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One advantage to having electronic medical records, you won’t find them washing up on shore, wet, and potentially destroyed, and they are backed up usually in more than one location. BD MACHIAS, Maine — Records that were stolen from the Down East Community Hospital have been found after washing...
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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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Physician practices challenged the organization to electronically deliver clinical results directly into its soon-to-be-installed EMR system. This move was actually challenged and brought about by the physicians who were already using electronic records. The system is not totally complete, but...
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One more hospital is subsidizing the cost of ambulatory records to integrate with the hospital system. No mention of how much of the cost will be carried by the hospital. In the related reading section below, read about how the records reach physicians, the move is through working with the...
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Are there any left? Dr. Ramona Bates discusses surgical sponges. There are 3 manufacturers competing for the business, all using RFID scanners, as as she mentions in the case of an emergency, so you have time for “set up” prior. BD With the new “never-never” provisions of Medicare and...
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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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Video update on the progress of the patient in Germany who received a double arm transplant. Progress is being made and he can open doors now but still has a ways to go, imagine having arms after 6 years with none! BD A 54-year-old German farmer who lost his arms in an accident six years...
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10-13-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, Patient, Transplants, Double Arm Transplant, Graft, Germany
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This is a pretty in depth view and walk through with the Silverlight 2, soon to be released on the web from current beta status. Pretty dynamic interface and it would be nice if where ever one went, the same or similar interface was presented for use, would sure beat having to learn a new system...
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10-11-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Hospital, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Physicians, Silverlight, PACS, Common User Interface, Code Plex
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It seems that every day there’s a new development in this area with connecting hospitals and physicians. 125 physicians are now connected to the 5 hospitals. The exchange covers approximately 80% of the residents in the boroughs and physicians will be able to see medications or consults that...
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With the new “never-never” provisions of Medicare and insurers now not paying for procedures that entail errors, like leaving an instrument or sponge inside a patient, products such as this one are sure to pick up some momentum, wave the magic wand over the area of the body to see if anything is left...
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This is probably one of the sweetest subsidized arrangements with 60% of the cost being absorbed by the hospital, which is by the way one of the best in Orange County and I have worked on fundraisers for the hospital in the past. Doctors choosing ECW will have remote access using the application...
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10-07-2008
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One more hospital making the transition. Also the rural and surrounding areas will be connected to the same system to enter chart information from their locations as well. The new system from Epic replaces older technology at Mercy called Meditech that only allowed for a partial electronic...
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As the article states the use of the common standard of HL7 is going to be the solution, so some standards really work well and HL7 has been around for quite a while now and is coming in to focus. Some existing hospitals with Eclipsys might be in a better position to help subsidize physicians and...
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10-03-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, Medical Records, EHR, HL7, Interoperability, CCHIT, Medinotes, Eclipsys, ambulatory medical records
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Three hospitals in the system preparing to integrate and connect with Kaiser facilities, as they will more than likely be seeing a few of their patients. This process is being done through a 3rd party offering HL7 and other transformations such as text/HL7. This is taking 2 different medical...
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10-02-2008
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With RFID technology, which most of us no doubt are somewhat aware of today, a hospital will have the ability to track staff, surgical instruments, Patients and much more with each person or item in possession of an RFID chip. Some of these services can be lifesaving too as not too long ago I wrote...
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10-01-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Tracking, GE, RFID, Doctors, Nurse, staff, wireless