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Interpol the multi nation police agency has their own campaign warning individuals about buying medications online. In this first video below the woman who bought weight loss drugs has not become a diabetic for life, who was not one before. This was her first online purchase and she was trying...
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The device is said to cost around $80.00 when available. The iBGStar attaches to the phone and does the data work. It has an option to be used while plugged into the phone too. As usual, there’s new technology and the hot stuff here according to the site is “Dynamic Electrochemistry” and...
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Some device companies have already submitted their products and have received approval for FDA clearance such as WellDoc and ExpressMD . There are a few others I have reported on as well that have done the same; however there’s a lot of device software programs emerging, almost daily I think as I try...
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Tue, Aug 31 2010
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This is good news as we always can use more visuals when placing a catheter. The system uses an infrared technology combined with fiberoptics so having a visual to enable a visual on the screen. Below SonoSite is working with another partnership with a division of Medtronic. BD ...
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Fri, Aug 27 2010
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Back in April of 2008 I wrote about the pilot program being conducted with Blue Cross for this application and you can read more at the link below. A short clip from the original post follows. Blue Cross to Pilot Diabetes Smart Phone Application “260 patients will be a part of the program...
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Anyone who reads the blog regularly knows about my 6 month plus campaign where I have been advocating 3D and2D barcodes, also known as Microsoft Tags. If you have a chance enter your vote before you leave this page and let me know if you would value being able to use your cell phone as a scanner...
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Tue, Jun 22 2010
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This is pretty neat as someone has worked with the Microsoft Tag API and created a site where it does all the work for you. I have created my own tags which involves a few steps and they are on the right hand side of the blog under resources to practice with, shoot aim and watch. The tag...
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As consumers this would be nice to be able to scan products and not have to worry about missing a recall post somewhere on the news. There will be other drug and device recalls too so the sooner we have this capability the sooner we can get our information, not to mention making compliance...
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Fri, May 28 2010
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If you have been reading here at the Medical Quack I have several posts on how Tags can work in healthcare and you can follow the link below to read more and here’s a couple paragraphs from the introduction area. French, Spanish, Turkish, Simplified Chinese and Italian have been added to the languages...
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The technology is hot and you can watch the video below with folks taking their phone and pointing and aiming for instant information. Below you can see if you have not already caught my thoughts for their use in healthcare, which we need now for safety, recalls, etc. It would certainly be...
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If read this blog often enough, I have been talking this same story for 2 years now, but few seem to get it, but it is what has been happening behind the scenes. With cell phone software development, so of this has been created 2-3 years ago and even farther back too, and it’s just a matter of...
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If you are a regular reader here at the Quack, I have had a small campaign going on with posts about how this technology could solve a lot of issues, main one being some ideas with recalls at the FDA. Microsoft Tags was kind enough today to include my thoughts today so in case you are not on Twitter...
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We talk about mobility with devices that we used for data input and imaging equipment is also getting that capability. This is large equipment used with nuclear medicine in hospitals though, not one you carry with you, but rather one on wheels that can be moved around the facility. The picture...
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