Nonin Medical, Minneapolis-based privately owned company specialised in designing and manufacturing of physiological monitoring solutions, has joined 18 other companies, including IBM, Intel, Motorola, Philips Electronics and Welch Allyn, in a Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) Medical Devices Working Group to create a Bluetooth Medical Device Profile.
SCM Microsystems offers a smart card terminal that addresses all requirements of the German eHealth card program for the secure handling of sensitive patient data.
GE healthcare introduced its latest solutions at the Saudi e-Health conference held in Riyadh.
Bluethooth technology firms, such as Intel and Phillips, are planning to release health-related applications called blood pressure monitors.
Giving the paramount importance to the safety and welfare of travelers, Virgin Atlantic Aircrafts will introduce the telemedicine device Tempus, which is designed for use by non-medical experts during the medical emergency in the aircrafts.
Emergin in partnership with Ekahau, a provider of Wi-Fi based Real-Time Location System (RTLS) solutions, UK, allows medical staff to receive context-aware alerts via their mobile phone, VoIP phone, pager or PDA when they enter specific geographic areas.
Sensitron Europe Limited, a market leader in European wireless point-of-care solutions, began its first trial of the careTrends system at Polyclinique de la Foret in Fontainebleau, France for 24 beds.
LifeWatch, a specialist in cardiac arrhythmia telemonitoring, will be unveiling its suite of TeleCare, TeleMonitoring and Research solutions at the Heart Rhythm Society Annual Meeting held in Boston Massachusetts.
Medtronic, a leader among medical technology providers, has announced the United States Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the Medtronic Concerto/Virtuoso line of implantable cardiac devices.
Helicomm, a privately held company in Carlsbad, is introducing a real-time wireless location tracking solution, which provides immediate and accurate tracking of personnel, equipment and assets.
Global Care Quest (GCQ) received the honour for its mobile Integrated Clinical Information System (ICIS Mobile) which allows physicians to access a wide range of patient data.
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), India, has unveiled three new softwares- Mercury Web interface – Prakriti Vichaya and Real Time Technology for atmospheric research.
There is always a room for vast opportunities for the IT industry to flourish around healthcare.
