Hospital Revives Its Dead Patients. hospital revives its dead patients. In October, Cathy Uhl gave a blood sample as part of a routine physical examination, but less than two months later - according to the hospital that processed her laboratory results - she was dead. In October, Cathy Uhl gave a blood sample as part of a routine physical examination, but less than two months later - according to the hospital that processed her laboratory results - she was dead. Fortunately, Uhl and some 8,500 other patients who received treatment at St. Mary's Mercy Medical Center in Grand Rapids, Mich., between Oct. 25 and Dec. 11 were able to read of their unfortunate "demise in the bills sent out by the hospital's flawed patient-management software system. The hospital explained it was just a computer glitch, but I'm still waiting to see what this is going to mean for me."...

Hospital Workers Fired for Posting Patient Pictures on MySpace. Two members of staff at the University of New Mexico Hospital have been sacked after it emerged they had taken pictures of patients and uploaded them to a popular social networking site.. Two members of staff at the University of New Mexico Hospital have been sacked after it emerged they had taken pictures of patients and uploaded them to a popular social networking site. He added that the hospital would not tolerate unprofessional actions from staff and so, have come down hard in disciplining those involved. According to the AP, Giammo said that the hospital just has to rely on the word of staff that there are no more pictures of patients floating around cyberspace, however this is not the first time we’ve heard of hospital workers photographing patients....

Wii being used in physcial therapy in the U.S.. Hospital Wii. According to the Boston Channel many hospitals in America are turning to the Wii to help with Physical therapy or rehabilitation. Hospital officials say that many of their patients find traditional methods of physical therapy repetitive and boring, not to mention painful. The Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital west of Chicago, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Southern Illinois Healthcare are among the hospitals in the U.S. who use the Wii as part of the rehab programme. Although there hasn’t been any scientific testing as to the effectiveness of Wii Sports with regard to physical therapy, Lars Oddsson, director of the Sister Kenny Research Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, is working with the University of Minnesota to develop a study to measure how effective the Wii is for rehab....

At the Thailand RFID Forum in Bangkok, several companies told us that RFID, when combined with Wi-Fi, can track hospital patients, doctors and even lost children at theme parks. Such a system could also be used to track people like in a hospital setting. Suvanamas said the tags would simply be embedded into the hospital gown or in a wristband. K.Danai with Datapro Computer Systems, a reseller of Aero Scout, told us that their system is also used in hospital settings to track patients, doctors and equipment. Hospital staff can find life-saving drugs and equipment like crash carts, oxygen tanks and defibrillators in seconds with a simple web page interface (you can see the page in our picture gallery)....

The ambulance blindly followed their GPS system 200 miles the wrong way while ferrying a patient from the King George Hospital in Ilford to the Mascalls Park Hospital near Brentwood.. The ambulance blindly followed their GPS system 200 miles the wrong way while ferrying a patient from the King George Hospital in Ilford to the Mascalls Park Hospital near Brentwood. Fortunately the patient is still alive and the ambulance company says, "The patient was in a comfortable condition at all times while in our care and he arrived safely at Mascalls Park Hospital early that afternoon."...

If you work in a hospital or have small kids who like eating junk food and rolling around in the front yard then your mouse could be covered in germs and grime. If you work in a hospital or have small kids who like eating junk food and rolling around in the front yard then your mouse could be covered in germs and grime. In fact, the company points to an lab report that says 100% of Staphylococcus Aureus bacteria were killed when the keyboards were put under a Presept wash, which is a common hospital grade germ killer. The secret to the Unotron’s durability are the fully seals keys and buttons that can keep out dust, water and harmful liquids - like blood in hospital settings....

Reports claim that on the 8th of February, while we were all busy being excited about it being Friday, a laptop from Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley took a leave of absence. A police spokeswoman said : "West Midlands Police is investigating the theft of a laptop computer from Russells Hall Hospital on January 8, 2008. The theft of the hospital laptop comes just one day after a laptop in Victoria Law Courts in Birmingham went walkies....

Nurses at Miami Children's Hospital are now recording patient information into hand held personal data assistants (PDAs), rather than writing the information onto paper sheets. Nurses at Miami Children's Hospital are now recording patient information into hand held personal data assistants (PDAs), rather than writing the information onto paper sheets. The hospital is also using software from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions that compares a patient's medical history and current prescriptions with the new prescription being entered into the PDA....

Brevard (NC) - A 14-year-old boy was knocked unconscious and sent to the hospital as a result of trying to cool off his Xbox 360 over the weekend. Brevard (NC) - A 14-year-old boy was knocked unconscious and sent to the hospital as a result of trying to cool off his Xbox 360 over the weekend. His mother called 911 and paramedics rushed him to Transylvania Community Hospital in Brevard, North Carolina....