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Whether or not this represents a savings for hospitals is not known yet but the company wanted to remove the “middlemen” so they could set their own pricing without the reliance of joining the buyers group. We kind of all know how volume sales work and bring the cost down, so in absence of such a big...
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It was just a couple months ago the company made this acquisition to grow the corporation and spent $800 Million, but as you can see when restructuring come in to play with algorithms for profit, this does not do much for those in areas to where growth is not anticipated. Medtronic Acquires Hypertension...
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Tue, Feb 22 2011
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The toilet is not the only area of exposure to water but it seems to be one of the most common areas of exposure for cell phones today, yes we all take our phones in there from time to time don’t we? The video below is a demonstration of how the coating process works and no it’s not in a...
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Wed, Feb 16 2011
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Continua is the wireless alliance of both software and hardware in healthcare, in other words they create and collaborate on standards for medical devices so we all have the same types of wireless services, connectors, and software that works with all. Microsoft joined back in September of 2010...
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Thu, Feb 10 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Medical Devices, Health IT, PHR, software, cell phones, Hardware, wireless, personal heatlh records, Continua Health Alliance, connectivity, Global Certification Forum
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If you have been a reader here long enough at the Quack then you have probably read one of my articles about the use of bar codes on drugs and medical devices. We have somewhat of a step in this direction, but lots of lack luster still missing. You can read the short paragraph below and see...
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This is cool and the tag works and sent me to the mobile sit for some event listings and again this is cool and too bad we can’t get the same for drugs and medical devices that have been recalled. I’m sure that glucose testing strips might outsell bottles of Skyy, which by the way is a nice vodka...
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Fri, Jan 14 2011
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This is by far the biggest neglect of both the FDA and drug/medical device and over the counter healthcare products!! Have you ever tried to return a product to a retail drug store and be told “no” because it’s not on their authorized list!! Now some of their products are used by healthcare...
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Fri, Jan 7 2011
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This is interesting and perhaps more in California, like me, will keep their phones secured with a password. As the law reads, the police can’t force you to give out your PIN number or password to gain access. So if you want to make sure you have security just in case put a password on that...
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No doubt this is probably done to promote and bring a higher awareness to spotlight how RFID technology can be used in healthcare and for hospitals in keeping items like wheelchairs and stethoscopes, not to mention more expensive items too, this is a great idea and it works well in many hospitals . ...
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Sat, Dec 25 2010
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It’s just about one year now since I started this campaign with using Bar Codes, Microsoft Tags and I’m up to around 60 posts on the topic now, and just about every time there’s a recall, I do another post. Look how retailers and consumers are using this technology but when it comes to something...
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Thu, Dec 23 2010
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This is good to see one of those folks get caught as I like everyone else get tired of the spam that seems to to along with this, so perhaps with a major bust like this maybe the spammers might have less to spam us with? That of course is the bonus of getting the fake products off the market. ...
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Wed, Dec 22 2010
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This technology is going to be everywhere and this is nice that we have students using cell phones to scan for valued information here too. It enhances the program and gives the students instant information, like what I have been advocating for FDA Recalls and have a bunch deaf ears in that department...
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Fri, Nov 5 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, FDA, cell phones, obesity, Scanning, children, value, mobile technology, Microsoft Tags, exercise, Playworld, ENERGI
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No doubt cell phones bring communications to those who live in poverty and in time hopefully will begin to improve the quality of life we hope, but not having access to a toilet goes back to the very basics of living. The article goes on to say that due to the fact that cell phone communications...
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Sun, Oct 31 2010
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Most healthcare professionals are familiar with Epocrates and I use it myself as a consumer to subscribe to formularies in my area so I can check too. The information I use is free and gives me drug information on the formularies that I select via my account online. Not too long ago I added...
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Wed, Oct 20 2010
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I’m not kidding on the snake bait here as I am sure the snakes and mice would not have a problem as Tylenol products are used to kill the brown tree snakes in Guam that are taking over. Dead mice are packed up and loaded with Tylenol and dropped from helicopters and when the snakes show down they die...
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Mon, Oct 18 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, tags, FDA, cell phones, Johnson and Johnson, Recalls, information, Scanning, Acetaminophen, Tylenol, Windows Tags, mice, Guam, safely, medical devices. heatlhcare, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, radio, brown snake, Brown Tree Snake