One of the messages coming from the meeting is that they believe they can learn from the mistake made in the US, and there were representatives from the US at the meeting. Karl Brown believes it might be easier to achieve interoperability in developing countries than in the U.S. or Europe. “You...
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on 11-24-2008
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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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on 10-15-2008
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The service states that you are usually connected to a physician within 30 minutes of either a phone call or logging on to the computer to setup a consultation. Charges are $59.00 for a consult. You do need to establish an account before using the service. It requires that you fill...
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on 10-12-2008
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Recently I posted about the Common User Interface from Microsoft and I spoke with a developer in New Zealand, Synapse, who has done some integration work with the interface. Graham Chiu of Synapse, is a physician as well as a developer so he is one busy person and nice to see a physician...
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on 10-07-2008
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This week the Congress meeting is in Boston. I referenced in a earlier post that PHR's, (personal health records) are being viewed by Healthcare leadership as the favorite vehicle for interoperability. There is a podcast at the link below. There was a full line up of guest speakers...
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on 07-23-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Microsoft Healthcare, PHR, Interoperability