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- Pediatric market opened to statins
- Pediatric market opened to statinsPediatric market opened to statinsI hope this article is a joke of some sort. I can't imagine an 8 year old having to take a statin drug. I have to ask the question, what has changed since we were kids to today that is...
- Tags: statin, Pediatric
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
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- Pediatric market opened to statins
- Yes, if you have to give your kid a statin at 8 to prevent a future heart attack I think there is something wrong with your parenting. But should the kid pay for it with an early death? When it can be prevented? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Recommendation, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Servers, Security, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Hospital Uses Business Intelligence Solution to Save Time and Gain Insight From Data
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia CHOP is a leading pediatric hospital based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The hospital's department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, which collects and analyzes patient specimens in specialized laboratories, needed to improve processes to meet the demands presented by the hospital's growth. Specifically, the department sought to...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Hospital, Department, Children, Healthcare, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- The deadly problem of hospital logistics
- Dennis Quaid's newborn twins were nearly killed recently because of a logistics problem. The Quaids have sued Baxter Healthcare for negligence in the way they packaged the drug heparin, a blood thinner. Until recently the company packaged pediatric and adult doses similarly. But the real problems...
- Tags: Hospital, Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
- PedCalc (exe)
- At last, a specifically pediatric calculator, to help you with complex scores and formulas: Anion Gap, Apgar Score, Alveolo-arterial gradient, Body Mass Index, Body Surface, Corrected QT, Creatinine Clearance, ETT Sizes and Lenghts, Estimated Creatinine Clearance, FeNa, Glasgow Coma Scale, Neonatal Central Line Insertion, Oxygen Index, Pediatric Trauma Score, Predicted...
- Tags: DrugDoses
- Software downloads 2007-07-02
- Dance Dance Revolution those pounds away
- In the war on fat, schools are experimenting with "exergames" devices, such as stationary video game bikes, snowboards and virtual soccer, hoping to lure students into exercising while gaming. The verdict is still out, however, on whether the new devices really will help kids get in shape, the San Francisco...
- Tags: Education Technology, K-12, Physical health
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- Monitoring Chronically Ill Patients Using Mobile Technologies
- Using mobile technologies to remotely monitor patients has many potential benefits, not the least of which is the improvement in quality of life which patients experience when they are in their home environment rather than a hospital. This paper describes the work done by IBM Research to implement a state-of-the-art,...
- Tags: Patient, Mobile, Monitoring, IBM Corp., Healthcare
- White papers 2006-12-12
- Canadian Pediatric Hospital Network Improves Patient Care With an Integrated Electronic Health Record System
- Patient information within the St. Justine Hospital network was not integrated, nor was there any way to share that information electronically. As a result, information about patient problems and treatments - including drugs prescribed - was often not readily. St. Justine needed to integrate patient data to accelerate diagnoses, enable...
- Tags: Patient, Hospital, Network, Electronic Health Record, IBM Corp., E-health, Healthcare
- Case studies 2006-11-21
- Good Technology Helps 'Specially for Children Serve the Children of Central Texas
- 'Specially for Children, located in Austin, Texas, is a premier regional pediatric group of physicians committed to treating children of all ages who have serious illnesses or complex medical conditions. 'Specially for Children wanted to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of doctors so they can spend more personal time with...
- Tags: Children, Good Technology Inc., Texas, Physician, Motorola Inc., PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware
- Case studies 2006-06-15
- Men want facts, women seek relations on Web
- Men want facts, women seek relations on WebGreat! Yet another article that points out the bleedingobvious. Men and Women are DIFFERENT!!! Sigh....Now all I want is one article that shows both men and women how to come to terms with this fact so we can all get...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, Internet, Web, women, Porn Talkback
- Discussion threads 2005-12-29
- Pedia Dosage Guide (zip)
- Pedia Dosage Guide is a comprehensive collection of pediatric medications with their recommended doses and preparations. Designed with medical doctors and medical students in mind, the program interface allows for quick access to essential drug data. Also included is a 'Dosage Calculator'. This allows for quick computation of pediatric drug...
- Tags: Preparation, Pedia Dosage Guide
- Software downloads 2005-12-23
- Get used to biometrics, travelers told
- Get used to biometrics, travelers toldBiometrics and travelJust don't put RFID's in the passports and use 2-3 part authntication.I don't understand . . .I don't understand why biometrics is such a big deal--contact lenses can alter retina scans, surgery can alter fingerprints (fingerprints can also be faked using transparent...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Scanners, fingerprint scanner, camel, biometrics, car door, security, fingerprint
- Discussion threads 2005-05-27
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Chooses Cisco IP Communications Solutions to Improve Communication Productivity and Infrastructure Resiliency
- The result of a merger between Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center and Egleston Children's Hospital in 1998, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is ranked as the sixth leading pediatric hospital in the United States by Child Magazine. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta needed a telecom system that would help enable all of...
- Tags: Children, Atlanta, IP, Health Care, Cisco Systems Inc., Scottish Rite Children, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Case Study: Texas Children's Cancer Center
- The Texas Children's Cancer Center TCCC and Hematology Service offers breakthrough therapies for all forms of pediatric cancers and blood disorders. A 70-person educational faculty and medical staff of 415 depend on computers and the correlating back-office systems to do their work. Texas Children's Cancer Center turned to an HP...
- Tags: Cancer, Texas Children, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Film-Free for Children's Sake: Astrid Lindgen Children's Hospital Goes Digital
- Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital has a highly specialized pediatric radiology department with 55 employees, including 13 pediatric radiologists and 26 specially trained nurses. Sectra (a Swedish IT and medical technology company/PACS provider) was commissioned to digitize the new radiology department at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital in cooperation with selected partners....
- Tags: Solution, Hospital, Pacs, PACS Solution, Healthcare, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Success Story: Boston Children's Hospital
- As a major pediatric referral center, the mission of Boston Children's Hospital is to provide the highest quality health care. The hospital needed to maintain up to date server documentation for HIPAA compliance, change management, and troubleshooting, keep servers current with all security patches, and also needed automated solutions to...
- Tags: Hospital, Ecora Software Corp., Change Management, Healthcare, Hipaa, Servers, Tools & Techniques, Management, Regulations, Government, Hardware
- Case studies
- Data Domain Case Study: Children's Hospital Boston
- Children's Hospital Boston is the nation's premier pediatric medical center. Backups were slow and unreliable. The hospital hoped to move away from tape and implement a disaster recovery strategy. On a contact's recommendation, Children's Hospital pilot tested the Data Domain DD460 Restorer, reliable backup and recovery appliance for data protection....
- Tags: Children, Hospital, Backups
- Case studies
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Measuring Business Value From High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Children's) is a world renowned pediatric hospital system serving the Atlanta metropolitan area and the entire state of Georgia. High availability and data protection are top priorities for the IT organization, as patient care is a true 24x7 business-critical endeavor. Faced with the need to standardize...
- Tags: Software, Children, Information Technology, High Availability, Atlanta, Health Care, Disaster Recovery, Tools & Techniques, Data Management, Management
- Case studies
- Bedside Media System Transforms Hospital Experience and Improves Patient Education
- Arkansas Children's Hospital is the only pediatric medical center in Arkansas and one of the largest in the United States. The hospital wanted to upgrade its patient bedside media system, but the in-room systems it considered were costly and inflexible. Instead, the hospital designed its own system based on Windows...
- Tags: Education, Patient, Hospital, Entertainment, Arkansas Children, Microsoft Windows XP, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Case studies
- Efficiency Through Technology Enables Pediatric Office to Deliver Comprehensive Care
- Most traditional medical practices suffer from a common malady: a paper-based documentation and communication infrastructure that breeds inefficiencies. Despite the best efforts of caregivers, a paper-bound practice can severely limit dedicated patient time. The ability to efficiently retrieve information from this volume of paperwork is a significant challenge as well....
- Tags: Patient, Practice
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