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The Patient is handed the tablet...
The Patient is handed the tablet...

APP.COM - END OF THE PAPER TRAIL | Asbury Park Press OnlineI really happen to like this story as it shows even a novice, a patient who has never used a tablet before, had no issues with adding his patient information. The physician is really seeing his return on investment here as this is also savi…

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28Feb2007


Industry Exec at HIMMs adds humor to the role of hospital CIOs and advice for CEOs
Industry Exec at HIMMs adds humor to the role of hospital CIOs and advice for CEOs

Modern Healthcare Online"If you're a CIO, this will be a particularly painful next hour," Garets promised.On the topic of benchmarking, Garets said CEOs want to compare their organization to its competitors, but Garets suggested that CIOs should not compare their hospital with other healthcare opera…

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28Feb2007


QuickBooks Contact Synch for Outlook
QuickBooks Contact Synch for Outlook

QuickBooks Contact Synch for OutlookLast week I posted an article about free accounting software from Microsoft and the competition continues with Quick Books allowing synchronization for Outlook. If your version of Quick Books is 2005 or above, it looks like it will work for you, along with being …

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28Feb2007


Neochroma mobile projector blows up cellphone screens - Engadget
Neochroma mobile projector blows up cellphone screens - Engadget

Neochroma mobile projector blows up cellphone screens - EngadgetInteresting look at a new mobile phone projector. With all the information being ported to a cell phone today, this small project appears to make it possible to project to the size of a 19 inch monitor. BD …

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28Feb2007


Having trouble sleeping?
Having trouble sleeping?

More Than 20,00 People Worldwide Now Use SLEEPTRACKER® For a Better Start to the DayInteresting new item designed by a sleep physician...BD Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 28, 2007 -- Innovative Sleep Solutions' unique sleep-monitoring and wake-up device, SLEE…

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28Feb2007


Microsoft Office 2003 Apps Hit with New Crash Bugs
Microsoft Office 2003 Apps Hit with New Crash Bugs

PC World - Microsoft Office 2003 Apps Hit with New Crash BugsOne more warning about Word and Excel.....BD"A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by presenting a malicious WMF file to a victim user," said Symantec's report on the Office 2003 flaw. "The issue is triggered when the applicatio…

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27Feb2007


FDA Approves Cymbalta(R) For Treatment Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
FDA Approves Cymbalta(R) For Treatment Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

FDA Approves Cymbalta(R) For Treatment Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: "Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the antidepressant Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a conditio…

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27Feb2007


MercuryNews.com | 02/26/2007 | Study: Patients favor doctors that use electronic medical records
MercuryNews.com | 02/26/2007 | Study: Patients favor doctors that use electronic medical records

MercuryNews.com | 02/26/2007 | Study: Patients favor doctors that use electronic medical records NEW YORK (AP) - Doctors looking to attract new patients may want to buy an electronic medical record system because a new survey slated to be released Monday found that a majority of consumers …

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27Feb2007


Microsoft CEO Keynote Speaker at HIMMS
Microsoft CEO Keynote Speaker at HIMMS

Modern Healthcare Online: "'Healthcare is the single-largest industry in the world, and yet we don’t see quite the same level of standardization in the healthcare industry that we do in the manufacturing industry,' he said. 'The needs of the providers simply have not been met.'Making sense of the in…

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27Feb2007


First-Time Generic Approvals: Focalin, Valtrex, Hydrodiuril
First-Time Generic Approvals: Focalin, Valtrex, Hydrodiuril

Medscape Medical News 2007. © 2007 MedscapeFebruary 16, 2007 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved first-time generic formulations for dexmethylphenidate HCl tablets in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, valacyclovir HCl tablets for the treatment of genital…

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27Feb2007


Microsoft Acquisition of Medstory
Microsoft Acquisition of Medstory

Microsoft Demonstrates Further Commitment to Healthcare Market With Planned Acquisition of Web Search Company: Medstory’s intuitive technology designed to improve access to health information and empower consumers to make better-informed health decisions.The site has a nice format for searching and …

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26Feb2007


Federation of American Hospitals also have a plan for Insurance Coverage
Federation of American Hospitals also have a plan for Insurance Coverage

Hospital firms outline plan for universal care - The Boston Globe: "Hospital firms outline plan for universal careBy Associated Press | February 22, 2007WASHINGTON -- The largest hospital operators in the country say providing health insurance for all Americans can be achieved by expanding governm…

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26Feb2007


Good news for not-for-profits
Good news for not-for-profits

Modern Healthcare OnlineWith the HIMMS conference this week in New Orleans, there will be many more additional news items coming forth this week as well. BDThe Internal Revenue Service may soon rule that not-for-profit hospitals can subsidize the cost of e-prescribing and electronic medical records…

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26Feb2007


U.S. Regulators Approve Cymbalta® For Treatment Of Generalised Anxiety Disorder
U.S. Regulators Approve Cymbalta® For Treatment Of Generalised Anxiety Disorder

U.S. Regulators Approve Cymbalta® For Treatment Of Generalised Anxiety DisorderThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the antidepressant Cymbalta® (duloxetine HCl) for the treatment of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Boehringer Ingelheim an…

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26Feb2007


Share Point Services?  What is this?
Share Point Services? What is this?

norwichbulletin.com - www.norwichbulletin.comThis is a good article describing the basics of Share Point services. Share Point services tends to be used generically sometimes, when in fact there are many flavors of Share Point. This article describes a server/client installation, but there are als…

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26Feb2007


Free Accounting Software - Microsoft Accounting Express
Free Accounting Software - Microsoft Accounting Express

Do you need accounting software for the practice? Microsoft has free accounting software that will help you get started if you not set up with Quick Books or some other type of accounting software. The free version will only allow for use with one computer. If you are happy with the software, i…

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25Feb2007


Lilly Introduces World's First Digital Insulin Pen With Memory
Lilly Introduces World's First Digital Insulin Pen With Memory

Lilly Introduces World's First Digital Insulin Pen With MemoryEli Lilly and Company today announced the launch of the first insulin pen with memory, HumaPen® MEMOIR™, to help simplify the daily management of diabetes.MEMOIR is designed to meet the needs of people with diabetes who take several shots…

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25Feb2007


New Storage Instructions Approved For BYETTA®
New Storage Instructions Approved For BYETTA®

New Storage Instructions Approved For BYETTA®: "Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved more convenient patient storage instructions for BYETTA® (exenatide) injection. BYETTA Pens …

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25Feb2007


Help the cash patient...$4.00 prescription links
Help the cash patient...$4.00 prescription links

Both Target and WalMart/Sam's Club have $4.00 generic prescription plans. There are around 300 on each list. It just could be a good idea to keep a copy of the listings available, as the price could make the difference on whether or not some patients could afford the prescription. Sometimes the …

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23Feb2007


EO UMPC from Tablet Kiosk Mobilizes Southern California Physician
EO UMPC from Tablet Kiosk Mobilizes Southern California Physician

Dr. Jack Rubin, an internist and nephrologist is really putting his UMPC to work. Dr. Rubin is currently consulting and admitting at 15 local hospitals in the Orange County/Los Angeles area, as well as seeing a good number of patients at his local office.Dr. Rubin makes the maximum use of his EO by…

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22Feb2007


Is it a bong or Exubera?
Is it a bong or Exubera?

In case you haven't seen this product yet, it is has a very interesting design and a fairly large price tag that goes along with it. I don't see this being portable enough to carry in my purse, plus if I were in a public location, someone might think I have a bong and could possibly alert the autho…

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22Feb2007


Using a UMPC as a Desktop Replacement
Using a UMPC as a Desktop Replacement

Did you you can use your UMPC as a desktop replacement? Hugo Ortega, a Microsoft MVP does an excellent job on showing how the UMPC can be both your desktop and and then be available to be mobile. He is demonstrating the EO from Tablet Kiosk in part 2 and does a very good job with a visual "how to"…

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22Feb2007


Physician explains to other MDs the value of relational data bases
Physician explains to other MDs the value of relational data bases

This is an excellent commentary with one physician discussing the benefits of relational data bases and their development and use, a nice way of explaining why document storage is not the ultimate answer for health records. BDThe reason is many physicians do not know what they need. They have littl…

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22Feb2007


Pharming Attack Targeted Bank Customers Worldwide
Pharming Attack Targeted Bank Customers Worldwide

Good article about online awareness...BDAn attack this week that targeted online customers of at least 50 financial institutions in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific has been shut down, a security expert said Thursday.The controller also shows infection statistics. Websense said at least 1,000 machi…

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22Feb2007


IBM, Duke develop Web site for patients
IBM, Duke develop Web site for patients

WASHINGTON - Patients in Duke University's health system can now go to one Web site to pay medical bills, schedule doctor appointments and eventually view their personal medical histories.For now, patients, who must register with the site, can make non-urgent appointments and pay bills. Clinical inf…

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22Feb2007


FDA Warning - Xolair
FDA Warning - Xolair

FDA Warns About Asthma Drug, Xolair Extreme Allergic Reactions Seen in Patients Using Injected Drug Feb. 21, 2007 -- The FDA is calling for a "black box" label warning for the asthma drug Xolair, alerting users it can cause potentially life-threatening allergic reactions. The FDA…

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22Feb2007


And one more story about lost/stolen data - when will they learn...
And one more story about lost/stolen data - when will they learn...

Social Security worker loses files Some are never found; hearings on disability benefits delayed Security is a huge focus for all. With flash drives being so convenient to use be very careful on what information you carry around on a device. As you can read from the article, this employee is…

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21Feb2007


Fighting surgeons leave patient in lurch
Fighting surgeons leave patient in lurch

When I read a story like this, there's only one real question that comes to mind....Why? "At one moment Vukanic pulled the ear of the operating doctor, slapped him in the face and walked out," she said. Radulovic followed and an all-out fight ensued, resulting in bruises, a split lip, loose tee…

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21Feb2007


What happens when a Hospital CEO Blogs?
What happens when a Hospital CEO Blogs?

Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has started his own blog. It is fairly new as is this blog, but full of action. I have linked to the doctor and nurses post whereby he is now adding physicians and nurses who are reading the blog. Good things happen wh…

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21Feb2007


Sahara Tablet PC - Acooustic digital Microphone
Sahara Tablet PC - Acooustic digital Microphone

AKU2001 CMOS MEMS Microphone Arrays in TabletKiosk Sahara Slate Akustica, Inc., pioneer in acoustic system-on-chip solutions, today announced that TabletKiosk's family of Sahara Slate PCs are shipping with an embedded "dual array" of its AKU2001 digital microphones. The Sahara Slate i412T, i440T, a…

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21Feb2007


Online CME Credit
Online CME Credit

I had a client ask me last week about how to get started with Online CME credit. Google is always a good place to start, but then it requires searching each link to find what one may be looking for. To make it easy for my client to get started I compiled a simple listing of some links and will pos…

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20Feb2007


A Little Humor from Another Blog....
A Little Humor from Another Blog....

One of the best spoofs I have seen! http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/some-hilarity-to-start-long-weekend.html …

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20Feb2007


Chicago Hospitals Offer Wi-Fi, Patient Portals - iHealthBeat - Daily News Digest on Health Care Information Technology
Chicago Hospitals Offer Wi-Fi, Patient Portals - iHealthBeat - Daily News Digest on Health Care Information Technology

Chicago-area hospitals increasingly are offering Wi-Fi Internet access, patient-information portals and patient blogs, the Chicago Tribune reports.The University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital since it opened in February 2005 has provided patients with an entertainmen…

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19Feb2007


D-Link DIR-450 3G Mobile Router for EV-DO Networks
D-Link DIR-450 3G Mobile Router for EV-DO Networks

I have ran across several physicians who use one of the "Internet Anywhere" services available from the wireless cell phone carriers. This is something well worth looking in to, especially if you are mobile and let's say traveling between many hospitals, visiting nursing homes where an internet conn…

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19Feb2007


New Sahara Tablet
New Sahara Tablet

If you have missed any of the recent press releases on the new Sahara Tablet from Tablet Kiosk, here is a link to the page from the website. I have seen and held the unit and it is something to marvel at. Of course, those that know me already know I like those tablets. In the past I have demonst…

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18Feb2007


Simpsons Discuss Health Insurance
Simpsons Discuss Health Insurance

This is from You Tube - hilarious and worth a watch...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_tkar2rLEQ …

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18Feb2007


Tablet EO UMPC at the Hollywood Bowl from TabletPC2.com
Tablet EO UMPC at the Hollywood Bowl from TabletPC2.com

Linda Epstein at TabletPC2.com has posted an update on the use of the new Tablet Kiosk EO at the Hollywood Bowl. Linda and I chatted quite a bit at the last Tablet Kiosk show. Her site is always updated with the latest information about using tablet pc. The Hollywood Bowl has been using table…

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18Feb2007


Wireless Router Security - Please don't Share
Wireless Router Security - Please don't Share

This was an item on my mind this week, and for that matter it seems to come to mind every week when I am in the field working with clients. Wireless is on the move today and we all like the convenience. Here is an article about Health Care catching on to Wireless fever.http://enterpriseinnovator.…

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18Feb2007


Microsoft Home Server
Microsoft Home Server

I am going to be testing the new Microsoft Home Server! Yes!!It will be a few days before I have everything up and going but I am looking forward to this opportunity to beta test!Vista is hot, but this really gets me going when you can add a home server to the overall picture. Keep posted for my u…

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16Feb2007


HealthBlog : National e-Prescribing Patient Safety Initiatve, HIMSS and more
HealthBlog : National e-Prescribing Patient Safety Initiatve, HIMSS and more

Dr. Crounse, Director of Health Services for Microsoft speaks about the free e-prescribing initiative in a very positive way. The interview is very good and he explains how IT Technology is going to grow and change. Scroll down to the bottom to the page links and video interview. I sent a…

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16Feb2007


RSS Feeds - Valueable , Timely Information
RSS Feeds - Valueable , Timely Information

Many of you may already be using RSS Feeds for your news items. In today's world many of us simply do not have the time to sit down and read a newspaper for all the news items we want and need to be informed of. To do a daily search even with a pc on the internet is also very time consuming and ca…

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16Feb2007


Anna Nicole Prescription Update - Another good reason for e-prescribing
Anna Nicole Prescription Update - Another good reason for e-prescribing

If you are keeping up on the Anna Nicole Smith story, this is an interesting web page complete with copies of the hand written prescription for the methadone. Even celebrities work several physicians to get their desired drugs. She was using an alias of Michelle Chase and this was prescribed f…

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15Feb2007


L.A. mayor wants muni WiFI by 2009 - Engadget
L.A. mayor wants muni WiFI by 2009 - Engadget

This has to be the last place I thought I would have seen a picture and article with the Mayor of Los Angeles.Good story on his efforts to provide WI-FI for the City of Los Angeles. …

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15Feb2007


One Note for Office - Test Drive
One Note for Office - Test Drive

I have spent the last couple weeks working with the latest version of Microsoft One Note. I have been using One Note ever since the beginning for taking notes in meetings, which is the very basic use, but with the new 2007 edition they have really opened the doors with many new features, including …

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15Feb2007


Windows Desktop Search
Windows Desktop Search

Windows Desktop Home PageThis is another free software download from Microsoft. I have been using it now for about 3 weeks and it is certainly making the search process much easier. It takes a while for the software to index the pc, but once it is done, what a time saver and much better than the s…

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13Feb2007


Theft from Tablet Kiosk Warehouse
Theft from Tablet Kiosk Warehouse

Things you can do to help TabletKiosk I have copied this information to my blog here from GottaBeMobile, who was kind enough to aid in helping Tablet Kiosk in their efforts to locate the stolen tablets. If you see any of the tablets offered very cheap, they could be stolen. Use the links below…

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13Feb2007


So tell me, what is all this talk about mobility, how do I handle it?
So tell me, what is all this talk about mobility, how do I handle it?

So tell me, what is all this talk about mobility, how do I handle it? This is a question no doubt that we have all pondered at some point in the last year or so. What is mobility and does this have an effect on my life today? If you think mobility is just for others, you may want to c…

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12Feb2007


White Hardware - Tablet Pictures
White Hardware - Tablet Pictures

Sahara Tablet and UMPC EO White Hardware …

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11Feb2007


Free E-Prescribing for All MDs
Free E-Prescribing for All MDs

This is an update on the free E-Prescribing site. They are making free web sessions available for training, or you can choose to pay for a one on one session.This is a free service for all physicians in the US and well worth taking a look.www.nationaleRx.com …

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08Feb2007


Windows Daylight Savings Time Update
Windows Daylight Savings Time Update

Windows Daylight savings time adjustment:This is the link for those using XP and there are additional links for those using Vista and other operating systems. You can find this update under Windows Update as well as "optional'. At this time is has not been included as a security update that is…

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08Feb2007
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