Samsung’s Newest US System Designed for Portable Market
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Samsung Medison 510(k) clearance for the UGEO PT60A in August 2013, and the company released its tablet-based ultrasound system two months later.   Designed for the portable market, the UGEO PT60A ultrasound system features a 10.1-inch LED full touch screen and Needle Mate technology, which delineates the needle’s location during procedures like nerve blocking, corticosteroid injections, and PIC line insertions. Its SDMR and Spatial Compounding Image technology eliminates unwanted speckle noise and incorporates beam steering and compounding of scan lines to provide spatial a...
Source: Technology & Inventions - January 8, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Walgreens App Allows for Virtual Checkups
Walgreens is teaming up with MDLive to launch a virtual physician visit feature on its mobile app, the company announced in early December. MDLive is a provider of virtual health services that will connect customers with certified physicians through video chat on a smartphone, tablet, or computer.   Virtual visits are for nonemergency health conditions, such as upper respiratory tract infections, ear aches, sore throats, and rashes, and are not intended for more serious symptoms such as chest pain. Physicians can write prescriptions after the virtual visits, too. The Walgreens app, which works with iOS and Android devi...
Source: Technology & Inventions - December 11, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Walgreens App Allows for Virtual Checkups
Walgreens is teaming up with MDLive to launch a virtual physician visit feature on its mobile app, the company announced in early December. MDLive is a provider of virtual health services that will connect customers with certified physicians through video chat on a smartphone, tablet, or computer.   Virtual visits are for nonemergency health conditions, such as upper respiratory tract infections, ear aches, sore throats, and rashes, and are not intended for more serious symptoms such as chest pain. Physicians can write prescriptions after the virtual visits, too. The Walgreens app, which works with iOS and Android device...
Source: Technology & Inventions - December 11, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Entrepreneur Develops DIY Medical Imaging
Entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg has raised $100 million to create a medical imaging device the size of an iPhone that can portray a moving 3-D image of what’s inside a person, according to MIT Technology Review. (http://bit.ly/1Em60Gu.)   The technology, which relies on a new kind of ultrasound chip, could eventually lead to new ways to destroy cancer cells with heat or deliver information to brain cells. The imaging system is being developed by Butterfly Network, but Mr. Rothberg won’t allude to how the device will work or what it will look like. Details will come out in the next 18 months when he is ready to sell ...
Source: Technology & Inventions - November 6, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Entrepreneur Develops DIY Medical Imaging
Entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg has raised $100 million to create a medical imaging device the size of an iPhone that can portray a moving 3-D image of what’s inside a person, according to MIT Technology Review. (http://bit.ly/1Em60Gu.)   The technology, which relies on a new kind of ultrasound chip, could eventually lead to new ways to destroy cancer cells with heat or deliver information to brain cells. The imaging system is being developed by Butterfly Network, but Mr. Rothberg won’t allude to how the device will work or what it will look like. Details will come out in the next 18 months when he is ready to sell it...
Source: Technology & Inventions - November 6, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Save a Life Makes Final Round in Challenge
Save a Life is a finalist in the Chicago Open Innovation Challenge, in which several people with innovative ideas are competing for $25,000 in grant funding.     Save a Life helps instructors verify CPR competency through Google Glass that guides and tracks proper technique based on visual and auditory prompts. The education tool also has a built-in tool that assists with calling for help, and provides objective metrics on compression rate, rhythm, and depth. The program works by accessing the wearable sensors (gyroscope/accelerometer) in Google Glass to help students achieve metrics through audio and visual feedback i...
Source: Technology & Inventions - October 23, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Save a Life Makes Final Round in Challenge
Save a Life is a finalist in the Chicago Open Innovation Challenge, in which several people with innovative ideas are competing for $25,000 in grant funding.     Save a Life helps instructors verify CPR competency through Google Glass that guides and tracks proper technique based on visual and auditory prompts. The education tool also has a built-in tool that assists with calling for help, and provides objective metrics on compression rate, rhythm, and depth. The program works by accessing the wearable sensors (gyroscope/accelerometer) in Google Glass to help students achieve metrics through audio and visual feedback in ...
Source: Technology & Inventions - October 23, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Improve ED Communication
Every minute matters in the ED, and getting the right people talking quickly is key. Avenir International has released version 3.0 of its ConnectPath automated communication solution. ConnectPath can reach specialists and assemble teams with the touch of a button. It is integrated with existing directories and an up-to-date schedule, meaning ConnectPath can direct-connect the ED with any specialist’s phone or pager or send text messages automatically. Physicians choose their preferred device, and ConnectPath does the rest. Its analytics engine captures compliance data, enables event analysis, and provides valuable insig...
Source: Technology & Inventions - April 4, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Improve ED Communication
Every minute matters in the ED, and getting the right people talking quickly is key. Avenir International has released version 3.0 of its ConnectPath automated communication solution. ConnectPath can reach specialists and assemble teams with the touch of a button. It is integrated with existing directories and an up-to-date schedule, meaning ConnectPath can direct-connect the ED with any specialist’s phone or pager or send text messages automatically. Physicians choose their preferred device, and ConnectPath does the rest. Its analytics engine captures compliance data, enables event analysis, and provides valuable insigh...
Source: Technology & Inventions - April 4, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Weight-Calibrated Dosers
PediDose has introduced weight-based dosers for dispensing children's acetaminophen and ibuprofen elixirs. Dosing pediatric elixirs by age or weight range often leads to underdosing and sometimes overdosing. These dosers deliver the proper weight-based volume of children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen elixirs with no calculations, no age- or weight-dosing, less dosing error risk, easy measurement, fast administration, and less mess. Contact Sam Slishman, MD, at (505)220-1014 or visit www.PediDose.com for more information.   Tags: children's dosing acetaminophen ibuprofenPublished: 4/4/2014 12:01:00 PM (Source: Technology & Inventions)
Source: Technology & Inventions - April 4, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Weight-Calibrated Dosers
PediDose has introduced weight-based dosers for dispensing children's acetaminophen and ibuprofen elixirs. Dosing pediatric elixirs by age or weight range often leads to underdosing and sometimes overdosing. These dosers deliver the proper weight-based volume of children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen elixirs with no calculations, no age- or weight-dosing, less dosing error risk, easy measurement, fast administration, and less mess. Contact Sam Slishman, MD, at (505)220-1014 or visit www.PediDose.com for more information.   Tags: children's dosing acetaminophen ibuprofenPublished: 4/4/2014 12:01:00 PM (Source: Technology & Inventions)
Source: Technology & Inventions - April 4, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Multimedia Assists Discharged Patients
  White Plains Hospital has implemented a personalized multimedia system called Good to Go, which was designed by ExperiaHealth to assist patients after their discharge and cut down on readmissions. The system records discharge instructions on an iPad as the nurse gives them to the patient. Included are a description of the medical condition, a summary of the patient’s medical history, and the regimen the patient needs to follow at home. Hospitals using Good to Go have experienced a 15 percent reduction in readmissions and a 63 percent improvement in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (H...
Source: Technology & Inventions - January 20, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

Multimedia Assists Discharged Patients
  White Plains Hospital has implemented a personalized multimedia system called Good to Go, which was designed by ExperiaHealth to assist patients after their discharge and cut down on readmissions. The system records discharge instructions on an iPad as the nurse gives them to the patient. Included are a description of the medical condition, a summary of the patient’s medical history, and the regimen the patient needs to follow at home. Hospitals using Good to Go have experienced a 15 percent reduction in readmissions and a 63 percent improvement in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCA...
Source: Technology & Inventions - January 20, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

QuickClot Saves Lives
There is no scarier emergency than watching blood flow from a wound uncontrollably. Direct pressure and elevation of the wound can't be replaced, but you can now help stop the bleeding three times as fast by using QuickClot by Adventure Medical Kits.   The active ingredient in QuickClot is a mineral called zeolite, a substance with an extremely high surface area that promotes coagulation through an exothermic reaction. The process draws out the liquid parts of the blood leaving behind a higher concentration of platelets, hence clotting occurs and bleeding stops.   Updated from a formula previously used by the U.S. mi...
Source: Technology & Inventions - November 27, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs

QuickClot Saves Lives
There is no scarier emergency than watching blood flow from a wound uncontrollably. Direct pressure and elevation of the wound can't be replaced, but you can now help stop the bleeding three times as fast by using QuickClot by Adventure Medical Kits.   The active ingredient in QuickClot is a mineral called zeolite, a substance with an extremely high surface area that promotes coagulation through an exothermic reaction. The process draws out the liquid parts of the blood leaving behind a higher concentration of platelets, hence clotting occurs and bleeding stops.   Updated from a formula previously used by the U.S. milita...
Source: Technology & Inventions - November 27, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs