Tag: HOSPITALS

It seems that normal civilians aren't the only people experiencing difficulty with their GPS systems these days. According to the Telegraph, England's North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has told its employees not to rely solely on their ambulances' GPS systems anymore. Paul Liversidge, the company's director of ambulance operations, told the paper that the change was necessary, since his ...

There's a constant and ongoing struggle to get hospitals -- and the health industry as a whole -- to modernize and go digital. Many have resisted, thinking that digital records will result in the same leaks of personal information we've seen in the repeated hackings of Monster.com. However, a new study should give those digital supporters a little more ammunition. According to that study, ...

So, conflicting news in the realm of mobile phone use in hospitals. Earlier this week we brought word that mobile phones are becoming more accepted in hospitals, a place where they had long been banned (at least on certain floors) due to fears of interference with sensitive medical gadgets and such. Now, however, a report out of Europe indicates that phones are as potentially dangerous as ever ...

Cell phones are creeping into the last few areas of our lives where they were once taboo. First it was the airlines, now hospitals are beginning to give the thumbs up to gabbing on your handset. The change is coming in response to a five-month study published by the Mayo Clinic that showed no noticeable interference from cell phones with medical equipment. Still, some are taking precautions, ...