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What is Cyberchondria and Who Has it?

If you are one of many, well like all of us in the search for information relative to healthcare today, the self diagnosing trends are alive and well. With the wealth of information we have available, it is easy to do a little reading and self diagnose...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2008 11:22 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Data Mining, Diagnosis, ER, distractions, primary MD, cyberchondria

Healthcare in Japan Today

Dr. Crounse from the Microsoft Health Blog shares some information about healthcare in Japan. I had also heard about the measuring of the employee waists somewhere else along the line and if you get too fat you’re employer is in trouble with the...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2008 3:25 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, obesity, Japan

Implantable VeriChip and Microsoft HealthVault PHR link information

Not too long ago I had stated that online personal health records may be the best way to go, and now VeriChip has also partnered with the HealthVault. When you have an implanted chip, you are able to go on line and update your information, this...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 4:55 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, HealthVault, RFID, Verichip, personal heatlh records

Hospital Operator Demos Health Care Application For Microsoft Surface

Not too long ago I spent a few minutes doing some protein folding on a Microsoft Surface unit, was pretty awesome. Easy enough to disinfect too with spray and you can wear gloves too. Of course this could also be used to view records as well...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 1:56 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Hospital, Health IT, HealthVault, software, Heatlhcare, Surface Technology, Imaging, Micorsoft

Cleveland Clinic and Microsoft HealthVault to track chronic diseases at home with Medical Devices

This is a little different and the next phase with using a PHR (personal health record) to bring patients and physicians together in working with chronic disease treatments and plans. The Cleveland Clinic will enroll 400 participants and their physicians...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2008 6:48 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Physician, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, PHR, Health Records, HealthVault, integration, Cleveland Clinic, Microsoft HealthVault, blood pressure monitors, glucose monitors, Chronic disease

Remote Monitoring Technologies Could Shave Health Care Costs By $197 Billion; Broadband-based Applications Can Improve Care For Chronic Disease

Hospitals and doctors do not get paid until they provide a service, so monitoring a patient remotely has not been set up with the “codes” for payment as of yet, but who knows how this could change down the road if insurers begin to compensate physicians...

Healthline – Interview with the CEO – Health 2.0

Good interview from Robert Scoble and well worth listening to, he speaks about how healthcare is in a very fast pace, faster than what we have known in the past and about the shift to the consumer is evolving as far as taking care and accumulating your...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2008 2:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, privacy, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Economy, MIB, Health 2.0, Healthline

Kaiser Permanente Adds New Online Health Tools for Chronic Conditions – Personal Health Records with more added value

More news on Personal Health Records from Kaiser (PHR). According to this press release, patients are having some real success with using the online tools to manage chronic care conditions. Soon, the records will have the capability to be...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 11:05 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Kaiser Permanente, email physicians, online appointments

Patients can view, share health information through new Health Record Banks - Washington

Very nice hospitals putting the effort in to helping patients learn how to use a personal health records, in this case, HeatlhVault from Microsoft. Just created one for my mother last evening and we plan to sign up in the next few days for the ...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 12:53 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Medical Devices, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Document management, E-faxing

How electronic records reach your doctor – Integrated through the Hospitals

Dana Blankenhorn of ZDNet does a nice write up here on his visit to the physician and yes, us “geeks” find our way there too We are probably some of the most curious patients to arrive, as we are looking constantly to see what technology is being...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 4:01 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, Hospital, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, McKesson, Common User Interface, HealthVault, integration, Amalga, Stark Law, NextGen, ZDNet Healthcare

Scripps, Navigenics, Affymetrix and Microsoft team on groundbreaking health study – Personalized Medicine

10,000 employees, family members or friends of employees of Scripps will be able to participate in the study, Affymetrix to Scan, Navigenics to interpret and offer life style guidance and the Microsoft HealthVault will be the place where participants...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 1:19 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, personalized medicine, Genomics, healthcare, microsoft, HealthVault, Amalga, DNA Testing, Navigenics, Scripps, Sequencing, Affymetrix, GeneChip

HealthVault Has New Features Including Fax Services for $9.00 a year – Fax to the Vault!

I finally had time to take a look around in detail at some of the new features. The one that is very simple for anyone is the $9.00 a year fax service. This is neat as you get a dedicated fax number that you can give to anyone to send a fax, and...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 1:14 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Medical Devices, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Document management, E-faxing

HealthVault Personal Health Records gets a Facelift - Match records and find clinical trials

This is nice and much simpler and easier to navigate. I like it, not that the old one was bad by any means, this is just a much easier format to work with. I have provided some screenshots below. It is much easier to find the information...

Published Sun, Sep 09 2008 10:57 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault

The Microsoft Health Users Group Conference - August 26th and 27th, 2008

Technical events and training, plus a tour of the Microsoft campus, just looking at the itinerary it looks to be a couple pretty full days! Follow the links for additional information and to register. BD Would you like to...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 1:25 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Health IT, HealthVault, HIMMS, Amalga

AT&T, Covisint, Microsoft HealthVault Create Health Information Exchange

One more step for integration with the Microsoft HealthVault. Using what is sometimes called middleware, Covisint is connecting both AT&T and the HealthVault. As mentioned below, electronic prescribing is included and this should also...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 3:15 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Windows Mobile, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, HealthVault

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