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- EMR
- ElectroMagnetic Radiation The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object,...
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- Microsoft wins seat at health IT table
- this is shamIt is inconceivable that an anti christian organization like M$ would work with a christian hospital.Scary having your stuff running on MS softwareIt's scary to have any data about you stored on a Microsoft Infrastructure. Even scarier that it's your health records.Glad I don't use (or will...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, EMR, Microsoft Corp., health-IT, health care, interoperability
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- HIPAA remains the EMR deterrent
- HIPAA remains the EMR deterrentFirst off.. its no longer called EMR.. its called EHR.. and oh the holesHIPAA is not the reason EHR is not being adopted quicker. Its money. Many of the software EHRs already have built in encryption for communication(no external devices needed!) and secondly HIPAA,...
- Tags: Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Insurance, HIPAA, goverment, eHR, EMR
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Behind the Microsoft skepticism on Health IT
- Behind the Microsoft skepticism on Health ITIs this like the internet all over again?Wasn't it Microsoft who said the internet is a useless fad right up until they released internet explorer?Sometimes, letting others make the mistakes first is wise.And when it comes to IT health care there are thousands of...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Health IT, health care, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-23
- The biggest market for the iTablet: healthcare
- Software Advice's Houston Neal thinks that a Mac-based tablet computer could be the ultimate device for the healthcare industry specifically for EMR's or Electronic Medical Records. There have been a lot of rumors about an upcoming Apple "iTablet;" we think this new device would be a huge bestseller in...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Physician, Health Care, Apple Inc., Software Advice, Healthcare Industry, EMR, Tablets, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Another WiFi health scare breaks out
- Another WiFi health scare breaks outOh NOooooo! Not their precious cell phones![i]And if electromagnetic waves are truly dangerous, why aren?t the cranks going after cell phone companies, or TV and radio stations?[/i]They won't go after cell phones because most people are addicted to cell phones. If you were...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless and Mobility, health care, cell phone, Wi-Fi, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-04-08
- Another open source health tools consortium
- Another open source health tools consortiumWhat about patients?Half of the value of patients having access to data,reports, images, etc. is that they can have them available to medical practitioners/professionals.I keep various information on my iPhone (ICE, Rx list, Glucose Buddy) and more on my notebook - like all images I've...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, open source health tools consortium, patient, open source, EMR
- Discussion threads 2009-04-02
- Carrots and sticks and EMRs
- Carrots and sticks and EMRsThe carrots and sticks are not helpful from a Not-for-Profit standpointwhat about NP's that offer care? Since they dont pay taxes, they dont get any support in that sense. We know there are grants coming down the pipe for networks, but what about stand...
- Tags: Strategic planning, Personal finance, HL7, EMR, Carrots
- Discussion threads 2009-02-12
- Carrots and sticks and EMRs
- The danger is that community projects become community fiefdoms, dueling power centers driven by the ambitions of their vendors, and if rivalries are implemented in code then someone who moves from, say, Atlanta to Portland may have a long wait for their EMR data. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, EMR, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- Health IT opponents push Harry
- Health IT opponents push Harry Not ready for universal adoptionThe problem is not about such deep philosophical divides as you describe. We need a system that allows us the time to manage patients rather than creating documents that give the appearance of patient care (but primarily satisfy billing and medico-legal...
- Tags: health care, EMR, patient, Health IT opponent, physician
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
- How to stop treating doctors like mushrooms
- How to stop treating doctors like mushroomsI grew up with a doctor.He was my father. He started practicing medicine in the 1930's. Did you know that doctors used to actually touch people? They don't do that much any more unless it's absolutely necessary. They let their...
- Tags: patient
- Discussion threads 2009-02-06
- Why is Microsoft slowing the health IT train?
- Why is Microsoft slowing the health IT train?Because they want us all to dieas they have a deal with the government that they receive a burial tax in addition to the funural home being legally required by a new law to purchase a copy of Vista ultimate to be placed...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Vertical industries, health-IT, Dana, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-15
- Are electronic and personal health records inevitable?
- Are electronic and personal health records inevitable?Well obama won and one of his main topics was healthcare.I would wager to bet, EHR will play a pivitol role in the tranformation of our healthcare system.Simple answer: noThere will be no electronic health records in the foreseeable future. Those who would have...
- Tags: E-health, HEALTHCARE, INTERNET, personal health record, EMR
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- Will the EMR movement become a political divide
- Will the EMR movement become a political divideFYI: Its now EHR, not EMR...the change is to include dental, pyschological and other healthcare services.Electronic Health Records.We are in the middle of deployment strategy planning. The cost of deploying equipment and personell to get this up and running is staggering. ...
- Tags: Vertical industries, E-health, HEALTHCARE, Practical Reality, EMR, EMR movement, political divide, divide, government
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Will the EMR movement become a political divide
- Countries that are much further along in adopting EMR technology are now seeing pushback, mainly over the issue of centralized storage. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: John McCain, Opposition, EMR, Hipaa, Government, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, E-health, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Psst. Want a free Electronic Medical Records system?
- Psst. Want a free Electronic Medical Records system?Medical Record MiningHow can you mine the medical records if the data is caputured and stored as plain text?OpenEMRIf you really want a free EMR solution then look no further than [url=http://www.openemr.net/index.jsp]OpenEMR[/url] no ads and it is free unless you need support then...
- Tags: OpenEMR, Electronic Medical Records System, Psst
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Military won't wait on EMR choice
- Military won't wait on EMR choice.....So in typical bureaucratic fashion they will forgo a system that works well, is battle tested and reliable as well as... most cost effective! I guess when you have morons voting for idiots this is the outcome. ]:)
- Tags: EMR
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Tennessee midwifes AT
- Tennessee midwifes ATMicrosoft is not getting my medical recordsThere's no way I'll allow MSFT to mine my medical data. Or Google for that matter.Here's the thingWhen you put your EMR into Google or Microsoft you make it a PHR. It's yours. Not theirs. You are the one who...
- Tags: EMR, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- EMRs? We don't need no steenkin' EMRs
- EMRs? We don't need no steenkin' EMRsEMRs are expensive. Plumbers are expensive.That was too funny Dana.Well I know about plumbersI had one in here on Monday to give us a whole house shut-off value. Cost over $250. For one hours' work....[url=http://www.oemr.org/]Not really![/url] ]:)Good linkThe link was to OpenEMR, an...
- Tags: Plumbers, EMR
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Kaiser rolling out its EMR nationwide
- Kaiser rolling out its EMR nationwideWhat happens when... someone gets a court order for sequestration of their private medical records?If [i]that[/i] isn't a "feature of the system" then the whole thing gets shut down.RE: Kaiser rolling out its EMR nationwideRead Halvorson's book, "Health Care Reform Now!" to understand why the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, EMR, Kaiser, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Kaiser rolling out its EMR nationwide
- After five years of fits, starts and controversy, Kaiser Permanente has begun rolling out its $4 billion HealthConnect EMR system nationwide. In Atlanta the marketing is backed by radio ads, even though the company's Web site supports only Internet Explorer 5.5 or later. The technical conversion began...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Kaiser Permanente, EMR, Public Relations, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
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