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GE HealthCare and Biofourmis Collaborate on Virtual Care-at-Home Solutions

Imaging Technology

Biofourmis’ demonstrated success with care-at-home solutions will extend GE HealthCare’s current inpatient monitoring portfolio to support patient care from the hospital to home,” said Ashutosh Banerjee, GE HealthCare. 2006 Sep;54(9):1355-63. Satisfaction with hospital at home care. J Am Geriatr Soc. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00855.x.

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

REBEL EM

Take Home Points Clinical presentation is very nonspecific; evaluate all patients presenting with back pain for infectious risk factors. MRI is key to diagnosis, obtain this imaging in all patients who raise clinical suspicion Patients with hemodynamic instability and neurologic compromise warrant empiric antibiotics.

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Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

REBEL EM

Clinical Scenario: A 45-year-old woman with hypertension presents with a productive cough and fever. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. A prospective randomized study of inpatient iv. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2006; 333(7580):1193.

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