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Today's Debate: What would reform do to medical IT?

Today's Debate: What would reform do to medical IT?Increased CompetitionIf medical reform includes standardization and interoperability it may increase the efficiency of medical IT, and they could do more with fewer resources. IT work-arounds and redundancies would not be needed.However, such reform would also increase the ability for companies...

Tags: Strategic planning, medical IT, standardization, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

Veriscrip built on government regulation

One fact that marks healthcare IT is how you can build a profitable business just based on the need to enforce government regulations.VirtualHealth Technologies of Lexington, Kentucky, for instance, is building itself on HIPAA, through a unit called Veriscrip.HIPAA requires secure tracking of medical information, and controls who can access...

Tags: state government, Physician Information, Medical Records, Medical Office IT, Medical IT, General

Blog posts 2007-08-03

What scares doctors about technology

I think I know what most frightens physicians about technology.It's the fear of becoming part of a roll-up, like Esse Health, profiled recently by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. On the surface Esse is simply a collection of doctors' offices. But when new CEO Mike Castellano talks about it, he's describing something...

Tags: Physician Information, Payment Processing, Medical Records, Medical Office IT, Medical Office Equipment, Medical IT, General

Blog posts 2007-08-02

Additional Resources

News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device

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.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Canadians get a taste of American medical system with IMS Health buy

Oh the ironyJust another ironic investment made on behalf of Canadians over the years. As far as I know CPP is not investing using an ethical or green model, so there are probably lots of examples of very "un-Canadian" companies receiving investment via CPP.Not sure what your point is,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, IMS Health Inc., CPP, Dana, drug company, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

18 truths: The long fail of complexity

Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...

Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Human x-ray machines: Coming soon to an airport near you

X-ray screening is badHow about we just have everyone strip naked and pass all our cloths and carry-ons through the scanner instead? There's no such thing as privacy in the Nazi-run American airports anyway.RE: Human x-ray machines: Coming soon to an airport near youI'm just going to ask for...

Tags: Infirmary, Human x-ray machine, X-ray

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Pet First Aid for iPhone 1.3 (Mobile)

Pet First Aid for iPhone is loaded with detailed videos and step-by-step illustrations so you will know exactly what to do when caring for your pet. Videos include: restraint, muzzling, CPR, and bandaging. All articles, videos, and illustrations are bundled with the application for offline or wilderness access. It features...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Pet, Mobile, Video, Veterinarian, Jive Media LLC, Corporate Communications, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-06

eRecorder Lite for iPhone 1.2 (Mobile)

With eRecorder Lite for iPhone record memos, lectures, debates, medical dictation, music, ambient noise discussions, interviews, business meetings, spontaneous ideas, or any other sounds on your iPhone. Use it as a voice recorder or a sound recorder. Record for seconds or hours. It features beautifully animated and intuitive user interface...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Recorder, Mobile, Vanke Software, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-06

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...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Roster, Health Care, 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 2009-11-06

Flu pandemic disproportionately infects, kills young people; are some getting preferred treatment?

Overhyped, almost hysteriaand blogs like these of course add to that. All in the name of $.Money needs to be made pharma, existence needs to be legitimized (health boards & governments), and the media of course needs to sell. Yep, the incentives point to one direction.Problem is, there is no...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Flu Pandemic, death rate, H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

What the Google Privacy Dashboard can mean for health

I'm with the "Oh noes".Giving an advertising company access to all my health data just so I can find out if someone like, say, an advertising company has access to it, strikes me as a bit of on own goal.Trust Google with more data?Google already has- my IP address- my...

Tags: E-mail, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Google Inc., health care, dashboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

How fast can remote monitoring move?

Ler's use mu computer and my iPhoneMay sound nuts, but my notebook mine happens to be a Mac and my iPhone have the ability to work with a lot of medical devices - IF the makers build the connectors and write the software.I can enter my blood sugars on an...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Smart phones, Doc, monitoring, patient, computer, EKG, phone, Apple iPhone, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

How fast can remote monitoring move?

What the remote medical monitoring industry needs to get past the analysts' hockey stick graphs are standards. Technical standards, payment standards, approval standards. This is no longer rocket science, it's not experimental. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Monitoring, Standards, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-04

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

Obamicans rebranding NHIN-Connect as the Health Internet

Hey look. A tech storyYou don't want me to write about policy so here's a tech story and we get...crickets. I guess the market is saying write more policy stories, isn't it? I'm sorry...... I'm still trying to figure out what an "Obamican" is.(But you get extra points for using...

Tags: Vertical industries, Obamicans, Health Internet, tech story, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Making Apple's Magic Mouse and Wireless Keyboard work in Windows

System 7? You mean Windows 7Has anyone tried the update on Win 7? Let us know!Why in gods nameWhy in gods name would i want apples mouse and keyboard,what i have makes it look like tech from the 30,s Oh i see this is an article from an appletard,makes sence...

Tags: Mice, Keyboards, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, wireless, Apple Inc., mouse, keyboard, wireless keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Medical Office One 3.7.1 (Windows)

EMR - Appointment Scheduling - Medical Billing Software for Windows Vista and XP. Medical Office One is a HIPAA - NPI Compliant and feature-rich application for medical office - practice administration. Fast and easy-to-use, it allows creation of the new 08/05 version of the CMS 1500 form, full customization, excellent...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Content Management System, Biosoftworld, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites

Software downloads 2009-11-02

In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline

Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Hippocrates works for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Hippocrates works for iPhone is a collection of medical works from ancient Greece, written in Ionic Greek. The Hippocratic Corpus contains textbooks, lectures, research, notes and philosophical essays on various subjects in medicine, in no particular order. It features searchable concordance, search the complete works easily, text resizer with a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Readdle, Hippocratic Corpus, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-30