FCC to authorize wireless medical monitors 
KPRC Houston
The Federal Communications Commission says it plans to allocate spectrum bandwidth for use of body sensors that would monitor a patient's vital signs wirelessly. The spectrum will work specifically with MBAN (medical body area network) sensor devices.
FCC Allocates Spectrum to Medical Monitoring Proformative

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Writing business grows from medical profession 
Cincinnati.com
Keith Kleeman is turning needs like these into a growing niche business that offers specialty medical writing services on a contract basis. His company, Medical Communications Consultants, has grown 80 percent a year since he launched it more than five ...

 

Ornge marks Emergency Medical Services Week 
Avionics Intelligence
On-board medical care is made possible by a system of paramedics and paediatric nurses with specialized training to care for acute patients in the aero-medical environment. Through a multi-system communication network, paramedics have access to ...

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medical implants vulnerable to hackers 
WTOP
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, which authored the bulletin for DHS, says many devices like these "are vulnerable to cyber-attacks by a malicious actor who can take advantage of routine software update capabilities to ...

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Stewartsville resident leaves corporate sector for medical school 
Warren Reporter
The Stewartsville resident came to medicine through a more circuitous route. Following her graduation from Marist College with a BA in Communications, Gianna spent five years in the telecom sector and earned her Master's Certificate in Project ...

 

National Museum of Health and Medicine reopening on 150th anniversary 
Washington Post
There's more than war in the Defense Department's refreshed and relocated National Museum of Health and Medicine, which will celebrate its grand reopening in Silver Spring on Monday. The arthritic skeleton of Peter Cluckey sits in its wooden chair, ...

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FCC chooses spectrum for wireless medical devices 
Reuters
The allocation of spectrum for so-called Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs) is part of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's push to free up unused spectrum and will be up for a vote at the FCC's May 24 meeting.
FCC's approval of wireless spectrum for healthcare would unchain patients from ... ModernHealthcare.com
FCC Proposes New Wireless Spectrum for Medical Monitoring eWeek
FCC to allocate spectrum for wireless medical monitoring WTVR
National Journal 
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People in the News 
Philadelphia Inquirer
SteegeThomson Communications, a Philadelphia agency specializing in marketing and development communications for nonprofit organizations, hired Denise H. Portner as a senior vice president. She had been senior vice president in public relations at ...

 

Boulder County Briefcase: May 21, 2012 
Daily Camera
Griff/SMC Medical Marketing Communications, of Boulder, recently was honored four times with the prestigious Gold Key Award from the Business Marketing Association. The agency received Best Creative and Best Strategy Awards, along with individual Gold ...

 

Human Circuit Chosen as Media Integrator for Ohio's Riverside Methodist Hospital 
MarketWatch (press release)
GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Human Circuit announced their collaboration with The Center for Medical Education and Innovation(TM) (CME+I) at Riverside Methodist Hospital. Human Circuit is proud to have been chosen once ...

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