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NewsTaiwan president sees Wi-Max as central to disaster prevention
After seeing how useful Wi-Max can be for emergency medical care, the president of Taiwan wants the wireless broadband technology employed as part of an island-wide communications strategy for... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: iPad's durability in an emergency department
We were wondering when someone might mention this about the iPad: "I am a little concerned about how well it will hold up in a clinical environment, particularly the abuse it will get in the ER. The... Read more...
Maker of personal emergency medical communicator sues competitor
Home-health product manufacturer LogicMark, of Fairfax Station, Va., has sued its Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based competitor Medical Alarm Concepts, maker of the MediPendant personal medical alarm,... Read more...
Man trapped by Haiti quake treats own injuries with iPhone app
We can envision the screaming tabloid headlines now: "iPHONE SAVED MY LIFE." (We're pretty sure Apple has the good sense not to run an ad like that.) But the bottom line is, an iPhone helped a man... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT ON: ER waiting times
We're stretching the definition of mobile a tad by including this item: Three HCA hospitals in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., area are displaying waiting times for their emergency rooms on a... Read more...
IN ambulances get mobile EMR access
We've reported on ambulance-based mobile telemedicine in the past, but at some point, someone was going to figure out how to put electronic medical records on board emergency transports. That someone... Read more...
GA hospital to improve wireless communication in ED
Clinicians in the emergency department at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, GA, are using wireless handsets for voice, messaging and instantaneous alerts as part of a new, customized mobile... Read more...
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