Let’s put it another way, it can’t exist without IT. Again it all comes back to running algorithms to obtain desired results. As I have mentioned before, Algorithms is one of the hottest words right now in healthcare as we all make decisions from queried results. A while back I had the opportunity...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-25-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, personalized medicine, DNA, Genomics, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, Biotech, Pharmacogenomics, Helicos, Sequencing
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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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
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
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...
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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
Hard Hat Area: (This is for the hard core geek readers here) Updates this week from the Win Hec conference in Los Angeles, Windows Server 2008 R2 Updates, Hyper V and case study shown with a Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and their updates with Server 2008. BD Welcome...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-11-2008
Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Health IT, Server 2008, Hyper-V, Hardware Solutions
If you have been reading this blog of late, there have been many posts about personal health records, and now it seems those 2 companies that everyone seems to worry about related to security with PHRs, Microsoft and Google, are now working on a project with the military to create a personal health records...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-05-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, Department of Defense, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records
This is another way to help finance Healthcare IT purchases. Microsoft Partners can help advise on how to qualify and get started for a simple example. Also in the news today, Dell computer, backed by Intel financing may offer some alternatives. BD “Microsoft Financing enables customers...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-02-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, Intel, Medical Records, Health IT, Microsoft Partners, Credit, Financing
Technical events and training, plus a tour of the Microsoft campus, just looking at the itinerary it looks to be a couple pretty full days! Follow the links for additional information and to register. BD Would you like to get the latest scoop on HealthVault and Microsoft...