Biodunolusesi.info
There is no doubt that the past 5 years have witnessed significant sketchy and uncoordinated attempts to introduce improved access to specialist healthcare in Nigeria using the medium of information technology.
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Colpaert K et al, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 10(1)
Background
Information technology (IT) may improve the quality, safety and efficiency of medicine, and is especially useful in intensive Care Units (ICUs) as these are extremely data-rich environments with round-the-clock changing parameters. However, data regarding the implementation rates of IT in ICUs are scarce, and restricted to non-European countries. The current paper aims to provide relevant information regarding implementation of IT in Flemish ICU’s (Flanders, Belgium).
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare
“As health data increasingly populates mobile phones, a new study from the Pew Research Center suggests that mobile health applications are accessed more by younger cell phone users than their older counterparts.
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Jamie Yap, ZDNet Asia
“Ever-increasing healthcare expenditure is signaling a need for the global healthcare business model to move from disease treatment to patient-centric preventative care, and technology is the key enabler to bring about this change, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report released Thursday.
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PESCA
“Desde hace algún tiempo venimos observando como la “nueva internet” está revolucionando la forma en que los usuarios se comunican y relacionan entre sí. Las nuevas redes sociales permiten a cualquier usuario de internet establecer relación personal o profesional con otros usuarios o grupos de cualquier otro lugar del mundo.
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Shawn Riley, HealthTechnica
“What does the future hold for an online patient? On a personal note, I believe the future looks rosy for the internet based patient (but that could easily be because of my day job). The online health care realm has penetrated remote areas and is taking medical care facilities right to the bedroom of the patients.
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PRWeb
“A recent study by the Pew Internet Project reveals that 17 percent of cell phone owners use their phones to look up health or medical information and nearly 10 percent have added software applications (“apps”) to help them track or manage their health.
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Brian Ahier, Healthcare, Technology & Government 2.0
“At the beginning of this year Kevin Pho, MD, Tom Gehring, CEO of the San Diego Medical Society, and myself discussed the iPad and its potential impact on healthcare in a piece published by HealthLeaders Media. As Kevin said, “The iPad could serve as a simple digital electronic medical record system that communicates easily with pharmacies and other medical record systems.” Well now ClearPractice has accomplished this feat with its new Nimble EHR, an innovative technology delivered via SaaS.
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GEN
“Telementoring may be an effective way for subspecialist surgeons to assist remotely located general surgeons in the care of patients in need of emergency subspecialty surgical procedures, according to new research findings published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
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Ereso AQ et al, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 211(3)
Background
Certain clinical environments, including military field hospitals or rural medical centers, lack readily available surgical subspecialists. We hypothesized that telementoring by a surgical subspecialist using a robotic platform is feasible and can convey subspecialty knowledge and skill to a remotely located general surgeon.
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Joseph Conn, ModernHealthcare
“David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS, said planners developing Stage 2 meaningful-use criteria under the federal electronic health-record incentive program will have slightly more strategic-thinking time than they had in creating Stage 1 criteria.
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Kate Ackerman, iHealthBeat
“Health care futurist Jeff Goldsmith says health IT adoption has lagged in the U.S. because there’s no definable return on investment. Goldsmith — president of Health Futures and an associate professor of public health sciences at the University of Virginia — warns that health IT adoption, combined with the current U.S. payment system and quality measurement requirements, is actually hurting productivity.
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Howard Anderson, Healthcare Info Security
“Organizations involved in exchanging electronic health records should provide patients with clear, brief notices about their data sharing policies, a privacy and security tiger team advising federal regulators says. In addition, they should make available a more detailed description of data exchange activities and privacy protections for those who want it.
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Susannah Fox, KevinMD
“New concepts need gimmicks. Proven concepts do not.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“The online health-information environment is going mobile, particularly among younger adults, according to a new report by Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“Using Computed Tomography Colonography (CTC) and teleradiology, providers in rural areas can with “minimal effort” bring colorectal cancer screening to their patients, according to the author of a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
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Elizabeth Cohen, CNN
“One day, Google’s chief health strategist, Dr. Roni, had an epiphany: On any given day, more people are posing health questions to Google than posing health questions to their doctors.
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Maurice Chevrier, Santé log
“Le Journal Officiel du 21 octobre publie un texte-clé, qui valide en quelque sorte la télémédecine comme une méthode de soin à part entière, décret qui consacre aussi l’entrée officielle de la télémédecine au Code de la Santé publique.
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Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“Our lead panel at MobiHealthNews Presents: Everywhere Healthcare at CTIA earlier this month debated whether Deloitte’s prediction that the mobile personal health record is the killer app for mHealth and whether data collected by consumers can be trusted by healthcare providers.”
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Telecare Aware
“The development of telecare services in the UK has, more often than not, been done on the basis of slim evidence from local trials or ‘on trust’ that spending a little you can save more. However, the just released report An Assessment of The Development of Telecare in Scotland 2006-2010 by Newhaven Research [for the Scottish Government, presumably, Ed Steve] which has realistic figures based on a large sample, will be a major boost to support business cases.
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