and televisions

Mobile Medicine and EMR Companies Team Up

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:57:53 +0100

With the goal of improving safety for patients and strengthening communication among healthcare providers, AirStrip Technologies and CliniComp have announced an agreement that will begin pairing both companies’ product offerings at hospitals nationwide

Stand up Straight and Pay Attention

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:57:33 +0100

Moacir Schnapp, M.D., Memphis-based neurologist, pain management specialist and creator of the iPosture posture improvement device, announced posture reminders for men

NetMotion Wireless on the Move in Healthcare

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:57:12 +0100

The company says it is seeing a growing number of doctors, nurses, and other personnel at the Wichita Clinic are using its Mobile Virtual Private Network, Mobility XE, to boost mobile productivity by allowing them to stay connected to critical applications

New Image for Medical-Grade ZeroWire Product Line

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:56:49 +0100

NDS Surgical Imaging has announced the acquisition of a wireless video technology that extends its current imaging capabilities in the operating room and beyond

Home Diagnostics Launches TRUEmanager Diabetes Management Software

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:56:04 +0100

The software allows patients to download blood glucose testing results from their meter directly onto a home computer. The system compiles patient demographics into seven easy-to-read reports that show patterns and trends in glucose results

Web Based ECG for Home Use

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:28:44 +0100

HealthFrontier, together with its technology partner, et medical devices of Italy, has introduced a new innovation in web-enabled electrocardiogram (ECG) technology

Eric Blankenburg Ventures into Mobile Health

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:07:58 +0100

Blankenburg said. "Mobile applications fit more naturally with the flow of activity in hospitals and clinics. The potential for cost saving efficiencies in healthcare due to more timely information, less rework in data entry, and fewer transcription errors is staggering."

West Wireless Health Institute and Corventis Plan Randomized Clinical Trial

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:08:14 +0100

Corventis will work closely with the Institute's clinical research and wireless engineering teams to ensure the research devices improve the existing level of care, and are safe, reliable and cost effective. Don Jones, vice president of Health and Life Sciences at Qualcomm, and the Institute's chief wireless officer, will lead the integration of wireless technology with the clinical research activity

Personal Robots to Monitor Elderly Vital Signs

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:36:31 +0100

GeckoSystems say that their initial evaluation of a miniaturized, solid state onboard blood pressure and pulse rate monitor indicates it can be readily incorporated into its personal robot, the CareBot

BridgeWave’s Gigabit Wireless for Franciscan Health System

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:08:50 +0100

BridgeWave Communications announced that Franciscan Health System deployed multiple gigabit wireless links, providing secure transmission of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), voice, and data communications between several hospitals and its service center. Franciscan Health System selected BridgeWave’s unlicensed 60 GHz radios for uninterrupted gigabit connectivity and ultra-low latency performance

Testing Time for AirClic Mobile

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:09:05 +0100

AirClic announced that Bio-Reference Laboratories, the third largest full-service lab in the US realized ROI on its $100,000 investment in AirClic technology within seven months of its deployment

SensoTech Win Wireless Temperature Monitoring Contract

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:08:32 +0100

SensoTech claims it is the only solution provider to offer wireless digital temperature sensors with integrated and advanced firmware which includes web server, and database. Non volatile programs are embedded in the chip and devices instead of external software, databases, or web servers

Medco Solution e-Prescribed For California

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:26:53 +0100

The State of California's efforts to move into the age of wired health care received a shot in the arm as The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) joined with Anthem Blue Cross, Medco Health Solutions

ZigBee Selected by Continua Health Alliance for Next Generation Guidelines

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:23:55 +0100

The ZigBeeAlliance announced that the Continua Health Alliance has endorsed ZigBee Health Care as Continua's new low power local area network (LAN) standard

Digital Hospital Gets 600 Bedside Terminals

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:23:37 +0100

Over 600 JAOtech Smart Terminals form the bedside front end of a high performance information system offering converged voice, data and imaging at the Centre Hospitalier de la Region d’ Annecy

Telemedicine Expands Reach of Care for Parkinson's Patients

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:23:18 +0100

A unique and innovative telemedicine project is providing distant nursing home patients with Parkinson’s disease access to neurologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center

Free Diabetic Testing Meters for Clinical Trials

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:23:03 +0100

Entra Health Systems has announced a program to offer free diabetic testing meters to clinics, community health organizations and rural health groups serving the Hispanic, Native American and other underserved diabetic populations in the United States

The Impact of the Motion C5 on Workflows within the NHS

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:22:45 +0100

Motion Computing says that Christine Walters, Associate Director IM&T, and Karen Hill, Head of EPR Services, from Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, will be on site at the National Health Service (NHS) Innovation Expo

mHealth Solutions for America’s Chronic Care Crisis

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:21:50 +0100

As President Barack Obama recently noted, “The crushing cost of healthcare causes a bankruptcy in America every 30 seconds.” In the U.S., the total annual cost of the U.S. healthcare system is $2.2 trillion and accounts for about 16 percent of our gross domestic product

Patients Beat High Blood Pressure with Bluetooth Remote Health Monitor

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:21:36 +0100

A study reveals that 900 hypertensive patients using Ideal Life remote health management devices to monitor their blood pressure effectively reduced their systolic blood pressure by an average of 10 mmHg

Pharma Industry may not Beat the HealthVault Addiction

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:32:35 +0100

eHealth vendors have obviously noted the publicity value of claiming that their application or service is using HealthVault. However the number of announcements from companies with drug prescription related software and services highlights the impact the move towards online personal healthcare records will have on the pharma industry's current business model

CitiusTech Launches Connect4Health

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:32:18 +0100

The company announced the launch of its Connect4Health framework, which connects Microsoft HealthVault, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and CitiusTech collaborative disease and wellness management. Connect4Health has pre-built workflows for integrating evidence-based disease and care management guidelines especially for chronic conditions like diabetes, CAD, COPD, obesity and hypertension

Internet-Based Therapy Effective in Treating Depression

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:32:01 +0100

In a discovery that could lead to new treatment approaches for depression, researchers from the University of New South Wales have shown that internet-based therapy programs are as effective as face-to-face therapies in combating the illness

Ekahau Selected by University of Kentucky Healthcare

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:31:47 +0100

The provider of Wi-Fi-based Real-Time Location Systems says that UK HealthCare is deploying Ekahau RTLS to track mobile medical equipment at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital in Lexington

FDA Clearance for HealthVault Application

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:31:00 +0100

The MedApps system features the HealthPAL, a small portable personal health device, to collect and transmit readings from glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, weight scales and pulse oximeters

GPs and Clinicians Report on Success of Telehealth

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:30:46 +0100

According to Dr Richard Berkley, clinical lead on the telehealth project: “Telehealth keeps people where they want to be, and that’s at home with their family. Patient acceptance of telehealth is high; patients are reassured by the regular monitoring, which helps to keep them calm and reduces the risks of exacerbation and of hospital admission

Smart Garment to Deliver Real-time Vital Signs Remotely to Healthcare Providers

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:30:30 +0100

VivoMetrics has launched the next generation of its LifeShirt for the remote monitoring of patients' vital signs by healthcare professionals. The compant says that the new LifeShirt has significant advantages over currently available monitoring technologies, dramatically simplifying the way in which key vital sign data is collected and transmitted to remote care providers

Sedona Strategies and Bleck Design In Wireless Healthcare Move

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:29:43 +0100

The two companies say they will join forces to provide Wireless Healthcare Technology Solutions. This partnership offers healthcare technology companies design and development services for integrating mHealth, remote monitoring and telehealth technology into existing and next generation systems

Will Open Source Solutions Become Viable in the Healthcare Sector?

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:41:26 +0100

As information technology in the health care industry evolves, the scope of information sharing is expanding beyond the walls of individual institutions. Achieving this level of integration will require that software models overcome a host of technical obstacles, and that they are accessible, affordable, and widely supported

Nightingale Sings About Electronic Patient Records

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:41:04 +0100

The database is hosted at eHealth Ontario's data centre and is securely delivered over the Internet to physicians who are eligible to receive funding from OntarioMD for using an electronic medical record system

Mobile Health - all of a Twitter

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:40:43 +0100

For some time the healthcare sector has been attempting to use social networking, and other advanced web based services, as a component in what has become known as Health 2.0

Wireless Healthcare for Home for Life Solutions

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:40:24 +0100

The Telehealth Pilot Project will introduce the telehealth model to a group of older adult participants with common chronic conditions to determine, among other things, their comfort level with telehealth and use of new wireless technology

Force.com Platform used for Wireless Healthcare Application

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:40:06 +0100

Salesforce.com says that RehabCare Group has used the Force.com platform to build a custom healthcare application to run on its staff's Apple iPhones. Built in just four days, the application is designed to enable RehabCare staff to dramatically shorten the time it takes to process patient prescreens

New System Monitors Fetal Heartbeat

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:39:10 +0100

a new system developed by an MIT scientist and colleagues including an obstetrician could allow much earlier monitoring of the fetal heartbeat

Sleuth Captures ECG on Handheld Wireless Device

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:38:42 +0100

The PDM is a handheld device that retrieves and stores ECG data from the implanted device prior to automatic transmission to the 24/7 monitoring center. Each stored ECG strip is labeled with the time and date of the cardiac event making it easier for clinicians to correlate symptoms with rhythms

Health Records On The Move

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:36:21 +0100

IGEL say that their thin clients are ideal for healthcare environments because they are secure, unlike PCs the thin clients run from a server-based computing system with all data held centrally and not on the machines themselves, preventing sensitive patient information theft

OECD Meeting on eHealth Indicators

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:36:03 +0100

Empirica's director Werner B. Korte and eHealth expert Dr. Veli N. Stroetmann were invited to participate in an OECD expert meeting on measuring the progress of global eHealth diffusion

LifeWatch Launches Next Generation Wireless LifeStar ACT Ex

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:35:26 +0100

The LifeStar ACT Ex with advanced Holter analysis will broaden the utilization of ambulatory cardiac telemetry, add real-time auto-trigger and auto-send to the traditional Holter service model and allow the physician to use a single device for multiple purposes

CGM Devices Also Benefit Type 1 Diabetes Sufferers With Good Blood Sugar Control

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:35:08 +0100

People with type 1 diabetes who have already been successful in achieving recommended blood sugar goals can further benefit from using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices, according to results of a major multi-center clinical trial by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Continua Awarded for Innovation in Telemedicine

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:34:50 +0100

Continua Health Alliance was honored with the 2009 ATA President’s Innovation Award at a ceremony held in conjunction with ATA 2009. Recognized for advances, creative thinking and development of technology in the telemedicine industry

Allergy Alert iPhone and iPod Touch Application

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:34:34 +0100

Pollen.com has announced the availability of Allergy Alert, an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch devices. The alert provides one-day alerts and four-day forecasts for four different conditions: allergy (pollen), asthma, cold and cough, and ultraviolet sensitivity

Market Release of the Zen Wireless Footswitch System

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:34:20 +0100

The footswitch offers wireless operation of CONMED Linvatec powered handpieces with an ergonomic design that provides improved flexibility, efficiency and safety in the operating room

Future Prosthetic Arms May be Wireless

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:33:48 +0100

The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a three-year study of an advanced artificial arm that easily allows those with severe limb loss to pick up a key or hold a pencil

Pillcam Improved

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:33:27 +0100

Given Imaging have launched a simplified procedure for performing PillCam SB 2 capsule endoscopies for the detection of disease in the small intestine. The new procedure uses two new products - SensorBelt and RecorderPouch - to record the wireless signals emitted by the capsule

Will Microsoft and Google Take Mobile Health into the Clouds?

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:46:47 +0100

Regarding Microsoft and Google as merely a pair of disruptive new players in a healthcare market where the incumbents cannot provide the tools that enable consumers to manage their own health is being a bit too simplistic

Telemedicine may Improve Care for School Children with Diabetes

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:47:57 +0100

Because children spend a great deal of their time in school, school nurses often supervise medical decisions and diabetes care. Some researchers believe that the use of telecommunication technology may make diabetes care easier for some children

Implantable Device Offers Continuous Cancer Monitoring

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:49:21 +0100

The devices, which could be implanted at the time of biopsy, could also be tailored to monitor chemotherapy agents, allowing doctors to determine whether cancer drugs are reaching the tumors

Nearly One in Three US Hospitals Have Wireless

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:49:00 +0100

NetMotion Wireless, a leading provider of mobile productivity and management software, recently sponsored a focus group study in which researchers from HIMSS Analytics set out to identify some of the biggest challenges senior IT executives face when implementing wireless applications and devices in healthcare settings

Tagged For Safety

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:48:40 +0100

Ekahau says that its tagging system will be deployed the Protestant Königin Elisabeth Herzeberge Hospital in Berlin and use of it will be expanded at the Friedrich von Bodelschwingh Clinic in Berlin

MEMS Sensor for Mechanical Back Pain of Spine

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:47:42 +0100

The OrthoChip is designed to detect clear-cut pressure differences between normal and mechanically unstable spinal segments and to communicate the results telemetrically to a read-out unit. This new capability is expected to significantly alter indications for surgery and non-surgical treatments

iFoundry Joins Continua Alliance

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:47:27 +0100

The company has been actively involved in developing wireless solutions for medical devices, specifically IrDA solutions

eHealth500 Receives Certification for German eHealth Program

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:47:03 +0100

CM Microsystems has announced that its eHeatlh500 mobile terminal is one of the first upgradeable mobile devices to receive the required certification for use with the new eHealth cards in stage 2 of the introduction of the electronic health card in Germany

Clinical Decision Support to Hand

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:30:04 +0100

Wave Medical, who provide clinical decision support applications to general practitioners, nurses, emergency doctors and medical students has recently expanded its mobile platform offering to include the iPhone and iPod Touch

MedApps HealthPAL Connects to Microsoft HealthVault

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:29:49 +0100

HealthPAL delivers a seamless "hands off" solution for people to upload accurate health information into their HealthVault account. HealthVault enables users to gather, store and manage health information online, all in one place

Large Cisco Wireless Network For NHS

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:29:27 +0100

Carillion IT Services has started a five-year, £1.1million contract to create a new unified wireless network infrastructure in partnership with NHS Grampian at its Foresterhill campus in Aberdeen

Sweeney Looks to Make Mark on IntelliDOT

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:29:10 +0100

James Sweeney, who joined IntelliDOT in April, is the founder and CEO of eight healthcare service companies including Bridge Medical, the pioneer of bedside barcode scanning for medication administration, and CardioNet

European Approval For Wireless Enabled Pacemakers

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:28:53 +0100

The Accent and Anthem product family features RF telemetry that enables secure, wireless communication between the implanted device and the programmer used by the clinician, making it the first integrated system of pacing devices with wireless telemetry from implant through follow-up

Trial to Examine Impact of Implantable Device-Based Monitoring Technology

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:28:37 +0100

Medtronic announced the start of a nationwide trial to examine the relationship between the company’s OptiVol Fluid Status Monitoring technology and the ability to predict worsening heart failure, a leading cause of hospitalizations worldwide

Nonin Medical's GO2 Personal Fingertip Pulse Oximeter

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:28:17 +0100

The GO2 personal fingertip pulse oximeter enables oxygen users to adjust their oxygen to meet their varying daily activity levels, get instant feedback on the effectiveness of their breathing techniques, and improve communication with their clinician

Out of Africa - a New Mobile Health Model

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:27:58 +0100

Whereas mobile healthcare is used to cut healthcare delivery costs in the developing world it actually seems to drive up healthcare costs in developed economies

Bluetooth Based MyGlucoHealth Claims Healthcare Cost Savings

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:27:43 +0100

The MyGlucoHealth meter connects wirelessly to a mobile phone using Bluetooth technology to manage blood glucose testing information and communicate results to the MyGlucoHealth online portal

Wireless eHealth - Read All About It

Thu, 7 May 2009 18:03:20 +0100

Just as newspaper companies did fifteen years ago, are healthcare providers inadvertently funding the innovations that will be used to disrupt their business models

Toumaz Delivers Technology Platform for DIAdvisor Clinical Trial

Thu, 7 May 2009 18:05:32 +0100

DIAdvisor is a large-scale integrating project aiming at the development of a prediction-based tool which uses past and easily available information to optimise the therapy of type I and developed type II diabetes

Tunstall Clear to Market GSM/GPRS Wireless Telehealth Monitor in USA

Thu, 7 May 2009 18:05:50 +0100

The RTX3371 telehealth monitor's spoken voice functionality allows it to collect subjective patient information from patient questionnaires, and to automatically transmit the data to a clinical backend software application based on an open architecture interface

STMicroelectronics Announces Smart Web Based Sensor Hardware Developer Kit

Thu, 7 May 2009 18:05:12 +0100

The Smart Web Based Sensor HDK aims to solve key technical challenges for companies seeking to develop wireless sensor networks for security and asset monitoring applications

Lifespan Focuses on Medical ScreenPhone Applications

Thu, 7 May 2009 18:04:31 +0100

The company will commence the marketing of the Medical ScreenPhone, its internet access telephony product, to the 14 trillion dollar US healthcare industry as a medical verification, authorization and billing solution as well as a home care communications tool

Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference to Focus on Remote Monitoring

Thu, 7 May 2009 18:04:12 +0100

The Sixth Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference and Exhibition, organized by The Center for Business Innovation (TCBI), will feature the coming together of consumer and healthcare technologies to facilitate participatory medicine

The Quantum Group in Patient-Centered Primary Care Push

Thu, 7 May 2009 18:03:57 +0100

The goal of the medical home movement is to ensure that every American has a partnership with a primary healthcare provider who takes responsibility and accountability for ongoing care, is accessible, provides preventive care, and coordinates care with other providers as needed

Cambridge Consultants Brings the Connected Patient Concept to Life

Thu, 7 May 2009 18:03:38 +0100

The company has unveiled technology that connects patients and their treatment devices, such as inhalers, with healthcare support professionals and a range of online applications

Tunstall Clear to Market GSM/GPRS Wireless Telehealth Monitor in USA

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:50:05 +0100

Tunstall Healthcare has announced the launch of its RTX3371 telehealth monitor - an interactive telehealth device with in-built GSM/GPRS mobile phone technology that collects vital signs wirelessly from a range of external devices such as weight scales and blood pressure cuffs

IVT Releases Bluetooth V3.0 Stack for Moblin and Android

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:41:15 +0100

On top of its own latest Bluetooth V3.0+HS stack, IVT is now developing BlueSoleil 7.0 multi-wireless connection manager, which can support multiple radios with rich applications and can run on Window 2000, XP, Vista and Window 7, Moblin and Android

Trapeze Networks Introduces 802.11n Access Point Meeting for High-Density Deployments

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:41:00 +0100

A feature of RingMaster is its ability to import architectural plans and wiring diagrams to understand the precise radio frequency environment and need for connectivity and then create the optimum deployment of access points

Movero Delivers 10,000 Mobile ePrescription Training Sessions for Physicians

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:40:45 +0100

The company says it has delivered over 10,000 hands-on training sessions for physicians and healthcare professionals deploying mobile ePrescription applications on handheld devices

Scotland Provides Evidence on the Economic and Social Benefits of Telecare

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:40:31 +0100

The national Telecare Development Programme in Scotland has delivered cost savings estimated to be over £11 million and is improving health and social care delivery and quality of life for telecare service users, according to data released by the Scottish Government’s Joint Improvement Team

Little Consideration of User and Business Needs in Healthcare IT Spending

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:40:17 +0100

Nearly two-thirds of those questioned agreed that technology solutions should be kept simple, but 47% lamented the complexity of the technology they were using

Ember and ARM Target High Performance ZigBee Networks

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:40:02 +0100

Ember licensed Cortex-M3 processor to deliver increasingly sophisticated solutions for applications such as Smart Energy, home area networks, home health care and security systems

Funding For Wireless Fetal Heart Monitor Development

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:39:48 +0100

The non-invasive wireless technology allows monitoring of the fetus and mother for extended periods of time while allowing the mother to move around as normal. Existing techniques such as Ultrasound are not very effective in uninterrupted monitoring over longer periods of time and restrict mothers' movement

Wi-Fi-based Temperature Monitoring Solution

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:39:33 +0100

Comstor and AeroScout will enable Cisco channel partners and resellers to offer healthcare organizations a packaged Wi-Fi-based Temperature Monitoring solution for improving patient safety and regulatory compliance

Human Movement Model For Studying Epidemic Outbreaks

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:38:43 +0100

Researchers have developed a new statistical model that simulates human mobility patterns which could be used for public health studies of epidemic disease

Peter Kruger, Wireless Healthcare and Dr Malcolm Fisk to speak at Wireless & Mobile'09

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:02:12 +0100

The 2009 event is designed around a new format and interactive formula covering the full gamut of the mobile offerings via the Wireless Enterprise and Mobile Application and Development free education programme and exhibitor set to enhance your experience at Wireless and Mobile

E-Health Insider Awards Announced

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:01:02 +0100

E-Health Insider has started its search to uncover and reward this year's outstanding work and achievement within the healthcare IT sector. Entries for the annual E-Health Insider Awards are now being accepted

Human Atlas on the iPhone

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:58:36 +0100

DrFirst Intends to Offer ePrescribing Through New Online AMA Platform

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:58:20 +0100

The collaboration is expected to reduce current confusion around ePrescribing while increasing the percentage of physicians using it

Bluetooth-Enabled Chair Scale For Home Use

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:57:52 +0100

Ideal Life will launch what it claims is the first affordable and practical Bluetooth-enabled 'chair scale' - designed for individuals who are too frail or obese to use conventional weighing scales

Ultrasound Imaging Now Possible With a Smartphone

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:57:35 +0100

Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand

Three Million People Now Using Kaiser Permanente's Personal Health Record

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:57:14 +0100

The growing number of active users - now more than one-third of Kaiser Permanente's 8.6 million members - demonstrates that consumers find the organization's personal health record an effective, easy and convenient way to manage their care

Application for the iPhone Connects Consumers, Health Content and Medical Resources

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:56:42 +0100

Medzio brings together some of the most progressive healthcare companies to create a new and unique Mobile Health Network that offers consumers a way to interact and collaborate on-the-go about their health

Perot Systems and Philips Healthcare Support Microsoft's E-Health Strategy

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:42:07 +0100

Microsoft released an updated version of the Connected Health Framework Architecture and Design Blueprint and additional solution accelerators in the Connected Health Platform to help customers and partners deliver interoperable next-generation e-health solutions

CosmoCom Showcases Telehealth at World Health Care Congress

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:41:52 +0100

Proactive patient care via EHR-driven outbound telephone calls has been proven to reduce the overall cost of care while improving patient outcomes. CosmoHealth ProActive is a patient care outreach system that applies predictive dialing technology to make outreach caregivers more productive

World Health Imaging Alliance to Bring Imaging Diagnostics to the Developing World

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:41:37 +0100

The World Health Imaging Alliance announced that it has cemented key partnerships that will enable it to significantly ramp up its efforts to bring digital imaging technology to sites in need around the world

Access to Affordable Medical Care with Healthagen iPhone Application

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:41:22 +0100

Healthagen recently announced that its iTriage application empowers consumers to make better healthcare decisions through access to relevant medical information, transparency around quality, and information and access to local healthcare facilities

Sensei Mobile Phone Diabetes Guidance Application

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:41:05 +0100

Claimed to be one of the first programs of its kind, My Diabetes Guide takes patients step-by-step through the keys to healthy living with diabetes. The user’s mobile device now informs a patient about what to do, what to know, what to eat, and what to ask their doctors, as it personally guides him or her to better diabetes self-management

Gemalto Launches New e-Health Terminal for German Market

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:40:46 +0100

Gemalto has announced commercial launch of its Sealys e-health terminal, specially designed for the German market. The product has been approved by Gematik, which establishes that it meets the stringent security requirements of the country’s e-healthcare system

iVisit Named Finalist in CTIA Wireless 2009 CTIA E-Tech Awards for Innovation

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:40:33 +0100

iVisit says that its iVisit Rx telemedicine platform was selected as a finalist in the Fourth Annual CTIA Emerging Technologies (E-Tech) Awards in the Enterprise & Vertical - Healthcare category

80 Percent of Global Healthcare IT Executives Placing Increased Reliance on Mobility

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:39:58 +0100

More than 80 percent of global IT decision makers within the healthcare industry stated that mobile technologies are more important to their organizations today than they were in 2008, according to a recent research study commissioned by Motorola

AirStrip OB Receives FDA Clearance on BlackBerry

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:54:44 +0100

Airstrip OB is the innovative mobile medical software application that sends vital waveform data, including fetal heart tracings and maternal contraction patterns, in virtual real time directly from the hospital’s labor and delivery unit to the obstetrician’s handheld mobile device

NextGen Healthcare Announces Development of NextGen EHR Mobile

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:53:59 +0100

The add-on to NextGen EHR will enable users of mobile devices, including the Apple iPhone, to connect wirelessly to NextGen EHR to retrieve and manage vital patient information.

Lifespan’s Technology Relieves Healthcare Headaches

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:53:44 +0100

The company originally partnered with Mitsui, Sanyo and ultimately Samsung Electronics to create hardware and software for a revolutionary Internet capable telephonic device suitable for collecting and securely transmitting and storing medical data through the Internet

NHS Orders Mental Healthcare Information System from Ardentia

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:53:29 +0100

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has ordered a Data Warehouse solution from healthcare intelligence specialist Ardentia to support its progress towards a full reporting system for Mental Healthcare activity

InfoLogix Partners With TeleHealth Services

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:11:12 +0100

Under the "Mobile Workstations On-Demand" program, TeleHealth Services will provide InfoLogix with a variety of low-cost financing solutions for hospitals to acquire multiple configurations of InfoLogix's most popular workstations,

Capsule Neuron Wireless Bedside Alert System

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:07:05 +0100

Capsule have released the Capsule Neuron claimed to be the first intelligent, touch screen platform for managing device connectivity at the bedside

CardioNet Expands Product Offering

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:46:07 +0100

CardioNet, a wireless medical technology company with an initial focus on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias, announced today its entry into the cardiac clinical research services business and the acquisition of Biotel

Healthcare Help From RF Technologies

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:43:07 +0100

RF Technologies, a provider of Wi-Fi real-time locating systems (RTLS), radio frequency identification monitoring systems and healthcare security solutions, will be launching its new Help Alert wireless, staff-duress call solution at HIMSS09 Annual Conference and Exhibition.

GE and Intel to Form Healthcare Alliance

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:09:04 +0100

GE and Intel Corporation have announced an alliance to market and develop home-based health technologies that will help seniors live independently and patients with chronic conditions manage their care from the comfort of their home or wherever they choose

$45 Million to Create Wireless Health Institute

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:59:01 +0100

Gary and Mary West Foundation have committed $45 million to create the West Wireless Health Institute, one of world's first medical research organizations dedicated to advancing health and well-being through the use of wireless technologies. Scripps Health has signed on as the founding health care affiliate, with Qualcomm as a founding sponsor

Ekahau Breaks into Chinese Patient Tracking Market

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:58:33 +0100

The company has announced that it will be introducing Wi-Fi-based RTLS technology to the Chinese market with the deployment of the Ekahau RTLS solution at Ditan Hospital in Beijing

St. Jude Medical and GE Healthcare Launch Wireless Integrated FFR Solution

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:58:11 +0100

The new FFR solution, seamlessly integrated into existing cathlab infrastructure, will enable physicians and cathlab staff immediate access to FFR measurement without time consuming setup

Investment Bank Announces Award Program Recognising Mobile and Wireless Healthcare

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:57:49 +0100

TripleTree, an independent middle-market investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions, capital formation and advisory services, has announced a new award program in conjunction with the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WLSA) that will recognize companies delivering ‘disruptive’ technologies and services reducing healthcare costs and improving healthcare outcomes for consumers

Global Launch of the new BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:57:07 +0100

The new Biotronik Home Monitoring system is based on more than eight years of experience in remote monitoring technology and extensive research among both physicians and patients. Biotronik Home Monitoring is available across the entire product portfolio of pacemakers, ICDs and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices

Mobile Clinical Assistant Available on the Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband Network

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:56:34 +0100

Motion Computing has announced that the F5 rugged tablet PC and the C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant are available for use on the Verizon Wireless mobile broadband network. Additionally, Motion is announcing upgrades to the devices including enhanced performance, the latest WiFi technology and a new 64GB solid state drive option

Making the Blackberry More Secure for Medical Applications

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:41:03 +0000

BoxTone and Wallace Wireless have announced a partnership aimed at helping public sector, public safety and health care organizations harden and extend the capabilities of their BlackBerry platforms

A&D Medical Joins the ANT+ Interoperable Ecosystem

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:40:32 +0000

The ANT+ managed network is claimed to be the first available interoperable technology that facilitates the collection, automatic transfer and tracking of complete personal wellness data. It now facilitates optimized solutions for wireless wellness and home health care applications

Wireless Health Move For ZigBee Alliance

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:38:58 +0000

The ZigBee Alliance says it has completed development of its ZigBee Health Care public application profile. ZigBee Health Care will enable new ways to help people live healthier and more independent lives

3M Selected to Build Louisville Health Information Exchange

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:38:34 +0000

When implemented, the LouHIE initiative will enable consumers to store and manage their patient data in a private and secure personal health record bank. Each bank account will contain an electronic copy of an individual’s health records, consolidated from the various clinics, hospitals, and physician practices where the individual received care

Secure Wi-Fi Access and Support for Proctor Hospital

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:38:14 +0000

Wandering WiFi’s service also provides Proctor with the ability to force users to agree to terms and conditions when accessing the Internet, and offers added content-filtering and blocking options at the hospital’s request

Ownership of Electronic Health Information Must be Addressed

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:37:52 +0000

Clarifying legal rights of patient control over electronic health records could be the key to making the best use of the huge amount of electronic medical information that the "Stimulus" funding will create in the next few years

Wireless Healthcare Pilots Take Off

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:37:33 +0000

CCMS is an electronic health record and case management system that makes integrated patient information available at the point-of-care via PC, laptop, tablet or mobile devices

Laptop Ultrasound Used in Paediatric Emergencies

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:37:13 +0000

Valuable time is being saved during emergency paediatric procedures at The Royal London Hospital, part of Barts and The London NHS Trust, due to an ACUSON P50 portable ultrasound system from Siemens Healthcare

PrimeSuite For Electronic Patient Records

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:31:38 +0000

Greenway Medical Technologies recently announced the 1,000th connection of PrimeExchange, the company's standards-based interoperability engine that allows data to be electronically shared between physicians and care facilities within a patient's healthcare continuum

PaperFree Tampa Bay to Convert 10,000 Regional Physicians to E-Prescribing

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:30:47 +0000

A new public/private partnership called PaperFree Tampa Bay, armed with strong Congressional support, has launched a plan to jump-start America's electronic health revolution. PaperFree Tampa Bay will deploy more than 100 "electronic healthcare ambassadors" with a goal to convert 100 percent of physicians in the Tampa Bay area from paper prescriptions to electronic prescribing

Panasonic and Motion Computing Show Off eHealth Tablet Computing

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:30:23 +0000

Panasonic says that its Toughbook H1will be one of its many mobile healthcare solutions highlighted at HIMSS 2009. The H1 will be featured in a HIMSS Pavilion Product Session, the focus of multiple in-booth presentations and highlighted at over 30 booths during the show and Motion Computing has announced the latest in its line of rugged tablet PCs

Vibrant Physician Community Now Available on iPhone

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:29:59 +0000

Quantia Communications says its interactive physician community is now available for free on the iPhone App Store, as a complement to its existing presence on the web, Blackberry smartphones and Windows Mobile devices

Sorin and Orange to Develop Remote Cardiac Monitoring Solution

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:29:29 +0000

This new solution is based on Sorin’s implanted CRM devices’ ability to send data to a non-invasive monitoring system located at the patient’s home and on Orange Business Services’ capabilities to manage the transmission of the data to the physician

Using Zigbee to Monitor Hand Hygiene Compliance

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:29:04 +0000

Epidemiologists and computer scientists at the University of Iowa have collaborated to create a new low-cost, green technology for automatically tracking the use of hand hygiene dispensers before healthcare workers enter and after they exit patient rooms

Continua and the NHS

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:28:36 +0000

The management of the NHS's National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has always played up the 'special relationship' between the programme and Continua Alliance, the wireless ehealth consortium. Up until recently the programme (now rebadged as 'Connecting For Health') has been the only game in town with respect to online patient records (EPR) - hence Continua's interest. But Barack Obama's push to modernise healthcare in the US is also focussed on EPR and is bound to impact on the special relationship

Motorola Targets Mobile Healthcare Workers with new Handset

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:22:28 +0000

Each MC55 models is designed to meet the needs of a specific type of mobile worker - those inside the four walls, those outside, and those that work in both environments. The MC5590 EDA offers wireless 802.11a/b/g LAN (WLAN) and Bluetooth connectivity for workers mostly inside the four walls - including healthcare workers in a hospital environment

Telehealth for Diabetes Promotes Aging at Home

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:21:48 +0000

A large study of ethnically and racially diverse individuals with diabetes has found that home telemonitoring of their health resulted in significantly fewer deaths than in a similar group that was not monitored

Wireless Sensor to Measure Actual Radiation Dose at Tumor Site

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:21:15 +0000

Sicel Technologies says it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing DVS-HFT, the next-generation of the company’s original DVS (Dose Verification System) wireless implantable dosimeter that measures the actual radiation dose at the tumor site for use in treating breast and prostate cancer patients undergoing external beam radiation therapy

Wireless Healthcare is Child's Play for Xirrus

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:20:47 +0000

Doctors, nurses, staff, students, patients, and guests will use Wi-Fi-enabled laptop and handheld computers to deliver a host of wireless applications, such as electronic prescribing, RFID tagging, and VoWi-Fi to improve patient care and overall efficiency of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust's services

Creating a New Patient Experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:20:16 +0000

TeleHealth Services has announced an agreement with Meridian Health as part of the health system’s strategy to advance the hospital experience for patients and their families

Wireless Technology About to Change the Health Industry

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:19:23 +0000

"Qualcomm believes wireless connectivity is key to the future of healthcare. Today’s high-speed devices and networks have the power to collapse time and space, transmitting data in real-time and enabling whole new levels of communications and data sharing for patients and healthcare teams,"said Don Jones, vice president of Health and Life Sciences at Qualcomm

Giving Doctors the Complete Picture

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:18:30 +0000

An award-winning study by Martin Were, M.D., of the Regenstrief Institute and colleagues reports on the success of a physician decision-support tool they developed to overcome these barriers and to complement physician-to-physician communication processes already in place

Small, Low Power, PICO-ITX Board for Portable and Handheld Equipment

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:48:58 +0000

Measuring 100mm x 72mm, this addition to the Procelerant family of embedded computer products was designed specifically for use in small, low-power handheld and portable devices like those found in medical applications

Hypertension Tracker Use Soars 30% During Heart Month

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:46:59 +0000

TheCarrot.com’s convenient, fun and easy-to-use tools keep track of blood pressure trends, and it is the only site that can correlate these results with other behaviors such as medication use, exercise, salt and fat intake, as well as stress levels to provide insights on behavior changes that can reduce heart-related problems

Information Agents for Faster Emergency Response

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:46:04 +0000

Information agents are pieces of software that can acquire and process real-time data collected from sensor networks in order to support situational awareness and operational decision-making

Magnetic Nanoparticles Navigate Therapeutic Genes Through the Body

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:45:39 +0000

Magnetic nanoparticles can support or even enable gene transfer under clinically relevant experimental conditions. For the transduction of human cells, gene carriers were coupled to magnetic nanoparticles and dragged into the cells by magnetic field gradients

Remote Monitoring Solution for the Elderly

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:45:08 +0000

Northern Communications and Alarm.com have partnered to launch a technology solution enabling caregivers to remotely monitor elderly and disabled individuals without compromising their independent living environment

InfoLogix Implements Wireless Multi-Site Medical Communications Solution

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:44:11 +0000

Instead of using pagers, InfoLogix has provided the nurses on Mercy campuses with a mobile wireless handset solution that enables rapid transmission and receipt of critical information

Restech Used by Seattle Children's Hospital

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:43:35 +0000

Respiratory Technology Corporation announced that the Division of Gastroenterology at Seattle Children's Hospital, in Seattle, Washington, has adopted the Restech Dx-pH Measurement System to detect acid reflux in the airway

Wireless and the Elderly

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:35:48 +0000

To achieve the level of care an elderly person would receive in a residential home merely requires monitoring equipment to detect intruders, ensure the patient has not fallen and collect data on the patient’s vital signs

Shot In The ARM For Medical Devices

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:35:09 +0000

ARM announced the ARM Cortex-M0 processor, claimed to be the smallest, lowest power and most energy-efficient ARM processor available. The exceptional low power, small gate count and code footprint of the processor enables MCU developers to achieve 32-bit performance at an 8-bit price point

LifespanTake Wireless Medical Devices Home

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:34:31 +0000

LifespanTake Wireless Medical Devices Home The medical peripherals and devices utilized by the Company are designed to simplify the collocation of medical data in the home and securely deliver the core medical data to web based medical portals

Telephony-Integrated e-Call Solution For The Healthcare Market

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:33:43 +0000

Toshiba and IgeaCare Systems are to distribute an integrated telephony-based solution aimed at the healthcare industry. IgeaCare’s igeacom emergency call (e-call) and nurse call solution is now integrated with Toshiba’s Strata CIX family of IP business telephone systems

Mining Drugs Database For New Diabetes Treatment

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:33:05 +0000

Mining Drugs Database For New Diabetes Treatment A Canadian scientist has harnessed a new drug discovery tool to identify a new player in the body's insulin secretion process. This finding could spark a completely new class of drugs to treat type 2 diabetes

Wireless Technology To Light Up The Brain

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:32:17 +0000

Wireless Technology To Light Up The Brain By using semiconductor nanoparticles as tiny solar cells, the scientists can excite neurons in single cells or groups of cells with infrared light. This eliminates the need for the complex wiring by embedding the light-activated nanoparticles directly into the tissue. This method allows for a more controlled reaction and closely replicates the sophisticated focal patterns created by natural stimuli

New Model For Stroke Prediction

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:30:20 +0000

Researchers find that the model was able to predict an individual's risk of cardioembolic stroke with an accuracy of 86 percent. Ulimately a patient's genetic information would simply be entered into the model, which would correlate and analyze the data and output an overall probability of stroke, based on the stroke-related SNPs in the patient's genome

Amcom Upgrades Its Medical Messaging System

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:38:05 +0000

The enhanced version improves users’ ability to connect virtually all crucial alert systems, including nurse call, fire, security, and building management, to mobile staff via their wireless communication devices, including SpectraLink phones, Vocera badges, and pagers...

MacroSolve Moves Into Mobile Medical Market

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:37:12 +0000

Anyware’s ReFormXT mobile software, which has been implemented by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) has helped the group in collecting and monitoring real-time patient data leading to physician education, improvement in patient access and management, and enhanced resource utilization and delivery of service...

Vidoop Available For Microsoft HealthVault Users

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:36:33 +0000

"Our objective is to give our customers choice and make their Web experience easier, while helping them safeguard their privacy," said George Scriban, senior product manager, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft...

Online Collaboration Identifies Bacteria

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:36:01 +0000

The multilocus sequence analysis website was developed by an international team of researchers coordinated by Professor Brian G Spratt of Imperial College London...

Telemedicine For Dermatologists

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:35:13 +0000

Lucid says it has connected the first users to its proprietary VivaNet system, a telemedicine network designed to allow dermatologists and pathologists to share high-resolution images of suspicious skin lesions taken with the Company’s VivaScope confocal imagers...

Web Based Telestroke Service Designed By Neurologists

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:34:29 +0000

REACH 3.0 is claimed to be the industry’s first 100 percent Web-based multi-specialty telemedicine platform. It enables healthcare professionals to diagnose and treat patients from anywhere, at any time, with a standard computer, Web cam and broadband Internet connection...

IP Video for Medical Collaboration

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:21:37 +0000

The web-based client lets users join live video sessions and browse, view and control stored videos and images with point-and-click ease

LifeSize Video For Telepsychiatry

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:21:03 +0000

JSA Health is using LifeSize high definition video communications solutions to provide fast and flexible access to emergent, urgent and routine psychiatric evaluation to mental health patients

Medical Records Hit The Road

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:20:10 +0000

Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab has also chosen TeleMedExperts as their exclusive provider of customized electronic medical health records technology equipping each of the Roadside Medical Clinics and providing over the road drivers with a travelling health record...

Patient-Centered Healthcare Initiative Announced

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:19:29 +0000

UnitedHealthcare and IBM announce plans for a collaboration with select primary-care physician practices in Arizona to launch a transformative new health care initiative called the Patient-Centered Medical Home model

World Wide Image For Small Things

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:18:38 +0000

Bodelin Technologies, manufacturer of ProScope HR handheld USB2 digital microscope, have pushed digital microscopy to provide live real time imaging over the Web...

IBM, Google And Continua In Remote Personal Medical Device Move

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:17:52 +0000

Software will enable personal medical devices used for patient monitoring, screening and routine evaluation to automatically stream data results into a patient's Google Health Account or other personal health record...

Changing Wireless eHealth's DNA

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:15:15 +0000

DNA profiles could provide an essential tool for disease diagnosis - diagnosis carried out at the edge of the healthcare provider's network using wireless devices. Vendors should start looking at devices that can cope with secure and private storage of DNA profiles and perhaps it is time to revisit the concept of medical data stored on SIM cards...

Website for Patients to Share Diagnostic-Quality Medical Images

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:54:43 +0000

Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT) has a free website allowing patients to upload and share diagnostic-quality medical images using nothing but a standard web browser

ICA Streamlines Access To Patient Information

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:54:19 +0000

ICA’s solution builds on existing clinical systems to create a unified electronic health record, facilitating proactive management of such chronic diseases as diabetes and congestive heart failure with dashboards that display key treatment indicators

Atmel Acquires MeshNetics ZigBee Intellectual Properties

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:53:49 +0000

Atmel now offers a complete wireless solution to electronics equipment manufactures who are addressing the growth of ZigBee wireless markets by offering solutions such as self-healing wireless networks that enable system solutions in the personal healthcare wireless application area

Motion and Sig-Tec Partner to Provide Access Management Solutions to Healthcare Organizations

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:53:20 +0000

The partnership comes after several joint client initiatives at major healthcare and academic organizations where the companies implemented solutions that improve workflows, free up resources and improve patient experiences

Wi-Fi Monitoring Technology Keeps Retirement Home Residents Safe

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:52:48 +0000

The Healthsense technology is built around a standard Wi-Fi network that supports a wireless nurse call system consisting of 475 pull cords distributed in private residences and common areas throughout the Goodwin House Alexandria community

Childhood Immunisation Alerts Via SMS

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:52:23 +0000

GP surgeries in Southwark Primary Care Trust (PCT) have been using iPLATO’s text messaging solution to invite patients for their MMR jab and to alert parents of the recent measles outbreaks in local schools within the Borough

101 eHealth Applications Go Online

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:08:34 +0000

Logged-in members of theMobileHealthCrowd.com can contribute news about their products, services and ehealth related events and download reports on wireless healthcare applications and new ehealth business models

Hospitals Choose IP-DECT Over VoWiFi

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:07:47 +0000

Ascom says that a large hospital chain in St. Louis, has formally selected and standardized on the new Ascom Freeset IP DECT system. The first IP-DECT system will be installed at one of their brand new hospitals

Aruba Network For Medical Records and PACS

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:11:26 +0000

Aruba Networks says that Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in northwest England has deployed Aruba's secure wireless solutions at its Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals

23andMe And mondoBIOTECH Chase Rare Diseases

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:10:16 +0000

The Illumina DNA Analysis technology used by 23andMe is the world's leading technology for genome-wide association studies and has the unique capability to include custom markers

Patients to Have a Say in Decisions About Their Medicine

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:09:16 +0000

Up to 50 per cent of medicines prescribed for long-term conditions are not taken as recommended. This can have dire consequences for patients leading to treatment failure and a worsening of their condition

Technology Will Ease Healthcare Dilemma

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:08:33 +0000

Hi-tech home-based health monitoring will be a vital part of the solution offered to alleviate some of the healthcare pressures posed by the world’s ageing population over the next 20 years

Netgear Finds Route Into Hospital

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:07:42 +0000

Omron Takes Step Towards Better Health

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:06:14 +0000

The HJ-720ITC stores data for 41 days and includes health management software so users can track progress online for a holistic view of physical activity