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Archives for December, 2009

NASA Portable Hyperbaric Chamber Technology Finds Home on Earth

NASA has signed a patent license agreement with a California company to improve the medical community's access to hyperbaric chambers used to treat many medical conditions and emergencies. OxyHeal Medical Systems Inc. of National City, [+]

EMR Quality Reporting & Dashboards for Community Health Centers

What trends drive Business Intelligence at Community Health Centers today? How can Business Intelligence dashboards help CHCs report on their data more effectively and improve patient care? Find out in this video featuring a presentation [+]

MDs Come to Learn Non-Invasive Brain Surgery

Israeli and Russian doctors learn a non-invasive technique for removing clots from the brain. [+]

First thing I hear at Xmas was …

So I am sitting at Xmas with all the relatives. The first thing that came up was health care reform. Massive disagreement and disinformation permeate both Republican and Democrat view points. Are you seeing this [+]

BEWARE… Santa is coming

Beware of Santa... and Merry Xmas [+]

Medical Devices, Making A Difference In People’s Lives

Medical Devices make a big difference in everyone's life. Saving lives. Improving care. Helping people recover and get back on their feet. This video explores some ways medical devices are making a difference and how [+]

Do You Wanna Date My Avatar

This is NOT how social media works in health care: If you want to know how social media SHOULD work in health care, then go check out Ed Bennett [+]

Protecting confidentiality with technology

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Health information may be compromised in multiple ways, including from internal and external sources. There may be accidental disclosures when protected information is overheard by another party; there may be internal disclosures [+]

Virtual Reality Cataract Surgery

Virtual Reality simulators are showing up for many different medical disciplines. Cataract Surgery is the next available: [+]

India’s first gene map reveals disease geography

Gene mapping from around the world can help humanity in new and exciting ways. [+]

Institute for Health Technology Transformation

The Institute for Health Technology Transformation isn't as well known as some of the older organizations for HIT leadership (i.e. HIMSS & CHIME). Even so, I think the (iHT2) is certainly worth a [+]

Best in KLAS 2009 announced this morning

KLAS Top 20 Report Best in KLAS rankings celebrate vendors receiving highest provider scores for software, professional services and medical equipment. The Top 20 Best in KLAS awards for medical equipment are published June 15. The Top [+]

New Funding for Community Health Technology and Patient Centered Medical Home

President Obama announces that the Recovery Act will provide new funding for Community Health Centers to finance new construction, modernize information technology, and build a medical home model. [+]

Hospitals Find New Ways to Ease Nursing Staffing Issues with Voalté

Nationwide, nurse workloads have increased due to staffing shortages resulting in dissatisfaction levels among nurses that are three to five times higher than the average worker. Nurses simply lack the time to do what they joined [+]

The Big Boys are Coming!!

Microsoft's acquisition of Sentillion, the front runner in Single Sign On products in the health care market, just adds another log to the fire of the largest IT organizations. It is very clear that Microsoft, Cisco, [+]

This keyboard could be useful for Radiology or Ortho. Very cool.

I would love to see this keyboard put to use in Rad or Ortho. Anyone out there using it in a clinical environment? Every key on this keyboard can light up the entire rainbow! Set [+]

A rare find! An iPhone app for Surgeons

HealthTechnica doesn't usually put in a spot for sponsors, however the I-Surgery Notebook is a rare app and deserves a review.  I-Surgery Notebook is an iPhone or iPod based application specifically for surgeons. This app keeps [+]

Three Health Care Organizations win Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

The National Baldrige Awards have been announced.  THREE of the winners were health care facilities: AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (health care) Heartland Health, St. Joseph, Mo. (health care) VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating [+]

Handheld Technology for Health Care Professionals: Information at the Point of Care

Technologic innovations are evident in every part of our lives, including the workplace. Dr. Rockstraw will lead participants in a comparison of various applications used in handheld technology that are common in the health care [+]

DNA Electronics Wins Prize At Elektra09 European Awards for Point of Care Gene testing

London, United Kingdom, DNA  Electronics Ltd, a developer of disposable, real-time gene testing at the point-of-care, has been named as the winner of the prestigious R&D prize at the Elektra09 European Electronics Industry Awards. DNA Electronics, a spin-out [+]

What Is Chelation Therapy?

Chelation is a very effective way to treat heavy-metal poisoning. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved chelation therapy for the treatment of lead poisoning. Injected or rectally delivered EDTA binds with the [+]

Bo Littau, Product Manager at Oticon discusses hearing technology

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New Walgreens.com Launches, Featuring Enhanced Pharmacy, Health, Photo and Mobile Options

View the newest mobile application from Walgreens.com, including a GPS-based store locator and high-touch photo enhancements. [+]