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Archives for January, 2011

The Intersection of Search, Media, Technology and Humanitarian Aid

Emergency in Haiti: Where Medics, Missionaries and Militaries Collide. Seminar delivered by The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) 6pm to 8pm, 26 February 2010, University Place, The University of Manchester This presentation by [+]

UK e-Government National Awards 2010 winners announced

The winners have been announced in the e-Government National Awards 2010, the UK’s most closely watched public sector technology awards event. Congratulated via video link by the Prime Minister David Cameron, the country’s top public sector technology experts, [+]

Does your EMR have security built in for VIPs?

Security is a high priority feature for today's EMR. One of the most public breaches for a VIP was the breach of George Clooney's medical record during a personal emergency.  Your EMR should be detailed audit [+]

Mobile Patient Gadgets for Outpatient

Healthcare is always looking for ways to be in constant touch with patients. This can help them monitor weak patients and handle any emergency situation. An innovative approach in mobile technology has [+]

Rapid EHR Market Evolution may be Leaving Some Vendors Behind

Don Fornes from SoftwareAdvice.com believes that EHR / EMR vendors may have some serious troubles in the future.  I tend to agree.  I find it unlikely that a field full of 400+ vendors is going [+]

New Research on Smartphone Readiness in Hospitals

As a disclosure, Voalte is a developer for smartphones.  Given that, you can take their whitepaper knowing they may have a particular slant in mind.  However, I must say that as a non-biased observer, I [+]

The only man capable of taking on Chuck Norris is back!!! OLD SPICE GUY!

The Old Spice Guy is back!!  Are you excited?  Have you seen his man muscles make hilarity ensue? I think not. You must.  Dr. Mike met the Old Spice Guy.  It is the only time [+]

Shared Medical Appointments Help Promote Weight Loss

Palo-Alto Medical Foundation research shows a very interesting correlation between shared appointments and weight loss.  Apparently there is a better correlation between physical peer pressure than virtual peer pressure. In a specialized SMA designed for weight [+]

Toshiba Tablet Runs Android 3.0 to Challenge Apple iPad

The "pad" market is cooking with gas!  The iPad started the evolution and HP, Samsung, Toshiba, Cisco, and lots of others are really close behind.  Toshiba's newest iteration is worth a look: Toshiba showed off its [+]

Going Electronic: Some Simple Steps for Paper Chart Conversion

American EHR Partners has some good guidelines for folks starting to move away from paper. The costs of EHR software and hardware are currently front of mind due to the Medicare and Medicaid incentive funding [+]

Dr. Kimberly Eickmeier on Orthotic Devices

Dr. Kimberly Eickmeier discusses a new technology that Christie Clinic offers that allows podiatrists to determine which orthotic device is most appropriate for your feet. [+]

School of Nursing Uses Birth Simulators

Birth simulators have been around for a while, however, they are just getting to the point of a highly realistic simulation. The latest wireless technology is helping students at the Crouse Hospital School of Nursing [+]

EHR Tales from the Trenches: Pitfalls and Pointers from Physicians Who’ve Lived to Tell the Tale

Check out this webinar! HealthTechnica's own Shawn Riley is moderating. Who should attend: • Physicians in small and medium sized practices • IT staff and IT consultants for small and medium sized practices EHR topics to [+]

Virtual Cancer Screening with 3-D Viewer

Joe Engalan, Director of Development at Vectorform, demonstrates a proof-of-concept 3-D viewer for Windows Phone 7 devices and PCs and slate PCs running Windows 7. The virtual colonoscopy viewer supports a high-performance [+]

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Web Initiatives, 1996-2011

In collaboration with the Hospital Marketing Department, web sites for NewYork-Presbyterian were created by the in-house ITS Web & Multimedia team (under the leadership of Virgil Wong from 1996-2011). This five minute [+]

Intelligent InSites Recognized with Six Awards in 2010 for Its Leadership Role in Transforming Healthcare

Intelligent Insights was recognized in 2010 with six awards for innovation and excellent business practices. Intelligent InSites 2010 awards and recognition include: Provider of the Ten Hot Software Platforms and Applications for Healthcare Mobile Health Expo 2010 Award [+]

Voalte Speeds Clinical Communication at Texas Children’s Hospital

Voalté announced today that Texas Children’s Hospital will become the first pediatric facility in the country and the first hospital in Texas to use iPhones with Voalté’s innovative solution for point-of-care [+]

Patient Data Provider IsansysLifecare Makes Its Debut

IsansysLifecare Limited, the single-source provider of complete real-time physiological patient data acquisition systems and services, today announces its official debut as a company. The new business, which will focus on providing continuous, real-time patient data to healthcare [+]

Going under the Robotic Surgeon’s Knife

How would you like the idea of getting operated upon, by a robot? Well, not many folks would find the idea agreeable, and if the area of the body to be subject [+]

Dr. Robot, David Samadi, operates on the first patient in Israel

Robotic surgery is becoming more and more common.  In 10 years I can see robots being commonplace in ORs around the world. This surgery is the first robotic surgery to take place in Israel. [+]

Webinar for 5010

5010 is going to be lots of fun.  Not quite as much fun as ICD-10, but a whole bunch of fun. HIMSS has put together a webinar to give you some of the highlights. *5010 Webinar [+]

Dr. Blumenthal Discusses Registration for EHR Incentive Programs

Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, discusses the importance of registering for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs, administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Blumenthal [+]

Butler Health System Delivers Higher Quality Care After Implementing a Location-Enabled patient flow and Communication Solution

Butler Health System (BHS) announced today that patients in their Butler Memorial Hospital are benefitting from faster and more personalized care as a result of implementing Real-Time Locating and Sensing (RTLS) technologies. BHS [+]

LinkedIn Wireless Health Group: Toward an mHealth and Wireless Health Consumer Movement

LinkedIn has a couple of excellent groups for those of us in the Health Information Technology field.   Take a look at the "now open" Wireless Health Group.   Find the Wireless Health group on LinkedIn Dear Wireless [+]

Rauland-Borg Partners with Voalté to Bring Nurse Call to iPhones

Rauland-Borg Corporation, a pioneer in the development of Nurse Call solutions, today announced its strategic partnership with Voalté, a leading developer of innovative point-of-care communications software on the iPhone and other smartphone [+]
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