Body networks ask what is the frequency
Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet Healthcare
“After far too long in development, Body Area Networks are moving toward the market.
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Beyond putting patients in control and privacy safeguards in EHRs
Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“In a March 23 opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, Deborah Peel, MD, founder of the Patient Privacy Rights and leader of the bipartisan Coalition for Patient Privacy, argues that unless we put patients in control of their electronic healthcare records and put safeguards in place to make that data secure and private, the push to have a nationwide EHR system will fail. Peel is absolutely correct.
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La Santé 2.0 soigne les bobos
Vincent Fromentin, Agora Vox
“Alors que l’on voit fleurir le fameux suffixe numérique “2.0″ sur tous les termes à la mode, que signifie réellement la « santé 2.0 » ?
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EHR Data Exchange – Where is the Bang for the Buck?
Margalit Gur-Arie, On Healthcare Technology
“In the past months I have been religiously dialing in and listening to the ONC Policy and Standards committees meetings. The amount of work done by the members is nothing short of monumental and the combined knowledge and experience is astounding.
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AMA to team with Dell for EHR info platform
EMR Daily News
“The American Medical Association (AMA) and Dell announced that they are collaborating to help physicians adopt useful health information technology such as electronic medical records (EMR), ePrescribing, and laboratory services through the AMA’s new health information solutions platform for physicians, which will launch nationally later this year.
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Electronic clinical documentation may help prevent diagnostic errors, according to a perspective published in the March 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Laurie Barclay, Medscape Today
“Electronic clinical documentation may help prevent diagnostic errors, according to a perspective published in the March 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Can Electronic Clinical Documentation Help Prevent Diagnostic Errors?
Schiff GD, Bates DW. N Engl J Med, 362(12)
The United States is about to invest nearly $50 billion in health information technology (HIT) in an attempt to push the country to a tipping point with respect to the adoption of computerized records, which are expected to improve the quality and reduce the costs of care. A fundamental question is how best to design electronic health records (EHRs) to enhance clinicians’ workflow and the quality of care.
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Europe edges US in social media for health info, says study
Matthew Arnold, MM&M
“Europeans – physicians and consumers alike – are much more receptive to the use of social media for health information than are their American counterparts, a Digitas Health study suggests.
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KPN introduceert CQ Carephone tijdens Zorg & ICT beurs
ICTzorg
“KPN introduceert tijdens de Zorg & ICT beurs een nieuwe alarmeringsoplossing: de CQ Carephone. Met deze draadloze IP-DECT-alarmkiezer kan een cliënt die hulp nodig heeft, direct contact leggen met een hulpverlener.
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Social media likely coming to Vets health portal
Doug Beizer, Federal Computer Week
“Veterans Affairs Department officials plan to add social-media style tools to the portal veterans use to access health records, a VA official said today at the 2010 FOSE conference.
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Doctor checkups done via Internet
Lauren Biron, Daily Pilot
“Scientists at UC Irvine are developing a way to create a modern version of the house call.
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Healthcare Reform is a Cloud: Interview with Matthew Holt & Richard MacManus
Mike Kirkwood, ReadWriteWeb
“To get the conversation started, I asked Holt and Macmanus, “What is your take on cloud computing for healthcare?”
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Electronic Health Records Need a Fail-Proof Foundation to Deliver on Quality, Economy Promises
Roy Sanford, HealthNewsDigest
“There’s little debate among healthcare policymakers that electronic patient records improve health care quality and reduce costs. The Obama Administration agreed so much that it put $18 billion into the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (aka the stimulus bill) to promote “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHR).
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Untangling the Web — Patients, Doctors, and the Internet
Hartzband, Pamela, and Jerome Groopman, N Engl J Med, 362(12)
Medicine has built on a long history of innovation, from the stethoscope and roentgenogram to magnetic resonance imaging and robotics. Doctors have embraced each new technology to advance patient care. But nothing has changed clinical practice more fundamentally than one recent innovation: the Internet.
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Social Networks a Lifeline for the Chronically Ill
Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times
“A former model who is now chronically ill and struggles just to shower says the people she has met online have become her family. A quadriplegic man uses the Web to share tips on which places have the best wheelchair access, and a woman with multiple sclerosis says her regular Friday night online chats are her lifeline.
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Puppy Training Your Vendor
Paul Roemer, Healthcare IT Strategy
“The points about which Carrie wrote are spot on. I asked Carrie if she would permit me to use those same points as a foundation for this posting, to which she was kind enough to agree. The four points come from her article. I encourage you to read her piece, as any points with which you may take umbrage are mine, not hers.
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Tratando pacientes psiquiátricos on-line
Aguitarte, Somos Medicina
“Internet no podía sólo ser fuente de problemas psiquiátricos, también puede emplearse en el tratamiento de diferentes trastornos mentales.
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M2M Module for Medication Adherence Programs
theMobileHealthCrowd
“GlowCaps fit on standard prescription bottles and use light then sound reminders then a phone call or text message so people don’t miss a dose. Every time the pill bottle is opened the GlowCaps securely sends data to Vitality using the AT&T cellular network via Telit’s module. Daily adherence information is used to compile periodic progress reports that are emailed to patients, caregivers and doctors.
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Smart Contact Lens has Embedded Wireless Sensor
theMobileHealthCrowd
“STMicroelectronics, a supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) devices for consumer and portable applications, has announced that it will develop and supply a wireless MEMS sensor that acts as a transducer, antenna and mechanical support for additional read-out electronics in a breakthrough platform developed by Swiss company Sensimed AG.
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Doctors Need EMR Meaningful Use More Flexible
MedicExchange.com
“More than 90 physician and state medical societies sent a letter to federal officials calling their proposed criteria for the adoption and use of EMR s unrealistic and overly ambitious.
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