Techno Trends

Computerised physician order entry-related medication errors: analysis of reported errors and vulnerability testing of current systemsG D Schiff1,2, M G Amato1,3, T Eguale1,2,4, J J Boehne1, A Wright1,2, R Koppel5, A H Rashidee6, R B Elson7, D L Whitney8,...

SEDASYS, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, has come up with acomputerised sedation unit that would deliver the drug Propofol for minimal-to-moderate sedation. The device would provide comprehensive patient monitoring and would limit the depth of sedation through adjusted...

Professor Christofer Toumazou, at the Imperial College in London, has invented a‘lab on a chip’ technology that can examine a person’s DNA within about 30 minutes and diagnose certain diseases and also discover if a person has a predisposition. This...

The Netherlands' Royal Philips and IT consulting firm Accenture have joined hands to develop software that helps people with neurodegenerative diseases like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The software application is aimed at helping...

Feist-Weiller has announced the partnership with Caris Life Sciences to offer the breakthrough technology to cancer patients of University Health Shreveport, a clinical partner of the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine. New innovative, precision-medicine technology is used to find...

NORTH-EAST scientists have announced their latest innovation of a prostate cancer test that could help quick and accurate diagnosis of the most common cancer in men. Professor David Parker and Dr Robert Pal working in Durham University’s Department of Chemistry...

Singapore scientists have announced their new magnetic resonance relaxometry system for rapid label-free malaria screening within minutes using magnets. The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) has collaborated with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to develop this ground-breaking technology. SMART new...