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Archives for September, 2009

Nefsis, Teleconferencing done right Time for Telemedicine?

I have been using video conferencing before video conferencing was cool. You know... back in the days when Microsoft Net Meeting was the unparalleled awesomeness of communication. Throughout the years many different products [+]

HIMSS Security Survey! Have you taken it?

Have you taken the HIMSS security survey yet? If not, make sure you do! Survey [+]

Email isn’t the only way…

Submitted by Guest Author: Michelle of http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk At a recent staff meeting, the topic of email came up as an effective way for the multisite medical organization to stay in contact. While the immediate cost savings [+]

Health Care Tech discussion on CSPAN

Chris Schoeder, CEO of HealthCentral, discusses the increased use of technology in the health care industry. [+]

Regional Earth System Prediction

This is a very interesting prediction system. I am curious to see how it works in this space. If it works well, I would love to see it applied to health care patterns. [+]

Care360 Mobile Now Brings Electronic Prescribing to the Apple™ iPhone™ and iTouch™

Dr. Thomas Wolf of Prairie Fields Family Medicine in Fremont, NE discusses the benefits of electronic prescribing using Quest DiagnosticsCare360 Mobile application on the iPhone and iTouch. [+]

Explaining International IT Application Leadership Health IT

Although it has been more than five years since President Bush set a goal of establishing electronic health records for all Americans, the United States has seen slow progress on health IT adoption. Yet many [+]

Seven Great Applications for IP-PBXs in the Medical Practice

Posted by Guest Author: Houston Neal At Software Advice, we just finished implementing a new phone system. It's great! It got us thinking of how medical practices can take advantage of Internet Protocol - Private [+]

Congressmand Tim Waltz discusses family planning in Health Choices Act

The following is a response from Congressman Tim Waltz: Thank you for contacting me regarding potential funding for family planning services in H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. I appreciate hearing from [+]

Radiology 1932, a step into the past.

Excerpt from a film detailing various routines and procedures at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The silent film was originally presented as an illustrative component to a lecture about the hospital's work given by Robert A. [+]

Very Cool IBM Project Blue Spruce and Telemedicine

IBM has always been a leader in technology.  Today they are trying to be a leader in telemedicine. In this video, IBM folks will walk through radiology PACS tools available to them across the [+]

Either plan for a disaster or just scream PLEASE SAVE MY HOSPITAL!!!

So.... if I say Disaster Recovery to you, what do you do? Do you immediately think about business continuity plans and downtime procedures, or do you do this: If this Dilbert presentation feels a little [+]

HealthTechnica.com survives a 2 day outage. Would your Hospital survive a 2 day EHR outage?

This weekend my website had the first outage it has had since re-launch in Novemeber of 2008. The PHP 5 engine on my hosting site had some issues and we could only host our [+]

FRIDAY POLL Who do you think is holding up health reform?

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Valant Psychiatric ePrescribing Demo

A video demonstration of Valant's psychiatric ePrescribing software, the only eRx system designed specifically for behavioral health professionals. More information at http://www.ValantMed.com [+]

Interview With Stanley Crane – Chief Innovation Officer, Allscripts™

From http://www.ehrtv.com The CIO of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., Stanley Crane, discusses the CAKE Network in detail with Dr. Eric Fishman. The Allscripts CAKE Network connects all physician practices, nurses, administrative staff, and other users, [+]

International Telestroke Network Demo

First International Telestroke Network sample video. Department of Neurology (Mayo Clinic, Arizona). Use of Medting as second opinion platform to share and discuss clinical cases between different countries. In the video a sample dialogue between [+]

International Telestroke Network Presentation

A great example of disruptive innovation in the health care space. International health care collaboration based on technologies that already exist in wide use on the Internet. The Department of Neurology (Mayo Clinic, [+]

Hyperbaric Chamber for Vets with the help of Hero Dr. Paul

Two weeks ago, Adam Ankarlo, 27, and his friend, 26-year-old retired Marine Cpl. Chad Allcox, took their first "dive" in hyperbaric chambers at National Hyperbaric-Tampa Bay in Palm Harbor. Center owner Allan Spiegel waived his fee [+]

Cleveland Clinic uses old tech in a new way

WTAM Mike Trivisonno talks with Ruth Fritsky about Cleveland Clinic's Cancer Answer Line. All telephone support for cancer patients. As I heard yesterday at the Mayo Clinic Transform 2009 convention "why not use [+]

Mayo Clinic Heart Surgery Enhancement Program

Mayo Clinic's Sue Cutshall, RN, CNS, discusses how the Healing Enhancement Program at Mayo Clinic helps ease patients' recovery in the hospital. She notes that patients use alternative and integrative therapies like massage in their [+]

Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery Patient Story

Teenager Steven McDonough was diagnosed with a tumor in his spinal cord. He and his mother share their story, along with his doctor Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr. George Jallo. [+]

WEEKEND POLL Can a Health Care Reform Package be approved by the end of the year?

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Web Seminar, Making Smarter Healthcare a Reality

IBM is putting on a free web seminar on September 16.  This seminar will dive into some of the new IBM tools focused directly at the health care space.  IBM has made huge inroads with [+]

Demonstration of Intel technology making health care records more accessible

Intel is getting deeper into the Health Information Technology space all the time. This video shows one of their newest items using a simple camera phone and a bar code for EHR accessibility. [+]
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