Physician smart phone adoption rates are to reach 81% by 2012, and its likely bluetooth stethoscopes will decline in price by then too. The question then remains, whether the android/Iphone/smartphone tbc, bluetooth implementation will remain lame, or be fully functional. If phone manufacturers finally do get around to a full bluetooth implementation, no doubt there [...]

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Novartis has been looking at RFID technology for quite some time. Back in 2006, they were using RFID in the manufacturers packaging, and including some type of reading device to track compliance. This weeks news indicates they are putting RFID into the individual pills, in combination with a reader mounted on an individuals shoulder.
I can [...]

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As part of asthma management, record keeping plays a major role. Yet, compliance with such is often times not all that good in the short term, and for the long term, likely non-existant. Part of the issue is the need to manually write down readings from a peak flow device, the next part is reviewing [...]

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The Associated Press
Wow, this is sad….
I did a bit of googling, and it appears the contemporary solution is video. Yet, to depend on video for safety assumes the entire field of view is covered, the optics are not dirty, and there is no oppurtunity for a child to run in from the side, being [...]

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“Also, human diets are more varied than dog and cat diets. Because pets tend to eat the same products every day, while humans consumedifferent foods, only a small portion of a human diet might contain the contaminated products.”

Health: FAQs About Melamine Contamination – US News and World Report
Hmmm, for adults and children the above statement [...]

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News | Telegraph
An interesting concept for sure, but I think they might well be missing a key issue of human body thermoregulation. Ie, when skin is in contact with a cold surface, vasoconstriction occurs, and as such, heat transfer is reduced. Thus, while the cooled handle bars might serve on the surface as a good [...]

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Hoana Medical, Technology – How does it work?
This is cool, especially since we prototyped something simliar back in 98, but thought it would never fly due to FDA hassles and product liability issues. It is great to see an outfit not let such headaches stand in the way, and make the call to plunge through [...]

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Celleration
This is a pretty impressive unit. Ultrasonic energy is used to create and direct a mist into a wound for debradement and cleaning. It should have significant impact for those with wounds that do not heal. In addition, the non-contact approach would also seem to improve patient comfort compared to a contact method.
I did a [...]

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Flickr: Photos from Clinical Cases and Images
I wonder if the flickr guys ever thought their service would be used for xrays? An interesting concept, and a whole lot better than seeing someone kids who you don’t know.

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tagesanzeiger.ch | Leben | Gesundheit
Whoa, this is way uncool.

In fairness, translating German is not one of my skills, but it appears the photo was of a man’s foot. Thats not exactly cool either.

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