June 2011
Aethon Introduces Robo-Nurses
Aethon has built Robo-Nurses, which could be used in executing menial tasks so that nurses can spend more time attending to the patient’s need. The Robo-nurses, called TUGs, are being used in hospitals to perform tasks such as delivering medication, linen, food and laboratory specimens to the wards, and waste removal. Testing trials on the robot have shown that the time taken for delivering the medicine is much less and there is no scope for the drugs to go missing. A study of the TUGs by the University of Maryland Medical Center showed that the average time span from the time the pharmacy receives the prescription to delivery dropped to 30 minutes and saved 6,123 hours of the time spent by nurses for tracking the medication. Learn more at www.aethon.com.
Jun 23 | Permalink
BodyMedia Armband: Anatomy of a Body Monitor
An article appearing on CIOToday.com details how the BodyMedia armband works, and how one wearer lost 100 pounds in 16 months, using the armband and the interactive Activity Manager through her Android smartphone. Fascinating reading ... follow the link to get the whole story.
Jun 22 | Permalink
Co-eXprise CX4 Leverages PTC's Creo Elements/Pro
Co-eXprise, a leading provider of enterprise sourcing solutions, has leveraged Creo Elements/Pro as a way to decrease cycle time for new product introduction, enable higher margins and further leverage design assets for strategic sourcing processes. Co-eXprise CX4 is a collaborative cost management solution built to address the complex direct material sourcing needs of discrete manufacturers. Learn more about CX4 and how customers are using this solution to leverage design assets for strategic sourcing and increase business value at www.co-exprise.com.
Jun 22 | Permalink
TOA Expands Footprint, Signs 3 Major Customers
TOA Technologies, the only on-demand provider of enterprise class mobile workforce management software solutions, has signed three major telecommunications companies in the US and Europe. The company's ETAdirect platform allows customers to plan and manage their mobile workforce more effectively so they can better meet their customer commitments. It is the only complete end-to-end web-based enterprise-class solution on the market today. With ETAdirect, TOA clients can save an average of $18,000 per mobile worker annually, typically complete up to 47% more jobs per day, and increase customer satisfaction by 98%. Learn more at www.toatech.com.
Jun 16 | Permalink
TOA Study on Service Provider Related Tweets
In a study released this week, TOA Technologies found that more than 1 million people per week view Tweets related to customer service experiences with a variety of service providers and that more than 80% of those Tweets reflect a critical or negative customer experience. According to the study's findings, customers who have a negative customer service experience, and who broadcast that message via Twitter to their followers, have a broader impact on brand equity than ever before. Learn more about how TOA improves the relationship between companies and their customers using its cloud-based mobile workforce management platform at www.toatech.com.
Jun 14 | Permalink
Godfrey-Lee Schools Receives Federal Funds for Math Instruction
Godfrey-Lee Public Schools was awarded $625,000 in federal grants to improve math skills and the culture and climate at Lee High School. Of that total, $250,000 is allocated to the math initiative portion of the transformation plan for the school, which includes utilizing Carnegie Learning math curricula. The initiative is getting uder way this week with a two-week Algebra Camp (using Carnegie Learning Cognitive Tutor software) in which more than 80 incoming ninth-graders are getting a head start for the fall term. Learn more about Carnegie Learning's research-based math curricula at www.carnegielearning.com.
Jun 14 | Permalink
Commuter Advertising Profiled in Dayton B2B
Commuter Advertising, the newest member of the Draper Portfolio, was profiled in the June 2011 issue of Dayton B2B, a Dayton Daily News product. A recent winner of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce's Soin Award for Innovation, Commuter Advertising creates public-private partnerships that create new revenue for transit agencies. Congratulations to Katie and Russ, and the entire Commuter Advertising team! Learn more about this exciting advertising medium at www.commuter-advertising.com.
Jun 13 | Permalink
BodyMedia Opens its API
BodyMedia is opening up it's application programming interface (API) to developers as a way of encouraging new applications on top of its platform. Through the company’s FIT Activity Manager, data like calories burned, number of steps taken, minutes of activity and nutritional information is collected, and with the API, developers can access the information to build third party applications. Several products are already in the works, including collaborations with Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center and Panasonic’s VIERA Connect Internet enabled TV. Read more at www.BodyMedia.com.
Jun 9 | Permalink
Cleveland VA Chooses ClearCount
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center is the first hospital in Northeast Ohio to implement ClearCount's SmartSponge Sytem, the most comprehensive technology for the prevention of retained surgical sponge incidents. The Cleveland VA Medical Center is among the five largest VA hospitals in the country and has implemented SmartSponge across its entire suite of operating rooms. ClearCount offers a $2M Never Event Warranty ensuring that retained sponge incidents are true "Never Events". Learn more at www.clearcount.com.
Jun 7 | Permalink
BodyMedia Chosen as I Awards 2011 Winner
BodyMedia was chosen from more than 100 applicants and 12 finalists as an I Award 2011 winner in the Best Consumer Experience category. Winners were announced at the 6th Annual Wireless Healthcare Convergence Summit hosted by the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WLSA) and sponsored by TripleTree, LLC. Congratulations to the BodyMedia team! Click here to watch an interview with Chris Robins at the WLSA Awards.
Jun 6 | Permalink
BodyMedia Helps Shed Light on Childhood Obesity
During the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Conference, researchers from Iowa State University shared the results from a new clinical study that illustrate the value BodyMedia armbands can provide in studying physical activity behavior patterns that could be precursors for addressing childhood obesity. This study is among the first to use the doubly-labeled water method (the industry gold standard) to evaluate the validity of body monitoring devices in children. According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2-19 are considered obese - a number that has tripled since 1980. Learn more at www.bodymedia.com.
Jun 2 | Permalink
