On Friday, December 12, with no electrical power or telephone service at the Home Care Specialists, Inc. facility in Haverhill, Mass., the company implemented its disaster response program. With the help of a generator, the company was able to handle patient calls using cell phones and deliver more than 100 emergency backup oxygen cylinders to patients without power. The following day, the company delivered and serviced more than 60 emergency backup Read the rest of this entry »
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — The world's biggest computer chip maker on Monday dove into the medical market with technology that lets doctors make house calls on patients without being there.
Intel Health Guide uses gadgetry and Internet connections to enable medical personnel to monitor the health of chronically ill people from afar.
Doctors and nurses can keep tabs on heart functions, blood sugar levels and other health factors of at-home patients Read the rest of this entry »
A longtime Pontiac funeral home was forced to close Friday after its owners were evicted from the property, a move that prompted a wave of sympathy in the community and quiet protest in the parking lot.
Five bodies and the cremated remains of 22 others from the House of Burns Memorial Chapel, 195 South Blvd., were taken to the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office early Friday morning for storage. By midday, one body had been claimed by family Read the rest of this entry »