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If you have been a reader here long enough at the Quack then you have probably read one of my articles about the use of bar codes on drugs and medical devices. We have somewhat of a step in this direction, but lots of lack luster still missing. You can read the short paragraph below and see...
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Mon, Feb 7 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Tracking, Pharma, FDA, cell phones, Safety, information, Scanning, Bar Codes, MDs, adverising, FadeMark
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This is hilarious as I have said for the past 2 years we need role models and today I had some fun on twitter asking which PHR members of the ONC use? Anybody up for discussion there? If they are so good, then why doesn't anybody in positions of government in authority talk about theirs...
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Thu, Jan 27 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, Cell phone, Education, Congress, Personal Health Records, HHS, Obama, information, Computer, role models, Goober, tech denial, health literacy, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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There’s a lot in the news about Kinect today and I wrote about the possibility of one last week and well it’s not quite there yet but in principle, it’s close with tracking and receiving information. Below is the post about World of Warcraft and it’s got a pretty neat video with a hack from USC...
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Mon, Jan 3 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Games, healthcare, microsoft, Education, PHR, Congress, Personal Health Records, information, personal health record, Phone, Microsoft Tags, Bar Codes, health literacy, Kinect
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Back in September I wrote a post about the small number of individuals using personal health records and efforts of those who are trying to make setting up a PHR fun, and until now there was no way to make it fun as hard as software folks worked at it. The consumer still knows the difference between...
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Thu, Dec 30 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Games, healthcare, microsoft, Cell phone, Education, Congress, Personal Health Records, information, USC, role models, health literacy, Kinect, tech computer
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The title says it all just about. The problem is that we have too many folks in area of making decisions without enough Health IT in their background . This is not to say they are not smart people because they are but not enough Hands On Health IT people. I do this blog every day and...
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Tue, Dec 28 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Health IT, PHR, Hospitals, Personal Health Records, information, Data, collaboration, think tanks, ACO, CIOs, accountable care organzations
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There may be some good ideas to come from such meetings, but the over all factor that drives everyone nuts is the technology itself. Just when you think you have a solution designed that will hold everyone at bay and have use for a period of time, there comes the next wave of technology and it...
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Wed, Dec 22 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Hospitals, Personal Health Records, information, Data, collaboration, Meaningful Use, think tanks, ONC, ACO, CIOs, accountable care organzations
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Nowhere is this better exploding than in the area of Health IT. This is a good article that is basically stating “it is what it is” in terms of who and were IT Infrastructure lies according to today’s business trends and drive for profits. If in healthcare you have probably already experienced...
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Mon, Dec 20 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Health IT, PHR, Hospitals, Personal Health Records, information, Outsourcing, Data, collaboration, think tanks, ACO, CIOs, accountable care organzations
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How hot is marketing in healthcare, hot enough to where folks are poaching for email addresses and the usual attempts for identify theft. Walgreens said no personal information as far as passwords or account numbers were hacked so it’s just the email addresses according to this report so watch...
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Fri, Dec 10 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, privacy, Email, information, Walgreens, breaches, drug stores, spam mail, personal data, spammers
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Meaningful use in some area is a moving target to a degree even though we have goals outlined but again you can’t overlook the fact that new technologies arrive daily whether it is on the web or with mobile technologies. Sometimes the best made plans have to be re-evaluated almost daily. ...
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Thu, Dec 9 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Health IT, PHR, Hospitals, Personal Health Records, information, Data, collaboration, think tanks, ACO, CIOs, accountable care organzations
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In a prior interview Bill Gates said we are spending money insanely and you almost have to agree with this as with this blog I see money being thrown so many different directions. He delivered the key not at the International Healthcare Wireless convention. The needs of the poor are not being...
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Fri, Nov 12 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Education, software, Bill Gates, Disease, information, Data, innovation, tools, mHealth, predictions, busienss models, Technomy, design, marlaia
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First of all, small disclaimer here, I do this for a couple organizations and has it paid off, yes, so feel free to inquire at any time on how this works, as it does. Everyone knows me as the Medical Quack on Twitter, Facebook and of course the blog. I started out with the blog over 3 years...
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Mon, Nov 8 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Health IT, Facebook, Blogs, Hospitals, Twitter, Medical Quack, Doctors, information, communication, Media, Social Networking
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I just made this post yesterday on the same topic, those folks need to get some Algo Men before opening their mouths as this big retailer has already ran theirs, so it makes you wonder is everyone except politicians in the know here with business models and algorithmic methodologies ? Didn’t take...
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Thu, Nov 4 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, Cell phone, Education, Congress, Personal Health Records, HHS, Obama, information, Computer, Walgreens, tech denial, health literacy
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the event as a blogger and had hoped to return again today for round 2 and some additional insight. I do have to say that the agenda is not at all like your normal convention and some of the brightest and intellectual individuals in Health IT were an attendance...
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Thu, Nov 4 2010
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Ok so this is the side that maybe nobody thinks about . There has been talk about “starting over” but when it comes to data systems today and getting operations in place, does anybody give this any thought? The technology specialists do and have to create reports and devise budgets...
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Thu, Nov 4 2010
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This is going to be a challenge for sure this year and whether or not I am in agreement doesn’t make any difference at this point, but rather will we be able to see a group of of leaders who can actually work together and leave the 70s behind. We talk about better laws, better consumer protections...
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Wed, Nov 3 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, Cell phone, Education, Congress, Personal Health Records, HHS, Obama, information, Computer, role models, tech denial, health literacy