Medical Software News: 18th Aug – 25th August

Medgadget 20^th August:

Medical Gadget Gossip Provided by Intel, Panasonic
It looks like Intel and Panasonic are creating their own versions of the Motion C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant. They are keeping pretty tight lipped about what their version specs will be. Keep an eye out for information later.

Barco 3D PACS Visualization Software
So Barco (based in Kortrijk, Belgium) has been able to intergrate the imaging company Agfa’s picture archiving and communication system into its own visualization software. It seems that the software can transform 2D images to MIP, MPR, 3D or 4D recontructions. Pretty impressive stuff. Check out the Barco Agfa IMPAX press release for more.

Medgadget 19^th August:

Digital Lightbox Brings Minority Report to The OR (No Precognition Capabilities)
It’s like a giant IPhone, except this can show you the insides of your head, and what happens to you if you don’t have that operation you need. Think “The Simpsons” dentist episode.

MedicalPlexus: Professional Network for Clinicians
Think Facebook for medical students, except instead of stupid drunken photos, you get clinical cases, images, and videos. Medgadget tried it and gave it the thumbs up!

Today:

VA health care: The new technology
Good article on EMRs in Veterans Admistration Health Care, and what people who are pushing EMRs are trying to achieve.

The Health Care Blog 21^th August:

Health 2.0 on icyou
The health care blog has put up a stack for videos and information about Health 2.0 on icyou. Looks like it’s worth a look! Icyou is definitely worth a look, as it is a big healthcare video blog site. Can’t find the link for Health 2.0 yet though. Will post it when I can find it.