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Interesting little device over at jkOnTheRun from a few months ago:
Take Tunstall’s RTX3371 Wireless Telehealth Monitor, for example. The device just cleared the U.S. FDA and uses a slower GPRS cellular radio to receive and send data.
Vital signs are wirelessly collected from other compatible devices like weight scales and blood pressure units; the stats can [...]

Through John Sharp I came across this long list of hospitals using social networking sites over at Ed Bennet’s Blog…  This is an incredible list and from it Ed’s planning on coming out with some best practices on the use of social networking for hospitals.  Looking forward to it.

From the American Medical News:
Physicians increasingly are discovering smartphones serve a purpose beyond being a convenient communication gadget.
It is good to hear.  As you know we are big proponents of the use of mobile technology for everything  … so it is always good to read research that supports our crazy ideas.   Some of the highlights:
Physicians [...]