by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Aug 26, 2014 | Bluetooth
During an eight hour shift it is understood that a clinician may need to log into the EMR up to sometimes 68 times with his/her password? What if all you had to do was carry your BluStor card to eliminate the “manual log in”? Simply by biometric authentication, a...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Aug 22, 2014 | Bluetooth, SmartCards
Smart cards have significant benefits versus magnetic stripe (“mag stripe”) cards for healthcare applications. First, smart cards are highly secure and are used worldwide in applications where the security and privacy of information are critical requirements. ▪ Smart...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Aug 14, 2014 | Bluetooth
Bluetooth LE or 4.0 is disruptive technology that will re-shape the medical device landscape. I really do not like the term of 4.0, because it tends to describe this as another evolution of BT. It is not a evolution, but in my opinion a revolution. It is my prediction...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jul 25, 2014 | Bluetooth
Being in the wireless space (UHF/VHF) for decades and developing solutions as early as 2000 when the WLAN became adopted (1999 via 802.11b and the WiFi Alliance), this is another major convergence. The value proposition of incorporating BTLE into an existing or...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jul 18, 2014 | Bluetooth
While the 4.0 specification has been around a little while, I envision this changing the landscape for a variety of reasons in the medical device world. Some attributes Bluetooth® Smart Technology is Medical Grade Bluetooth Smart is the ideal wireless standard for...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jul 12, 2014 | Bluetooth
Bar coding has been around for decades and very proven in the marketplace. It is easy, not costly, and is pretty much error free. The “decode” is dependent upon the proper (previous laser scanning, now CCD imagers), capturing the entire bar code. If you ever have seen...
