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Dr Hamish Steiner

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MO tipster’s safety device gets TV airing

MO tipster’s safety device gets TV airing

THE creation of a simple tool to improve his colleagues’ safety has landed rural NSW GP Dr Hamish Steiner (pictured) a spot on the ABC’s New Inventors television show. After featuring in Medical Observer ’s GP Tips column , Dr Steiner, of Cooma, was invited to showcase his GPSafety product to a panel of experts on the program. The system consists of a small, illuminated panic button which plugs into the USB port of the doctor’s computer. When pressed it sends an undetectable duress signal to all other computers within the practice. ...

Safety concerns spark GP innovation

A NSW GP has harnessed computer technology to develop a simplified panic button to assist doctors faced with threatening patients. The GPSafety system, created by Dr Hamish Steiner, consists of a small panic button which is plugged into the USB port of the doctor’s computer. The button is illuminated and, when pressed, is undetectable to the patient, but activates a program which sends a duress signal to other practice computers. “It didn’t take a long time to come up with the idea... but it took a longer time to implement it. Writing the software was quite easy, and it’s idiot proof,” he said. ...

Pressing demand for safety button

Pressing demand for safety button

DR Hamish Steiner of Cooma, NSW, is a top tipster and this brilliant invention indicates why. Duress alarms are expensive to hard-wire into a surgery, and difficult to move into new rooms. Dr Steiner has written a unique software program to activate a button that plugs into your computer’s USB port. In any sort of emergency, pressing the button secretly sends a screen alarm message and tone to every other linked computer in the building, indicating your room. The software can be downloaded free of charge and the buttons cost just $60 each; a small ...