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Interested in hearing about how telehealth applies to various clinical service areas? How about discussing telehealth's influence in emergency and disaster response? The ATA's 16th Annual Read more...
Smartphone video capability can help in emergency response
Bystanders at an emergency scene have been able to get cell phone assistance from 911 dispatchers for years now. But there may be more value in video than in audio, according to a study just Read more...
LifeBot gets option to market Army's 'Super Ambulance' telemedicine system
LifeBot, a home telehealth company founded by inventor and entrepreneur R. Lee Heath--who created the technology that enabled the automatic external defibrillator--has received an option to obtain Read more...
Medical-alert jewelry lets high-risk patients access critical data in emergencies
Call it smart jewelry. We tend to ignore most stories about personal health records because, despite the hype, PHRs haven't exactly caught on with the public. But when Tiffany & Co. comes up with Read more...
Taiwan 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...
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...
SPOTLIGHT: Next-generation Internet addresses
The powers behind the Internet--no, not Al Gore, as far as we can tell--are pushing service providers to migrate to a standard called IPv6, or Next Generation Internet Protocol, before the current Read more...
| Press ReleasesSpecial Team Ready to Mobilize for Disaster ReliefStanford Hospital group formed to mobilize quickly for disaster reliefInspiration for group was Stanford medical team’s Haiti experienceGroup members will stay prepared and ready to ship out within Read more >> |
