Just last week in the UK, many hospital systems were shut down for the same type of activity. Also, now that the DOD is exchanging medical records with the VA, something else that is not needed there to complicate issues. The same response from the UK was presented by the Department of Defense...
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on 12-02-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, Security, DOD, malware, computer virus, antigen
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
One of the messages coming from the meeting is that they believe they can learn from the mistake made in the US, and there were representatives from the US at the meeting. Karl Brown believes it might be easier to achieve interoperability in developing countries than in the U.S. or Europe. “You...
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on 11-24-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, EMR, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, Interoperability, User Interface, Medical Software, Templates, ehealth, healthcare standards, Desmond Tutu
You can even find Server 2008 on the site the Microsoft Store Site. You can even order mice, keyboards, etc. but those will need to be shipped obviously, so the days of DVDs and CDs do seem to be coming to a close. Obviously you want a high speed internet connection to download some...
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on 11-14-2008
Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, software, Server 2008, Office, Vista, Microsoft online store, downloads, Xbox
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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on 11-11-2008
Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Health IT, Server 2008, Hyper-V, Hardware Solutions
The program is designated for start up companies, and we have plenty of those in healthcare. You do need to qualify, but the website is pretty complete with instructions, information etc. You need to be in business for 3 years or less and have revenues of under a million, so that leaves...
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on 11-05-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, visual studio, Medical Records, Silverlight, Robotics, software, Start Ups, Live Mesh, Venture Capital Funding, Dot Net, Developer Tools, Angel funding