Electronic job aid to benefit healthcare workers and patients
... Like its predecessor, MedEPSS offers a secure and mobile source of reference material, specialized training materials and ready access to vital records. For time-pressed nurses, ready access to patient history, drug information, medical references and automated diagnostic tools could be a lifesaver -- lite...New digital tool unveiled to help business avoid SARS risks
...dic character of todays business environment where mobile extension supports remote collaboration, said Smailagic, who won a prestigious Carnegie Science Center Award this month for innovative work in information technology....Study ties frequent school changes to behavior problems
...d their children. Children were defined as school mobile if they were 5 to 9 and attended two or more eleme...icating more behavior problems. Mothers of school mobile children reported higher scores on the Behavior Problem Index than those who were not school mobile,......1/abs/ Communication of risk: health hazards from mobile phones D. R. Cox http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/1467-985X.00272/abs/ Crime victimization: its extent and communication P. Wiles, J. Simmons and K. Pease http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/1467-985X.00273/ab...Wireless technology may help doctors treat patients
... limited number of information fields. Using IBM's mobile database product, the prototype enabled communicat...iver in a secure fashion." This is done with IBM's mobile database product, DB2 Everyplace. With DB2 Everyplace, the students had the tools they needed to wri...Should ambulance crews perform emergency breathing procedure?
...d patients who were intubated out of hospital by a mobile emergency care unit, staffed with an anaesthetist, between 1998 and 2000. The mobile unit brought 172 of these patients to hospital, and 74 (43%) were intubated before reaching hospital...Text messages could lead to health inequalities
...as it applies only to people who can afford to own mobile phones, argues Daragh Fahey, a public health doctor at Camden Primary Care Trust, London. This means that people in higher socioeconomic groups are less likely to miss appointments and thus are more likely to receive better health care, he concludes....Ultrafiltration device shown safe, effective and reduces hospital stay for heart failure patients
...art and in many cases enabling patients to be more mobile and active. "The System 100 Fluid Removal System is designed to create a win-win situation, resulting in improved medical outcomes while allowing patients to leave the hospital earlier," explained John L. Erb, Chief Executive Officer of CHF Solution...UK trial results on value of cannabis for multiple sclerosis patients
...lso used in the study: time to walk ten metres for mobile patients; a range of scales to assess disability and well-being; some measures of specific symptoms; and finally face-to face questions about the value of medication at the end of the study. In face-to-face interviews, 576 patients provided answers t...Vital sign device improves resuscitation monitoring
...g Vital Dust sensors with iRevive, a pre-hospital, mobile database, to automate the process of capturing patient information. One of the unique features is that the radio can adjust the power for transmitting information, Welsh said. "If a patient's heart rate slows dangerously or his oxygen saturation...Diabetic eye screening bill based on Vanderbilt model
...e screening equipment is easily transportable in a mobile clinic and can travel to underserved and rural com...or diabetic eye disease is also cost-effective. A mobile screening lab can collect and store images from dozens of patients during a day in the field, and th...UF 'smart home' demonstrates concept of automated elderly help and care
... For example, with voice commands delivered to the mobile phone, a resident can turn on the lights, stereo, ...is concerned about security, he or she can ask the mobile phone if the house is secure, and the phone then checks the doors and reports back by voice. Helal ...Stevens' Cattabiani helps link doctors, hospitals worldwide
...sisted of exploring the feasibility of deploying a mobile healthcare information system platform capable of ...ing homes, imaging centers, physician offices, and mobile initiatives such as visiting nurse and physician house call activities." "TIMA has developed a gl...A common cleanser is cheaper and faster way to separate DNA for genetic analysis
...DNA molecules crawling up the gel faster than less mobile larger particles as the current passes through. Like the two poles on a battery, the difference in the positive and negative charges represents a voltage. "DNA just needs to know it's in a voltage and it will move," says Scott Kern, M.D., professor ...Significant disparities still exist in screening mammography rates; minorities underestimated
...mography use are access-enhancing efforts, such as mobile vans, transportation services, and reduced cost mammograms," Peek said. ...Demolition tests aim to improve emergency communications
...he frequency bands used by emergency personnel and mobile telephones at various points within the soon-to-be-destroyed Fischer Public Housing Project. The researchers collected information on the transmitters' signal strength and other data. They also used Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to determin...Los Angeles kids benefit from new asthma identification process
...n an urban setting. The Breathmobile Program is a mobile asthma clinic that provides free diagnosis, treatment and patient education to low-income, asthmatic schoolchildren in southeast Los Angeles County. "In inner-city areas such as Los Angeles, asthma is both underdiagnosed and undertreat...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, May 4, 2004
... An editorial writer says that keeping healthy and mobile are the primary goals for many elderly, not merely extending life (Editorial, p. 754). "Screening can have, at best, only a limited effect on mortality" among the elderly, he says. Managing Drug Care for Older Adults Needs Improvement A study exam......east one instance, observed and noted the personal mobile phone use of a visitor. These activities raise ethical issues about BAT and/or its solicitors observing the work of lawyers and researchers representing health and government bodies. Given this new evidence, we assert that BAT is incapable of operati...National study shows 82 percent of U.S. homes have mouse allergens
... and asthma. Residents of high-rise apartments and mobile homes are at greatest risk, but the allergen is also present in all types of homes. The NIEHS study, with collaborators at Constella Group, Inc. and the Harvard School of Public Health, characterized mouse allergen prevalence in a representative sa...