RFID risk to hospital equipment claims study
Radio frequency identification could seriously affect life-saving equipment leading to hazardous situations for hospitals, Dutch scientists have claimed. A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Dutch academics and doctors found that even the most simple radio frequency identification device (RFID) such as a credit card could cause electromagnetic interference, which could […]
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Dutch research highlights hospital RFID risks
Radio frequency identification could seriously affect life-saving equipment leading to hazardous situations for hospitals, Dutch scientists have claimed. A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Dutch academics and doctors found that even the most simple RFID device such as a credit card could cause electromagnetic interference, which could prove to be […]
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ICW establishes Silicon Valley eHealth Lab
German e-health firm InterComponentWare (ICW) has announced the formation of ICW Labs, a Silicon Valley based R&D organisation focused on the development and use of ICW’s eHealth technology. Called ICW Labs the new organisation will be headed by Thomas Odenwald, described by ICW as a “veteran SAP technology leader and visionary”. Odenwald brings extensive experience […]
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Airedale hospital to pilot RFID from Siemens
Airedale NHS Trust will be piloting new Radio Frequency Identification technology from Siemens Healthcare to track 100 intravenous pumps across the trust, over 30 days. The pilot will be the first time both Siemens and Airedale have used RFID technology to track assets across various buildings on the hospital site, via the hospital’s new wireless […]
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Welsh hospitals deploy Cisco wireless
Clinicians at the Princess of Wales Hospital and Neath Port Talbot Hospital, part of the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg (ABM) University NHS Trust in South Wales, are now able to access information about their patients’ bedsides using a new Cisco wireless Local Area Network (LAN). Using the wireless LAN, clinicians can now access information about their […]
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McKesson launch whiteboard monitoring system
McKesson’s Horizon Enterprise Visibility McKesson has launched its Horizon Enterprise Visibility product – a whiteboard style system that provides real time information of a room’s availability, patient location and the current status of a patient’s treatment – to the UK market. McKesson say the system is the first visual control system designed specifically for hospitals, […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 25.04.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 25 April 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments and awards. Supplier news Sussex HIS use new e-learning for staff training Sussex Health Information Service (HIS) is using e-learning training services from ILX Group to make significant savings and enhancing training provision for its 400 staff. The […]
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Nottingham to implement Cisco medical network
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a multi-million pound agreement to deploy a Cisco Medical-Grade Network to help it reduce costs, improve access to healthcare information, and provide patients with services faster and more efficiently. According to Cisco, once completed it will be one of the UK’s most advanced end-to-end Cisco Medical-Grade Networks supporting […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 29.02.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 29 February 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments, awards and events. Supplier news Leicester signs managed service deal with Siemens University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust signed a managed service agreement with Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics for the delivery of its test requirements in blood chemistry, haematology, […]
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“Hospital information systems are not indispensable”
Hubert Haag says that with 12,000 European healthcare customers T-Systems is a vital player in European e-health, Philipp Grätzel reports.
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