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10 Critical Requirements for Cloud Applications
Check out this white paper to learn the ten critical requirements for cloud applications. Not only that, discover how these goals are achievable. Don't rush with a so-so application, get it right...
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Medical device aids speech therapy (video)
One out of every 15 kids has a speech impediment. Here's how a new device was modeled to correct the problems.
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GNOME's Sandler: Is there a killer in the code?
Is there a killer in the software code running millions of medical devices? GNOME Executive Director Karen Sandler, formerly of the Software Freedom Law Center, has been fighting to get this...
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Software Freedom's latest target is medical devices
Heart disease patients like Dick Cheney are vulnerable to buggy software and hack-attacks aimed straight at the devices implanted near their hearts. Open source could offer hope.
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How a software engineer tried to save his sister and invented a breakthrough medical device
I meet a lot of Silicon Valley companies but rarely do I come across a story as inspiring as this one. Robert Goldman is the founder of Vascular Designs, a company that just won FDA approval to...
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Red tape keeps Conficker on medical devices
The Conficker Internet virus has infected important computerized medical devices, but governmental red tape interfered with their repair.
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FDA orders new approvals on old medical devices
So what we're left with is risky devices that were never tested but lie beyond the reach of civil law because courts claim the untested approval is binding. The new round of tests will close the...
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Medical device depreciation friend or foe?
Today's MRIs are so much better than yesterday's the old stuff is worthless, even though it may work well, even though it may have cost a fortune.
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How medical device makers can improve U.S. health care
Up to date equipment is key to productivity in any business and it's clear that the device industry's policies are holding down that productivity here.
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Are hospitals really safe?
Now that we have access to more information about health care and what goes on inside a hospital, what should we be most worried about? How do human errors prevent us from getting the best...
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RFID safe for medical monitoring?
Dutch scientists find that the tracking-and-tracing chips can interfere with hospital equipment, thus putting patients in danger.
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Lack of RFID standards leads to media panic
There is no standard that will tell hospitals what frequencies the tags are using. Thus they can't tell when the frequencies being used by the tags might interfere with other gear.
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Time to overhaul grandfather's FDA approval process?
If your pacemaker fails, the pacemaker company may offer you a new one. But you'll have to pay to put it in. And you have no recourse to the courts, even though it was approved for use with no...
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Indian device makers want regulation and get it
What's in it for India? A regulatory regime based on western standards makes it easier not only to defend the home market but to grow exports.
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New business models for medical device makers
While the industry insists that technology by itself can contain costs, it's becoming evident that costs are less the issue today than risk.
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Medical devices are no longer a safe haven
Fact is a falling tide drops all boats. All sorts of money gets harder to come by. Hospital budgets tighten, and patients tell doctors to make do.
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Medtronic plans image campaign
Have medical devices become like the oil industry or the payday lenders? Do they need an image campaign to stay afloat against the incoming political fire?
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Device market finds value in privacy
Venture capitalists are now working with hedge funds to deliver previously-unheard amounts of capital to profitable device makers.
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Networking ignored by medical automation
The PC industry has lots of standards to choose from, which interoperate. The medical market needs the same thing.
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Monument to cost rises over Copacabana
Are medical device buyers? Will doctors "go to market" in New York to check out the latest-and-greatest? Is it vital that such companies have a physical presence in New York, close to their...
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Photo: Making virtual rounds
Intel shows off prototypes of medical devices that could one day let doctors use voice recognition to access patients' vitals.
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