Praxis Electronic Medical Records Announces Tool to Allow “Free Text” for Adding, Storing and Sharing Patient Data

<p> Praxis is one of the more mature systems on the market, I say this because they were one of the first innovators to enter the market, and recently <a href="http://www.infor-med.com/"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/Sukn44zn4uI/AAAAAAAAatA/pYISAgvynIA/image%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="157" /></a>with so many new vendors and others I almost forgot about them.  </p> <p>They also feature integrated speech recognition and the system is “Tablet PC” friendly.  Templates in medical records has always been a highly discussed item as there are requirements for payments to have some basic information included and templates make that easier, but then there is also the other side of the coin with being able to describe problems and treatments with the physician’s own language and interpretation and it appears Praxis is offering the best of both world with the new version coming out soon.  BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor-Med Corporation, makers of Praxis Electronic Medical Records (EMR), announced today the beta release of Praxis Version 5 featuring Datum, a tool that allows physicians to use free text to create, store, and share  discrete clinical data. The Praxis Datum engine guarantees full qualification for Federal stimulus funds and is designed to meet future 'meaningful use' guidelines. With Federal stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on the horizon, US physicians are gearing up to go paperless. The HITECH Stimulus Act promotes Electronic Medical Record adoption by reimbursing physicians for using a certified EMR. Those providers who fail to adopt an EMR will eventually face Medicare penalties.</p> <p>Based on a unique technology called 'Concept Processing,' an intelligentneural network, Praxis EMR becomes progressively faster and smarter bylearning from the physician using it. Physicians using Praxis 5 with Datum canchart rapidly with complete freedom while also producing discrete datarequired by third parties. "This is a major breakthrough in Electronic Medical Record Technology," said Clayton Reynolds, MD, FACP, a medical quality expert. "Until now doctors were being forced to use template based EHRs to collect data for qualityimprovement and reimbursement purposes. With Praxis they no longer have to,"he added. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS266241+28-Oct-2009+PRN20091028">Praxis Electronic Medical Records Announces New Version 5 With Breakthrough in EHR Documentation | Reuters</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:af7d9c0b-86ff-46eb-bf92-fa263f82a051" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Praxis" rel="tag">Praxis</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/medical+records" rel="tag">medical records</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare" rel="tag">healthcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Health+IT" rel="tag">Health IT</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/templates" rel="tag">templates</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Datum" rel="tag">Datum</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/EMR" rel="tag">EMR</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/EHR" rel="tag">EHR</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Data" rel="tag">Data</a></div>

Praxis Electronic Medical Records Announces Tool to Allow “Free Text” for Adding, Storing and Sharing Patient Data

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Data Breach CalOptima – CDs Lost in Transit with Information on 68,000 Members

<p> It appears the CDs have been lost, but they could also be found.  I used to work in the logistics business and sometimes even up to many months <a href="http://www.caloptima.org/"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="63" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/Sukj_Rlvq0I/AAAAAAAAas8/h9_tUd_SF6M/image%5B8%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="176" /></a>later, stuff would show up, in the meantime the word has be put out just in case as the opposite is also possible.  Not too long ago we had the news about the stolen Blue Cross Notebook with physicians identities at potential risk.</p> <p>In this case a vendor who digitized the records and sent the CDs via the mail, registered and they are lost.  Hopefully the contractor encrypted the information on the CDs, but that was not mentioned here.  Seems as though the security breaches all are relative to taking information from “secured servers” for use or not uploading the information to a secured server to begin with.  Again, with all the privacy laws, etc. it still amazes me that this occurs, take the discs in person if you need to provide that format, otherwise upload to a secure location and this situation can be avoided.  The <a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/05/if-you-take-time-to-encrypt-medical.html">one breach though at the NHS</a> though still for some reason kicks around in my mind, the data was all encrypted, but the passwords and logon information was taped on the missing drives!  BD</p> <blockquote> <p>As many as 68,000 members of CalOptima, the Medicaid plan for Orange County, California, may be at risk of identity theft and fraud after several CDs containing their personal information disappeared while in transit, the agency reported. </p> <p>"CalOptima's claims scanning vendor sent the electronic media devices to CalOptima through the U.S. Postal service by certified mail," the agency <a href="http://www.caloptima.org/">said.</a> "On Tuesday, October 13, 2009, CalOptima discovered the apparent loss of the devices when the external packaging materials were delivered by the U.S. Postal Service without the box containing the devices."</p> <p>The missing discs include patient information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and billing codes. CalOptima said it notified state and federal agencies of the breach on October 14, and posted an alert on its Web site on October 15. </p> <p>Read more: <a href="http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/10/caloptima_breach.html#ixzz0VIXwnrVF">http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/10/caloptima_breach.html#ixzz0VIXwnrVF</a></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/10/caloptima_breach.html">68,000 CalOptima Members at Risk in Data Breach</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:90e6109e-5b05-4b6e-a7c6-ab7b57d241df" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Security+Breach" rel="tag">Security Breach</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/CalOptima" rel="tag">CalOptima</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare" rel="tag">healthcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/medical+records" rel="tag">medical records</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/contractor" rel="tag">contractor</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/scanning" rel="tag">scanning</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/digitizing+records+security" rel="tag">digitizing records security</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/CDs" rel="tag">CDs</a></div>

Data Breach CalOptima – CDs Lost in Transit with Information on 68,000 Members

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HealthVault Goes International – Partnering with Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand for Medical Travelers

<p>This is not the first time Bumrungrad Hospital has been covered on the blog.   Earlier this year the wireless network with Windows Mobile and a section about Amalga, so the HealthVault addition today adds it all up.  The hospital is one of the first outside the US using the entire Amalga HIS system.  Within the US due to established electronic systems, we see mostly aggregating services of Amalga sold and marketed; however hospitals overseas who are basically starting with ground zero have installed the entire Amalga solution from the ground up, to include medical records, labs and more, in other words the entire solution.  </p> <p>By using Microsoft HeatlhVault, patients and physicians from all areas are going to be able to connect and share medical records and more importantly as we have heard so much emphasis and desire today, it revolves around the patient.  The patient is very much involved in the process in being in control of their personal health records.  Below I have included a video about the hospital.  If a patient has a procedure at the hospital, the records with the connection through HealthVault, allows them to share information as they choose and desire, and bringing back medical information to a doctor here in the US after a procedure done miles away could serve to be very helpful.  BD  </p> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/04/bumrungrad-international-hospital-to-go.html"><font size="2">Bumrungrad International Hospital to Go Wireless With Windows Mobile to run Microsoft Amalga</font></a></h4> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/microsoft-amalga-hospital-information.html"><font size="2">Microsoft Amalga Hospital Information System at Bumrungrad International Hospital</font></a></h4> <p><strong><u>Press Release:</u></strong></p> <p><i>Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand: first international hospital to implement Microsoft HealthVault.</i></p> <p><b>LOS ANGELES — Oct. 28, 2009 </b>— Today at the World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress held here, Microsoft Corp. and Bumrungrad International Hospital, based in Bangkok, announced they have begun a phased rollout of a new service using <strong>Microsoft HealthVault,</strong> an online <img align="right" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SlQ6aATtKJI/AAAAAAAAXU8/sEs_qKZnqHg/image_thumb[7].png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" />personal health application platform, with plans to offer the program to more than 1 million Bumrungrad patients beginning in early 2010. By connecting Microsoft HealthVault to its hospital information system (HIS) running on <strong>Microsoft Amalga HIS,</strong> Bumrungrad will empower patients to shop overseas for health care, access their Bumrungrad medical records online while on the go, and maintain continuity with doctors at home and abroad.</p> <p>Using HealthVault, patients who travel internationally and/or choose treatment at Bumrungrad will be able to gather, store and share health information with doctors, family and others whom they authorize after receiving treatment. Bumrungrad is the first hospital to offer medical tourists connectivity with HealthVault.</p> <p><strong>Bumrungrad was the first internationally accredited hospital in Asia and is one of the most popular destinations for medical tourists.</strong> With more than 700 specialists, 200 of which are American board-certified, Bumrungrad is recognized for providing affordable, high-quality surgeries and outpatient procedures. More than 45,000 American patients sought treatment at Bumrungrad in 2008. English is widely spoken, and the hospital employs more than 100 interpreters for dozens of other languages.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:fbc86676-0f74-48c8-b5c7-36b32c6b863b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="0e466622-4ae9-4d9a-8b53-1d3cebc7da1f" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdXQEvPLqDw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" target="_new"><img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('0e466622-4ae9-4d9a-8b53-1d3cebc7da1f'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"278\" height=\"208\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PdXQEvPLqDw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PdXQEvPLqDw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"278\" height=\"208\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SufQs-oFI8I/AAAAAAAAasg/yj9L1EfchTo/videodf53181417cf%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none"></a></div></div></div> <p>“Many Americans can’t and don’t want to wait for reform to come to them. They’re taking matters into their own hands, travelling for procedures such as a heart bypass or back operations,” said Curtis Schroeder, CEO of Bumrungrad. “At Bumrungrad, they can get excellent care at a fraction of the American cost. And with HealthVault, they can share their medical records with doctors on both sides of the ocean — things like medical history, lab results and procedure details. We see it as a great innovation supporting continuity of care.”</p> <p>“We believe empowering consumers with a copy of their personal health data and facilitating continuity of care among health care providers is critically important,” said Nate McLemore, general manager, Microsoft Health Solutions Group. “We’re pleased to be working with Bumrungrad, a leader in international medicine, to offer these capabilities to patients and providers.”<img align="right" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/Sh3Jjho1dkI/AAAAAAAAP6A/JpFDmLReCjk/image[16].png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" /> </p> <p><strong>By connecting its HIS to HealthVault, Bumrungrad is allowing patients to pull their medical information generated at Bumrungrad</strong> — including test results, medications and discharge summaries — into their individual HealthVault accounts. Once their personal health information is stored in HealthVault, the patient can share it, as desired, with other clinicians and caregivers, or use it with a wide range of personal health applications.</p> <p><strong>Microsoft Amalga HIS is</strong> a comprehensive hospital information system that provides rich integration of a patient’s critical information, including registration, clinical systems, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, allergies and vital signs, giving clinicians and administrators access to information within and across departments. Once authorized by the patient, Amalga HIS uses the ASTM Continuity of Care Record industry-standard specification to push medical information into the patient’s HealthVault account.</p> <p>Amalga HIS also can pull a patient’s medication lists, allergies and vital signs such as blood pressure and blood glucose from the patient’s HealthVault record into Amalga HIS, saving time for the patient and improving the completeness and accuracy of patient information delivered to Bumrungrad clinicians.</p> <p>A new report from Deloitte supports a growing need for global patient solutions:</p> <p>· 94 percent of Americans believe that health care is a threat to their financial security.</p> <p>· 10 percent say they would be willing to travel outside the country for better value.</p> <p>· By 2017 more than 23 million Americans could be traveling overseas to seek better, more affordable and timely health care services.</p> <p>Patients who have embraced travelling overseas for health care, and have experienced great results, see the Bumrungrad-Microsoft relationship as a natural, next step. </p> <p><strong>Jack Taylor, a 63-year-old pilot from Pasadena, Calif., sought routine health screening at Bumrungrad a year ago and has since gone back for additional procedures, including a colonoscopy. He believes easier tracking of his treatment with HealthVault will allow him to optimize his own health care.</strong></p> <p><b>About Bumrungrad International </b></p> <p>Bumrungrad International is an <a href="http://www.bumrungrad.com/overseas-medical-care/about-us/hospital-accreditation.aspx">internationally accredited</a>, multi-specialty hospital located in the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. Founded in 1980, today it is the largest private hospital in Southeast Asia, with 554 beds and over <a href="http://www.bumrungrad.com/overseas-medical-care/medical-services/clinics-and-centers.aspx">30 specialty centers</a>. Bumrungrad offers state-of-the-art diagnostic, therapeutic and intensive care facilities in a one-stop medical center. Bumrungrad serves over a million patients annually; more than 400,000 are internationals, including thousands of expatriates who live in Bangkok and nearby countries, plus visitors from 190 countries around the world who come here for treatment. The hospital has a medical coordination office staffed by doctors, nurses, and interpreters who serve the special needs of international patients. Bumrungrad is a <a href="http://www.bumrungrad.com/investor/investor.html">public company</a> traded on the Thai stock exchange. It has been <a href="http://www.bumrungrad.com/overseas-medical-care/about-us/international-media.aspx">featured</a> by CBS’s 60 Minutes, NBC’s Today Show, Time, Newsweek, and other international press as a leader in medical tourism. “Bumrungrad” is a Thai word - pronounced Bahm-roong-RAHT, which means “care for the people.” <a href="http://www.bumrungrad.com">http://www.bumrungrad.com</a></p> <p><b>About Microsoft in Health</b></p> <p>Microsoft is committed to improving health around the world through software innovation. Over the past 12 years, Microsoft has steadily increased its investments in health, with a focus on addressing the challenges of health providers, health and social services organizations, payers, consumers, and life sciences companies worldwide. Microsoft closely collaborates with a broad ecosystem of partners and develops its own powerful health solutions, such as Amalga and HealthVault. Together, Microsoft and its industry partners are working to advance a vision of unifying health information and making it more readily available, ensuring the best quality of life and affordable care for everyone.<b></b></p> <p><b>About Microsoft</b></p> <p>Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.</p> <p><strong><u>Related Reading:</u></strong></p> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/10/staying-alive-dr-fred-feied-co-founder.html"><font size="1">Staying Alive – Dr. Craig Freied Co-Founder of (Azyxxi) Microsoft Amalga And Hospital Safety (ABC 20/20)</font></a></h4> <p><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/02/steve-shihadeh-vp-microsoft-health.html"><font size="1">Steve Shihadeh, VP Microsoft Health Solutions Group – The Amalga Software Solution for Aggregating Hospital Information (Interview)</font></a></p> <p><font color="#669966" size="1"></font></p> <p><font color="#669966" size="1"></font></p> <p><font color="#669966" size="1"></font></p> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/05/deep-dive-into-microsoft-life-sciences.html">A Deep Dive into Microsoft Life Sciences Today and in the Future – Interview with Michael Naimoli</a></h6> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/04/microsoft-introduces-groundbreaking.html">Microsoft Introduces Groundbreaking Technology – Amalga Life Sciences Software</a></h6> <p><u><font color="#669966" size="1"></font></u></p> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/microsoft-research-trento-centre.html">Microsoft Research Trento Centre: Biology and Computer Science Coming Together</a></h6> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:bee3f2f3-9017-4110-8cc7-15371e1937b8" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Amalga" rel="tag">Amalga</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/heatlhcare" rel="tag">heatlhcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Aggregated+hospital+data" rel="tag">Aggregated hospital data</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Health+IT" rel="tag">Health IT</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/HealthVault" rel="tag">HealthVault</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Bumrungrad+International+Hospital" rel="tag">Bumrungrad International Hospital</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Medical+Tourism" rel="tag">Medical Tourism</a></div>

HealthVault Goes International – Partnering with Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand for Medical Travelers

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Patient Stabbed Boston psychiatrist – Shot by Off Duty Security Guard at Massachusetts General Hospital

<p>No names have been released, but the off duty security guard was hailed as a hero after shooting the patient.  One more incident of violence at a healthcare facility.  According to the article, the office where the stabbing occurred was a clinic dedicated to the the treatment of bi-polar and other mental diseases.  The doctor is in the hospital and survived the incident.  </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="376" id="flashObj" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/16977198001?isVid=1&publisherID=245991542" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=46626930001&playerID=16977198001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/16977198001?isVid=1&publisherID=245991542" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=46626930001&playerID=16977198001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="420" height="376" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object></p> <blockquote> <p>A patient in a psychiatric center near the Massachusetts General Hospital stabbed his doctor this afternoon before being shot dead by an off-duty security guard, police said. </p> <p>The physician is in stable condition, Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis said at a press conference this afternoon as he described a chaotic scene. </p> <p>A relative said the victim was Dr. Astrid Desrosiers, a Massachusetts General Hospital psychiatrist who worked at the center. Isabellie Desrosiers, Desrosiers' sister-in-law, said she had been told by Desrosiers' sister that Astrid had been shot. Police identified the patient late this afternoon as 37-year-old Jay Carciero of Reading.</p> <p>This was the second attack in less than a week inside a Massachusetts General Hospital facility. On Thursday afternoon, a 40-year-old homeless man allegedly assaulted a 27-year-old female employee inside a restroom at the main hospital building on Fruit Street. The suspect, David Flavell, a repeat sex offender, <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/10/accused_mgh_att.html">was ordered today to undergo</a> a 20-day mental competency evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/10/1_shot_1_stabbe.html">Patient fatally shot after stabbing Boston psychiatrist - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:d884fa00-7103-4a54-8e8c-33723164c468" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare" rel="tag">healthcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/stabbbing" rel="tag">stabbbing</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Boston" rel="tag">Boston</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Massachusetts" rel="tag">Massachusetts</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Massachusetts+General+Hospital" rel="tag">Massachusetts General Hospital</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/psychiatry" rel="tag">psychiatry</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/violence" rel="tag">violence</a></div>

Patient Stabbed Boston psychiatrist – Shot by Off Duty Security Guard at Massachusetts General Hospital

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Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley Gets A New Robot With Real Heart, Bowel Sounds

<p>The robots keep getting better all the time, and this one appears to burp, pass gas, and release all kinds of other body type secretions, well kind of <a href="http://www.meti.com/index.html"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="80" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SufmlWsEJdI/AAAAAAAAasw/7KuuyR6uTWE/image%5B8%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="125" /></a>like we do and he’s wireless too, so hey let’s put him on the network.   IStan is not alone, he has some relatives over at the company website and he’s not cheap either.  We are seeing more and more simulation to day in healthcare, hopefully with good results.  </p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/Sufmnl8EKAI/AAAAAAAAas0/u-B7UZeBEjY/s1600-h/image%5B9%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="204" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SufmqKAtN4I/AAAAAAAAas4/t5vt4a6IdhM/image_thumb%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="388" /></a> </p> <blockquote>Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley has a new, electronic member of the staff –  <a href="http://www.meti.com/products_ps_istan.htm">iStan</a>, a wireless ” patient simulator” with a a human-like skeletal structure. You may remember him from an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy.”</blockquote> <p><a href="http://healthyliving.freedomblogging.com/">Healthy Living - OCRegister.com</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:04ba3e32-adc2-4567-9240-4f96a39d61a0" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Robitics" rel="tag">Robitics</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Orange+County" rel="tag">Orange County</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/simualtion" rel="tag">simualtion</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare" rel="tag">healthcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Meti" rel="tag">Meti</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/technology" rel="tag">technology</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Memorial" rel="tag">Memorial</a></div>

Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley Gets A New Robot With Real Heart, Bowel Sounds

The robots keep getting better all the time, and this one appears to burp, pass gas, and release all kinds of other body type secretions, we...

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Bill and Melinda Gates – Why We are Impatient Optimists – Thank You

<p>Bill Gates begins speaking about global health and he says thanks to the US taxpayers for making it a success.  They discuss AIDS and HIV as seen in the global world.  Bill discusses how smallpox has been eradicated and how close we are to doing the same for polio.  This is about an hour long and the focus of vaccines is discussed throughout.  </p> <p>They talk about the clinical trials going on for the vaccine for HIV and the trial results recently publicized.  American dollars are contributing toward the research and trials.  Bill Gates come back and speaks about malaria.  Very good talk and presentation.  BD  </p> <p> <embed src="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/_layouts/swf/Multimedia/player.swf" width="400" height="289" bgcolor="000000" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="file=http://gates.edgeboss.net/download/gates/gfo/2009-impatient-optimist-speech.mp4&image=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/livingproofproject/PublishingImages/impatient-optimists-webcast-postevent-feature.jpg"></embed></p> <blockquote> <p>“LIVING PROOF: Why we are Impatient Optimists” is a story about success. Millions of lives have been saved, improved and empowered because of the investments in global health made by the United States and its partners around the world. </p> <p>We have seen the remarkable successes—living proof that these investments are paying off. There are millions more success stories yet to come. </p> <p>In their presentation at Sidney Harmon Hall in Washington, D.C., Bill and Melinda Gates explained why they are Impatient Optimists, and encouraged their audience to share the proof and become Impatient Optimists as well. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/livingproofproject/Pages/impatient-optimists-speech.aspx">Bill & Melinda Gates Impatient Optimist Speech - Live Webcast: Tuesday, October 27</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:d2e0c1c5-4b57-470a-8a6a-302be235e6f5" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Bill+and+Medinda+Gates+Foundation" rel="tag">Bill and Medinda Gates Foundation</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/philanthropy" rel="tag">philanthropy</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare" rel="tag">healthcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/science" rel="tag">science</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/optimist" rel="tag">optimist</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Washginton+DC" rel="tag">Washginton DC</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/vaccines" rel="tag">vaccines</a></div>

Bill and Melinda Gates – Why We are Impatient Optimists – Thank You

Bill Gates begins speaking about global health and he says thanks to the US taxpayers for making it a success.  They discuss AIDS and HIV as...

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“Fair Database” to Replace Unfair Ingenix Data Base – Run by Non Profit

<p> The data base will be run by a number of New York universities in New York, and a website will be developed so consumers will have an idea as to what the out of network charges will be instead of having a surprise element that we have seen over the years that paid physicians less and demanded more money from patients.<img align="right" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/Sprec6le6fI/AAAAAAAAZqA/MbEtxanOSug/image_thumb[8].png?imgmax=800" style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px" /> </p> <p>It looks like at least in one area we are going to have some algorithms that are not going to be proprietary.  There are still a large number of law suits ongoing and being filed as a result of the use of the data base created by Ingenix, the technology subsidiary of United HealthCare.  </p> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/08/department-of-algorithms-do-we-need-one.html"><font size="2">“Department of Algorithms – Do We Need One of These to Regulate Upcoming Laws?</font></a></h6> <p>The information in the new data base will also be available for academic research.  BD</p> <blockquote> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday the creation of a nationwide database to help set health care reimbursement rates, benefiting patients who use doctors outside their insurers' networks and capping an industry wide probe.</p> <p>A new nonprofit, Fair Health Inc, will develop a database for consumer reimbursement, as well as a website where consumers will be able to compare prices before they choose doctors.<img align="right" height="67" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SpNhMz7P42I/AAAAAAAAZk4/41fJXyw3H38/algo_thumb[2].png?imgmax=800" style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px" width="135" /> </p> <p>Calling prior reimbursement practices an "injustice" and "fraud," Cuomo said at a Syracuse, New York, press conference that Fair Health will "ensure transparency, accountability and fairness" for Americans who use out-of-network doctors.</p> <p>Last year, Cuomo went after UnitedHealth, saying that since the database was owned by Ingenix, and Ingenix is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth, Ingenix had a vested interest in skewing rates low, so insurers could underpay doctors for out-of-network service. Through "faulty data collection, poor pooling procedures and the lack of audits," insurers underpaid by 10 to 28 percent for various medical services, Cuomo said.</p> <p>Calling Ingenix a "black box," Cuomo said it created a conflict of interest because insurers were both providing and using the same data in calculating reimbursement rates.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE59Q3D320091027?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=10522&sp=true">Cuomo sets healthcare reimbursement reform | Reuters</a></p> <p><strong><u>Related Reading:</u></strong></p> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/10/chiropractor-files-class-action-breach.html"><font size="1">Chiropractor Files Class Action Breach of Contract Lawsuit Against Safeco Car Insurance – Use of Ingenix Data Base Claimants Were Paid Less</font></a></h4> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/10/health-insurance-business-intelligence.html"><font size="1">Health Insurance Business Intelligence “Scoring” Algorithms Interfering with Human Morals</font></a></h4> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/10/pill-bottle-that-talks-to-your-cell.html"><font size="1">The Pill Bottle That Talks To Your Cell Phone, Creates Data Reports and More…</font></a></h4> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/09/insurance-companies-under-attack-with.html"><font size="1">Insurance Companies Under Attack with Lawsuits – Generated by Their Algorithms</font></a></h4> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/09/skins-game-with-dermatology-offices-in.html"><font size="1">Skins game With Dermatology Offices in California – All Insurance Carriers Quit Paying For Treatment Within a 5 Day Period</font></a></h4> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:41aab8b0-28b7-4e37-8118-4805ff1ac52a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/lawsuit" rel="tag">lawsuit</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare" rel="tag">healthcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/chiropractor" rel="tag">chiropractor</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Ingenix" rel="tag">Ingenix</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/data+bases" rel="tag">data bases</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/technology" rel="tag">technology</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/corrupt+data+base" rel="tag">corrupt data base</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/breach+of+contract" rel="tag">breach of contract</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Cuomo" rel="tag">Cuomo</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Fair+Datatebase" rel="tag">Fair Datatebase</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Out+of+Network+charges" rel="tag">Out of Network charges</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Non+Profit" rel="tag">Non Profit</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/United+HealthCare" rel="tag">United HealthCare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/algorithms" rel="tag">algorithms</a></div>

“Fair Database” to Replace Unfair Ingenix Data Base – Run by Non Profit

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Cisco To Buying ScanSafe – Security for Software As A Service

<p> <a href="http://www.scansafe.com/security"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="61" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SufWjqevtBI/AAAAAAAAask/g9PPtKxBQJ0/image%5B12%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="133" /></a> Buying security software for any web based service is never a bad idea and Cisco plans to incorporate the service into their VPN Services, something healthcare folks like to hear by all means.  BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>In a deal that underscores the shift toward cloud computing, Cisco (NSDQ: <a href="http://www.techweb.com/financialCenter/index.jhtml?Account=techweb&Page=QUOTE&Ticker=CSCO">CSCO</a>) on Tuesday said that it had reached an agreement to acquire ScanSafe, a privately-held provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) Web security for businesses. </p> <p>Cisco <a href="http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/corp_102709.html">said</a> the acquisition will cost $183 million in cash and retention-based incentives. </p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SufWnhpDMxI/AAAAAAAAaso/AZV6INoQkiE/s1600-h/image%5B6%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="279" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SufWrCQE7xI/AAAAAAAAass/B6SifqrANec/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="327" /></a> </p> <p>Cisco said it intends to combine its IronPort Web security appliance with ScanSafe's Web security service to offer on-premises, hosted, and hybrid-hosted Web security. </p> <p>The company also expects to integrate ScanSafe's service with Cisco's AnyConnect <a href="http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=VPN&x=&y=">VPN</a> <a href="http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Client&x=&y=">Client</a> to enhance security for mobile workers. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/saas/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220900731&cid=RSSfeed_twitter">Cisco To Acquire ScanSafe -- InformationWeek</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e775818d-6e99-416e-9221-7e22e2a5c544" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Cisco" rel="tag">Cisco</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/ScanSafe" rel="tag">ScanSafe</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/technology" rel="tag">technology</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/software+as+a+service" rel="tag">software as a service</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Health+IT" rel="tag">Health IT</a></div>

Cisco To Buying ScanSafe – Security for Software As A Service

  Buying security software for any web based service is never a bad idea and Cisco plans to incorporate the service into their VPN Services...

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Chiropractor Files Class Action Breach of Contract Lawsuit Against Safeco Car Insurance – Use of Ingenix Data Base Claimants Were Paid Less

<p> This appears to have been started back in 2005 and recently upon changing the case it is now a breach of contract for payments made for less than the amount the contract called for.  I am guessing these are medical treatments as a result of a car accident where the chiropractor gave treatment.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZuhFVzSII/AAAAAAAAasU/EPq-RvmU91E/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="139" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZuiYHdgeI/AAAAAAAAasY/m36KtWd6a70/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="188" /></a></p> <p>Again this states the use of a computer program, which is how all claims are processed these days, not a big room of people sitting at desks opening up envelopes.   We have all read about the New York case against Ingenix where the data base has been retired as a result of the court agreement and I’m not sure if this is another data base used or the same one.  At any rate it appears to be the same result, short payment.  This is a class action suit too, so there’s no mention of the number of potential beneficiaries.  The chiropractor was originally denied as he didn’t have enough information on the data base, but returned with the needed information and the suit was filed.  BD   </p> <blockquote> <p>On February 11, 2005, F. Ryan Bemis, an Illinois chiropractor, filed a class action in the Illinois state court. On February 18, 2005, seven days later, the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 became effective. Four years later, on March 25, 2009, the state court granted class certification. On April 24, 2009, the Safeco Insurance Company of America ("SICA") and Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois ("SICI") (collectively hereinafter referred to as "Safeco" or "petitioners") removed the action to the district court, but the district court granted Dr. Bemis' motion to remand the action to the state court. Safeco then filed this petition for permission to appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1453(c). We grant the petition for leave to appeal and, for the following reasons, affirm the judgment of the district court.</p> <p>All insured persons and licensed medical providers who: (a) submitted first-party medical claims to a Safeco member company pursuant to a Safeco insurance policy; (b) had their claim submitted to computer review, [sic] (c) received or were tendered an amount less than the submitted medical expenses and [sic] (d) received or were tendered an amount less than the stated policy limits.</p> <p>The state court initially dismissed Count I of the complaint (breach of contract) because of insufficient evidence that the rights under the contract had been assigned to Dr. Bemis, but granted leave to amend. <strong>Dr. Bemis then filed a first amended complaint that contained the required assignment as an exhibit, but Safeco concedes that, in all other material respects, this pleading was identical to the initial complaint. Later, Dr. Bemis voluntarily dismissed the consumer fraud and unjust enrichment causes of action; only the breach of contract claim remains.</strong></p> <p>On March 25, 2009, long after the effective date of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005) ("CAFA"), Dr. <strong>Bemis sought, and was granted, class certification.</strong> The state court certified a class of:</p> <blockquote>All persons insured by Safeco property and casualty insurance companies in [14 states] (and their assignee medical providers), who</blockquote> <blockquote>(a) during the period from January 1, 1997, to the date of this Order, submitted one or more claims for payment of medical expenses pursuant to an automobile policy's medical payments coverage;</blockquote> <blockquote>(b) had their claim(s) adjusted and reviewed by computer bill review software incorporating Ingenix "MDR modules;" and</blockquote> <blockquote> <p>(c) received or were tendered payment in an amount less than the submitted medical expenses due to charges purportedly exceeding the usual, customary or reasonable amount based on the Ingenix "MDR modules."</p> <p>The key remains adequate notice to the defendant of its potential liability.<strong> We are convinced that, when the complaint is read as a totality, the original complaint clearly placed Safeco on notice that it was facing liability for its use of the computer program in adjusting the accounts of its affiliates' policy holders.</strong> Routine, "workaday" changes to class definitions do not create new litigation for CAFA purposes. <i>See Schorsch,</i> 417 F.3d at 751.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=infco20091022137">Laws, Life, and Legal Matters - Court Cases and Legal Information at Leagle.com - All Federal and State Appeals Court Cases in One Search</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:ac5e06ae-2835-492e-94e4-b73a11edd8ac" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/class+action" rel="tag">class action</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/lawsuit" rel="tag">lawsuit</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare" rel="tag">healthcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/chiropractor" rel="tag">chiropractor</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Ingenix" rel="tag">Ingenix</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/data+bases" rel="tag">data bases</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/technology" rel="tag">technology</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/corrupt+data+base" rel="tag">corrupt data base</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/breach+of+contract" rel="tag">breach of contract</a></div>

Chiropractor Files Class Action Breach of Contract Lawsuit Against Safeco Car Insurance – Use of Ingenix Data Base Claimants Were Paid Less

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Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Using IPhone with Microsoft Exchange and More

<p> I remember when the phone first came out, I wondered how long before Outlook Exchange would be supported, and we didn’t have to wait too long <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZloUJp3xI/AAAAAAAAasE/PEBuOsOOqJg/s1600-h/image%5B10%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="193" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZlqLjBI9I/AAAAAAAAasI/wzwkvaAguoA/image_thumb%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="172" /></a>as it seemed it was within a year or so if I remember correctly.</p> <p>This hospital chain in Houston has also adapted the IPhone for use and it works directly with Exchange for email, spreadsheets, etc.  Obviously their infrastructure was already built around Microsoft products, so it appears that the solution made everyone happy from IS to the doctors who use them.  There is a video at the site and the one application features is <strong><a href="http://www.airstriptech.com/">Airstrip OB</a></strong> where the doctor gets up in the morning and checks the status of his patient, from the IPhone, so no guesswork on his part there as he has all the information at his fingertips.  Airstrip also has several other software programs available for the IPhone, cardiology and imaging are a couple additional program options.  BD</p> <blockquote> <p>Based in Houston, TX, the fourth-largest city in the U.S., Memorial Hermann serves a metro area of more than five million people, providing everything from air ambulance services to a chemical dependency treatment center. </p> <p>“Health care is a very real-time business,” says David Bradshaw, Chief Information, Planning, and Marketing Officer at Memorial Hermann. “We need anywhere, anytime computing, and iPhone is the best platform for the applications we’re choosing.”<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZlsiHxXRI/AAAAAAAAasM/S85w8ZD2Uf8/s1600-h/image%5B9%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="148" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZltj55HlI/AAAAAAAAasQ/Rva40WqqAaY/image_thumb%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="133" /></a></p> <h5>Secure Access to Medical Data</h5> <p>With its built-in support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, iPhone fits in flawlessly with Memorial Hermann’s existing infrastructure. <strong>“For me, that tight integration with Microsoft Exchange is very important,” says Dr. Robert Murphy, Memorial Hermann’s Chief Medical Informatics Officer.</strong></p> <p>“It's as if you had the Outlook client on your iPhone,” Bradshaw agrees. “Accepting meetings, looking at email and attachments, downloading spreadsheets. <strong>It’s seamlessly integrated into our Exchange network.” </strong></p> <p>iPhone security features such as remote wipe and passcode protection keep patient information confidential while remaining transparent to users. “The security technology is absolutely not in question,” Dr. Murphy says. “Our security team has looked at the iPhone, and it not only meets the standards, it exceeds the standards.”</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/profiles/memorial-hermann/?sr=hotnews.rss">Apple - iPhone in Business - Profiles - Memorial Hermann Healthcare System</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:4832e840-c6e2-4603-bad5-7a3e208597fe" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/IPhone" rel="tag">IPhone</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Outlook" rel="tag">Outlook</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Exchange" rel="tag">Exchange</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/active+directory" rel="tag">active directory</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/group+policy" rel="tag">group policy</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Memorial+Hermann" rel="tag">Memorial Hermann</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Houston" rel="tag">Houston</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/security" rel="tag">security</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/software" rel="tag">software</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Airstrip" rel="tag">Airstrip</a></div>

Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Using IPhone with Microsoft Exchange and More

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Consumer Laser Market Growing and Cosmetic Surgeons Not Too Happy – Laser Hairbrushes and More

<p> As the article states, most of the products are ones that operate as a lesser power or strength than the ones uses by professionals.  The market is<a href="http://www.hairmax.com/"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="83" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZhBtvTF8I/AAAAAAAAar4/u7M4RMmAaRE/image%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="170" /></a> growing and thus with economic times, the doctors may not be seeing as many patients, when the opt for treatment at home purchase is used.</p> <p>In writing this blog I learn about so many different products, I had no idea there was an FDA approved laser hairbrush that claims to help you regrow your hair!  You have to be patients and use the product for about 3 weeks and brush in different directions according to the video.  At any rate with all these new consumer products hitting the market and many very affordable, the cosmetic surgeons stand to perhaps lose some potential clients, that is if patients are getting their desired results.  BD</p> <blockquote> <p>Want to get rid of some unsightly hair, but don’t want to spend the big bucks for electrolysis or a laser clinic? Now, you can buy your own <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZhEU2RzUI/AAAAAAAAar8/UYKkI3d8ADc/s1600-h/image%5B25%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="194" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZhGdUIz6I/AAAAAAAAasA/TzZX5Nx-qTg/image_thumb%5B14%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="198" /></a>laser and do it yourself.</p> <p>The growth of the at-home cosmetic-device market, which includes personal lasers, has some professionals buzzing. At an annual conference hosted by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Barry DiBernardo, a New Jersey surgeon, delivered a talk in Seattle about the pros and cons of the DIY market on the ASPS’s “Hot Topics” panel.   </p> <p>“We have to make sure that the patients are getting good, safe treatments. If they are getting good, safe treatments, then whether they are doing it at home or not, I’m not as worried,” DiBernardo told Wired.com by phone. “What I’m worried about is that they are seeing things in the Skymall on the airplane and spending hundreds of dollars, thousands of dollars on something that is not going to work or is unproven.  </p> <p>Proving one man’s trash is another’s treasure, the wonderfully named, <a href="http://www.hairmax.com/">HairMax LaserComb</a>, is an FDA-cleared medical device that claims to regrow hair (on the head).</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/diy-lasers/">DIY Laser Market Exploding, Cosmetic Surgeons Not Happy | Wired Science | Wired.com</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:1180811d-bc6f-4f3f-8e71-1909b517f0d8" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/FDA" rel="tag">FDA</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/cosmetic+lasers" rel="tag">cosmetic lasers</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/dermatology" rel="tag">dermatology</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/hair+loss" rel="tag">hair loss</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/laser" rel="tag">laser</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/hair+brus" rel="tag">hair brus</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Hairmax" rel="tag">Hairmax</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/stimulation" rel="tag">stimulation</a></div>

Consumer Laser Market Growing and Cosmetic Surgeons Not Too Happy – Laser Hairbrushes and More

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Something Different – The World’s Oldest Dog – A Dachshund

<p>Ok well he’s a mix, but I’m partial to these guys!  Times have been a bit stressful lately, so time out for some dog stuff:)</p> <p><object height="280" width="407"><param name="movie" value="http://news.sky.com/sky-news/app/flash/SkyvideoWrapper.swf?playerType=embedded&type=sky_prod_v7&videoSourceID=2076136&flashVideoUrl=/feeds/skynews/latest/flash/ACT-BB-SAT-WORLDS-OLDEST-DOG-241009.flv"></param><param name="allowFullSceen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://news.sky.com/sky-news/app/flash/SkyvideoWrapper.swf?playerType=embedded&type=sky_prod_v7&videoSourceID=2076136&flashVideoUrl=/feeds/skynews/latest/flash/ACT-BB-SAT-WORLDS-OLDEST-DOG-241009.flv" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="407" height="280"></embed></object></p> <p>Here’s some real talent, and he really does this, not a record winner though but just as loveable, my Dachshund.  BD</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:93074f46-3daf-4b1d-931f-91fbece2182c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="e2c065c7-fee7-4ba5-8bd3-d1c7031c7c22" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHCbYEc_K_c&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1" target="_new"><img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('e2c065c7-fee7-4ba5-8bd3-d1c7031c7c22'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"397\" height=\"298\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/AHCbYEc_K_c&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/AHCbYEc_K_c&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"397\" height=\"298\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuaF7LMiLsI/AAAAAAAAasc/IIZ3mrcJXyI/videod10fe18500f8%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none"></a></div></div></div> <p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-1028-Pet-News-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Worlds-Oldest-Dog-newly-crowned--Otto">World's Oldest Dog newly crowned -- Otto from England (video)</a></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:be5b436f-140a-4b7b-80a2-48984a5b1be4" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/MedicalQuack" rel="tag">MedicalQuack</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Dachshund" rel="tag">Dachshund</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Weinerdogs" rel="tag">Weinerdogs</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/dogs" rel="tag">dogs</a></div>

Something Different – The World’s Oldest Dog – A Dachshund

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Orange County (The OC) Finally to Have H1N1 (Swine) Flu Vaccine Public Clinics

<p>So far the FluMist is available to children and adults who care for children, others are asked to wait until more become available.  The shots arrived but can’t be used as the supplies to administer have not shown up yet, so there’s more shots to be available soon.  It appears that there’s going to <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZaI4ODuII/AAAAAAAAaro/mQLmU35nKrk/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="120" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZaKO61BUI/AAAAAAAAars/8L6ViUCU-YA/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="image" width="172" /></a>be less of the traditional injections available and the FluMist will be more prevalent. </p> <p>Orange County's first two swine flu clinics for the public will be held Saturday, but they will only offer the nasal spray and target limited high-priority groups.  Santa Ana and Irvine are the cities/colleges where the vaccines will be available, and the article states there is more on the way, just exactly when we don’t know as drug manufacturers are working to get adequate supplies out all over the US.  BD</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The free clinics at <u>Irvine Valley College and Santa Ana College</u> will provide the FluMist vaccine to children ages 2 to 9 and adults who are younger than 49 and care for infants too young for the shot</strong>. All others are asked to wait to receive the vaccine from their private provider or future clinics, as the vaccine becomes more available.</p> <p>On Monday, federal officials acknowledged public frustration over the short supplies and said the vaccine is being delivered as quickly as it comes off the production line. Statewide and in Orange County, the supply has been less than expected.</p> <p>Late Friday, the county's Health Care Agency received the first batch of shots. But the <strong>19,200 shots</strong> cannot yet be given because they did not come with the necessary supplies to administer them. Dr. Nancy Bowen, chief medical officer for public health services for the county, said Monday the supplies should be delivered in a day or two. The shots will then be distributed to private providers for high-risk groups, including pregnant women.</p> <p><strong>In Orange County, 22 people have died from H1N1 complications, including four children and two pregnant women.</strong></p> <p><strong>For Information about other states and counties, you can visit <a href="http://www.flu.gov/individualfamily/vaccination/locator.html">www.flu.gov</a>.  </strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZbk5yjZoI/AAAAAAAAarw/_7oDAvrvpac/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="199" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZbmV8FA7I/AAAAAAAAar0/sfWLPTKjX9U/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="344" /></a> </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/county-vaccine-school-2624664-health-clinics">First public swine flu clinics are Saturday | county, vaccine, school, health, clinics - Life - OCRegister.com</a></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:81f8b649-2a43-4b89-bcb2-a06afcf273ac" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/H1N1" rel="tag">H1N1</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Swine+Flu" rel="tag">Swine Flu</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/vaccines" rel="tag">vaccines</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Orange+County" rel="tag">Orange County</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare" rel="tag">healthcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/pandemic+influenza" rel="tag">pandemic influenza</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Irvine+Collge" rel="tag">Irvine Collge</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Santa+Ana+College" rel="tag">Santa Ana College</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Public+Clinics" rel="tag">Public Clinics</a></div>

Orange County (The OC) Finally to Have H1N1 (Swine) Flu Vaccine Public Clinics

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Chuck Grassley’s Questions for Health IT – He Should Use Social Networks As Most of His Answers Can Be Found There

<p> Financial incentives may be an area though not covered by Social Networks but after reading the rest of the requests, people are not shy on Social Networks and if one of the software companies blew it, it’s all over the place.  All you have to do is a quick scan on Twitter for starters or for that matter use a search engine and find a few issues that way.  </p> <p>I truly love the question about training, and perhaps <u>Mr. Grassley should experience a little bit of this first hand as until you have been there, you <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZOJCdUArI/AAAAAAAAarg/STjVuAD0ZK0/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="115" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZOKU0yAZI/AAAAAAAAark/pzQZAmSWipk/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="143" /></a>don’t get it</u>.   Number one, getting the commitment from staff is a chore in itself as they all do not want to be there, but it is a part of the entire process. <strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>We are talking MDs in many instances with high levels of degrees and years of experience in the clinical area and nobody wants to admit that a PC with some software installed can kick their butt, that is the literal translation here with discussing training methodologies.</strong>  It happens all the time and you get some resistance, cranky doctors and in the end you usually end up with a pretty well trained group after you pass those stages.  It’s not a bowl of cherries.   </p> <p>Hold Harmless, again check the Social Networks, nobody is held harmless there.  Do these companies have a system to track complaints, <strong>another strange question as all these folks are in the data base business with full CRM software programs that store all of this and have it available with a couple clicks.  <u>Companies in the data base business are experts at this, as it is their business.</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Perhaps Mr. Grassley could benefit by being outfitted with a </strong><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/09/fitbit-wireless-device-monitors-your.html"><strong>Fitbit</strong></a><strong> and get his own PHR established to manage his health</strong> and maybe that would save some of the questions posed of all these companies in the Health IT business.  How about it, we need some Congressional Role Models with managing our own healthcare?</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=health&nui=1&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhealth%2Fp%2F&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhealth%2Fp%2F&rm=hide"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/DucknetServices/SGRPjPR9NVI/AAAAAAAAH30/dA55nv_qrf4/googlehealth%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="95" /></a> <a href="http://www.healthvault.com/"><img border="0" height="40" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/DucknetServices/SM3q6TdZm-I/AAAAAAAAI90/u04OgRqDvPI/image%5B14%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="96" /></a></p> <p>Participation and curiosity is knowledge and those that participate tend to have a bit more knowledge.  BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>Chuck Grassley — the Senator who spent years asking questions about doctors’ ties to the drug and device industries — has some questions for the health IT industry. </p> <p>In letters sent earlier this month to 10 companies, Grassley says that he’s “received complaints” about systems that allow doctors to enter medical orders by computer. (Here’s a <a href="http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/WSJ_Letter_3M_Company_2009-10-16.pdf">copy of the letter</a>.) This is a big deal these days because the stimulus bill provides <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/05/08/coming-soon-guidance-for-grabbing-health-it-billions/">billions of dollars</a> in federal incentives to encourage doctors and hospitals to start using these sorts of systems.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/10/26/chuck-grassley-has-a-few-questions-for-the-health-it-industry/">Chuck Grassley Has a Few Questions for the Health IT Industry - Health Blog - WSJ</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:9d944542-4278-4d0d-a58d-bce73ec08fe2" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Chuck+Grassley" rel="tag">Chuck Grassley</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Health+IT" rel="tag">Health IT</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/technology" rel="tag">technology</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Congress" rel="tag">Congress</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare+reform" rel="tag">healthcare reform</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Social+Networks" rel="tag">Social Networks</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Software" rel="tag">Software</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/personal+heatlh+record" rel="tag">personal heatlh record</a></div>

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NoMoreClipboard PHR Helping Patients Manage Diabetes – Howard University Hospital Washington DC

<p><b></b></p> <p><b></b></p> <p>I remember back at HIMMs 2008 running across the booth for NoMoreClipboard.  At the time they were ready to release MiCard and there have been a number of features and items added since that time. <strong> MiCard</strong> allows you to carry your information around on a credit card type card.  This pilot program looks like a nice effort and a good way to get patients started with a PHR too, do the diabetes tests and give the results to the patient in a PHR that is populated with the results of the tests.  As we have all talked about the move to personal health records has not<a href="http://www.nomoreclipboard.com/"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="86" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZBX_dOzgI/AAAAAAAAarM/ZTJK_9rjc4M/image%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="240" /></a> set the world on fire yet, but this is a good way to get started with information they would need at some point in their lives anyway and why not have it in a format that is easy to read, use and share.  </p> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2008/03/micard-personal-health-record-card-for.html"><font size="2">MiCard - Personal Health Record card for travel and the wallet</font></a></h4> <p>One of the best reasons to start a PHR is to have information you need to put somewhere, and in this case it was diabetes so 2 birds were killed with one stone in essence, patients were tested by the mobile unit and they walked away with their test information in a format ready to build upon to add more health information.  Getting the word out is a challenge as I just spoke to a CVS pharmacist today and brought up personal health records and basically heard “huh?”  </p> <p>No more clipboard also works with Microsoft HealthVault to share records and the basic service is free.  Also, thanks to the folks and the CEO of NoMoreClipboard for being fans and readers of the Medical Quack.  BD</p> <p><strong><u>Hundreds of Washington, D.C., Patients Adopt a PHR as Part of a Community Effort to Combat Diabetes</u></strong></p> <i></i><i></i> <p>Fort Wayne, Ind. – October 26, 2009 – Howard University announced that hundreds of diabetic patients in the Washington area adopted an online personal health record (PHR) from NoMoreClipboard.com and are actively using it to communicate with their doctors and manage their disease.<a href="http://www.healthvault.com/"><img align="right" border="0" height="40" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/DucknetServices/SM3q6TdZm-I/AAAAAAAAI90/u04OgRqDvPI/image%5B14%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="96" /></a></p> <p>Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the D.C. area, according to the District of Columbia Department of Health (DOH). Howard University Hospital’s Diabetes Treatment Center is one of the first healthcare providers in the region to integrate the hospital’s electronic medical record (EMR) with a patient-focused PHR to manage diabetes treatment online.   <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZBZyLN81I/AAAAAAAAarQ/swuC9Skd9YI/s1600-h/image%5B18%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="141" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZBbDn4CPI/AAAAAAAAarU/7DElzitgUJ4/image_thumb%5B9%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="136" /></a> </p> <p>The NoMoreClipboard.com PHR was made available to diabetic patients as part of an initiative launched earlier this summer offering diabetes testing and treatment to underserved residents in the five city wards with the highest incidence of the disease.  </p> <p><strong>Funded by a DOH grant, doctors and technicians from the Diabetes Treatment Center, accompanied by a mobile unit, traveled to various area locations from June 2008 to September 2009 to screen and test hundreds of residents for diabetes.</strong>  All encounters on the mobile unit were then documented in an EMR system, and patients were offered a free PHR from NoMoreClipboard.com.  On-site staff helped patients set up their own accounts, which were then automatically populated with electronic information from the mobile unit encounter – including demographic information, labs, medications and allergies. <strong>All of this information was then incorporated into the hospital’s electronic medical record.</strong>   </p> <p>“If left untreated, a chronic disease like diabetes can lead to blindness, amputation and kidney disease,”  said Dr. Gail Nunlee Bland, director of the Diabetes Treatment Center.  “A personal health record helps patients and their physicians take an active role in managing their disease, which will also prevent some of the expensive complications that could arise down the road.”   </p>    With the NoMoreClipboard.com PHR, diabetic patients can share their health records with physicians, clinics, emergency rooms and other places <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZBdv0JFbI/AAAAAAAAarY/f3pPVkjQPak/s1600-h/image%5B13%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="210" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuZBfApIdOI/AAAAAAAAarc/kDQfNysOEmo/image_thumb%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="240" /></a>they seek treatment. <p>“We’re seeing the benefits of the personal health record already,” Bland said.  “It’s improving care coordination, reducing duplicate tests and giving everyone involved a more complete and accurate clinical picture."</p>    Jeff Donnell, chief marketing officer at NoMoreClipboard.com, said when combined with a hospital’s EMR, a PHR can have very powerful benefits. <p>“The Howard PHR takes clinical information from the hospital and makes it accessible to patients who are often struggling to manage the data associated with a chronic condition,” Donnell said.  “Wherever patients with the Howard PHR seek treatment, they are better able to share relevant information that can improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary costs.” </p> <p><b>About NoMoreClipboard.com </b></p> <b> <p><b></b>NoMoreClipboard.com is an online, patient-controlled personal health record management system designed to consolidate medical information in one convenient and secure location for easy retrieval and updates. Subscribers can easily transfer personal or family member medical information onto the physician’s specific medical forms; reducing the need to complete repetitive medical paperwork.</p> </b> <p>NoMoreClipboard.com was established to develop innovative web-based solutions for consumers seeking to establish an online personal health record (PHR). The NoMoreClipboard.com leadership team leverages its extensive clinical health care and technology experience to create and continually enhance a PHR system that is consumer-friendly, interactive, secure and interoperable with physician practice approaches to capturing patient information. </p> <p><strong><u>Related Reading:</u></strong></p> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2008/03/no-more-clipboard-unveils-medical.html"><font size="1">No More Clipboard unveils medical-records compiler</font></a></h4> <p><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2008/11/cms-names-four-phr-vendors-for-medicare.html"><font size="1">CMS names four PHR vendors for Medicare pilot program</font></a><b></b></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:1a78237c-62e8-47a5-bdb2-3fbcee33221a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/NoMoreClipboard" rel="tag">NoMoreClipboard</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/heatlhcare" rel="tag">heatlhcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/technology" rel="tag">technology</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/PHR" rel="tag">PHR</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/personal+health+records" rel="tag">personal health records</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/diabetes" rel="tag">diabetes</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Washington+DC" rel="tag">Washington DC</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Grant" rel="tag">Grant</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/encounters" rel="tag">encounters</a></div>

NoMoreClipboard PHR Helping Patients Manage Diabetes – Howard University Hospital Washington DC

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6 Harvard University Researchers Drank Poisoned Coffee – Treated at the Hospital

<p>This is a strange story, but good in the fact that nobody was seriously hurt from the poisoning, which was found to be a chemical used frequently in the lab as a preservative.  It all came back to one coffee machine, what type is not defined, so who made the coffee or was it a vending machine.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuVDWB_O1PI/AAAAAAAAarE/KlonP3Pitr4/s1600-h/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="164" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuVDX1pKf1I/AAAAAAAAarI/Hlmt2kp8OiA/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="140" /></a></p> <p>So far the police have not been brought in to investigate.  BD  </p> <blockquote> <p><strong>BOSTON —  Six Harvard University medical researchers who became sick in August after drinking coffee were poisoned, according to university officials.</strong></p> <p>In a memo released Friday, the school says the victims all drank from a coffee machine on Aug. 26 that later tested positive for sodium azide, a common preservative used in labs. </p> <p>The memo, written by Daniel G. Ennis, executive dean for administration, and Richard M. Shea, associate dean for physical planning and facilities, does not say whether officials believe the poisoning was intentional.</p> <p>"We are in the process of installing additional security cameras throughout our buildings, and we are strengthening the security systems that manage access to the laboratories during both normal business hours and off hours," the memo states.</p> <p>The six reported symptoms ranging from dizziness to ear ringing, and one passed out. They were treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and later released.</p> <p>The researchers, which include staff and students, all work in the Harvard Medical School's pathology department in its new Boston research building. They were using mice to investigate how diseases interact with the immune system.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569505,00.html">Officials: 6 Harvard University Medical Researchers Poisoned - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a2dc1154-ac2f-4179-9cd4-91256a899d7c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Harvard+Medical" rel="tag">Harvard Medical</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Research+and+development" rel="tag">Research and development</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/lab" rel="tag">lab</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/hospital" rel="tag">hospital</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Beth+Israel+Deaconess+Hospital" rel="tag">Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/University" rel="tag">University</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Poisoning" rel="tag">Poisoning</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/mice" rel="tag">mice</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/immune+system" rel="tag">immune system</a></div>

6 Harvard University Researchers Drank Poisoned Coffee – Treated at the Hospital

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BlueCross Blue Shield Office in Tennessee Received Bomb Threats – Nothing Found

<p> All employees were evacuated and later returned to work, and with 5 buildings this sounds like a substantial amount of employees to get out of the buildings.  Nothing was found and all returned back to work.  The University of Tennessee had also received bomb threats this week.  BD  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuPqiKEW6XI/AAAAAAAAaq8/LyQNNzn-dSA/s1600-h/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="116" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuPqlJyenwI/AAAAAAAAarA/0lkEM3Y7ADo/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="153" /></a></p> <blockquote> <p>Oct 24, 2009 (Chattanooga Times Free Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A second telephoned bomb threat in Chattanooga in three days forced the evacuation of BlueCross BlueShield's downtown location early Friday afternoon. </p> <p><strong>BlueCross' Cameron Hill location was evacuated about 12:15 p.m. after the company received a call that bombs had been placed in the campus' five buildings.</strong> <br />Chattanooga police conducted sweeps of the buildings and found nothing, said Capt. Terri Whiteside, spokeswoman for the Chattanooga Fire Department.</p> <p> <p><a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"></a></p> Officials set up a call station in the main lobby that allowed employees to report any suspicious or unusual behavior on Friday, Capt. Whiteside said.</p> <p>BlueCross allowed employees to return after the situation was assessed, said BlueCross spokeswoman Mary Thompson in an e-mailed statement.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/10/24/4442536.htm">BlueCross cleared after bomb threat</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a2309ec7-31e4-4353-8dbb-d5476090ef01" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/BlueCross" rel="tag">BlueCross</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/BlueShield" rel="tag">BlueShield</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/bomb+threats" rel="tag">bomb threats</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/health+insuance" rel="tag">health insuance</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Tennessee" rel="tag">Tennessee</a></div>

BlueCross Blue Shield Office in Tennessee Received Bomb Threats – Nothing Found

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Windows 7 Will be an Asset and Improvement for Healthcare Software Applications – Touchscreen PCs

<p><strong> I have used a Tablet PC with touchscreen and now I don’t know how to live without it,</strong> so with touch screen being supported in Windows 7, interacting with computers is going to become much easier even if you don’t have a tablet.   I still love my slate tablet and it works great for presentations all over without having to <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuPBwiLMbeI/AAAAAAAAaqs/duy34rP4Z7A/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="132" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuPByAd3ZUI/AAAAAAAAaqw/O9B84MKJ-Jw/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="176" /></a>pull out the digitizer.  With Windows 7 all you need is a computer that has the hardware support for touch and who knows, this could lead to fewer cases of carpel tunnel. </p> <p>Software will learn the scribbling habits, which before was pretty much only on the Tablet PC, so with Windows 7, we can look forward to interacting in a much more natural fashion, just have to remind ourselves that it is there and pull ourselves away from the mouse when not needed.  BD </p> <blockquote> <p>Thanks to its <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/10/22/microsoft-shows-off-windows-7-touch-screen-features/">full support </a>of multi-touch touch screens, Windows 7 is perfect for a tablet PC any doctor can use to record, update, and analyze your health records.</p> <p>The big phrase you will hear this year is <a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Windows-7-Prompts-AllInOne-PC-Surge-897984/">All In One</a>. It means instead of choosing among a notebook, a tablet and a touchscreen, they are all one thing. As the standard PC becomes an All In One, the price drops toward the $500/unit level seen in standard laptops</p> <p>But wait, there’s more. Because the touchscreen is now supported within the operating system, applications will also get that support. This will also drop the price of solutions dramatically.</p> <p>But a virtual page is being turned here. There are no longer any excuses for doctors to have tablet PCs equipped with a pen-like stylus, an interface just as good as the clipboard and, over time, better.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=2876">Windows 7 will shine in medicine | ZDNet Healthcare | ZDNet.com</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:9060d10f-e42c-4e2e-976c-d0268c0eb570" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+7" rel="tag">Windows 7</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare" rel="tag">healthcare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows" rel="tag">Windows</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/touchscreen" rel="tag">touchscreen</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Tablet+PC" rel="tag">Tablet PC</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/data+input" rel="tag">data input</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/cliboards" rel="tag">cliboards</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/PC" rel="tag">PC</a></div>

Windows 7 Will be an Asset and Improvement for Healthcare Software Applications – Touchscreen PCs

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Staying Alive – Dr. Craig Freied Co-Founder of (Azyxxi) Microsoft Amalga And Hospital Safety (ABC 20/20)

To bring you up to date if you are not familiar with <b><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/amalga/default.mspx" linkindex="113">Amalga,</a></b> it is currently one of the Healthcare Solutions from Microsoft, the brains. Below is an <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/" linkindex="114"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="157" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOTm1-LxoI/AAAAAAAAap8/FmvcxCQnm8s/image%5B49%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="image" width="207" /></a>excerpt from an <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5780-2005Mar3.html" linkindex="115">archive in the Washington Post</a> about the beginnings before Microsoft, <b>when the project was called Azyxxi.</b>  Dr. Freied thinks hospitals should be designed more like airports and in the video he explains why.   Some of his statistics were interesting, like female doctors have overall better results on keeping patients alive over male counterparts.  <br />What I like is the description of the doctor:<b>  <u>“Data Junkie”</u></b> being a bit of one myself in having written an EMR, but this man knows 25 computer languages, genius in my eyes just speaking for that one item alone.   He and his partner knew how <b>algorithms</b> would work to give information and save lives, <b>well enough that Microsoft bought it and and has continued to develop the system that took 8 years to build for Dr. Feied and his partner.</b>  You can read more of the history of <b>Amalga</b> here at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Amalga" linkindex="116">Wikipedia.</a>  In the early days, before being acquired by Microsoft, the software was named <b>Azyxxi.</b> <br /><i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5780-2005Mar3.html" linkindex="117">“Mark Smith and Craig Feied</a><u><b></b></u> quickly discovered that the main reason for the frustration and wait times was the delay in getting test results and other information to ER doctors and nurses. For Smith, who came to medicine from a PhD program in computer science at Stanford, and Feied, who started his career as a biophysicist and knows 25 computer languages, the obvious answer was to write a <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/amalga/default.mspx" linkindex="118"><img align="right" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/Sh3Jjho1dkI/AAAAAAAAP6A/JpFDmLReCjk/image%5B16%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" /></a>computer program that could eliminate the bottlenecks. </i> <br /><i>Sixteen months later, they installed the first terminal in the middle of the ER with a handwritten sign taped on it: "Beta Test. Do Not Use." But as they had hoped, people began using it anyway -- and were astounded by what they could do. And before long, doctors were coming from other departments to retrieve information on patients who had come to them through the emergency room.  </i> <br /><i>Over the next eight years, Azyxxi spread through the hospital as more people used and demanded it, and more information was fed into its database. By 2002, the IT department threw in the towel and canceled a contract with an outside vendor to develop a hospital-wide electronics record system, having already spent $8 million. By the end of last year, with the help of a handful of in-house programmers,<b> Azyxxi had been rolled out in all six sister hospitals in the MedStar system, at maybe a third of the cost of what an outside supplier would have charged, according to hospital officials.”</b><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOTpS2MFoI/AAAAAAAAaqA/FBcrni7xd2E/s1600-h/image%5B19%5D.png" linkindex="119"><b><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="148" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOTq23F3jI/AAAAAAAAaqE/HSiqFsb9UOA/image_thumb%5B11%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="image" width="191" /></b></a></i> <br />Earlier this year I had the chance to speak with <b>Steve Shihadeh and Mike Naimoli</b> from Microsoft and you can read the interviews below where he discussed where <b>Amalga and Life Sciences</b> are today and the future growth.  You can also do a search on the blog under Amalga and find a number of additional posts as well.  <br /> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/02/steve-shihadeh-vp-microsoft-health.html" linkindex="120"><span style="font-size: x-small">Steve Shihadeh, VP Microsoft Health Solutions Group – The Amalga Software Solution for Aggregating Hospital Information (Interview)</span></a></h4> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/05/deep-dive-into-microsoft-life-sciences.html" linkindex="121"><span style="font-size: x-small">A Deep Dive into Microsoft Life Sciences Today and in the Future – Interview with Michael Naimoli</span></a></h6> Amalga has grown and is being used as a solution all over the world and in the US, <a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/10/el-camino-hospital-opens-new-facility.html" linkindex="122">El Camino hospital,</a> <a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/06/single-sign-on-for-microsoft-amalga.html" linkindex="123">New York Presbyterian</a>, <a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2007/11/st-joseph-health-system-selects.html" linkindex="124">St. Josephs</a> to name a few and Amalga also played a part in the <b><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/10/microsoft-h1n1-tool-3-technologies-came.html" linkindex="125">Microsoft H1N1 tool</a></b> that was announced a couple weeks ago.  <br /><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/04/dr-oz-as-seen-on-oprah-discusses-how.html" linkindex="126">Dr. Oz speaks about the importance</a> of electronic medical records at New York Presbyterian too.  <br /><img height="216" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/Sdm75yKqtZI/AAAAAAAAO_Y/wgzQNibHpW0/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="277" /> <br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/amalga/default.mspx" linkindex="127"><img alt="image" border="0" height="53" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOTrrv9Z2I/AAAAAAAAaqI/iLPApBoRTy0/image%5B39%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" width="134" /></a> <br /><b><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/" linkindex="128">Link to the ABC Video</a></b> <br />Other areas of the report discussed keeping things clean and safe around the hospital.  Actually when you watch the ABC Video, these items were featured first.  <br />They discuss the “killer tie”, describing it as a big<b> “germ slob”</b> that goes around collecting bacteria all day long.  We want to go to the hospital to NOT die, in other words we don’t want to die of something else you catch at the hospital, we want to get well. <br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/" linkindex="129"><img alt="image" border="0" height="144" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOTszfb4yI/AAAAAAAAaqM/-LL5YI-N4ek/image%5B51%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" width="134" /></a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/" linkindex="130"><img alt="image" border="0" height="141" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOTuDfhNRI/AAAAAAAAaqQ/YH0dgC7s30s/image%5B50%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" width="174" /></a>  <br />Hand washing is discussed at great length.  At Cedar Sinai they put a screensaver on all the computers in the hospital as a constant reminder for doctors to wash their hands.  Repetition works everywhere.  They did a culture of the bacterial and their hands. <br />In addition to a screensaver, I like this technology solution I wrote about a while back, as it is simple to use and appears to be non intrusive or disruptive. <br /> <h4><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/06/real-time-monitoring-of-when-you-washed.html" linkindex="131"><span style="font-size: x-small">Real Time Monitoring of When you Washed your Hands – Don’t Touch that Patient Until You Have Washed Your Hands</span></a></h4> <img height="404" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SibEP96NB1I/AAAAAAAAQDY/AjXYo1fXNXQ/image_thumb%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="324" /> <br />This is the result of a culture, big mass there is bacteria and certainly looks pretty ugly.  Cedars also posted pictures like this all around the hospital too as a reminder.  <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOTwYWt3RI/AAAAAAAAaqU/zuVu2uedHmw/s1600-h/image%5B29%5D.png" linkindex="132"><img alt="image" border="0" height="133" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOTx1bWz8I/AAAAAAAAaqY/SV9e-1n_1Ak/image_thumb%5B19%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" width="194" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOTz-EARlI/AAAAAAAAaqc/DrIEmpzXq2E/s1600-h/image%5B32%5D.png" linkindex="133"><img alt="image" border="0" height="133" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuOT1dmSReI/AAAAAAAAaqk/z7PPwha18EM/image_thumb%5B22%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" width="135" /></a> <br />They followed a nurse for 10 minutes and in that amount of time she had to wash her hands 20 times, something you wouldn’t think about I guess until you see the person working in action.  Cedars has even added disposable stethoscopes to work on cleanliness.  <br />It’s a good watch and worth the 20 minutes and will bring you up to date on how <b>many thinking outside or not even near a box,</b> are creating solutions.  BD  <br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/" linkindex="134">Watch '20/20' Friday Nights at 10 p.m. - ABC News</a> <br /><b><u>Related Reading:</u></b> <br /> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2007/12/microsoft-research-research-programs.html" linkindex="135">Microsoft Research: Research & Programs for Healthcare</a></h6> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/genomics-and-silverlight-from-microsoft.html" linkindex="136">Genomics and Silverlight from Microsoft working together for Great Visual Enhancement– BioMashUps</a></h6> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2008/10/scripps-navigenics-affymetrix-and.html" linkindex="137">Scripps, Navigenics, Affymetrix and Microsoft team on groundbreaking health study – Personalized Medicine</a></h6> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2008/09/two-more-hospitals-sign-for-amalga-from.html" linkindex="138">Two More Hospitals Sign for Amalga from Microsoft</a></h6> <h6><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/01/wisconsin-health-information-exchange.html" linkindex="139">Wisconsin Health Information Exchange RHIO connected with Amalga from Microsoft</a></h6> <a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/04/microsoft-introduces-groundbreaking.html" linkindex="140"><span style="font-size: x-small">Microsoft Introduces Groundbreaking Technology – Amalga Life Sciences Software</span></a> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; 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Take Healthcare Out of the Hospital States Internist From Non Profit Exploring Disruptive Innovations

<p> He makes some very good points on some disruptive technologies that have entered healthcare, like <strong>Minute Clinics and</strong> about how the venue of job descriptions is changing, duties shifting to other areas such as<strong> physician’s assistants performing tasks provided by doctors</strong>.  He speaks about devices <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuPHEWNFFzI/AAAAAAAAaq0/53EzT6bBft0/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="81" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/SuPHFPqNIZI/AAAAAAAAaq4/XXYptm05f5E/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="167" /></a>and yes we are accustomed to using present day devices, <strong>but most are not any where near ready to move to the next level whereby data is being reported from the devices which requires additional interaction and participation</strong> in one’s healthcare.  Shoot there are doctors who don’t even know what those are as well.  Also important is the muddy waters out there with devices as well, where’s your data going? <strong> Ask questions and be disruptive here yourself.</strong>  </p> <p>The next level of disruptive technology is going to need one heck of a training effort, otherwise it will be just that – a disruption that nobody understands or wants to deal with, folks will give up if overwhelmed.  In following along with the title of this article, taking healthcare out of the hospital, we are talking a lot of devices and data reporting, so again not to be overlooked and considered.  </p> <p>One other item not mentioned is insurance carriers and they disrupt everybody every day with new business models, new plans, new scoring procedures for claims, and not to mention new algorithms that will affect somebody and the care they receive.  So again all of this is fine and dandy with a little push, but we don’t want to over look the entire picture and need balance from all areas and<strong> not just decide to be disruptive because we can. (grin).  BD</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Jason Hwang, an internist and director of healthcare for the Innosight Institute, told attendees at the 2009 Connected Health Symposium in Boston that<u> the best way to reform healthcare is to let disruptive, "bottom-up" technologies de-centralize the system.</u> </p> <p>Jason Hwang's prescription for healthcare reform can be boiled down to a simple axiom: Take healthcare out of the hospital.</p> <p>The internist and <a href="http://www.innosightinstitute.org/who-we-are/staff/jason-hwang/">executive director of healthcare at the Innosight Institute</a> told attendees at the <a href="http://connected-health.org/events/symposium-2009.aspx">2009 Connected Health Symposium</a> that healthcare is too expensive and inaccessible for too many people, because the system's hospital-centric business model isn't sustainable.</p> <p><strong>Instead, Hwang called for a new model that recognizes the increasing role technology plays in our society.</strong></p> <p>"The story we often tell is about diabetics being empowered by technology to do more and more care for themselves. Obviously, outcomes tend to be better when [diabetics] are more engaged with their health," Hwang told <strong>MassDevice</strong> after his speech. <strong>"So we've armed them with glucose meters, insulin dosages that they're allowed to adjust on their own and an easy ability to get syringes in pharmacies. All of that goes to de-centralizing care.</strong></p> <p>"As you change the care-giving venue, you also usually change the profession of the person providing the care," Hwang observed. "Specialists have become generalists and more care is being given on an outpatient basis. Duties once performed by physicians are now the domain of physicians-assistants and nurses."</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.massdevice.com/news/hwang-take-healthcare-out-hospital">Hwang: Take healthcare out of the hospital | MassDevice - Medical Device Industry News</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:267fabef-e339-452e-85be-7a8f119a0dae" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/disruption" rel="tag">disruption</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Innosight" rel="tag">Innosight</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/think+tanks" rel="tag">think tanks</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/non+profits" rel="tag">non profits</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/healthcare+reform" rel="tag">healthcare reform</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/medical+devices+reporting+data" rel="tag">medical devices reporting data</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/medical+devices" rel="tag">medical devices</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/hospital" rel="tag">hospital</a></div>

Take Healthcare Out of the Hospital States Internist From Non Profit Exploring Disruptive Innovations

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