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Tag: Wireless Health
FCC announcement is first step toward widespread MBAN adoption
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced it will allocate a 40 MHz band of spectrum, from 2360 to 2400 MHz, for medical body area networks (MBANs) – low-power, wideband networks used by body-worn sensors to transmit patient data to a control device. MBANs provide a cost effective way to monitor every patient in a […]
Researchers develop microscopic sensors for biomolecules, potential for personalized diagnostics
Researchers have developed biosensor technology which could yield personalized diagnostic chips hundreds of times more sensitive than current technology.
April’s first installment of the “Best of iMedicalApps”
In this installment, we look at whether smartphones are distracting for clinicians, discuss the Lancet iPad journal app, and look at a cool new device that helps you track your fitness called the Nike Fuelband. Additionally, we demonstrate how easy it is to check out an iPad from a medical library, review an app that contains health advice for patients, and lastly, we show you the future of TEDMED.
The future of medicine is … here: TEDMED 2012
In just a few short years, the TEDMED conference has grown in size and prominence to become an annual highlight for healthcare visioneers and digerati. The list of speakers shows it to include some of the best and brightest in the nation, and spans disciplines from engineering to medicine to informatics to chemistry. As many […]
