CasaTunes Launches Promo For CasaTunes App For iPhone Oct 21, 2009
It includes up to nine music sources and can be integrated with home theaters, doorbells and paging systems. CasaTunes in-wall LCD Keypads offer an alternate, yet complementary way to control the CasaTunes based music system. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Emergency communications options explored Jul 2, 2009
Troy Fire Chief Joe Huntley has said from what he s learned so far, the VIPER system doesn t allow for signal penetration into structures as well as the VHF system; the county would have to keep part of the current system in place since VIPER doesn t work for firefighters paging systems. I realize digital is more modern but I still feel like the fire departments will be better off with the old system, Huntley said, adding that he hadn t yet taken advantage of the opportunity some other local... (Troy Montgomery Herald, NC)
Dispatch flips switch Jul 2, 2009
Technical teams from ConFire have been working with the departments to change radios and paging systems to make sure there is no interruption in service. Truly, we have a Plan B and a Plan C, says Chief Rod Ballard of the Big Bear Lake Fire Protection District. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
• Around the valley Jun 27, 2009
In an effort to "de-institutionalize their physical environments," the new guidance eliminates such nursing home practices as serving meals on institutional trays and cutting down noise on overhead paging systems. Idaho Health and Welfare spokesperson Emily Simnitt said that these changes do not affect the surveys that are already conducted to ensure the dignity of Idaho's care patients. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Pages to Doctors Don't Always Hit the Mark Jun 23, 2009
The findings were much the same in both hospitals, even though each has different paging systems in place, suggesting that other hospitals might be experiencing similar woes. A previous study of 14,000 hospital admissions had found that communication problems in general trumped even medication errors as a source of preventable disability or death. (MEDLINEplus)
