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Text Lightning Outlook Power Tools-Text Templates for Frequently Used Text-Free

Occasionally I like to include some time saving updates with Outlook Add Ins or other software that others may find useful. I live in Outlook and so do many others out there so if you are tired of typing the same things over and over, or having...

Published Sat, Feb 02 2011 3:35 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Outlook, Email, Templates, Outlook add on, Text Lightning, inbox

Innovation Without Collaboration Is Fouling Up The US Healthcare IT System–We Need Both As We Cant’ Stand on Innovation Alone

Every week I read in the news “we need more innovation” and for goodness sakes in Health IT we have innovation running out our ears! Everyone is so busy building the better mouse trap that we have forgotten how to collaborate and work together...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2010 7:35 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, EMR, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, HHS, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates, Bill Crounse, Medical Group Management Association

Praxis Electronic Medical Records Announces Tool to Allow “Free Text” for Adding, Storing and Sharing Patient Data

Praxis is one of the more mature systems on the market, I say this because they were one of the first innovators to enter the market, and recently with so many new vendors and others I almost forgot about them. They also feature integrated speech...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2009 1:28 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, Data, Templates, Datum, Praxis

Feds Prepare PHR Model to Educate Consumers about Privacy and other Issues

This sounds like a good idea in concept, but first of all we have to get people to “read”. One other item worth a mention is the fact that by the time the information is published, it’s out of date. Google and Microsoft protect the enterprise...

Published Sun, May 05 2009 1:24 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, My Commentaries, privacy, microsoft, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Templates, Kaiser. Education

Electronic Health Records Not Enough – Aggregation and Better Interfaces Needed

This article makes a lot of sense and I have said somewhat the same in various posts over the last year, and this is where aggregating data is coming in to play, one place to add, edit and read information. One other item that I think has potential...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2009 8:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, Interoperability, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates, ehealth, healthcare standards, CodePlex

Netflix shares Doing Well…Technology just might have something to do with that, technology that helps healthcare as well

There are a couple things Netflix is doing right, and it has to do with technology. They were one of the early users of Server 2008 and Silverlight from Microsoft and now that is beginning to pay off well, as movies can be paid for online and streamed...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 1:04 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, HHS, Vanderbilt University, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates, Netflix, Server 20908

CCHIT – One physician’s opinion and My 2 cents

I have written quite a bit about the topic as well. I do agree we need to have certification that the software will perform as sold, no doubt and that’s like getting the UL approval for electrical devices in short, but the fees and money involved...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 2:16 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, Interoperability, CCHIT, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates, ehealth, healthcare standards, Obama Healthcare Plan

Microsoft Health Solutions Group VP Testifying in the Senate this week – Peter Neupert

This Thursday, Microsoft Health Solutions Group vice president Peter Neupert will be testifying in front of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the US Senate on Thursday, January 15th. The hearing will occur at 10:00am ET...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 1:07 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, HHS, NIH, Medical Software, Templates, FNIH, Peter Neupert

President-Elect Urges Electronic Medical Records – comments by Dr. Bill Crounse of Microsoft

This is a great article and good comments from Dr. Bill Crounse at Microsoft. from ABC News. If you read this blog often enough, you will find several posts relating back to his blog, as his posts are informative and he works hard at keeping interested...

Medical research funds stall at the NIH – FNIH boosting their efforts and looking for partners

The article states this is the 6th year in a row that funding has declined for the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The grants and funds available at the NIH are more difficult to secure as well. The NIH has set up it’s own Foundation...

Published Sun, Dec 12 2008 3:08 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, EMR, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, HHS, NIH, Server 2008, Vanderbilt University, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates, FNIH, Sepsit

Silverlight Blamed for Restructuring at Netflix, It works too good, Could do the same for Medical Records with Common User Interface

The story here is the reliability so with not having to mess around with sending DVDs back and forth in the mail and answering other related questions, the need for support has dropped as technology is better. The Common User Interface from Microsoft...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2008 5:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, HHS, Vanderbilt University, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates, Netflix, Server 20908

Computer technology can cut into personalized patient care with complexity and complicated user interfaces

This article offers some very good insight here and I’ll add my 2 cents worth as well. We all know that documentation, no matter what kinds it is, paper or electronic is mandatory to good healthcare, but technology creates it own set of new issues...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2008 3:01 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, microsoft, Medical Records, patient care, EHR, Common User Interface, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates, data input

Desmond Tutu Presents e-Health Call to Action – Learn from the mistakes of the US

One of the messages coming from the meeting is that they believe they can learn from the mistake made in the US, and there were representatives from the US at the meeting. Karl Brown believes it might be easier to achieve interoperability in developing...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2008 11:04 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, EMR, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, Interoperability, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates, ehealth, healthcare standards, Desmond Tutu

Common User Interface – Update and walk through video

Another updated video on the interface, again it would be nice to have the same visuals at every hospital and perhaps doctor’s offices with the existing programs still running in the background, only the user interface would need to change. This...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 5:07 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, HHS, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates

EHRs need Standard Templates – So Let’s Look at the Common User Interface Project, a lot of the work is already in progress and partially completed

If you have read this blog long enough, there are multiple posts about The Common User Interface, an open source project from Microsoft that would in fact have the capabilities to present the same set of templates, data entry screens, etc. at all hospitals...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 4:00 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, HHS, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates

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