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Online tools will help monitor potential disease outbreaks at the Olympics
The combination of an online surveillance system that tracks infectious diseases and technology to predict population movements via commercial air travel could help to mitigate the risk of a disease
iPhone app delivers drug alerts, enables adverse event reporting
When it comes to improving patient safety, we say the more incremental steps, the better. File in this category MedWatcher, a new, free, interactive iPhone app to provide real-time surveillance of
Is new drug-resistant superbug a threat to medical tourism industry?
While medical tourism continues to rise in popularity, as we've reported several times over the last few years, potential international patients may think twice before booking their next vacation
Badges detect whether hospital workers have sanitized their hands
"Smart" employee badges are getting smarter. WNDU-TV in South Bend, Ind., highlights technology at an unspecified hospital that can detect whether caregivers have sanitized their hands by sensing the
SE Asia mobile phone project is a model for underserved Americans
Brace yourselves. I'm about to talk about mobile healthcare in developing countries, yet again. I sincerely hope you find this topic as interesting as I do, and that you don't think I'm just showing
New, lethal MRSA strain emerges
A new strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is emerging, which poses a grave threat to anyone who contracts it. Researchers with Henry Ford Hospital say the USA600 strain is
Florida patients exposed to infection due to re-used supplies
A Florida hospital is being forced to test nearly 2,000 patients for blood-borne pathogens after being treated by a nurse who admitted re-using IV bags and tubing. The hospital, Broward General
Study: Community MRSA infection rates increasing
Hospital MRSA cases have been a big enough threat in recent years. Now, it appears that community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are on the rise in the
Statewide health data exchange going live in Maine
The state of Maine will soon go line with a statewide health records network connecting 15 hospitals, three clinics and the state's Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This puts the state
Hospitals, officials gear up for swine-flu fight
For years, there's been talk of how the U.S. health establishment might react if a deliberately-inflicted outbreak of infectious diseases treatable with flu drugs--notably bird flu--were to break out
