Records Management
RFID Cabinet
Posted in Products, Patient Data Management on
Thursday, July 01 2010
The new RFID-Enabled Cabinet from Terso Solutions (Madison, WI) is suitable for operating room supply centers and catheterization labs. It has 25 cubic feet of storage space and measures 36" wide, 26" deep, and 80" tall. To access the cabinet, the user presents an electronic access control card to a cabinet-mounted scanner and removes the needed RFID-tagged product. Once the door is closed, the RFID system records the items that were removed and communicates the information to the hosted database. The enclosure also monitors its internal temperature and keeps track of inventory expiration dates. End users can access Terso's centralized database via a Web-based user interface or a cellular network. The system hardware, software, and services combine as a precise turnkey solution for inventory control and product traceability.
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Fast, Quantitative Diagnostic Reader for Multiple Medical Tests
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Posted in Bio-Medical, Tech Briefs, Imaging & Diagnostics, Patient Data Management on
Thursday, July 01 2010
Any test that attenuates light is a candidate for use with the device — potentially thousands of different tests.
While most physicians have easy access to lab tests, those tests can be slow and expensive. Consumer versions of tests are inaccurate and have limited scope, and often involve sending a sample to a lab. Physicians, emergency rooms, EMTs, patients, visiting nurses, and caregivers may all need access to quick, accurate tests without waiting for results and making callbacks. Some chronic tests require the mixing of reagents, and so are difficult to perform at home.Read More >>
Wireless Patient Monitoring Based on Personal Area Networks
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Posted in Bio-Medical, Tech Briefs, Software, Monitoring & Testing, Patient Data Management on
Monday, March 01 2010
This system can integrate with devices such as blood pressure meters and electrocardiograms.
The Wireless Patient Monitoring System deploys the Zigbee standard to create a Personal Area Network (a wireless network with a coverage area of around 10 m) that is capable of integrating into the same wireless network used by monitoring systems such as an electrocardiogram, pulse oxymeter, blood pressure sensor, and glucometer. The patient monitor also includes a gateway device for data encapsulation and transmission to the back-end systems via Ethernet, WiFi, and GSM/GPRS/UMTS connections. This gateway device also encompasses a Java applet for data presentation over an LCD touchscreen. For increased integration and interoperability features, the system also supports Bluetooth connectivity. The system supports up to 4 devices transmitting at the same time, and is powered with a rechargeable battery.Read More >>
Hubble Software Manages Hospital Schedules
Posted in Features, Software, Patient Data Management on
Friday, January 01 2010
In 1985, a team of engineers at the Space Telescope Science
Institute in Baltimore began developing software to manage
various tasks for the Hubble Space Telescope. In the early
phases of development, the complexity of scheduling different
tasks became clear when the engineers realized Hubble’s
power restrictions.
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Space-Proven Medical Monitor Provides Total Patient Care
Posted in Features, Software, Monitoring & Testing, Patient Data Management on
Friday, January 01 2010
By mid-1963, American astronauts had visited space on six
different occasions, all as part of NASA’s first human space
flight program, the Mercury Program. During the final
Mercury mission, launched on May 15, 1963, astronaut Leroy
Gordon Cooper logged 34 hours in orbit, the longest an
American had spent in space to that point. Still, very little was
known about the impact that space would have on humans and
spacecraft that were subjected to long-duration missions. With
this in mind, NASA decided to follow the Mercury Program
with a new initiative called the Gemini Program.
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Medical Information Network Decision Support System
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Posted in Bio-Medical, Tech Briefs, Software, Patient Data Management on
Tuesday, September 01 2009
A standardized platform stores and fuses medical data, while providing probabilistic diagnostic and treatment decisions.
In order to facilitate a more rapid and systematic transfer of new medical knowledge and capabilities into mainstream clinical practice, a new Medical Information Network Decision Support (MINDS) system was developed. This system is intended to be a platform for storing and fusing medical data in a standardized way, and for providing probabilistic diagnostic and treatment decisions to assist doctors and medical researchers in understanding and treating disease.Read More >>
Digital Wound Measurement and Tracking System
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Posted in Bio-Medical, Tech Briefs, Software, Patient Data Management on
Tuesday, September 01 2009
This Web-based platform tracks, documents, and measures the efficacy of wound treatments.
Historically, the subjective nature of wound treatment has lead to many trial-and-error therapies to match wounds with the right treatment. The WoundMatrix™ digital wound measurement and tracking system provides an objective and qualitative tool and method to track, document, and measure the efficacy of wound treatments.Read More >>

