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Can We Really Eliminate Medical Errors Through Technology?

by Nathan Lord May 25, 2011 Healthcare
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Last week my daughter was complaining of stomach pains and issues. Typically, we would load her up with the pink stuff and be on our way. But things were back and forth in how she was feeling so we felt like we better take her to get it checked out. We went to the pediatrician [...]

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Motorola’s Healthcare Industry Presentation and Cinco de Mayo Floor Day

by Jimmi Leigh Griffin May 23, 2011 AIDC
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Motorola’s Cinco de Mayo floor day was a full and exciting event filled with healthcare training, prizes, lots of wonderful food, a healthcare demo lab, ice cream truck, and so much more! Come watch all the fun! If your RSS reader or email program does not show the video, watch it on youtube here: Motorola’s [...]

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Senior Care Facility Improves Senior Care with Socket Mobile’s 650 Handheld Computer

by Beth Dameron May 12, 2011 AIDC

Now here’s an odd headline: “Good Samaritan (Senior Care Facilities) Improved Senior Care with Socket Mobile’s (“SoMo”) 650 Handheld Computer“. Having had a father in a nursing home facility for several years, I don’t think the SoMo would have crossed my mind when thinking about things that would improve my dad’s care. But think about [...]

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Cashing In as a Healthcare IT Service Provider or Managed Service Provider (MSP)

by Nathan Lord May 10, 2011 Healthcare

So, one of my co-workers and a fellow blog-mates here on The Source (Katharine Peery) shared a handy website with me for some “insider” info to SMB opportunities in the channel with some good healthcare content. Admittedly, since I’m one of the healthcare guys around here I’m a little ashamed I had to get this good [...]

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Help Save Lives by Educating Yourself on the Healthcare Industry

by Nathan Lord April 12, 2011 Healthcare

This morning I was heading to the break room to get my cup of ice for my daily cup of Joe, also known as Mountain Dew, when something on the TV caught my attention. Well, if I’m being honest, it was news about a certain basketball player’s mom being arrested for disorderly conduct and the [...]

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Motorola Wireless Solutions: the “backbone” of your healthcare facilities mobility solution

by Jimmi Leigh Griffin April 7, 2011 Healthcare

Have you ever been to the doctor with random aches and pains, headaches and the like and been sent promptly to the chiropractor?  Well, as unrelated as it may seem, if you don’t properly care for your spine it can cause a host of other (seemingly unrelated) health issues. The same theory applies to taking [...]

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Physicians Need Barcoding Too

by Nathan Lord February 25, 2011 Healthcare

One of our buddies around here is “Noosh”, Mark Neuenschwander of The Neuenschwander Company (say that 5 times fast). Over the last year or so we’ve been able to develop a relationship with his team through our Healthcare VAR Source program, and as a result have really stayed on top of some of his topics [...]

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Whats new in medical technology and football?

by Nathan Lord February 2, 2011 Healthcare

So as you guys know, I work with the healthcare group here at ScanSource. And since it’s Super Bowl time, I felt obligated to do a post relating football to healthcare (I think it’s a bloggers rite of passage to tie in a topic to a current event). I started wondering about some new technologies [...]

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Candy, panty hose and healthcare opportunities?

by Nathan Lord January 19, 2011 AIDC

Ah yes, I knew that title would grab your attention. So you’re sitting there wondering, “what in the world is this nut talking about?”. Well, there’s a simple answer (that I will lengthen a little so this blog looks a little more impressive). When thinking healthcare opportunities, most people think… Hospitals (patient care, asset tracking, [...]

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A Helpful Resource – Government Grants Website

by Katharine Peery January 6, 2011 Government

I was recently informed of a really helpful website that Motorola created – it’s the Motorola Government Grants website. Take a few minutes to browse the website and check out some of the great information that is posted. The site is broken out by several vertical markets including Law Enforcement, Port Security and Healthcare. Each [...]

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