Over the last 2 months, 24×7 readers took a break from their summer vacations to chime in on a number of important issues. Among the topics that most engaged readers were the challenges of CE-IT convergence, Stephen Grimes’ recent article on the dangers of complacency in the HTM field, and GE’s plans to partner with hospital C-suites.
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Change is an inevitable part of the healthcare industry, and of life. Last month, it came to 24×7 when John Bethune stepped down after more than 2 years at the magazine’s helm. Jenny Lower has replaced him as chief editor after previously serving as the magazine’s associate editor and managing editor.
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The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard has been actively used worldwide for more than 25 years to define how medical instrumentation communicates on a network to transfer clinical information and digital diagnostic images. In this month’s Networking, part 1 of a 2-part series, columnist Jeff Kabachinski reviews some of the main characteristics and concepts of the DICOM approach.
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It’s human nature to be reactive, rather than proactive, but that tendency comes with a particularly high cost in the healthcare technology management field, says Stephen Grimes in this month’s Soapbox. Without learning to adapt to change, HTM departments will find themselves, at best, increasingly irrelevant in the hospital landscape, or at worst, responsible for an unsafe environment, poor care, and costly implementations of technology.
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Nonin Medical has launched the NoninConnect Model 3230 Bluetooth Smart wireless finger pulse oximeter and Apple iOS mobile app outside of the United States to help clinicians and patients manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) more easily.
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