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I just received this in my email today and for the last month or so, I am getting weekly door hanger advertisements as well, similar to the image below. With all the recent price increases coming out and talks in Washington, it appears they are on the move to find all the consumers with any ability...
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No doubt you have probably heard about Michelle Obama’s new program, “Let’s Move” which is designed to draw attention to obesity problems with children and how it is our responsibility to dive in here, as we are creating some of the methodologies that are leading to this problem as adults. As Mrs...
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02-18-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Physician, healthcare, Email, PHR, Personal Health Records, Kaiser Permanente, Online, obsesity, interview, pediatrician, kp.org, growth charts, test results
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For those who prefer old technology and can’t get with the current day programs, here’s an answer for you. You can hug and hang on to that old fax machine and enter the 21st century through the back door, but it’s not free and you need to subscribe for a monthly fee. This is a nice service...
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Patients who use the pilot program will have no co-pays the article states. The e-visits consist of emailing the doctors and patients need to be members insured by Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The program can also be used to schedule appointments with doctors, request prescription refills and...
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11-29-2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, Email, Health IT, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, pilot program, co-pay, Maine, e-vsits
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This is a progress report on the unit, in Europe it is now available. Pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices all can use the Biotronik monitoring device. This will keep you out of the hospital and doctor’s offices with...
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10-20-2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Windows Mobile, Hospital, healthcare, Email, Cardiology, clinical trials, Implants, Home Monitoring, wireless, SMS, Biotronik, Remote, cardiomessenger
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Steve Ballmer begins speaking of the growth of IT – Information technology, and how we have arrived at the the new normal. IT is important for the World Economy. When it comes to the cloud, he says there’s 3 screens in the cloud. Information technology is going to make everyone more...
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10-16-2009
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Filed under: Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Outlook, Email, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7, Netherlands, Exchange, Gardner, new efficiency
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This is a free add on for Outlook and I have been using it for a while and it works great. As everyone probably knows I live in Outlook and I believe others do as well. I have several add ons that work well for me including Xobni, and 2 adds ons from Tech Hit that bring Twitter and Facebook...
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10-03-2009
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Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, Outlook, Email, Outlook add on, Add in, remove duplicates, RIA Media, attachments
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This is great post to make a point, as I hear so much of the time from physicians, “my patients don’t know how to even use a computer and they wouldn’t use this, it’s a waste of time”. Is it maybe the perception model being a little off here? Here’s a case of a physician that sees...
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08-30-2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Email, Social Networks, Facebook, Twitter, Seniors, Health 2.0, othopedics, consumers
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This is a great add on for Outlook, YouSendIt, and I use it when I have those occasional large files to send. You can enroll in the free program or pay if you need the capabilities for even larger attachments. It’s like having a built in FTP program in Outlook and you can set your preferences...
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08-02-2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, Outlook, Email, HIPAA, Microsoft Office, Addons, email attachments, YouSendIt, SSL email attachments, FTP
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This is the first I have heard of this service and the post office in Switzerland is now offering it, the first postal service to do do. US Post Office might want to be on alert. The service is also used by some large corporations already in the US. If one travels a lot this would...
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07-12-2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Email, Paperless, Lab Results, Scanning, encryption, Earth Class Mail, OCR, mail
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Some visits are a simple email back and forth, while others are a bit more sophisticated. For a physician in order to collect it’s almost easier to use one of the pre-set formats, as this way you can collect and be sure all information is exchanged with an encrypted connection. There...
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07-03-2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Physician, healthcare, Email, health insurance, Health IT, WebCam, American Well, online consultations, convenience, Digital doctor
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The one statement here is key, “ if necessary, trained how to use them”, the computers, ah first real site of some read education efforts to help those in a low income community. If no response, a nurse might call or stop by, and that could be an encouraging factor to stay in touch unless you specifically...
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06-11-2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, Email, Education, Diabetes, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Patients, SharePoint, Office, CRM Software, Univeristy of Miami, MS dynamics
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There are many services as such already around, such as Relay-Health from McKesson who provide this type of service, but for the patients, it is free. There are templated screens for medical staff and MDs to use as well, as we all realize it takes time to compose original emails for each answer...
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The race for the desktop email client continues with the latest offering from Yahoo. Up until now you had to be online to work with email, now with the new Zimbra client, you can work with email offline, just as you have been able to do with Outlook for years. You can also import other email...