Linda Burnes Bolton, Disruptive Women in Health Care
“We, as a nation, are at a critical moment in regard to health information technology (HIT). HIT has become a primary part of President Obama’s health care reform plan, and there is a significant investment for HIT in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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Don Fornes, Software Advice
“The Wal-Mart / eClinicalWorks (eCW) partnership to sell electronic medical records (EMR) software in Sam’s Club strikes us as an odd couple. While we think eCW will benefit from this marketing coup, we don’t see the relationship lasting over the long term.
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RedOrbit
“A new study in The Journal of Nursing Administration shows there are significant benefits for nurses and patients when continuous vigilance monitoring is used on medical-surgical unit beds. “The outcomes were definitive,” stated Dr. Patrick Sullivan, President and CEO of Hoana Medical, Inc. “Using continuous monitoring provides an early alert to RNs about potential patient deterioration so they can respond appropriately. It’s good for nurses and patients.”
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The Doctors TV
“The Doctors Meet the RP-7 Robot, a Mobile, Wireless Device that Allows a Physician to be in Two Places at Once.”
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Kevin Farnham, Programmable Web
“If you’ve ever wished you had quick access to your medical records wherever you are, developer Ford Parsons has created a native iPhone application you might want to try. Health Cloud uses the Google Health API to bring your medical records direct to your iPhone.
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York Student RN, York Nursing News
“Today, the Ontario goverment announced that it would spent $2.1 million to provide every diabetic patient with an electronic health record by 2012.
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Diario Médico
“El Consejero de Salud del Gobierno de La Rioja, José Ignacio Nieto, ha manifestado en la tercera sesión del ciclo de conferencias organizado por la Real Academia Nacional de Medicina La Sanidad española en el año 2009 que el SNS adolece de una falta de cohesión
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Jonathan Marks, Vimeo
“I bumped into David Doherty at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In this extended interview, he explains a number of issues all connected with mobile health. He is actively busy with developing the 3G Doctor concept, but his blog is a mine of information on what he has found elsewhere in the world….and that’s an enormous resource of ideas, concepts, projects and comments. I asked him to explain what problem he was trying to solve – and we then started discussing what strategies Google and the UN are adopting. Enjoy these highlights (its actually a avalanche of applications for mobile and health), and then head over to his blog.”
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ICTZorg
“Het toenemende aantal buitenlandse internetapotheken baart minister Klink van VWS grote zorgen.
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Mario Gibbels, ICTZorg
“Waarom zijn huisartsen zo bang voor patiënten die hun EPD willen inzien? Ik begrijp het eerlijk gezegd niet zo goed.
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Elizabeth Scott, Globe and Mail
“The battle against chronic illness is long, expensive and can involve a lot of guesswork. But closer monitoring of our body in real time is improving chances for better long-term health – and, ultimately, quality of life.
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ZAMP Bionews
“Concern was raised at the conference of family doctors yesterday regarding confidentiality of patient information.
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Jeremy Bradley, CNN
“At Imperial College London, medical students navigate a full-service hospital where they see patients, order X-rays, consult with colleagues and make diagnoses.
It’s an interactive, hands-on learning experience — and none of it is real.
These prospective doctors are treating virtual patients in Second Life, the Internet world where users interact through online alter egos called avatars. The third-year med students are taking part in a pilot program for game-based learning, which educators believe can be a stimulating change from lectures and textbooks.”
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“I’ve been wanting this for years. Because of the fact that I blog a lot, and read a lot of blogs, I make extensive use of RSS feeds.Â
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Hippocrates, Trusted.MD
“Anyone who followed my blog closely knows that I have been rather skeptical about the prospects of independent Personal Health Record (PHR) platforms and specifically those launched by Google and Microsoft.
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Pamela Lewis Dolan, AMNews
“Adoption of patient kiosks, simply defined as an interactive computerized system designed for self-service tasks, are on the rise, according to a study released earlier this month by the California HealthCare Foundation.
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Helen Altonn, Star Bulletin
“Telemedicine, which connects medical specialists online with patients in other locations, is a growing trend with great advantages for rural hospitals and isolated patients, says Dr. Jay H. Sanders, one of the pioneers in the industry.
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Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC Blog
The dust has settled. The last few days of last week were completely dominated in the US medical IT news by these to articles in the NEJM: Ashish K. Jha et al., “Use of Electronic Health Records in U.S. Hospitals” and David Blumenthal, “Stimulating the Adoption of Health Information Technology”.
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David More, Australian Health Information Technology
“I have to say that one of the things I have been hoping would happen for a good while now was that the Opposition notice the hopeless way Minister Roxon is handling e-Health and bring some pressure to bear to have the game lifted.
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Emily Singer, Technology Review
“Thanks to the $19 billion designated for health-care information technology in the recent stimulus bill, electronic health records (EHRs) have garnered a great deal of attention in the past few weeks.
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