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Cool-Tel online vaccine monitoring system provides protection which surpasses new NHS advice

The alert (NPSA/2010/RRR008) issued on the 21st of January by the National Patient Safety Agency requires all NHS organisations to ensure that they implement appropriate procedures for monitoring and responding to alerts in vaccine cold storage by July [+]

Most Wired Survey is Open

I have gone through the Most Wired a couple of times.  This survey gives you valuable information about your technology systems.  The survey is broken down into sub-parts like "Safety & Quality", "Business Processes", "Workforce", [+]

Capsule Tech Sponsoring Webinar on Medical Device Integration

On January 28th, 2010 at 1pm ET, Capsule Tech is hosting a new webinar featuring the University of Kentucky Health Center's Device Integration Solution. Register at Capsuletech.com to hear the details of the Implementation and [+]

Mayo Clinic’s response to the disaster in Haiti

I applaud every citizen and organization that is attempting to help the people of Haiti.  For most Americans and Europeans this event is unimaginable.  We must do all that we can.  The following is Mayo [+]

Paintball, Zombies, and Health Information Technology

Paintball... Zombies (Zombieland): Health Information Technology: Healthcare Information Technology Systems market to be worth $53.8 billion by 2014 POLL: Now that the Republicans have 41 votes in the Senate, what happens to Health Care? Huntington Hospital Uses New Technology [+]

The Ethics of Healthcare

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Consider the costs associated with the American healthcare system, the contentions associated with managed care implementation, and the continued problems associated with macro and microallocation within this system. What ethics do you believe [+]

Physician Uses Cell Phones for Health Care of Poor

Epidemiologist Joel Selanikio has used the explosion in mobile phone technology and the World Wide Web to deliver more effective public health services throughout the developing world. Dr. Selanikio and his organization DataDyne.org are making [+]

Mr. Gadget CES 2010 eHealth

Steve Kruschen, Mr. Gadget®, provides a first-look at the Continua Health Alliance. Continua Health Alliance is a non-profit, open industry coalition of the finest healthcare and technology companies joining together in collaboration to improve [+]

Blue Tooth In the Medical Community

Still coming in 2010!!! Medical device designers now have several wireless options for their products. No single wireless technology meets all design goals and addresses all the issues presented to designers. For every design [+]

Meteorite strikes doctors office (from MedXCentral)

The good folks at MedXCentral sent me this yesterday. Apparently a small meteorite plummeted to Earth through the roof of physician's exam room and made a small impact on the floor. Check out [+]

Healthcare Information Technology Systems market to be worth $53.8 billion by 2014

The healthcare information technology report forecasts the size of global healthcare information technology market over the period 2009 – 2014. The report analyses the key trends of the market, and segments the global healthcare information technology market by components [+]

POLL: Now that the Republicans have 41 votes in the Senate, what happens to Health Care?

Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts may have just become the most important Senate member in a very long time. Scott Brown ran on a platform dedicated to killing the current Health Care Reform Legislation [+]

Huntington Hospital Uses New Technology to Assist Nurses

Cutting edge technology is now increasing the efficiency of nurses at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. Nurses and other point of care workers are now able to receive all of their voice, alarm, and text [+]

Right to Die v. Social Cleansing

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Our current acceptance of a right to die, especially for those who are unconscious and need a proxy decision maker, is a rather slippery slope that may, in the future, be used not to [+]

Meet the Institute for Health Informatics

The University of Minnesota's Institute for Health Informatics was formed virtually in 2005 and was launched as a physical entity in Diehl Hall in 2009 to link the growing health informatics related research, [+]

Vision 2020 Health IT

http://www.tagtvonline.com features the entire video program. View Part One of the TAG Health Society "Vision 2020" meeting which explored the challenges, practical ideas and timelines for how Georgia can move into the next [+]

Wheelchair Technology

Have you ever wondered how wheelchair and mobility technology evolves? The University of Pittsburgh is working to create chairs that are increasingly more mobile, easier to operate and even better suited to the [+]

Hitachi Enables London PCTs to Monitor Performance

Hitachi Consulting United Kingdom today announced that it has completed the delivery of a significant online portal project for Commissioning Support for London (CSL). The creation of the new secure online portal provides National Health Service (NHS) commissioners with [+]

Confidentiality and Disclosure

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk A young woman, who states she has just been raped, comes into the emergency room requesting a pelvic examination and a morning-after pill, but she insists that the staff not call the police. [+]

Microsoft Vision 2019 – Health Concept

Microsoft Vision of the Health Concept in 2019. All content Belongs to microsoft. Microsoft (C) 2009. All rights Reserved. [+]
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