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Not too long ago I spent a few minutes doing some protein folding on a Microsoft Surface unit, was pretty awesome. Easy enough to disinfect too with spray and you can wear gloves too. Of course this could also be used to view records as well as images. Well as much as I have been talking...
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11-18-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Hospital, Health IT, HealthVault, software, Heatlhcare, Surface Technology, Imaging, Micorsoft
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This is a little different and the next phase with using a PHR (personal health record) to bring patients and physicians together in working with chronic disease treatments and plans. The Cleveland Clinic will enroll 400 participants and their physicians and provide devices for the patients to...
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11-10-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Physician, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, PHR, Health Records, HealthVault, integration, Cleveland Clinic, Microsoft HealthVault, blood pressure monitors, glucose monitors, Chronic disease
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Hospitals and doctors do not get paid until they provide a service, so monitoring a patient remotely has not been set up with the “codes” for payment as of yet, but who knows how this could change down the road if insurers begin to compensate physicians and hospitals to monitor patient activity electronically...
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11-04-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, health insurance, Medical Devices, PHR, Heart Disease, Blood Pressure, Diabetes, HealthVault, Risk Management, Big Brother, American Heart Association, personal heatlh records, Remote monitoring
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Good interview from Robert Scoble and well worth listening to, he speaks about how healthcare is in a very fast pace, faster than what we have known in the past and about the shift to the consumer is evolving as far as taking care and accumulating your own personal health care records. People are...
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10-26-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, privacy, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Economy, MIB, Health 2.0, Healthline
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More news on Personal Health Records from Kaiser (PHR). According to this press release, patients are having some real success with using the online tools to manage chronic care conditions. Soon, the records will have the capability to be exported to Microsoft HealthVault. The HealthVault...
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Very nice hospitals putting the effort in to helping patients learn how to use a personal health records, in this case, HeatlhVault from Microsoft. Just created one for my mother last evening and we plan to sign up in the next few days for the $9.00 a year fax service where any item can be faxed...
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10-17-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Medical Devices, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Document management, E-faxing
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Dana Blankenhorn of ZDNet does a nice write up here on his visit to the physician and yes, us “geeks” find our way there too We are probably some of the most curious patients to arrive, as we are looking constantly to see what technology is being used in the medical offices, as it is a known fact...
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10-15-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, Hospital, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, McKesson, Common User Interface, HealthVault, integration, Amalga, Stark Law, NextGen, ZDNet Healthcare
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10,000 employees, family members or friends of employees of Scripps will be able to participate in the study, Affymetrix to Scan, Navigenics to interpret and offer life style guidance and the Microsoft HealthVault will be the place where participants can enter information and share it as they see fit...
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10-09-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, personalized medicine, Genomics, healthcare, microsoft, HealthVault, Amalga, DNA Testing, Navigenics, Scripps, Sequencing, Affymetrix, GeneChip
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I finally had time to take a look around in detail at some of the new features. The one that is very simple for anyone is the $9.00 a year fax service. This is neat as you get a dedicated fax number that you can give to anyone to send a fax, and the document will be found in your HealthVault Account...
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10-03-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Medical Devices, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Document management, E-faxing
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This is nice and much simpler and easier to navigate. I like it, not that the old one was bad by any means, this is just a much easier format to work with. I have provided some screenshots below. It is much easier to find the information you want. One in particular I found...
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Technical events and training, plus a tour of the Microsoft campus, just looking at the itinerary it looks to be a couple pretty full days! Follow the links for additional information and to register. BD Would you like to get the latest scoop on HealthVault and Microsoft...
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One more step for integration with the Microsoft HealthVault. Using what is sometimes called middleware, Covisint is connecting both AT&T and the HealthVault. As mentioned below, electronic prescribing is included and this should also help bridge a gap to retrieve data from Home health...
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More news from Microsoft and partners on the HealthVault this week. About a month ago I posted on the new campaign aimed at consumers that is starting at the pharmacy level to promote e-Prescribing . Well that time is here as efforts are under way. I was at an practice this week and...
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06-10-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, EMR, microsoft, EHR, Health Care, PHR, e-Prescriptions, HealthVault
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A couple months ago I had posted on the this topic with the information needed to apply. Today the winners have been announced from the Microsoft HealthVault Be Well fund, grants for not for profit organizations for continued research. Yesterday it was announced with Kaiser working in connection...
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The competition for being “connected” with personal health records continues. Earlier this year Google made their announcements and this agreement with Kaiser looks to be pretty substantial. The key now is to encourage more consumers to take an interest in their health and establish a PHR...
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06-09-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Medical Records, EHR, Microsoft Healthcare, Electronic Medical Records, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Kaiser Permanente