Amcom gets 510(k) for alert notification tech

Brian Dunham | September 30, 2011 | Health Exec | Digital Transformation

The FDA has cleared Amcom's Messenger for market as a Class II medical device. The middleware technology relays alert notifications from patient monitoring and other clinical and safety systems to staff members’ mobile devices.

The product is designed to provide clinicians with mobile alerts on patient conditions. According to Minneapolis-based Amcom, it allows hospitals to create enterprise-wide hubs to help manage, prioritize and respond to events. Recipient devices can include smartphones, pagers and Wi-Fi phones.

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