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Medicine is a Low Tech Business - Clinical Studies still done on paper too!

Hat's off to the Wall Street Journal for mentioning this. Great topic and I'm going to rant and bring a few more details of this entire issue to light here. As any readers of this blog know I am a tech person that work with medical...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 2:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Windows Mobile, healthcare, Medical Records, Tablet PC, Google Health, FDA, clinical trials, HealthVault, Kaiser Permanente, Documentation

FiatLux Imaging - Mobile and Desktop PACS

The software will allow doctors to work with the images on standard PCs or PDAs. No more having to depend on a web browser if you need local access. According to the comments and reviews this one definitely worth a look if you are in radiology...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 4:41 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Tablet PC, PACS, Radiology, Medical Imaging, Mobility, Tablet-PC

Tablet PC Software - TEO 3.0 Is Now Free for Outlook

If you use Outlook and a Tablet PC , this is a must have. I live in "Outlook" and downloaded and installed the software. I like it so much that I even put the software on my desktop IMAC running Vista, as a have a Wacom tablet...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2008 12:43 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Tablet PC, Research, Tablet-PC, Inking, Josh+Einstein, TEO+3.0, Wacom, Wikipedia

More Than 70,000 Healthcare Providers Use Dragon Medical for Voice-Driven Clinical Documentation

I use Dragon as well both on my desktop and on my Tablet PC. It certainly makes it easier for me with just integrating with Outlook for email for one example and with the tablet PC and using the dual array microphones, there's no headset required...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 12:04 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, EMR, Medical Records, EHR, Tablet PC, TabletKiosk, Nuance, Tablet-PC, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Dictation

Can Today's Doctors Be Competent Without Computers, It’s not easy…

I agree here with the context, with all the information that is flying at all of us at a speed of more than most of us can fathom half the time, how can a physician expect to keep on top of all of this as well? The mind is not as good as a computer...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 12:06 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, Physician, healthcare, Medical Records, Tablet PC, Patient

FDA tests electronic submissions from firms

One more step with the FDA beefing up their information systems. I would think that most pharma companies would more than likely jump on this opportunity in a hurry as their business has been one of the most progressive in health care , with even...

Published Sat, Jul 07 2008 2:27 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Tablet PC, FDA, Electronic Submission, Paperless

i440D Sahara Tablet PC – 10 Hour Battery now available…

The 10 hour batteries are now in stock and can be ordered via the website. During the HIMMS convention earlier this year there was a lot of interest in this add on and who can’t use 8-10 hours of battery life. This could come in very handy...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 12:01 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Technology, healthcare, Tablet PC, Wireless Healthcare, Mobility, Sahara, Tablet-PC, Inking, Hardware, i440D

Making the classroom a playground for learning – Classrooms without Walls…

We all talk about the number of games on the web and devices that distract children but in Europe a new approach, classrooms without walls. Students are being given mobile devices to learn and working with a program called eMapps the learning procedure...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2008 1:20 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Windows Mobile, Tablet PC, Tablet-PC

abletFactory Handwriting Recognition EMR Electronic Medical Record Tablet Software….

If you like SOAP Note formats and want to get started with charting with a software program that is affordable and easy to get started with, take a look at the OneNote2007 EMR Suite . $495.00. You will need One Note from Microsoft Office to...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2008 6:31 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, EMR, Medical Records, Tablet PC, Tablet-PC

Sahara i440D Tablet PC from TabletKiosk – Running Open Suse 10.3 Linux

Nice video showing some “inking” with Linux. Get a Linux license from Microsoft sound out of the ordinary, yes it does, but in China Microsoft had partnered with Novell to just that. In healthcare, recently more software vendors have announced...

Published Sun, Jul 07 2008 2:52 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, EMR, TabletPC, healthcare, EHR, Tablet PC, TabletKiosk, Saharai440D, Linux, Tablet-PC, Inking

Doctors Allergic To Electronic Record-Keeping

One item of interest mentioned here is the fact that doctors spent money on EMRs/EHRs and never used them, and I have seen that too. It’s not an easy one day switch, it requires training and one big word, commitment. If you get that last...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2008 2:15 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, Tablet PC

Bill Gates – “I’m still pretty hardcore”

Nice interview from the Nightly News with Bill Gates, reflecting on where he’s going, how Microsoft was started, and how innovation began. This takes about 25 minutes to watch in total as he talks about future plans and The Foundation. Among...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 1:01 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Windows Mobile, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Tablet PC, Bill Gates

Electronic citations speed up ticketing process for police

Take a look at this photo, what makes this possible, using a Tablet PC in the car. Now if we could just get health care to embrace the use of Tablet PCs a bit more for the paperless solution. BD Police agencies and troopers in several states...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 12:37 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Technology, My Commentaries, Tablet PC

Bill Gales - “I’m still pretty hardcore”…

Nice interview from the Nightly News with Bill Gates, reflecting on where he’s going, how Microsoft was started, and how innovation began. This takes about 25 minutes to watch in total as he talks about future plans and The Foundation. Among...

Published Sun, Jun 06 2008 9:56 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, microsoft, Tablet PC, Bill Gates

University of Washington is one of 8 hospitals worldwide to begin using surgical checklists

This is great news with the use of the checklist, but the only thing I though was somewhat odd was it being on paper and why not on a whiteboard to where it could be visible by the entire staff? A check list though is better than no check list by...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2008 4:53 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Surgery, Tablet PC

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