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The Los Angeles Kaiser facility takes care of some of the sickest patients and thus the nurses feel some additional attention is needed here. There has not been a strike at the facility in over 20 years. The policies with nurse staffing according to this article are different in southern...
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This was good and I liked the Extormity humor as much as everyone else. I had a feeling it was those folks at No More Clipboard as at HIMSS in 2008 as I chatted with a guy from the company who was just enamored over Extormity and showed me the site and he was just too excited about it.(grin). ...
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Tue, Feb 22 2011
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Northrop Grumman has developed a mobile application called VA-214 whereby personal health records can remotely access MyHealthVet from an Android or iPhone. I have had a series of posts on this topic and you can read more and learn about the HealthVault connection at the link below. VA Blue...
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Mon, Feb 21 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, microsoft, medicare, PHR, VA, Medicaid, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, CMS, personal heatlh records, mHealth, Blue Button, Northrup Grumman
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Continua is the wireless alliance of both software and hardware in healthcare, in other words they create and collaborate on standards for medical devices so we all have the same types of wireless services, connectors, and software that works with all. Microsoft joined back in September of 2010...
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Thu, Feb 10 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Medical Devices, Health IT, PHR, software, cell phones, Hardware, wireless, personal heatlh records, Continua Health Alliance, connectivity, Global Certification Forum
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This was probably the most unique State of the Union message that I have heard and nice to hear all of the technology mentioned including healthcare too. As I watch the camera span the members it was interesting to watch faces and reactions and one in particular I caught was Grassley with a confused...
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Wed, Jan 26 2011
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Here’s a story from a patient who had double hip replacement surgery at the Kaiser facility in Irvine, California. I have mentioned before the registry of valuable information that Kaiser Permanente gathers on devices and outcomes. The information contained also includes outcomes as gathered...
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Sat, Jan 15 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Surgery, healthcare, PHR, Kaiser Permanente, Heatlh IT, Knee Surgery, Hip Surgery, personal heatlh records, Bar Codes, Heatlh Connect, registry
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I have posted on this topic a few times but the White House has released a video that gives a quick over view and man Vets have ben able to retrieve their information to keep or choose to share with their doctors. If you are a private practice doctor seeing a Veteran, it’s worth mentioning in case...
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Tue, Dec 14 2010
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The VA gets the first shot at giving this a try through the month of September. In October CMS will roll out the Blue Button download feature to be rolled our for those with Medicare and Medicaid. You can read more at the Blue Button Initiative at the CMS Website. A sample file can be viewed...
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Mon, Aug 30 2010
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The press release follows below. Not to steal any thunder here but look at what is being developed to work with the registry and PHR – bar codes. If you are a regular reader here you know what the focus is on my campaign for a bar coding system for recalls, drug identification and more. ...
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Thu, Jul 22 2010
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I talk a lot about the need for education and have commented frequently on how are consumers going to understand how to use “Quicken Health” if they don’t understand how to use a personal health record? Intuit confirms this now with their own study. This is not rocket science research, just...
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Tue, Apr 27 2010
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Hard hat area: The state project is aligned with the federal NHIN standards. Last month 15 organizations received grants to begin electronically sending Social Security disability claims via the National Health Information Network. As I understand the California infrastructure would...
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Wed, Mar 17 2010
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The service is free for any “regular” Medicare participants and lists the same PHR choices that have been announced in the past and applies to Arizona and Utah, again the same as previously announced. The original pilot program was created in November 2008. Now it appears this is an official publication...
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Wed, Jan 6 2010
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To me this sounds like a HealthVault type of application that would show and reflect what your avatar looks like based on your current health conditions. When you read through the entire patent it mentions quite a bit of biometric devices gathering this information as well. So, if you are a bit...
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Wed, Dec 23 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Health Records, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, personal heatlh records, patent, avatar
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This report card was based on what was determined to be privacy protection. Below I have listed the comments about using an employer or insurer PHR as stated on the report card you may be giving up some privacy with others having access with waivers or surveys that come with using the program. ...
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Thu, Dec 3 2009
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This looks to be a solution to helping the consumer get connected, selecting the devices they feel are beneficial or perhaps recommended by their physicians or wellness coach programs. As mentioned in many posts on the blog here, blue tooth is rapidly changing the way we interact with medical devices...
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Wed, Nov 11 2009
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Filed under: Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, Windows Mobile, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Cell phone, PHR, HealthVault, personal heatlh records, Bluetooth, devices reporting data, PC, Best Buy, retail