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Placing blame for the XTent failure

Doctors are hungry for data. In the absence of solid data they will grab what is at hand. If comparative effectiveness research is available, it will find an eager audience. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Doctors, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-08-07

The Electronic Health Record bogeyman

In the present health care debate, the bogeyman is the Electronic Health Record EHR. The EHR is said to have magical powers to destroy our lives. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Electronic Health Record, Health Care, Bogeyman, Doctors, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-11

How to stop treating doctors like mushrooms

What we need to do is emphasize how health IT can increase the value and prestige of line physicians. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Patient, Information Technology, Doctor, Doctors, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-06

Medicaid for everyone but where is the supply?

The House-passed stimulus bill puts nearly $100 billion into Medicaid, mainly to cover the newly-unemployed regardless of what jobs they lose. But where will the supply come to meet this demand? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Medicaid, Information Technology, Health Care, Doctors, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-29

Five reforms we can do now

The main goal of Kibbe and Klepper is that we get enough data so that generalizations can be made which drive both treatment regimens and payment schedules. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Registry, Payment, Health Care, Doctors, Operational Accounting, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-29

Study on drug ads backs industry's view

A study media can claim debunks the idea that ads cause people to ask for drugs by name, but which actually proves the exact same point, is just what the industry needed. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Advertisement, Dana Blankenhorn, Doctors, Drug, Patient

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Biggest hazards can be fought with a checklist

So long as someone does have a checklist more people will live, there will be less malpractice, and the cost of hospital care will go down. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Checklist, Doctors, Healthcare, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-02

The health IT archipelago

How is health care technology in the U.S. like the Philippines? It's an archipelago, islands of technology, often unconnected, linked by ferry lines of bureaucracy and paper. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn, Doctors

Blog posts 2008-11-02

Cutting your drug costs safely

Don't take health advice from a blog. Most physicians understand the need to economize. But they don't want to risk your life in the process. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn, Pharmacist, Doctors

Blog posts 2008-10-22

More confusion on vitamin D

Doctors are going to have to come up with some good explanations why God's way of giving us Vitamin D is bad and the chemist's way is better. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Vitamin, Louisville Courier-Press, Salt Lake Tribune, Parents, Doctors, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Cornyn illustrates U.S. health policy divide

The political fact is that millions of people in the low-middle class identify politically with those who are wealthier. This was illustrated by the failed campaign of John Edwards, whose voters actually skewed wealthy even while his message skewed toward those who were not wealthy. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Care, Cornyn, Doctors, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-15

CBS video: 3D in the operating room

To a surgeon, precision is everything. As CBS News medical correspondent Jon LaPook explains, new fiber optic technology is providing a three-dimensional, lifelike image to aid in operations that include brain surgery.

Tags: 3D, Fiber-optics, CBS Corp., Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, News, cbs, imaging, surgery, medicine, doctors, brain, video, graphics

Videos 2008-08-13

Might we see a doctors' strike?

Despite America's lack of labor protections, its doctors' presumption that they are professionals, not workers, and a dispersed industry where no one has great market share, a slow motion strike may in fact be underway here. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Strike, Doctor, Doctors, Family Doctor, E-health, Operational Accounting, Healthcare, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-20

Medical imaging on Apple device

At the Apple WWDC 2008, Mark Cain of Mimvista shows off the company's new iPhone software that will allow doctors to download, colorize, and share patients' CT and PET scans. The images were previously only available in black in white and only on physicians' workstations.

Tags: Medical Imaging, Imaging, Apple Inc., Document Management, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, News, apple, developers, WWDC, Mark Cain, Mimvista, doctors, medical, CT scans, PET scans

Videos 2008-06-10

Additional Resources

Jacknife 1.2.6 (Mac)

Jacknife is versatile enterprise software for businesses and organizations. It includes several specific types of programs and you may choose which to use simply by selecting a program type in settings. Jacknife Studio is ideal for studios of all kinds, including dance, gymnastics, and karate studios. It...

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Software downloads 2009-11-06

What the Google Privacy Dashboard can mean for health

What if you could find out where all your health data is? What if you could learn just which doctors, which hospitals, which insurers have what types of electronic data on you? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Dashboard, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-05

GOP will present a health care bill

Good startGood work Dana. This blog is not biased to the left (we'll see how you fare in the talkbacks though).There's of course still the question why you put politics on this IT tech site."ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, IT Pros, health care, No., Pelosi, GOP

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Jacknife 1.2.2 (Windows)

Jacknife is versatile enterprise software for businesses and organizations. It includes several specific types of programs and you may choose which to use simply by selecting a program type in settings. Jacknife Studio is ideal for studios of all kinds, including dance, gymnastics, and karate studios. It includes classes, registrations,...

Tags: Roster, Health Care, Microsoft Windows, Jacknife, Jacknife Studio, Jacknife Medical, Insurance, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Document Management, Benefits, Healthcare, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Managerial Accounting, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Diabetes can be kept at bay

move your ass, lazy americanswalk, run, practice sports and you won't get diabetes.except type I that is geneticThey don't have the incentives ...when they keep getting free handouts that progressives love so much from the big fat@ss government. Free health care, free lunch, free everything and then of course they...

Tags: diabetes, Wall St., progressive, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Asthma Journal Pro for iPhone 1.2 (Mobile)

Asthma Journal Pro for iPhone application connects your iPhone to your personal account in Google Health. After the connection is established, the app automatically sends newly created journal entries to your Google Health account. You can then chart the data, and share it with family, friends, and doctors via Google...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Health, Mobile, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-26