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MedicAlert Expands Service and Protects Critical Data for Members Worldwide: For fifty years, MedicAlert has helped save lives by providing emergency responders and healthcare practitioners. However, with the rise of HIPAA mandates and other standards from similar global regulatory bodies, MedicAlert decided it could no longer preserve that privacy with limited homegrown security technology. In order to provide extended member...; Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., MedicAlert, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Regulations, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; Case studies 2008-05-07
What the electronic medical record movement needs: What the electronic medical record movement needsBut Consensus REQUIRES Leadership!Dana:As usual, you're absolutely right about consensus among vendors and standards would go a long way toward making ubiquitous electronic medical records a reality. But such consensus itself requires leadership. Such leadership must be able to persuade stakeholders to resist sometimes...; Tags: E-health, HEALTHCARE, electronic health record, leadership, electronic medical record movement, MedicAlert, patient; Discussion threads 2008-01-15

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What the electronic medical record movement needs: The march toward automating health records goes on. (Image of stick memory from MedicAlert.) New York has set a goal of getting its basic records online by the end of this year. That's patient charts, referrals, and prescription data. Medical groups are already touting...; Tags: Patient, Electronic Health Record, Health Care, Standards, Quality, E-health, Leadership, Healthcare, Business Operations, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-01-15
Is Linux enough for open source medical advocates?: Is Linux enough for open source medical advocates?Linux Vendor Lock-in?[i]without giving them the power to switch vendors which open source delivers naturally[/i]Is not Linux and Open Source supposed to do away with software Lock-in?Just a matter of time.Hospitals are one of the killing zones pardon the pun for proprietary software...; Tags: Operating systems, HEALTHCARE, hospital, McKesson, open source, Linux; Discussion threads 2007-12-11
Eight more companies that made SOA happen in 2006: Last week, I cited examples of SOA work that took place over the past year at ten leading companies. Here are eight more companies that led the way with SOA, originally posted over at my SOA in Action site: Integrate back-end legacy systems: International Truck developed an SOA-based "Common Vehicle...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA; Blog posts 2006-12-26

Patient smart cards get boost at N.Y. hospitals: Patient smart cards get boost at N.Y. hospitalsAll your medical history belong to us!!Kiddin..;-)Don't worry, a chip will be put into your prostate next time you get sweet air at the dentist. We will all be subjugated, my daniel-san..Own your medical records! what a concept.a huge lesson learned from Katrina...; Tags: Smart cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, HEALTHCARE, smart card, patient; Discussion threads 2005-12-08
MedicAlert to arm patients with USB drives: MedicAlert to arm patients with USB drivesUSB Medical InformationBarnes Medlit also offers its high quality personal medical history software on a USB drive. This system gives the user the ability to record on its template driven software a commplete medical history, save it to the password coded USB drive either...; Tags: HIPAA, patient, pricing strategy, MedicTag, USB flash drive, USB, medical information; Discussion threads 2005-01-06