Monthly Archives: October 2011

Finally Launched: Healthcare IT Q&A

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Bob

The new Healthcare IT Stack Exchange site is now open to the public. Hopefully this thing will take off.  So go search, ask, answer, up vote,  and (yes) down vote when necessary. Also, don’t forget to tell your friends and colleagues. … Continue reading →

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Guest Article: RFID Systems in Healthcare Institutions

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Yedidia

Patient, medication, and equipment asset tracking are critical functions for any healthcare organization.  Yedidia Blonder of Vizbee RFID Solutions, a company providing RFID solutions for healthcare applications and other industries, provides an introduction to RFID technology and its benefits. What healthcare executive … Continue reading →

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Open Source Medical Device Connectivity

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Bob

In The Case for Open Source Healthcare IT John Zaleski uses the VistA open source software as a model for improving the medical device data gathering in order to produce a “more robust end product”.  On the whole, I could not agree more. Achieving … Continue reading →

Posted in EMR, FDA, Interoperability, Medical Devices | Tagged | 6 Comments