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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

Personalized medicine will rely on IT – It’s all about Software

Let’s put it another way, it can’t exist without IT. Again it all comes back to running algorithms to obtain desired results. As I have mentioned before, Algorithms is one of the hottest words right now in healthcare as we all make decisions...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 10:54 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, personalized medicine, DNA, Genomics, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, Biotech, Pharmacogenomics, Helicos, Sequencing

Are electronic and personal health records inevitable? – Sure they are but we need education and mentors to make it work!

ZDNet just wrote about Dr. Kolodner and his recent report which is good, but we need more than reports. I have been doing a whole lot here reporting on reports! Can we move forward as I think we have won the battle that PHRs are worth their...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 3:26 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records, Department, mentors, education of Defense

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

Microsoft Releases New Robot-Building Software

Do you want to build a robot for use in healthcare, well here’s some software that might be of help. Also from the website, check out the RoboChamps Urban Challenge, very similar to DARPA’s Urban Challenge, the creation and use to Autonomous Cars...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 2:03 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Robotics, Hospitals, software, LAC+USC Medical Center, USC Medical School, robots

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

Microsoft is lead developer on military Personal Health Records project

If you have been reading this blog of late, there have been many posts about personal health records, and now it seems those 2 companies that everyone seems to worry about related to security with PHRs, Microsoft and Google, are now working on a project...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 2:50 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, Department of Defense, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records

Microsoft BizSpark – Free help, Software, Venture Capitalists and Angel Connections

The program is designated for start up companies, and we have plenty of those in healthcare. You do need to qualify, but the website is pretty complete with instructions, information etc. You need to be in business for 3 years or less...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 1:27 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, visual studio, Medical Records, Silverlight, Robotics, software, Start Ups, Live Mesh, Venture Capital Funding, Dot Net, Developer Tools, Angel funding

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

Bill Gates' mysterious new company – “bg3 LLC” – Philanthropy and maybe more

Records describe bgC3 as a “holding company” and according the this report and earlier this year he stated that he wanted to work more with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, so it appears this will be a “think tank” as referenced. Unlike we...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 6:11 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Bill Gates, Surface Technology, Philanthropy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Think Tank, bg3LLC

Microsoft's SurfaceWare could get you drunk faster than drinks through a straw

This is interesting as yes the technology could make a waiter or waitress more in tune to your needs. I am guessing we might see this technology expanded as well to let individuals know when they have had too much too. We are getting so efficient...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 12:49 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, software, Surface Technology, Alcohol, Smart Glass

Aetna and Microsoft join forces – Members will now be able to transfer health records to Microsoft Health Vault

One more partner for the Microsoft HealthVault, press release below. Contrary to all it seems to be the last couple days of posts, this is not a total PHR blog. There has been a lot of news in this area and I just wanted to make sure all were...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 1:58 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, health insurance, PHR, Personal Health Records, Aetna, Informed Patient

American Heart Association and Microsoft HealthVault Unite

Some blood pressure monitors can now connect and transmit the information for you as well! Based on the information entered, the software will also alert you when it may be time to see your doctor. If I were entering blood pressure, I would...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 1:41 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, pesonal health records, American Heart Association

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