Three Ways Misdiagnosis Can Be Reduced by Technology

People make mistakes. It’s human nature, right? But a waiter entering the wrong customer’s order will just get it sent back. A provider, though, entering the wrong diagnosis of a patient’s condition into a medical computer can potentially have more severe, even fatal, results. So to reduce those…


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Three Promising Early Diagnosis Technologies to Save Lives

You’ve been tasked to help save lives.  Specifically, you and the rest of healthcare IT are to look into the latest medical technologies for the early diagnosis of illness in patients. We help provide some guidance in that search, starting with what is early diagnosis and its importance in…


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Everything You Need to Know Before Buying an Anesthesia Cart

It’s not surprising the healthcare industry requires a lot of specialized equipment. Many of the tasks performed like surgery are unique. That’s why medical computers, for example, are used instead of off-the-shelf brands. Features like medical grade and fanless ensure they’re able to handle the…


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Chatbot for Healthcare: A New Era in Patient Care

Chatbots, or programs designed to simulate human conversation especially online, have been sweeping the news feeds for the past few weeks. Much of the interest is driven by ChatGPT, which has wowed users with its abilities to answer questions ranging from how to bottle-feed a colicky baby to…


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What a Code Red Means to Hospital Safety and Patient Lives

Hospitals are busy places. Yet many activities are tightly controlled to allow patients to rest and heal.  How do they achieve this almost eerie calm especially in emergencies? One way is through special hospital codes like the well-known Code Blue, which is used for patients in respiratory or…


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What is a Patient Kiosk?

Have you been to the hospital or seen your doctor in the last couple of years? Then instead of checking in at the front desk, you were most likely directed to a patient kiosk: a touchscreen device either mounted on the wall or a small standalone booth or table.  What is this device? Why are you…


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Best Practices for Batteries in Medical Computers & Tablets

Batteries power today’s electronics like laptops, the ever-present smartphone, to even the medical computers vital to many hospital computer systems.  Without them, the device is basically an expensive piece of junk.  Yet how does a battery work? And why are most using lithium as their key…


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Replace 6 Hospital Equipment with One Medical Computer or Tablet

Remember the days people used to walk with stereos and their arms fatigued from holding those bulky video cameras?  Now all those devices and functions fit in your pocket via your smartphone. A similar replacement, which we’re covering today, is happening in the healthcare industry thanks to…


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PC Cooling: Why It is Important and What are Your Options

Open almost any PC chassis and you’ll see its cooling system whether it’s a squarish fan unit or the more exotic water cooler. Or no fan at all if your PC uses a fanless design.  What are the similarities? How different are they? This guide aims to answer these questions in the hopes it’ll help you…


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Hospital Pharmacy and Its Scope and Objectives

In the past we discussed the uses for computers in healthcare facilities or hospitals. While we provided some solid guidelines, we didn’t address the various departments, their specialties, and unique requirements. Here we’ll be covering one of them ﹘ the pharmacy department ﹘ from its history,…


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