One more entry into the the PHR system, but the one big issue here for me at least, is that I would be very reluctant to place all my records with a company in the business of risk management, thus I prefer Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault, as they service the enterprise and have no other areas...
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on 12-01-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Data Mining, Diagnosis, United HealthCare, ER, distractions, primary MD
If you are one of many, well like all of us in the search for information relative to healthcare today, the self diagnosing trends are alive and well. With the wealth of information we have available, it is easy to do a little reading and self diagnose yourself with an entire multitude of diseases...
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on 11-30-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Data Mining, Diagnosis, ER, distractions, primary MD, cyberchondria
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
This is interesting, which one will prevail? AHLTA has some nice dictation already built in with Dragon Naturally Speaking and this might be an area where the VISTA system will need some work a far as which one will prevail, but at any rate the exchange of medical records is moving forward. ...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-25-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, Department of Defense, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records
Dr. Crounse from the Microsoft Health Blog shares some information about healthcare in Japan. I had also heard about the measuring of the employee waists somewhere else along the line and if you get too fat you’re employer is in trouble with the central health authority and can be fined, their...
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on 11-23-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, obesity, Japan
Not too long ago I had stated that online personal health records may be the best way to go, and now VeriChip has also partnered with the HealthVault. When you have an implanted chip, you are able to go on line and update your information, this information now will export to the HealthVault. I...
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on 11-21-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, HealthVault, RFID, Verichip, personal heatlh records
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