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Patient webcam raises privacy issues
A recent incident in which parents installed their own webcam in their child's hospital room has raised a host of thorny privacy issues among hospital staff, observers and the medical community at large. Parents of a child at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute had placed a webcam in the child's room, a step they took so that a distant relative could check in on the child during its extended stay there. When a nurse discovered and reported the webcam installation, the family's …
Editor's Corner
This week, I'm reporting from the HiMSS '07 show in New Orleans. The city is absolutely crawling with conference attendees who have commandeered just about every convention center-area hotel room and flight in or out.
To …
Wis. hospital leverages tablet PCs
St. Clare Hospital in Wisconsin has implemented tablet PCs to streamline access to clinical information and improve care quality. The hospital, which opened in October 2005, purchased 450 Fujitsu LifeBook T4000 Tablet PCs for clinicians and 50 for nonclinical staff. The device, which allows handwriting with a stylus or typing with a keyboard, lets users access and work on digitized forms online. Providers can use the tablet PCs to access electronic health records throughout the four …
