Suburban executes telemedicine project in Nigeria
The Punch
“Communications provider, Suburban West Africa, has implemented its telemedicine project through the application of teleconferencing technology in Nigeria.
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Time to make the case for social media in European healthcare
Silja Chouquet, Whydotpharma
“It is time.
Time to prove that quality health information in the hands of empowered patients leads to improved health, also in Europe.
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Avatar Health
Chris Gibbons, Healthcare Disparities Solutions Blog
“In the October issue of the medical journal Pediatrics, researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York published the results of a study showing that text messaging could significantly improve the rate of adherence among 41 young liver transplant patients. The text messages reminded the teens to take their medications and over the course of a year, the teens were more likely to take their medications than they had been before they started receiving the messages.
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Patient consent and ‘granular’ privacy control ties
Joseph Conn, Modern Healthcare
“The online culture is changing, shifting toward affording individuals more control over their personal information, as evidenced by the rollout last week of revisions to the privacy and security policies and technological framework by Facebook, a popular personal media site.
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On a Roll: Autonomous Navigation Lasers and Robotics Push “Smart” Wheelchair Technology to the Cutting Edge
Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American
“Engineers can build autonomous vehicles capable of cruising city streets without the aid of a human driver, as demonstrated two years ago in the DARPA Urban Challenge.
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South Africa’s health smart card deployment postponed
SecureIDNews
“Deployment of health information-bearing smart cards in the province of Gauteng, South Africa will be delayed due to a R40 million fee issued to The Gauteng Health Department, according to ITWeb.
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Mobile will be the big health IT buzzword of 2010
Dana Blankenhorn, SmartPlanet
“The Consumer Electronics Show, which presages consumer electronics trends every January, will devote an entire pavilion at next month’s event to “digital health solutions,” most of whom marry mobile devices to wireless networks.
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Apple investigates wireless health sensors
Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“While Apple supports the Nike+ activity monitor and has demonstrated a connected blood glucometer made by Lifescan at its iPhone 3G unveiling, its movement toward championing peripheral health devices for the iPhone has been decidedly limited to date.
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Patient Photos Help Reduce Hospital’s Medication Errors
Sarah Kearns, HealthLeaders Media
“When a new patient enters a hospital, staff members generally follow the same routine. The admitting nurse asks the patient’s name, date of birth, symptoms, and any allergies to any medications. From this information, a medical record is created and the patient may be admitted and is taken to a room.
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A BIDMC progress report on interoperability
John Halamka, Healthcare IT News
“Like many complex healthcare systems, BIDMC does not have a one size fits all solution for ambulatory records. Although we favor integrated systems, we need to achieve interoperability via interfaces between two EHRs – a home built web-based product called webOMR and a commercial hosted version of eClinicalWorks.
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The chaos of the NHS’s electronic records
Max Pemberton, Telegraph.co.uk
“What’s his name?” I asked. The nurse in A&E shook her head. “His address?” Again, nothing. “OK, do we know anything about him?” The nurse shrugged – not a thing. The mystery man had been brought in by police after he was found stumbling and acting strangely in the street. He was unable to talk and had no wallet or identifying documents on him. Although he was not wearing shoes, he looked quite well dressed and was obviously not living on the streets.
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Electronic records are less efficient than paper, finds DH research lead
Ian Quinn, Pulse
“A leading academic has dealt a major blow to the Government’s embattled electronic patient record rollout, after publishing a major global study claiming systems of its kind hamper rather than improve clinical care.
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Survey: Nurses Chide Wireless Capabilities
Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News
“A survey that included in-depth interviews with more than 100 acute care and home health nurses finds that 71% of respondents believe their organizations’ wireless networks don’t adequately support documentation and communication with other clinicians at the point of care.
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Patients, Physicians and Online Communities
Olivier Laurent, Coligane Group
“The internet has shortened distance between the patients and physicians. Further, both the patients and physicians are able to communicate with their respective communities in a broader fashion. Applications such as the Health 2.0 have opened up a virtual interactive world that goes beyond boundaries of caste, creed, countries and continents.
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Survey: EHR expectations increase with use
EHR Experts
“As medical practices nationwide focus on “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs), the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) reports encouraging findings from a survey of AMGA member medical groups.
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Presentation: Experience with sharing medical records with patients, Consumer Partnership for eHealth
Ted Eytan, MD
“I am giving the attached presentation at the Consumer Partnership for eHealth meeting today, in Washington, DC.
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Telefónica develops advanced telehealth
Sarah Bruce, e-Health Europe
“Telefónica has developed a home monitoring system that can collect five different vital signs, detects falls and transmit data to a caretaker centre to be assessed by doctors.
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Stalis standalone e-discharge summary
Sarah Bruce, e-Health Insider
“Stalis has launched a clinical e-discharge solution to allow NHS trusts that do not have discharge summary functionality built into their patient administration system to produce immediate summaries for patients.
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Electronic health records not a panacea, researchers say
Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News
“Large-scale electronic health record projects promise much, but sometimes deliver little, according to a new study.
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GGZ Nederland maakt zich om meer zorgen dan privacyschending EPD
ICTzorg
“GGZ Nederland ziet de inmiddels vertrouwde voordelen en nadelen aan het EPD, maar komt daarnaast met een aantal specifieke vragen. Hoe zit het namelijk met methadonbehandelingen en wilsonbekwame patiënten als het EPD wordt ingevoerd.
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