Back in March of 2008, Bill Gates appeared before Congress, again emphasizing education and not cutting corners in this area. If we can somehow attack the education processes here, then we have a fighting chance. So many today don’t find the time each day even to just read a little. Mr....
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 12-04-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Education, Bill Gates, Obama, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charity Care, Spending
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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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 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
Another updated video on the interface, again it would be nice to have the same visuals at every hospital and perhaps doctor’s offices with the existing programs still running in the background, only the user interface would need to change. This video takes a little extra time to walk through the...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-19-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, HHS, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates
Do you want to build a robot for use in healthcare, well here’s some software that might be of help. Also from the website, check out the RoboChamps Urban Challenge, very similar to DARPA’s Urban Challenge, the creation and use to Autonomous Cars, so in time we may just be having vehicles that...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-19-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Robotics, Hospitals, software, LAC+USC Medical Center, USC Medical School, robots
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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on 11-18-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Hospital, Health IT, HealthVault, software, Heatlhcare, Surface Technology, Imaging, Micorsoft