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This is just an overall “nice” story. I know as I have a mother who is a senior and the computer is a big connection for her to the outside world. She doesn’t have Windows 7 and a touchscreen, but even without the new hardware and software it is a huge companion for her. The article mentions...
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03-17-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Seniors, Windows7, Selfhelp Community Services, Department for the Aging, telecommunication, virtual senior center
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This makes perfect sense since tablet pcs are already in use at Pfizer. I’m a big One Note fan myself and the article here states that users are basically jumping in on their own. At Microsoft OneNote has almost passed up Power Point too. Sharing with OneNote is great too with SharePoint...
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03-16-2010
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Filed under: Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Science, Pfizer, Microsoft Office Live, Office, One Note, SharePoint Server, scientists
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This is a smart move to create additional algorithmic formulas to analyze labs along with medications being taken. For a simple example I am estimating based on a particular lab result, certain drugs would not be advisable treatment and on the other side of the coin labs may be needed to combine...
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03-04-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, microsoft, EHR, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, HL7, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, MedPlus, Lab Results, Informed Patient, Quest Diagnostics, Surescripts
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Hard Hat area: For those using Word and adding chemistry information, here’s an add on for Word 2007. There are a few samples with the online templates, about 6. You can also import from your own library and I am guessing anyone in research is going to have their own files. For this post...
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If you are a regular reader here, then you know I am a Tags Fan. This is the next phase of Microsoft Tags in working with RazCode to upload information to your Personal Health Record. I started this post a while back and Dossia has now been added so you will not see the name in a couple screenshots...
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03-04-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, microsoft, health insurance, Medical Devices, PHR, FDA, Personal Health Records, cell phones, HealthIT, EOB, Microsoft Tags, RazCode, scan, Barcode
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At HIMMS today the winners were announced in the individual categories that were listed here. The software vendors were Eclipsys, CADI Scientific, ASTER, NextGen and and facilities using their software. BD Press Release: Awards recognize customers and partners improving health through...
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This is not to say that systems need to conform and have certain interoperability formats to provide physicians with a tool where they are not “taken” on their investment, but it’s been spoken many times that the insurers are the ones that benefit more than the doctors. What we seem to be missing...
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03-03-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, microsoft, health insurance, Business Intelligence, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, AMA, software, Fraud, Certification, Algorithms, United HealthCare, payers, Oracle, Ingenix, Dell, Medical Banking, ONC
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This is a nice change with not leaving to go to either a drug or medical device company. With her experience at the FDA I’m sure she will be able to help the world of Health IT and of course have former on hands knowledge on where she feels IT innovation could really help. In the news of late,...
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03-01-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Devices, Health IT, FDA, software, Safety, NIH
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I first posted about the project back November of 2008 and now we are beginning to see some numbers result. The Epic records system used by Cleveland Clinic connects to Microsoft HeatlhVault and thus the patients have the flexibility of adding information via HealthVault and sending it to MyChart...
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03-01-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Medical Devices, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Cleveland Clinic, Document management, E-faxing, Epic Medical Records, truck driver, MyChart
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There’s a lot of information coming from HIMMS today and Quest Diagnostics is offering 90 Day trials on some of their web based products. Last year I had the opportunity to talk with Rohit Nayak, Vice President of Sales with MedPlus and he was able to fill me in on what was to come, including the...
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03-01-2010
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HealthVault Personal Health Records and SharePoint Server will be getting much better acquainted in the 3rd quarter this year. As you can read in the press release below, HealthVault is expanding it’s capabilities and the ability to further integrate and provide interoperability for patients with...
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03-01-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, HealthIT, HIMMS, Eclipsys, Sunrise Pharmacy Software, Sunrise Enterprise, SharePoint Server
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If you are attending the HIMMS convention, here’s some of what you can expect to see at the Microsoft booth(s), which is always busy. If you want to read up about how Amalga is working in healthcare, here’s a link below to an interview I did last year with Steve Shihadeh. You can always search this blog...
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02-26-2010
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Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, Surface, PHR, Mobility, HealthVault, HIMMS, Amalga
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Many of Microsoft offerings of late have been of the hybrid nature and the BPOS system will allow the same, some information in the cloud and some that can be stored locally. Of course group policy comes into play here too with administrators in the IT department putting some secure lock downs...
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A couple years back I had the opportunity to sit in on a couple planning meetings with Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in southern California as I was present to talk about the implementation of Tablet PCs with the Eclipsys system. I do have to say they had a very organized system and I actually...
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02-24-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Amalga, Eclipsys, Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Sunrise Pharmacy Software, Sunrise Enterprise
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Earlier this year, TriZetto was purchased by Apax Partners, a London based private equity firm for 1.4 billion so somebody wants a return on their investment somewhere along this line. They also have a large agreement in the Netherlands for processing claims and other financial interests. ...
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02-24-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, microsoft, PHR, Claims, Business Intelligence, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, payers, Ingenix, healthcare cost, EOB, Trizetto, reimburements