A new sensor-based system for tracking patient respiration and heart rate is being tested at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, Massachusetts. Developed by Tel Aviv-based EarlySense, the 30 pilot units will also provide clinical staff with data-driven charts and graphs…. Read moreEarlySense hospital bed sensors piloting in Massachusetts

Patients undergoing hand surgery and under regional anesthesia at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham UK are being supplied with iPads and headphones supplied by the hospital’s charity. The idea was developed by physician assistant Mark Leonard to distract patients from… Read moreiPads are welcome distraction during surgery (UK)

Health New England, a managed care insurer in western Massachusetts, is adopting a HIPPA-compliant smartphone app which, according to the developers, is the first of its kind where HIPAA information can be accessed via a smartphone/tablet app in a secure cloud… Read moreHealth New England adds member app

Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to DecemberBut the days grow short when you reach September ‘September Song’, Weill/Anderson Ed. Donna has lately been summertime-quiet on data breaches [TA 26 May, 25 Feb, 6 Jan] but the changing… Read moreOnce again into the (data) breach: 'September Song' edition