McGraw-Hill announced the launch of Harrison’s for the iPad, the digital edition of the world’s most influential medical textbook, Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, created exclusively for the world’s most sought after tablet computer, the Apple iPad.
Harrison’s for the iPad was developed in partnership with Inkling, creators of the pre-eminent interactive content platform for the iPad. It leverages the mobility, rich media, and processing power of the iPad to enliven its content, improve speed of reference, and expand the learning experience for clinicians and medical students alike.
The iPad’s state-of-the-art platform and high quality screen resolution enabled the Harrison’s team of editors and contributors to create a new dimension of multimedia embedded in the text. Complete with advanced pedagogical tools, Harrison’s for the iPad brings to life the thought-leading clinical authorship and expertise that has been the hallmark of Harrison’s for more than six decades. Read the rest of this entry »
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IBM announced that BodyMedia is using IBM software to help consumers more easily achieve their weight-loss goals.
Powered by IBM software, the new personalized feedback capabilities in the BodyMedia FIT body monitoring system now provide users with their own fitness coach.
The new FIT coach component of the BodyMedia FIT Activity Manager software is the first solution of its kind that can calculate and deliver information on:
- Whether users are missing, meeting or beating their targets for burning calories daily
- Multiple activity options for making up shortfalls in daily goals for burning calories (e.g. “Hop on the treadmill and walk for about one hour at a speed of four mph and you should hit your goal for burning calories today”)
- Nutritional analysis of each day’s eating patterns, along with relevant recommendations for correcting problems such as excess fat intake
- Overall progress towards the users’ weight loss goals, along with advice to stay on course Read the rest of this entry »
This past year was full of surprises, from the health information technology hiring boom to the popularity of tablets in medical practices across the country.
Practice Fusion, the fastest growing Electronic Health Record (EHR) community in the United States with over 130,000 users reaching over 27 million patients, asked key experts in healthcare and technology to share their predictions for 2012.
The next twelve months are shaping up to be a ground-breaking year for the healthcare sector. Expert predictions for next year highlight the convergence of healthcare and mobile; clinical data being used to find the best treatment option; and continued adoption of EHRs as deadlines for Meaningful Use arrive. Read the rest of this entry »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a medical device that supports the weakened heart of children with heart failure to help keep them alive until a donor for a heart transplant can be found.
The mechanical pulsatile cardiac assist device is called the EXCOR Pediatric System, made by a German company, Berlin Heart. The device comes in graduated sizes to fit children from newborns to teens.
“This is a step forward, it is the first FDA-approved pulsatile mechanical circulatory support device specifically designed for children,” said Susan Cummins, M.D., M.P.H., chief pediatric medical officer in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. “Previous adult heart assist devices were too large to be used in critically ill children to keep them alive while they wait to get a new heart.”
The device consists of one or two external pneumatic (driven by air) blood pumps, multiple tubes to connect the blood pumps to heart chambers and the great arteries, and the driving unit. Read the rest of this entry »