State Legislatures to Prioritize EHRs, HIEs in 2012
Each year, the National Conference of State Legislatures takes a look at the issues policymakers will be forced to confront over the coming year. Among the priorities highlighted in the organization's list of "Top 12 Legislative Issues of 2012" are the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and the creation of health information exchanges (HIEs). From the organization: By mid-year...
James Dyson Award Draws Medical Electronics Entries
Each year, product design, industrial design, and engineering students around the world vie for the James Dyson Award, given to the individual or team with the most innovative product design. This year's entries ranged from an irrigation system to a room divider and also included several medical electronics. One of the runner-up products is BlindSpot, a smart cane designed to help people with...
This Week in Electronics: Medical Device Software Accused of Being Underregulated; New U.S. Medtech Hubs
This week brought news of four up-and-coming medtech hubs in the U.S. and allegations that medical device software is underregulated. Electronic Medical Records Might Boost Diabetes Care (U.S. News & World Report) New Medtech Hubs Are on the Rise in the United States (MD+DI) Medical Device Software Criticized as Under-Regulated (LA Times) Reliability Issues Could Plague Carbon Nanotubes...
There's Opportunity in Optimizing EHRs for iPad
Electronic health records are catching on, as Marty Briggs, creative director of marketing for healthcare technology company HealthFusion, found out on a recent visit to his family doctor. In a guest blog post for Software Advice, he relates the story of how his once-skeptical physician has finally made the leap to EHRs. Briggs' doctor chose a version of the iPad as his preferred tablet, and he'...
Medical Device Security Is a Serious Issue That's Not Going Away
There's an interesting post on the Wind River Blog Network today about the need to make connected medical devices more secure. Santhosh Nair writes that as medical devices have become smarter and more interconnected, threats to their security have also increased. He cites examples of vulnerabilities in everything from implantables to drug delivery devices. Nair also asserts that the hackers...