Search Tag: IT solutions
DT Research All-in-One Medical-Cart Computers
2016 21 Nov
First to Power Continuous Data Access at Point-of-Care Breakthrough Hot-Swappable Battery Design Eliminates Delays in Patient Care and Addresses COW Challenges in Healthcare DT Research, the leading designer and manufacturer of purpose-built computing solutions for vertical markets, today announced the DT590 series of All-in-One Medical-Cart Computers,... Read more
Decoding Patient Cost
2016 19 Jan
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has formed a strategic partnership with Health Catalyst to develop and commercialise a hospital-based costing analysis solution. The two organisations will combine expertise and technologies to help health systems solve one of their most pressing problems — how to measure the true cost of healthcare... Read more
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Makes 'Most Wired' List
2014 11 Jul
Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), one of the leading paediatric hospitals in the US, has been included in the list of 'Most Wired' hospitals in the country. Being named on the list, released annually by Health & Health Networks magazine, is recognition of a health care organisation's investment in technology that supports patient safety and... Read more
Dutch Hospitals Selects Sectra as Regional IT Solution Partner
2014 04 Jul
The Dutch healthcare group Zorggroep Leveste Middenveld, the result of the merger between Scheper Hospital Emmen and Bethesda Hospital Hoogeveen, has selected Sectra as their IT and medical technology partner. The long-term contract with Sectra’s includes a regional IT solution for managing medical images and patient information. The solution will... Read more
Innovative 24” Point-of-Care Medical Touch PC Released
2014 04 Jul
Advantech, a leader in providing a wide range of certified medical computing systems and services, has announced the release of the POC-W242, a 24” medical-grade, slim point-of-care terminal with the latest computing capabilities. The system is fanless for quiet operation and energy efficiency. It delivers high-performance with a 4th generation, Intel®... Read more
Telemedicine To Connect 19 Million By 2018
2014 01 Jul
Approximately three million patients are currently connected to their professional caregivers via devices that remotely monitor health data. By 2018, that figure is expected to increase nearly five-fold, to 19 million patients worldwide. The expansion of mobile health technology will also double its share of total revenues, from one fifth to 40 percent... Read more
Smartphone App to Fight Obesity
2014 01 Jul
Adults who regularly engage in voluntary or prescribed physical activity may still be at risk for obesity if they spend most of their waking hours sitting or reclining. The new “B-Mobile” smartphone app was designed to monitor sedentary behaviours and prompt users to move for short breaks when they have spent too much time sitting still. In a report... Read more
Coming Soon: The Eye-Tegrated Glaucoma Monitor
2014 24 Jun
An innovative low-power sensor designed by University of Washington engineers could someday be placed inside a person’s eye, tracking otherwise hard-to-measure eye pressure changes and transmitting the data wirelessly via radio frequency waves. Incorporated into an artificial intraocular lens, the sensor would be embedded during cataract surgery,... Read more
Google ‘Fit’ Wants Your Health Data
2014 17 Jun
When developers meet later this month at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, they can expect to hear more about the company’s plans to challenge Apple’s recently-released HealthKit framework with its new Google Fit. The health service will collect and combine data from electronic health devices and apps, positioning the company... Read more
A Healthy Rivalry Between Apple and Samsung
2014 17 Jun
No stranger to publicity spectacles, Apple is once again in the news, this time for its ventures into the health sector. With the company’s recently-unveiled Health Kit, a new platform for healthcare apps on iOS8 and a partnership with the prestigious Mayo Clinic, Apple is challenging its rival Samsung in the arena of mobile health-oriented... Read more