Eva Olweean talks about the sensors in her room that helped diagnose a potential congestive heart failure at the Tiger Place nursing home Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, in Columbia, Mo. Tiny sensors hover unobtrusively over the toilet, shower and doorways to detect Olweean’s movements inside her apartment. Pneumatic tubes tucked in the mattress and beneath [...]
Posts Tagged ‘medical alert’
High Tech Sensors Help Seniors Live Independently
Posted in EMR Services of Canada, SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged e-health, EHR, electronic health records, electronic medical records, emergency medical records, EMR, medical alert, medical alert devise, personal health records, PHR on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Doctors Worried About Privacy of Albertans Medical Records
Posted in EMR Services of Canada, SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged e-health, EHR, electronic health records, electronic medical records, emergency medical records, EMR, medical alert, medical alert devise, medical ID, personal health records, PHR on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CBC News
Alberta doctors say a bill currently before the legislature will put the privacy of their patients’ medical records in jeopardy. Bill 52 would force doctors to give all their patient files to the new provincial electronic health record system.
Dr. Chip Doig, the president-elect of the Alberta Medical Association, said Wednesday that too many [...]
SGMS EMR in Canada
Posted in EMR Services of Canada, SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged e-health, EHR, electronic health records, electronic medical records, emergency medical records, EMR, medical alert, medical alert devise, medical ID, personal health records, PHR on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last year alone over 3 million medical mistakes occurred due to a lack of medical information regarding the patients medical history. In case of emergency an EMR could save your life.
EMR stands for emergency medical record, a small computer flash drive containing your vital medical information. It can be worn as a bracelet, necklace on [...]
PRESS RELEASE “INTELLIGENT MEDI-CHIP CREDIT CARD EMR”
Posted in SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged electronic medical records, EMR, medical alert, medical alert devise on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SGMS Corp unveils their new “INTELLIGENT MEDI-CHIP CARD”. Designed to fit in a person’s wallet, the Intelligent Medi-Chip EMR Credit Card was created to serve two purposes. First and foremost it has the USB Medi-Chip designed by SGMS to hold a person’s entire medical history built into the card which flips up when you want [...]
Electronic Medical Records in Saskatchewan
Posted in SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged electronic medical records, EMR, medical alert on December 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Electronic medical records established in Saskatchewan offices
SASKATOON – Thanks to electronic medical records being established in doctors’ offices throughout the province, Saskatchewan residents will benefit from faster, safer, better and more secure health care, says the Saskatchewan Party government. Health Minister Don McMorris and Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) President Dr. Joe Pfeifer signed an agreement [...]
Household Emergency Plan
Posted in SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged electronic medical records, medical alert on December 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Simple Steps to Safety
Create a family emergency communication plan. Communication systems in a disaster area are usually disrupted, so it is very important that you can reach someone who is in a location that is not affected to be your family contact — someone your family or household will call or e-mail to check in [...]
List of Known Terrorist Organizations
Posted in SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged electronic medical records, emergency medical records, medical alert on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The list includes “Also known as” as well as a “brief history” of each group and their “affiliation to other known terrorist groups” around the world. The list has been compiled by the government of Canada – Public Safety.
http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-eng.aspx
Canada must embrace change
Posted in SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged electronic medical records, emergency medical records, medical alert, medical alert devise on December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
TRANSFORMING HEALTH CARE IN CANADA – WE MUST EMBRACE CHANGE
Innovation has become a popular buzzword. Like motherhood and apple pie, it is considered gauche to oppose it. In Canada, we have a good list of innovations that have transformed our lives. BlackBerry was once a pie filling. Now it’s the gold standard for [...]
Listeria: What You Need To Know
Posted in SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged electronic medical records, emergency medical records, medical alert, medical alert devise on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Listeria monocytogenes (commonly called Listeria) is a type of bacterium often found in food and elsewhere in nature. It can cause a rare but serious disease called listeriosis, especially among pregnant women, the elderly or individuals with a weakened immune system. In serious cases it can lead to brain infection and even death.
BACKGROUND
Listeria is widespread [...]
Health Canada Warning Dec. 18, 2008
Posted in SGMS Emergency Medical Records In Canada, tagged electronic medical records, emergency medical records, medical alert, medical alert devise on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Warning – Do Not Give Cough and Cold Medicine To Children Under Six – Dec. 18, 2008
Last year, the agency recommended that cough and cold medication shouldn’t be given to children under two, unless directed to do so by a health care practitioner.
In a press release Thursday, Health Canada said it is raising the [...]
