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
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
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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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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
Six years later, the pilot program is still a pilot, with six regular users at the VA in Los Angeles. It’s a matter sometimes of the small learning curve and trying some new technology. I use Dragon, doing now for this post! Also mentioned here is developing “user interest” so hopefully this...
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on 11-04-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Records, VA, Veterans Administration, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Dictation, Speech Recognition, Voice recognition
More coverage this week on using a PHR (personal health record), this time from Joan Lunden. There are many out there to choose from, some are free and some require a fee, such as the one mentioned in this article. Are you a confused consumer? With all the available options out there today...
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on 10-21-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, passsportMD
The Human audit trail has arrived or I should say will arrive in January. Will we someday all be walking around with a device like this clipped to our clothing? This looks like an item that could be integrated in to one of the online Personal Healthcare Records programs as a next step . ...
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on 10-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Records, health insurance, PHR, Google Health, HealthVault, software, fitness monitoring, Fitness, Big Brother, Employer health InsuranceInsurance