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Computerized Screening for Occult Disease

One of the advantages electronic medical records offer is the computerized screening of a patient’s data for undiagnosed illness.  [MORE]

Super Sensitive Biosensor

With the US Preventive Services Task Force recently downgrading PSA screening to Class D, it may seem like the [MORE]

The Swiss Army Knife of Distance Monitoring

Isansys Lifescan Limited (Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK) has begun marketing its “Patient Status Engine” in the European Union. Its system [MORE]

WHO Compendium of Emerging Health Technologies (2011)

"Backpack" lab
This downloadable document from the World Health Organization lists about three dozen innovations that are either in development [MORE]

Pacemaker Powered by the Heart Itself

Wouldn’t it be nice if a pacemaker’s battery didn’t have to be surgically replaced after ten years?  Researchers at [MORE]

BodyMedia Weight Loss Coach

BodyMedia Personal Monitor
BodyMedia, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) makes an armband monitor that tracks calories burned and movement based on four [MORE]

Simulation: Aging Avatars

Avatars are becoming more common in medical training, and new work in this field comes from the University of [MORE]

Large Telemedicine Study in the UK

Last month, the UK Department of Health released results of a two year telemedicine study of 6,000 patients with [MORE]

p-Medicine, the EU’s Approach

“Matryoshka” is the name for those Russian “little matron” nesting dolls. Besides being a pretty folk art form, they [MORE]

IBM’s “Smart Camp”

As part of its Global Entrepreneur Initiative, IBM has created a “Smart Camp” in Austin, Texas where innovators of [MORE]

Integrated MR Scanner

Siemens has combined a whole-body molecular magnetic resonance scanner and an integrated PET imager into one machine-a world’s first. [MORE]

Longitudinal EMR with Wireless Entry

IBM and Peking University People’s Hospital are carrying out a pilot project for a longitudinal electronic medical record that [MORE]

Telemed and Quality of Life

Philips Motiva
Philips Electronics sponsored a study at a Spanish hospital that demonstrated the value of an interactive telehealth system [MORE]

Europe’s Digital Economy Strategy

Over the past 15 years, information and communication technologies have driven half of the productive growth of the European [MORE]