Highlights: ? Task analysis of an emergency medical service. ? Emergency personnel participated in the icon design for the medical information system. ? Understandability of the developed icons were tested by a second group of physicians and nurses. ? Final … Continued
Conclusion: It is difficult to obtain accurate data on the true impact of this technology in the early stages of its implementation. This preliminary analysis allowed us to identify improvement measures to distinguish, in future evaluations, the alarms triggered by … Continued
Maimonides Medical Center Takes First Step in Pioneering Telemedicine Initiative With Verizon Business – May 6, 2007 Maimonides Medical Center is one step closer to realizing the future promise of telemedicine. Maimonides turned to Verizon Business to design and deploy … Continued
UVA Researchers Unveil a New Search Engine for MEDLINE Providing the Most Relevant Results – March 19, 2007 Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have created a new online search engine – www.relemed.com – that provides medical … Continued
Varian Medical Systems Announces Intent to Acquire ACCEL Instruments GmbH – January 4, 2007 Varian Medical Systems, Inc., today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire ACCEL Instruments GmbH, a privately-held supplier of proton therapy systems for cancer treatment … Continued