From Star Trek Sci Fi to reality: Meet the medical TRICORDER device. Video.

Hospital in Your Smartphone is what  Walter De Brouwer is promoting of his invention that he calls" SCANADU SCOUT". Walter is a Belgian entrepreneur who had to learn how hospitals work -- and don't work -- the hard way after his son suffered brain damage as the consequence of a fall.

His inspiration came directly from science fiction: "Star Trek was more than just a movie, it was a business plan," he told CNN's Nick Glass.

The Star Trek TRICORDER:

PAST and PRESENT

Why the name?

It's called "Scanadu Scout" -- after Xanadu, an ancient city of great splendor and scientific progress, made famous by English poet S. T. Coleridge -- and the greatest thing about it is that it's not a design concept, nor a million-dollar prototype, but an actual product. After a successful crowdfunding round via Indiegogo, the Scanadu has began shipping to backers at the end of January. 

How it works?

It is a tiny, round and white device and it works by placing it on one`s forehead.

Through its sensor, and in a matter of seconds, the Scanadu Scout measures heart rate, temperature, blood pressure, oxygen level and provides a complete EcG reading, that is send to your smartphone where there is an a proper application.

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In Star Trek, the Tricorder was handled by a doctor, but De Brouwer thinks the most revolutionary aspect of the Scanadu is that it can be used by anyone: 

"We've medicalised your smartphone. You can now check your health as easily as your email. People will no longer ask if there's a doctor on the plane, but if there's a Tricorder."

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Intel and Lenovo partner technology in the Phoenix Children's Hospital's Child Life Zone.

Francisco De Jesùs.

This is the story of Intel and Lenovo partnering in a technology update for the Child Life Zone at Phoenix Children's Hospital. The new touch-enabled technology—including tabletops, laptops, and 2 in 1s—helps normalize kids by decreasing their feelings of isolation while improving their ability to communicate with each other and staff. The Child Life Zone provides a respite for patients and their families while they are at the hospital; this procedure-free area is a safe place to escape from the harsh realty of the hospital for a little while and just have fun.

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INTEL in Health: Mobility at the Point of Care—Tablets in the Operating Room. Video.

Francisco De Jesùs.

It`s good to see how  times have changed , from filling  a lot of papers and information about a patient and having big storages of files concerning health, progress, operations and everything related to them , is now simple with the help of mobile devices like tablets  you can have all on it and be sent anywhere around a hospital where it needs to go.

Technology efficiency in Health care is a number one priority in any circunstance and mobile devices manufacturers must go that way besides the social and fun services of them.

Intel says:

See how the delivery of healthcare services improves via mobile communication devices in the hospital setting. Find out more information and read the latest blog posts on health IT and mobility in the Intel Health and Life Sciences Community: http://communities.intel.com/communit....

IFA2012: Service platform emporia4CARE, new partnerships and new phones in popular product ranges.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

IFA2012: Service platform emporia4CARE, new partnerships and new phones in popular product ranges.

Announcement of the service platform emporia4CARE, new partnerships and new phones in popular product ranges

This year emporia’s appearance at IFA will be under the motto emporia4GENERATIONS", with the focus on safety, support for those providing care for relatives.  emporia4CARE – smart assistance in day-to-day life. The emporia4CARE platform can be used by emporia customers as well as their family members and, if required, also by care organisations. You can save, modify or set emergency contacts with ease on the PC using a few clicks of the mouse.  Extended safety concept with reliable partners for the home and while in transit  With Bosch, emporia Telecom are now entering into a sales partnership. Bosch is the expert for reliable home emergency call systems and has an established sales network in Germany. Two emporia devices are now available in the product portfolio of Bosch.  Safe, sophisticated and sporty: emporiaSOLIDplus and emporiaELEGANCEplusGPS  The new handsets include the intelligent emporia emergency call feature, which is also coupled with GPS positioning so that it is possible to track the position of the mobile phone at any time.  emporia Telecom looks forward to your visit in Hall 9, booth 309.  Detailed information is also available at http://www.emporia.eu.  emporia Factbox  emporia is the leading mobile handset manufacturer for the older generation. The company designs and manufactures mobile phones that are easy to use. emporia creates products and services that enable those who might otherwise struggle to use mobile technology to keep safe, secure and connected. emporia enables people to lead a more active and independent life through the intelligent application of mobile technology and a commitment to delivering outstanding user experience.  Press Contact:  Barbara Heim  emporia Telecom  Tel.: +43 (0) 650 / 887 39 872  E-mail: heim@emporia.at

HP Helps Doctors Save Time, Ease HIPAA Compliance with Fast, Secure Access to Patient Files.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

HP Helps Doctors Save Time, Ease HIPAA Compliance with Fast, Secure Access to Patient Files.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 27, 2012

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HP today announced that its thin client technology is helping healthcare professionals reduce time-consuming logins when accessing patient files, saving them hours each day and giving them more patient face time.

HP now offers “single sign-on” capability with identity-management provider HealthCast to hospitals, care centers and other businesses where compliance regulations require secure sign-on every time a doctor or clinician views patient files on a computer.

HP thin clients provide secure desktop access for credentialed workers, and HealthCast’s unique QwickACCESS proximity badge offers an easy “tap-in, tap-out” functionality and remote access solutions with second-factor authentication. The solution also enables “roaming sessions,” allowing users immediate re-access to their work at any workstation.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance for patient privacy requires each clinician to have a unique session each time they access patient information, so each session can be audited. A session must be secured when medical professionals walk away from the computer so others can’t see patient information without proper authorization.

Medical professionals typically log in 30 to 100 times a day, which takes time away from patients. HP’s solution helps when minutes matter in evaluating and treating a patient. Whether in the emergency room, intensive-care unit or other critical-care units, the ability to access a patient’s information quickly can make the difference between life and death.

St. Luke’s Health System, serving the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area and surrounding region, is using the solution to increase staff productivity while ensuring the level of security required by law for patient data.

“The combination of HP Thin Clients and HealthCast’s QwickACCESS software provides us with a much easier, yet highly secure system for accessing HIPAA-protected data in a medical setting,” said Michael Kamer, technology integration and IT manager, St. Luke’s Heath System. “The process is saving doctors and other medical staff valuable time that can now be spent focused on patients.”

HP t410, HP t510 and HP t610 fit needs of healthcare industry

The HP t410 Smart Zero Client, the HP t410 Smart Zero All-in-one Client, and the HP t510 and HP t610 Flexible Series Thin Clients, combined with HealthCast QwickACCESS, provide fast, simple, secure access to remote desktops.

“With this ID-management software and the HP Thin Client solution, a medical professional can be assured of complying with strict patient data-protection laws, while the hospital gets the additional security and cost benefits that a virtualized desktop environment provides,” said Jeff Groudan, director, Thin Clients, HP. “The flexible and mobile solution also enables busy medical staff to pick up a session on any HP Thin Client device in the building.”

The Windows®- or Linux-based HP Thin Clients support all leading virtualization platforms, including Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, VMware View and Microsoft® Hyper-V (RDP). HP Smart Zero Technology automates connections and handles protocol provisioning and updates. In addition, IT managers can use Microsoft Embedded Device Manager 2011 to easily manage mixed environments of Windows-based HP Thin Clients and PCs.

The 2009 HITECH Act

The HP - HealthCast solution aligns with the goals of the 2009 HITECH Act, which provides up to $35 billion in stimulus funding to healthcare organizations to deploy electronic health records (EHR) to replace paper and make files more manageable. Healthcare centers can use the money to deploy server virtualization solutions, which help health providers adopt virtual desktops for greater efficiency and improved ease of use.

Pricing and availability

The HP t410 Smart Zero Client, the HP t410 Smart Zero All-in-one Client, and the HP t510 and HP t610 Flexible Series Thin Clients with HealthCast QwickACCESS are now available in North America. Pricing varies based on software and hardware options.

Additional information on HP thin clients and virtualization solutions is available at www.hp.com/go/thincomputing and www.hp.com/go/clientvirtualization.

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

Video: New CPR technique revives man after 63 minutes without pulse.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

The rules of how to treat cardiac arrest are being re-written at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Technology, new drug treatments, conventional CPR and the use of hypothermia are now being coordinated with great affect - in one case reviving a man who'd been clinically dead for more than an hour.

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Rodney Whitmore is exercising in the physical therapy wing at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. It's part of his recovery regimen. Two months ago in his farm house, Rodney went into cardiac arrest. His heart stopped pumping blood and supplying oxygen to his body. Statistically, Rodney's brain should have been irreversibly damaged after just five minutes. But today, Rodney is fine... and he was clinically dead for more than an hour.

 (SOUNDBITE) (English) RODNEY WHITMORE, CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVOR, SAYING: "Being brought back to life….it's different." Rodney was the recipient of a revolutionary combination of treatments that saved his life and kept his brain intact. The immediate response of his wife Laurie was crucial. She began CPR - pounding on his chest to manually circulate blood through Rodney's body. 

 (SOUNDBITE) (English) LAURIE WHITMORE, WIFE OF RODNEY WHITMORE, SAYING: "I know I was scared. I remember being very scared I also, in hindsight think, I remember that this is what I needed to do and I that point, if I wasn't doing that, I was afraid, I was alone and I was just hoping that somebody will get here." After nine long minutes, help arrived. Paramedics hooked Rodney up to a defibrillator and something relatively new - a capnography machine, normally used in anaesthetic procedures. According to Dr Roger White, who was on the phone directing the paramedics that night, the machine tells emergency responders if CPR is having the desired effect. 

 (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. ROGER WHITE, MAYO CLINIC, SAYING: "We can measure the amount of carbon dioxide that is being excreted in the lungs during chest compressions with CPR - and that is a marker of the adequacy of the blood flow provided by the chest compressions." The defibrillator recorded audio of the scene. UPSOUND - RECORDING FROM DEFIBRILLATOR - "STAY WITH US HONEY" "RODNEY, PLEASE STAY HERE" "WE ARE GETTING HELP" - MACHINE SAYING "STOP CPR - SHOCK ADVISED" Dr White says night, the capnography machine and 63 minutes of CPR saved Rodney Whitmore's life...although it took 16 electrical shocks, and a large dose of stabilizing drugs before the paramedics were able to make Rodney's heart work on its own. 

 (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. ROGER WHITE, MAYO CLINIC, SAYING: "So our next step was to induce hypothermia which was to drop his body temperature to 91 degrees Fahrenheit to keep him cold for 24 hours and gradually re-warm him." After more than a week comatose, Rodney woke up with no signs of brain damage. He remembers seeing his family waiting when he opened his eyes.

 (SOUNDBITE) (English) RODNEY WHITMORE, CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVOR, SAYING: "I have heard stories…cause, actually from what they have told me I wasn't suppose to know them. (REPORTER: But you did.) WHITMORE ANSWERS: "I did" Dr. White hopes Rodney's story will prompt wider use of capnography. He believes the machine's ability to gauge the effectiveness of CPR will result in saved lives.

 (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. ROGER WHITE, MAYO CLINIC, SAYING: "The most immediate interest to me is to make capnography available to the people that first get there so that the moment CPR starts they can track its performance." Rodney admits his brush with death has taken an emotional toll. He says he appreciates life more than ever and after 35 years of marriage, he finally realises how important it is to hold his wife's hand.