Thursday, September 23, 2010

Voice is Ready for Prime Time

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Mike Elgan said so......: Say it with me: Voice is ready for prime time, It's time for the victory of voice to shout down the tyranny of...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Fish oil studies

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No doubt the recently presented abstract on fish oil will drive even more alternative medicine claims. The study currently preliminary: HFSA...

Dementia to increase by 85% over next 20 Years

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In yet another noteAble challenge faced in the healthcare system over the coming years is the massive increase in Dementia over the next 20 ...

MedIcare moves to Fingerprinting

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In a move away from "pay and chase" to fraud prevention Medicare will start to ask for fingerprint and background checks on some b...

Length of Compression stocking Matters in DVT Prevention

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For Compression Hose, Length Matters (CME/CE) Using above knee bs cAlf length compression TED stockings improves prevention of DVTs in at ri...
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Junior Doctors Hours

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The topic of hours and fatigue in medicine continues to rumble on with no real resolution in site. A couple of recent articles and news item...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Shout Out to Dr Frances Oldham Kelsey - Iconic Image for the FDA

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Dr Frances Oldham Kelsey  was ahead of her time and is to be honored tomorrow for her contribution in preventing a a much larger Kevadon (be...

3-D Printing WIll Impact Joint Replacements Soon

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New developments in technology to allow for the creation of components in real time in three dimensions >>> http://www.nytimes.com/...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Health Care Wastefulness Is Detailed in Studies

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I'm what is probably no big surprise we find detailed studies showing billions wasted with unnecessary vista to the doctor and the ED: H...
Friday, September 3, 2010

Dragon Helps Matchmaking

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The latest in a an annual competition looking for unusual and innovative users of Dragon the winner of the 2010 I speak Dragon contest Evan...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

What is Clinical Informatics

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In a recent online discussion the question was posed "what makes up the skills and requirements of a CMIO". There was much discuss...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Top 10 Reasons to go Digital in Healthcare

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In the Spirit of helping those that face the digital tidal wave of technology in healthcare with trepidation I offer the following top ten r...
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Average wait time in ED 4 hours

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Average wait time for "emergency" treatment is in excess of 4 hours. As the article puts it:  Fast Treatment Rare in Emergency Dep...

Sledding injuries can be severe

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It is probably no great surprise that sledding injuries occur in children but the severity especially in children under 4 years of age tends...

Oil spill clean up workers likely to experience more healt problems

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Previous spill clean ups show increased health problems in the workers including respiratory problems and even some chromosomal changes Oil ...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Brain Trauma Can Mimic Lou Gehrig’s Disease

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Fascinating study released suggesting that ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease) is mis diagnosed in many athletes suffering head...
Monday, August 16, 2010

Would you like a statin with that Burger

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Perhaps a better strategy might be not eating the burger and shake rather than offering packets of Statins to go with excess fat and food in...

FDA Warning on Fake Tourniquets

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In what is likely to be a troubling problem that will likely occur with increasing frequency the FDA has warned that there are a number of c...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Nuance Medical Search Application Now Available

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Nuance released their latest offering for the iPhone today ( as previewed at HIMSS 2010 )- it was reviewed in several journals including A...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

A Day in the Life

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Guest posting on Healthcare IT Central today that featured a Day in the Life of a CMIO (thanks to Gwen Darling for posting). As I state in...