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Esteem Implanted Hearing Aid From Envoy Gets Approval from the FDA – 1st Device of It’s Kind

This is very nice, no more having the “hearing aide” visible and it is implemented behind the ear. The clinical trial was conducted with 61 individuals, which by clinical trials numbers is small, but the results seem to speak for themselves. ...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2010 3:27 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Medical Devices, FDA, clinical trials, implant, battery, Esteem, hearing aid, processors

Stem Cell Research in the US – Focus on UCI Irvine With First FDA Approved Treatment for Spinal Cord Damage

The video speaks of where stem cell research is currently in the US and revisits the big breakthrough from a couple years ago when skin cells could be used instead of the actual embryo for research. That discovery rapidly set things on fire for...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 10:39 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Biotech, FDA, clinical trials, R and D, Stem Cells, Geron, UCI Irvine, embryonic stem cells

Health Clouds Forming in California – State HIE (Health Information Exchange) ONC Grant

Hard hat area: The state project is aligned with the federal NHIN standards. Last month 15 organizations received grants to begin electronically sending Social Security disability claims via the National Health Information Network. ...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 2:16 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, PHR, Grants, California, personal heatlh records, Schwarzenegger, ONC, Cal eConnect, hopsitals, infrastruture

Microsoft and New York City Launch Virtual Senior Center - Using Windows 7 and Touch Screen Computers to Connect Homebound Seniors to the Outside World

This is just an overall “nice” story. I know as I have a mother who is a senior and the computer is a big connection for her to the outside world. She doesn’t have Windows 7 and a touchscreen, but even without the new hardware and software...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 1:22 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Seniors, Windows7, Selfhelp Community Services, Department for the Aging, telecommunication, virtual senior center

Pfizer adopts Microsoft OneNote for Web Collaboration With SharePoint

This makes perfect sense since tablet pcs are already in use at Pfizer. I’m a big One Note fan myself and the article here states that users are basically jumping in on their own. At Microsoft OneNote has almost passed up Power Point too. ...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2010 1:22 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Science, Pfizer, Microsoft Office Live, Office, One Note, SharePoint Server, scientists

Clinic in the Bronx Uses Iris (Eye) Identification Scanning for Patient Records – Always Picks the Right Chart

If you didn’t know better, you might guess there’s something else going on in the picture here. This system is more expensive than one that use finger tip scanning, but they were luck with a grant and were able to put the system into operation. ...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2010 9:29 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Security, Patient, Fraud, New York, Bronx, Ubran Health Plan, iris identification

Boston Scientific Suspending Sales of Implanted Heart Defibrillators – 2 Production Changes Not Cleared by the FDA

Here’s more bad news for the company with an expensive recall. In addition to “stent wars” the company also participates in this highly competitive area. Just last year the company received approval for a new stent, so I guess when they are...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2010 9:08 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, tags, Medical Devices, Heart Disease, FDA, Heatlhcare, Implants, Boston Scientific, recall, Defibrillators

Medical Device Analysis Outsourcing to Third Parties Under Review at the FDA – Are Some Potentially Lethal Algorithms Being Missed In the Process

Do you want safety or a lane to get a product to market rapidly? This is what the FDA is looking at. Not too long ago it was in the news that the NIH and others were looking to improve upon the “fast track” time to get products approved faster...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2010 8:52 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, Medical Devices, MRI, Security, FDA, Congress, Imaging, Sofware, radiation, healthcare reform, Conficker Virus, algorithims, tech denial, CT Scanner

Paper Medical Records Found Dumped in Fast Food Trash Container – Add Shredders To “Meaningful Use” Please!

The old paper records keep showing up in new places, this time in the trash at a fast food building. I said this a while back and I think it still holds true, we some public shredders please! Public Shredders Please! Medical Record Dumping...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2010 8:13 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Medical Records, Health IT, HIPAA, heathcare, Heatlhcare, Security Breach, Shredders, Fast Food

FDA Gives Plavix New Box Warning Relating to Metabolization in the Body – Step One Toward Personalized Medicine

As mentioned in prior posts, is Plavix a good candidate for personalized medicine, since it is a blood thinner. Right now with the new warning, it is basically telling you that it might not work for you so with a test perhaps the guess work someday...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2010 7:05 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Physician, personalized medicine, DNA, Genomics, healthcare, Health IT, Cardiology, Biotech, FDA, Information Overload, Pharmacogenomics, Sequencing, FDA warnings, Plavix

GOP Trying to Scare the Democrats? I Think They are Scaring Everyone As Non Participants

Does the average person care about how many seats one party or the other has, I don’t really think so as that does not impact their day to day life very much but does the average American think about healthcare reform, you bet. If you think it makes...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2010 4:51 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, Congress, Washington DC, Politics, Entertainment, Democrats, collaboration, healthcare reform, Non participants, GOP, Ignorance, filibuster

CMS Extends Medicare-Tricare PHR Pilot Test MyPHRSC – Personal Health Records

I first posted about the project back in September of 2008 and CMS is now extending the pilot program. You can view the demo pages here that show the various screens available for the patients. What is nice is to be able to search Medicare...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2010 4:06 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, PHR, Personal Health Records, CMS, HealthIT, DOD, TriCare, MyPHRSC, Medicare PHR Choice, pilot

Hospitalist Requests Records from Walter Reed Hospital Response: "You Can Expect Your Medical Records in 21 Days"

The Happy Hospitalist blog tells of his own experience in getting records from Walter Reed Hospital, and as you can see, it’s a long time. He’s treating a patient who had surgery there 3 years ago and needs the information to provide a treatment...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2010 2:39 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Medical Records, EHR, Blogs, PHR, Hospitalist, Patient, Personal Health Records, Treatment, military, healthcare reform, Walter Reed Hospital, Happy Hospitalist, search, aggregation, utilization

FDA and NIH Working To Accelerate Development of Innovative Medical Technologies – It’s All In the Software

Personally from doing this blog it doesn’t appear to me that we have a shortage in the development area, but where the issues lie is in standards and bringing some of this to a better collaborative effort. You do NOT want to rush the programmers...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 2:49 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Medical Devices, FDA, software, NIH, Translational Medicine, Fast Track, algorithm, innnovation

Biodesign® Advanced Tissue Repair – Cook Medical Regenerative Medicine Biodesign Website Expanded

If you check in here often enough you have probably seen information about Cook Medical and last year I had the opportunity to talk with a representative of Cook to find out more about how it works. We discussed hernia repair for the most part and...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 1:57 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Cook Medical, Wound care, minimally invasive surgery, Cook Biotech, Regenerational Medicine, BioDesign, hernia repair, Cook Bio

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