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What is HealthIT from the Discovery Channel Part 3 http://discoveryhealthcme.discovery.com/patiented/patiented.html Posted via email from drnic’s posterous
In an interesting response to a problem of getting the word out >>>>Despite these compelling findings, an audit of UK hospitals in 2011 showed that, of 412 trauma patients who were ill enough to need a blood transfusion and therefore be eligible for tranexamic acid treatment, only 12 (3%) received the drug. The implementation rate […]
What is HealthIT from the Discovery Channel Part 2 http://discoveryhealthcme.discovery.com/patiented/patiented.html Posted via email from drnic’s posterous
Soem interesting video presentation on HealthIT and Informatics from the Discovery Channel Part 1: Posted via email from drnic’s posterous
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Bank Of America Just Had The Ultimate Social Media Fail Julia La Roche | Nov. 15, 2011, 10:54 AM | 61,418 | 49 A A A inShare683 This makes you wonder if Bank of America, which is currently axing 30,000 of its staff globally, already cut their social media team. Or if they don’t […]
Dragon express was released this week at an amazing introductory price of $49.99. Great news for people wanting to try out Dragon on their Mac and for anyone who wants to effectively speech enable their applications especially social media. The App store has made the ease of purchase an installation a breeze and finding the […]
Brian Dolan thinks so: http://mobihealthnews.com/13860/siri-iphones-new-personal-health-assistant/ Based on our own in-house testing here at MobiHealthNews, Siri in its current form could be helpful to both patients and healthcare providers alike. After asking Siri a number of questions, we were surprised how she answered some and that she was able to answer others. And even for coding in […]
via advisory.com In an interesting unanticipated effect the AHRQ has highlighted the potential for the government changes to encourage physicians >>> “… may “fire” noncompliant patients from their practices, push back against quality-improvement initiatives, and minimize patient empowerment efforts, CQ HealthBeat reports. Some physicians already are “firing” unvaccinated patients, noting that they pose a risk […]
via businessnewsdaily.com Voice is cool! Voice recognition and its most recent persona – the now well known Siri on the Apple 4S is a star and has really captured the imagination of the public….. something we have been working at for a number of years in the healthcare sector. The key to the success is […]
via healthunbound.org Speech recognition is an increasingly common interface – we interact with speech systems on the phone, using our phones and in our cars. But as Jonathan Dreyer points out in this piece – speech for general use is different to use in healthcare. In Healthcare it requires an appropriate context to attain the […]
via hcrenewal.blogspot.com In a detailed and extensive post on the hcrenewal blog that covers the pending case from Pittsburgh and the challenges relative to complexity of EMR systems, understanding the data including all the meta data that is gathered within these systems but not always available for review by clinicians. The post is illuminating on […]
The Siri application in the latest Apple Advert showing off the power of your voice Posted via email from drnic’s posterous
Ben Goldacre, Saturday 31 October 2009, The Guardian. Every now and then it’s fun to dip into the world of politics and find out what our lords and masters are saying about science. First we find Brooks Newmark, Conservative MP for Braintree, introducing a bill to reduce the age for cervical cancer screening to 20. […]
My news reader(Netnewswire) reports 27,773 unread feeds… Yikes Posted via email from drnic’s posterous
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via ama-assn.org Minimal progress in what is a challenging problem for healthcare facilities in preventing readmission of patients. Surgical patients fared the best with a 12.7% readmission rate which was unchanged but in the top 3 killer category Congestive Heart Failure remained a recalcitrant problem with 1 in 5 patients returning to hospital – up […]
Patient advocacy groups are protesting the government’s shutdown of public access to data on malpractice and disciplinary actions involving thousands of doctors nationwide. The National Practitioner Data Bank maintains confidential records that state medical boards, hospitals and insurance plans use in granting licenses or staff privileges to doctors. Although records naming physicians aren’t available to […]
via guardian.co.uk If you grew up in England and were technically inclined you will remember “Tomorrow’s World” – it played live right before “Top of the Pops” As the Guardian Article points out there was often mention of computers powered by voice…now with Apple’s Siri that distant future looks closer than ever. In fact the […]
via thisislocallondon.co.uk NHS hospital asking employees to work for free in “extraordinary measures” This seems wrong on so many levels and will undoubtedly affect some more than others. Posted via email from drnic’s posterous
via cultofmac.com Awesome review of Steve Jobs with history and the his pathway through life. Interesting to note that he asked for some spare parts for a school project from William Hewlett (of HP fame) and received the parts and a summer job. Imagine how motivating that was. We need more of that today. Posted […]
Nice piece on FastCompany Former Apple CEO John Sculley On The Future Of Medical Technology And Health Care’s Killer App As a trail blazer for original tablets in the 80’s it must be gratifying to see the uptake of the iPad and it’s competitors. In his mind not going to start with a single “killer app” […]
This piece of news is mind blowing – CERN scientists identified sub atomic particles traveling at a speed greater than the speed of light…….. I need to repeat that: CERN scientists identified sub atomic particles traveling at a speed greater than the speed of light. Here’s the paper and live conference today Friday Sep 23 at 16:00 Zurich […]
In a nice expose on the need for speech recognition on mobile devices: Accurate speech recognition: mHealth’s Holy Grail for docs on Fierce Mobile Health covers off the need for the inclusion of speech in the mHealth future. As they discovered Doctors constantly tell me how much they love their iPhones and Android tablets, but they […]
Congratulations! You’ve committed to an EMR, which is an accomplishment in itself. But the hardest part is still to come: getting it to work. From failing to plan to skipping out on training, many mistakes can be made during the implementation process. And although they may not be as juicy as wrath, envy or lust, […]
