Only the market can be used to shift cash back into the part of the economy where it can be used to generate wealth. A market driven approach would naturally include consumer healthcare devices and the whole mobile health and Health 2.0 package

The combined medication reminder and personal health record system is going live this week, hoping to address the needs of 32 million patients in the US who are taking three or more medications

Healthcare Communications will provide fully interactive text and voice messaging services to patients to remind them of appointments, with reply facilities to enable patients to cancel appointments no longer required

Innovations on display will include networks that remotely monitor a patient’s health and daily habits, wireless management of health records, inventory tracking capabilities, and a range of products and applications that support all-around physical wellness and fitness

RFM says it has secured a multi-year agreement with a major medical equipment manufacturer for its ultra-low power short-range radio, the Virtual Wire transceiver. The product has taken several years to attain various levels of qualification and is now in volume production

KePRO Engage Health provides web-based and mobile, interactive programs and social networking solutions to help members improve health, connect with care providers, and better manage their medical conditions

The smartphone application, which will be developed by Hubilon - a location-based solutions company - will provide investigative officials with schedule management, emergency paging and location information services

iPLATO Healthcare has launched mSite - a new module of iPLATO Patient Care Messaging. mSite, provided free of charge to licensed GP surgeries, will enable each surgery to create their own mobile internet site to inform patients about opening hours, contacts details, access maps and out of hours services

Integrating these technologies enables auto-programmed infusion pumps, minimizing manual programming of the device and helping to decrease medication dosing errors, increase compliance with medication orders and reduce pump programming time

Merge Healthcare has released eFilm Mobile, an extension of the eFilm Workstation franchise. This mobile device application provides users of eFilm Workstation v3.3 secure access to worklists and studies from their iPhone or iPod touch

Clinically Relevant Technologies released a new medical iphone app for the iPhone platform this week to help bridge an expensive health care gap

Hill-Rom is to provide a choice of solutions that connect the smart bed and other medical devices to the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) on both a wired and a wireless platform

The Cinterion module sends sophisticated patient breathing data from the device to a secure EncoreAnywhere Web-based platform. Physicians log on to EncoreAnywhere to obtain timely, detailed breathing reports and respond with prescription air pressure changes sent instantly over-the-air to the device providing immediate patient relief

University Hospital of South Manchester has equipped its community midwives with VBN-based Remote Access Points (RAPs) to provide easy-to-use yet highly secure remote access to maternity records during community visits

Aptus MobileCare is a mobile healthcare application for healthcare professionals that eliminates the need to carry multiple devices by integrating paging technology with advanced mobile networks for mobile communications along with access to clinical information

St. Jude Medical says its wireless PressureWire Aeris technology, which aids in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery blockages by measuring Fractional Flow Reserve, will now be available to hospitals using the McKesson Horizon Cardiology Hemo solution

The enterprise mobility solution combines Motorola's RFS6000 and RFS7000 WLAN switches/controllers and AP300 access points to provide reliable and secure Wi-Fi connectivity throughout ArchCare facilities

Allscripts says that McLaren Medical Group has chosen the Allscripts Electronic Health Record for 150 employed physicians in an agreement valued in excess of $3 million

The new algorithm detects the difference in atrial activity between AF and sinus rhythm and does not rely on heart rate variability measurements. It has the potential to improve patient monitoring outcomes by differentiating AF from other confounding arrhythmia that may occur after AF ablation

The ZoneFlex WLAN systems are built with Ruckus' patented dynamic beamforming, one of the newest breakthroughs in Wi-Fi technology that constantly forms and directs Wi-Fi signals over the best performing signal path