The best way to avoid mossies biting the hell out of you and getting infected with chikungunya is to hold your breath :). New research has shed light in to the mechanism mosquitoes use in targeting their victims.
Israeli water solution March 23, 2007
Sulis was a Greek goddess connected with water and healing, therefore it’s also become an appropriate moniker for an innovative new Israeli device which instantly purifies contaminated water.
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Communication device for differently-abled children February 24, 2007
“We envision a world where people will see an individual in a wheelchair and not instinctively think, ‘What a hard life,’ but rather, ‘What a triumphant and spirited life!’”
In a nutshell, that is what the Tango is all about. Tango is really cool and can help many parents and differetly-abled children. I am not sure if it can be reprogrammed with dhivehi. If it can be done, i think some one could do just that and introduce it to Maldives. Will be good business as well. What do you all think?
One of the greatest challenges we face as a community is making our language easier for others. That challenge includes making it easier or others to help educate exceptional children, or making it easier for others to play with people with special needs, and making it easier for others to communicate with individuals with special needs. Link to article from a father who has a child with cerebral palsy here.
Intel gives us the Mobile Clinical Assistant February 21, 2007
This is great news for all of us who know how time consuming and tiring a day can be in managing the vast ammount of patient information while giving the best care possible to our patients. We dont need to worry no more. Intel has come up with a all in one device with RFID technology embedded in to it. We do sometimes miss the 5 rights of medication administering: right drug, right patient, right dosage, right route and right time. We dont have to worry about any thing, not even making drug errors. Well, we might, but this technology certainly will come very handy in minimizing the errors we health care professionals make. I think we can provide patient education at its best with this device, which is one of the pillars of providing excellent health care. I am desperate to have my hand on one of these beauties, but sadly i know that it wont happen soon.
Intel has helped pioneer a new solution for the many challenges healthcare professionals face in dealing with patient histories and communications. Designed specifically for clinicians at the frontlines of patient care, an exciting mobile point-of-care platform called the mobile clinical assistant (MCA) helps busy medical staff in performing a vast array of important tasks. The MCA can help reduce medication dispensing errors and ease staff workloads so that clinicians can spend more time taking care of the patient.
Do not miss the product brochure. It explains what this beauty can really do.
101 Things To Do With A Mobile Phone In Healthcare February 17, 2007
Hello! Who thought that you could do all this 101 years ago. Where is watania or dhiraagu ? Hello!
Appointment Reminders (SMS)
Patient Support (SMS)
Medication Reminders (SMS)
Appointment Booking
Medical Data On SIM Card
Patient Information For Relatives
Peer Support For Patients
Post Cardiac Surgery Support
Accessing Patient Records
Access To Dietary InformationePrescribing
Patient Paging In Outpatient Clinic.
The CPR glove February 17, 2007
Fear no more if the need arises where you have to perform Cardio pulmonary Rescucutation (CPR). These two geniuses have invented the life saving CPR glove. I have come across many health professionals who has told me that either they forget the rates of compression, go too slow or too hard with the compressions during emergencies and emphasizes on how important it is to apply the right pressure (if too soft = no pressure on heart= no blood circulation=no oxygen=death). Well, it seems that you dont have to worry no more.
Although it uses the same concept of the defibrillators available today it will surely be very handy as a glove.
