POSTS TAGGED AS point-of-care

Sony Developing Point-of-Care Devices

It’s just a coincidence that last week’s Tagline had a story about point-of-care devices moving from the hospital setting [MORE]

Designing Home Healthcare Devices

Lots of indicators suggest that today’s point-of-care devices in hospitals will be tomorrow’s consumer products for the home.  This [MORE]

Trends in Point-of-Care Devices

This perspective piece, from an interview with Tufts University School of Medicine pathology professor James Nichols, describes the cutting [MORE]

“POC” Killer Apps

“Microfluidic-based diagnostic devices are on the brink of supporting decentralized testing,” asserts this report.  But “brink” is not quite there [MORE]

First Radiology App for Mobile Device

“Mobile MIM,” a software application from MIM Software, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) allows x-ray, CT, MRI, and PET images [MORE]

Handheld Device for Detecting Heart Attack

Early last year, Royal Philips Electronics (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and bioMérieux (Marcy l’Etoile, France) created a joint venture aimed [MORE]

Point-of Care Apps Trends for iPads

2011 may be the year of the iPad for hospitals. In a survey of 950 HIMSS members last month, [MORE]

Autologous Platelet Concentrator

Heart, joint, and dental surgeries often involved substantial blood loss, which calls for transfusion.  To lessen the need for [MORE]

FDA Approved Five More i-STAT Tests

Abbott’s i-STAT handheld blood analyzer has just received an FDA waiver for five more tests using its 18 cartridges, which [MORE]