I watched part of the video, not all as it is several hours long and you might want to watch for yourself. The site requires Real Player to view the video. Dr Halamka makes a great presentation and everyone called him “the jet”, thus the title above. In speaking he addresses many topics...
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on 12-02-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, EHR, CIO, Health IT, e-prescribing, Medicaid, integration, Beth Israel Deaconess of Boston, CCHIT, personal health record, PHR Pilot program, PHRs
Lawmakers are going to have a difficult time with this one as they are not technically up to date enough as a whole to comprehend how all of this works in my estimation. with understanding the algorithms of finance and the economy, Wall Street showed us that. Sad, but it is true and this...
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on 11-28-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, healthcare, privacy, health insurance, Prescriptions, Congress, Hospitals, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Venture Capital, Reserve Funds, Profits
ZDNet just wrote about Dr. Kolodner and his recent report which is good, but we need more than reports. I have been doing a whole lot here reporting on reports! Can we move forward as I think we have won the battle that PHRs are worth their weight here and get the show moving? You...
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on 11-25-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records, Department, mentors, education of Defense
These are a couple posts from last month. What is interesting is the difference of the dollar amounts here, $65 million more for a procedure for cats and dogs. Any money and donations of course are appreciated, but could the good doctor being relaying a message here? His announcement...
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on 11-21-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Grants, R and D, sterilization, X-Pr5ize, healthcare for pets
This is a great post, and something I was going to write about as well, but the author here has saved me some time and covers the point well, just how distracted are we, a lot. Right now we have some very serious issues going on in the US, but in my small travels, I seem to find many that are just...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-20-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, priorities, Media, Focus, Awareness, Heroes
This is just one more thought here and with IT budgets being back burnered and cut at the upper levels, if you are in a medical practice, some of the technology may be put on hold, so if you want to have credible records at the office for no cost, try the PHR and educate patients. Even if you do...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-18-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, Personal Health Records, Economy, PHR Pilot program
We all long for the day that all practices and hospitals can transmit medical records and talk to each other, but as we all know it is not there yet and will continue to evolve, and add on today’s economic crisis, something that is already slowing down the wheels of progress here. But, the PHR...
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on 11-16-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, Department of Defense, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records