Sonitor’s new patient tag profiled on US tv
Sonitor’s Real Time Location System (RTLS) ultrasound technology for tracking patients and equipment has already been implemented in 24 US hospitals. Recently abc7 News ran a report showing how Tagnos’ patient tracking software is used with Sonitor Technologies’ Patient Tag to track how fast patients get through their medical visits at White Memorial Medical Center in East LA. “The beauty of this, is we know exactly where the patient is at every stage of the journey,” said Dr. Randy Sadd, head of preoperative services at White Memorial. Read more at www.sonitor.com

Biomedical Wireless Sensor Network phase II approved
Having successfully demonstrated wireless monitoring of vital body signs during surgery in phase 1, BWSN-II will add new sensors designed to follow the patient into the intensive care monitoring, post-operative recovery and then even in the home. The Nordic Innovation Centre has approved the 2nd phase of the project, starting during the summer 2008 running for 18 months.). BWSN-II will also include SINTEF (Norway) and Delta (Denmark) as new partners. The overall goal of the project is to achieve a biomedical wireless sensor network supporting monitoring related to different diseases, patient profiles and treatment life cycle included home care.

pHealth 2009 to Oslo!
The International Workshop on Wearable Micro and Nanosystems for Personalised Health, pHealth, will be held in Oslo in summer 2009. At least 300 attendees are expected to attend the conference and workshop, focusing on technology development and implementation of biomedical sensors for medical applications. Key topics at next  years conference include advanced research in micro and nano sensors, wearable and implantable systems, technological trends in ICT solutions for patient self management, health and life management and personalised interactions, business visions and experiences and implementation viability. For more information visit www.phealth2008.com