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...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-18-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Hospital, Health IT, HealthVault, software, Heatlhcare, Surface Technology, Imaging, Micorsoft
This looks to be some very interesting technology. All a patient does is just lay on the bed and the sensors do the rest. If the heart or respiratory rates stray outside of the normal ranges, an alert is sent. It could also alert staff to a patient trying to get out of bed who perhaps shouldn...
Good story from the Wall Street Journal showing how the communities are now welcoming health care assistance, but on the other hand, what is the impact on the community. Community members don’t have a problem paying bills, but they want a fair bill that is reasonable. Watch the story from...
The Social Security Administration also has an interest and has a project in place to automate the process for obtaining authorized information from electronic health records. With over 2 million claims for disability benefits each year, the process is becoming a bit overwhelming. The...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 06-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, Beth Israel Deaconess, Social Security
Not only will there be needed additional IT/IS personnel, there's a drive from the consumer end of things to drive this...while most of the world has been graduating up to newer software, hardware, etc. the health care business has lagged...patients want to see their bills online as one simple example...