Friday, July 15, 2011

Straight outta Ojai: CMIOs Part of Planet Alignment

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In a great review by Mark Hagland: " CMIOs at the Hot Center: Planets Seen Aligning at AMDIS " he highlights the he annual Physici...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

5% of US Population responsible for 50% Healthcare Spend

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In a report from the National Journal:  Report: 5 Percent of People Account for Half of U.S. Health Care Spending  a small minority of pati...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Doctors offer unapproved stem cell therapies

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Troubling developments when the medical profession starts offering untested therapies Doctors offer unapproved stem cell therapies http://u...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The Doctor is Alwasy In

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80% of the planet have a cell phone - the latest challenge creating an artificial intelligence that can diagnose patients better than board ...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

In Flight Emergencies

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A recent article in the NY Times  When Doctors Are Called to the Rescue in Mid-flight  on inflight emergencies brought a flood of memories b...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Intuit in Healthcare - A Waking Giant?

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Intuit is well known in finance and the commercial world and an interesting article by Austin Merritt on Software Advice " Intuit Healt...
Friday, May 6, 2011

Save Money and Reduce Medical Errors

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and improve the quality of healthcare! HealthImaging featured a report Medical errors cost U.S. $17 billion in 2008 which estimated that ...
Monday, April 25, 2011

Robotic Surgery Coming to s Hospital Near You

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Robotic surgery is on the increase and for good reason. Its not just the ability to control movement more precisely but with the ability to ...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Meaningful Use Day Of Reckoning - Slide Presentation from CDIA

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As promised my Slide presentation has been uploaded to Slideshare on LinkedIn: "Meaningful Use Day Of Reckoning Health Story". Cli...

Cloud Computing - Stepping into the Future

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Cloud computing is on a target to generate billions in revenue and is experiencing something of a revival.  It's a revival when you cons...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Car Maintenance Offer Solution to EMR Challenges

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In a fun piece by the  Onion  titled:  Quick-Lube Shop Masters Electronic Record Keeping Six Years Before Medical Industry  offers an altern...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Simulated acupuncture can treat nausea effectively in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

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In a recent study comparing acupuncture with simulated acupuncture:  Simulated acupuncture can treat nausea effectively in cancer patients u...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Meaningful Yoose - A Doctors Voice

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Ross Martin MD (founder of the American College of Medical Informatimusicology as part of his self-proclamation as the world's leading ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Glass Displays - A view into the future of Displays

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Gorilla Glass (foundation of the iPhone display) - Imagine the possibilities in healthcare Posted via email from drnic's posterous ...

Watson and Healthcare - What's All the Buzz

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Fresh from an exciting and busy week at HIMSS in Orlando that was topped off with a personal highlight - witnessing the space shuttle launc...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Fun meeting with @DrJosephKim #FreeEHR #Himss11

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Another interesting discussion with @techguy (John Lynn) #FreeEHR for HD TV

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Dr Watson Takes on Healthcare

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Watson Emerges Champion in Jeopardy Watson emerged the Jeopardy Champion last night with a resounding $ 77,147, beating both competitors (K...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Computer Assisted Physician Documentation

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It was an exciting news day today with the announcement of a Strategic partnership between Nuance and 3M. Lots of coverage and keen interest...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Playing Games with ONC Certification - Guest Post

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Certification remains one of the basic building blocks of the incentive program from the Government. CMS provides a tool for finding certif...