Patrick Soon-Shiong M.D. is the Los Angeles billionaire investor who has scooped up the company. Overall the product is a good thing as far as the reminder system and keep folks on track. My only concerns is the privacy factors and the data that it creates for sale. In today’s world...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on Fri, Feb 4 2011
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, EMR, drugs, healthcare, EHR, Pharma, PHR, Prescriptions, data bases, Business Intelligence, Fines, personal health record, Algorithms, formulas, Express Scripts, overcharges, Vitality, Cobert Report, nsurance
Yup, you can’t get away from healthcare anywhere you go today and every year though CES has always had companies in booths with medical devices but the exception this year is that it is getting bigger. Continua is the wireless alliance for medical devices and put out there announcement this week...
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on Tue, Jan 4 2011
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The concept of the pill bottle is good and can be helpful but the side of all of this are the profits that it creates for Health IT companies to sell your data. It is what it is. The Colbert Report did a funny video on the Glow Caps a while back too, funny. The Colbert Report Takes...
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on Tue, Jan 4 2011
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, EMR, drugs, healthcare, EHR, Pharma, PHR, Prescriptions, data bases, Business Intelligence, Fines, personal health record, Algorithms, formulas, Express Scripts, overcharges, Vitality, Amazon.com, Cobert Report, : Insurance
There are no visuals yet available but certification has been accomplished so standards and operation efficiency are met with Continua certification. More information is to be released soon. Recently announced Microsoft has also joined the collaboration efforts as a new member. The...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on Fri, Oct 8 2010
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Windows Mobile, drugs, PHR, Diabetes, Fujitsu, Algorithms, wellness, compliance, Continua Health Alliance, Healthcare Management Systems, Cener for Connected Health