I have covered a bit about the Mobisante device back in 2009 to include some videos so you can see how it works. This is not the more expensive device made by companies like Signostics for example with units that resemble a phone in size but are not phones. The advantage here of course is...
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The reason for the cutback is a decline of patient volume and revenue. If you are not familiar with this hospital, they are in my opinion the most wired hospital in the US and even have translator technology and the end of the beds in the ICU. They have done their analysis to target savings...
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The drive and purpose of this summit is to explore role of research, technology & innovation in mobile health. Bill Gates has been active in many area of healthcare to include the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation with immunizations and other projects and grants. Along with Warren Buffet...
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When it comes to using technology and having a facility that has all the modern conveniences, who wouldn’t want to work here if you are on the clinical side of healthcare. This is another view of how things operate and what I like seeing is the robot, making deliveries to the nurses station. ...
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This is pretty interesting to say the least, as they want to move the frequencies over to “white spaces”. Way back when wireless was brand new, a lot of folks used to have fun with with white spaces as nobody cared then and there were not enough uses to make a difference. The ones affected...
The new facility has been a while in the making, but now it is open and had it’s recent ribbon cutting to open the doors. It is full of robots, wireless and almost any kind of modern technology you can think of. The nurses were very involved in the design of the patient rooms. It is...
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Time out for a little humor – it’s a Phone, no it’s Fune! What is the cell phone of the future in 10 years going to look like, well maybe not like this one! BD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opTfPmN0YEM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.cnet.com%2F8301-13860_3-10313302-56.html&feature=player_embedded#t...
The article states there are some divisions where this will not apply and I might guess these would be areas where the other devices are studied from perhaps a marketing stand point and also for research as Microsoft has written some applications for an iPhone. Most companies too as noted don’t...
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