Vital Signs news from FierceMobileHealthcare
NewsTelehealth empowers seniors to avoid hospital visits
Technology that connects seniors with chronic diseases to a nurse who monitors and assesses vital signs from a remote location could lighten demand for emergency room visits and prevent hospital Read more...
DoD telehealth center releases app for mental health; BlackBerry PlayBook SDK features imaging app;
> The National Center for Telehealth and Technology, one of the military's Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, has developed a free smartphone app Read more...
'Smart' Band-Aids signal new possibilities for remote monitoring
"Smart" Band-Aids that can detect vital signs and alert healthcare professionals when there's an abnormal reading may be new, but they represent more than a decade of advances in the field of remote Read more...
Remote monitoring enhances case management for CHF patients, Aetna and Intel say
Adding remote monitoring to standard nurse care management can improve outcomes and lessen the need for hospital admissions for older patients with chronic heart failure, Intel and health insurer Read more...
Portable kiosk takes health monitoring around the hospital, into patient homes
We haven't reported a whole lot on kiosks in FierceMobileHealthcare because, though they may incorporate portable computers, kiosks tend to stay in fixed locations. Not so for a new family of Read more...
Paper: Wireless monitoring allows more accurate study of COPD, Parkinson's patients
Wireless monitors can allow healthcare professionals to observe patients with debilitating conditions such as Parkinson's disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) under normal living Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Honeywell expands connectivity of home health monitors
Honeywell HomMed is teaming with eDevice of Bordeaux, France, to expand data communications capabilities for its LifeStream remote patient care system and Genesis DM telehealth monitor. eDevice Read more...
Sotera gets $11M investment, while AllOne Mobile may be gone
This week brings news of one m-health company on the rise and one apparently on the way out. Sotera Wireless, a San Diego-based maker of patient monitoring technology, has landed a third series of Read more...
Smartphone apps moving into regulatory gray area
This is the kind of statement that might scare the daylights out of your average healthcare software developer: "Medical applications are technically medical devices and therefore subject to federal Read more...
Powering implantable sensors
Let's call this the bleeding edge of mobile healthcare. Researchers in the Netherlands are "working on body area networking to monitor vital signs, control drug delivery according to need and Read more...
| Press ReleasesVigilan Announces iPhone/iPad Mobile Application for Nurse ChartingHIPAA Compliant software captures resident data at the time and care and eliminates need for paper chartingPORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Vigilan, provider of software for better Read more >> Presbyterian Rust Medical Center Partners With Advanced ICU Care®Collaboration Brings 24/7 Coverage and a Tele-ICU Solution to Critically Ill Patients RIO RANCHO, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New Mexico’s first 21st century hospital announced today the successful Read more >> CareFusion Announces New Ventilation Solution to Help Hospitals Provide Improved Patient Care and Reduce CostsNew technologies to be featured at American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC) Congress, booth #1023SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CareFusion today announced the CareFusion Ventilation Read more >> EarlySense's Contact-Free Patient Monitoring System to be Featured at the First TEDMED Innovation Showcase, Hotel del CoroParticipants are invited to learn about how the EarlySense solution is helping medical teams to save lives and hospitals to save money WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EarlySense, a market leader in Read more >> Thomson Reuters Introduces Infection Xpert to Improve Infection Prevention Workflow and Help Reduce Hospital-Acquired InfectionsANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Thomson Reuters, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals, has launched Infection Xpert — a clinical intelligence dashboard that Read more >> |
