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Networking firm sees big healthcare potential in new Bluetooth standard
Three months after an industry consortium approved a new, short-range wireless standard called Bluetooth Low Energy, technology manufacturers are banking on the fact that it is an open standard to... Read more...
Geriatric practice keeps patients at home with wireless monitoring
"How ironic that it was technology that caused home visits by physicians to go away, and now it's technology that makes it possible for us to treat homebound patients," Dr. Tom Cornwell tells the... Read more...
IBM, Continua to showcase wireless interoperability at CES
The annual International Consumer Electronics Show opens Thursday in Las Vegas. Normally we wouldn't care all that much, given the consumer focus, but this time, the huge show features a first-ever... Read more...
Florida EMS to transmit EKG readings from ambulances
A Florida emergency medical service soon will be able to transmit EKG readings from ambulances to hospital emergency departments, ideally cutting "door-to-balloon time" for patients experiencing... Read more...
Bluetooth stethoscope and diagnostic software honored for life-saving potential
Two weeks ago, we reported how West Wireless Health Institute CMO Dr. Eric Topol said that the handheld ultrasound should and would make the stethoscope obsolete. Well, reports of the stethoscope's... Read more...
Dedicated Bluetooth connection resolves speed, connectivity issues that hold back telemedicine
When it comes to technology in healthcare, speed is everything. If a new technology slows doctors down, watch how fast they revert to their old ways. So there's some promising news out of India in... Read more...
New gadgets give a glimpse of future wireless health technology
Ready for some eye candy? We know you are, if the traffic to our recent slideshow of healthcare apps for the BlackBerry is a reliable indicator. This time, the pretty pictures come Cambridge... Read more...
Exclusive: Entrepreneur Hau combines digital ink and wireless technology to speed data capture
The founder of a pioneering handheld computing software company has started another company, this time harnessing the concept of digital ink to create a high-tech, wireless version of the physician... Read more...
Market for wireless personal health sensors set to take off
We've reported on wireless body-area networks (WBANs) once or twice before, and now ABI Research is lending credence to the terminology by forecasting that 400 million wireless personal health... Read more...
Are wireless security concerns real, or just paranoia?
With all the breathless talk about the potential for wireless health IT, don't forget about the elephant in the room. This pachyderm goes by the name of Security. With "unlicensed" technology like... Read more...
