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Voice recognition a solution for medical luddism

Voice recognition a solution for medical luddismWonder ware that wentVery little (none?) accessibility co's at FOSE this year, except Adobe CS4 with their partner (sales - "we can no longer believe what we see. for example in John Adams"). Makes me curious sir, curious sir."Doctors don?t like keyboards."Actually it's...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, HEALTHCARE, Brute-Force, Adams, voice recognition, medical luddism, luddism, health care

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

Will health IT push back against populist Luddism?

Will health IT push back against populist Luddism?Luddism?Luddism?Or just plain common sense?Is there really some mandate that everything [b]must[/b] get caught up in the flood of technology?If the technology can be secured and isolated, great, and if it offers real, tangible benefits, go right on ahead.[b]But if it's technology simply...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Banking, HEALTHCARE, Luddism, populist Luddism, health-IT

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

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Why not pay for what works?

Lawsuits not a costly issueThat's a typical republican, politcal response. Studies have been done to show that's it's a very small percentage of overall costs in healthcare. Not that tort reform wouldn't help, it's just a small issue in the big picture.Most unnecessarly procedures are generally performed...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Betsy McCaughey

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

News to know: Microsoft; Facebook; Acer; WiFi health scare

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers SQL Server 2008 SP1 Adrian...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Health Care, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Corp., Acer Inc., TechMeme, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Voice recognition a solution for medical luddism

Nuance is out with a study claiming 69% of doctors find Electronic Health Records EHRs with voice recognition are easier to use. The company has launched a certification program to make voice recognition standard with EHR solutions like Allscripts. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Solution, Voice Recognition, Electronic Health Record, Nuance, E-health, Speech Recognition, Telephony, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-08

News to know: More Kindle, Intel, IT Talent, Google energy

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Christopher Dawson: Kindle 2.0: Give me a Classmate instead Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Kindle 2 - It is what it...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Smart Phones, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Will health IT push back against populist Luddism?

Health IT is being scapegoated here, on a partisan basis, and as much as the industry may want to be non-partisan or bi-partisan, its goals may not be met unless it starts to push back hard. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Health IT, Liberals, HIMSS, AdvaMed, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Making comparative effectiveness partisan is malpractice

Making comparative effectiveness partisan is malpracticeA Couple Comments"Comparative effectiveness CE is a tool that tells doctors what is most likely to work, based on hard data, knowledge they can override if they are willing to defend their decision. What CE thinks works changes as the data changes."If you doctor isn't...

Tags: Taxes, Insurance, Personal finance, BPH, Hytrin, comparative effectiveness

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

Telcos: Laws governing our industry OK. They just need to favor telcos.

So, there was a lot of important non-C3 Expo stuff that happened while I was in New York at C3 Expo wrestling with the limited connectivity (and it was wired, not WiFi.... go figure) to file something that was even remotely interesting (as you may have seen from my coverage,...

Tags: David Berlind, Luddite, Luddites, Microsoft Corp., Net Neutrality, Scott Cleland, telecommunications company

Blog posts 2006-06-30

Older iTunes versions being shut out, Apple warns

Older iTunes versions being shut out, Apple warnsWe'll if ppl really want to use Real's Harmonythey'll have to weigh whether Apple's updates/firmware upgrades are worth the temporary possible loss. There's always the choice for the user of not allowing Apple to perform the upgrade to their local software. ...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Allah, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2004-10-21