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System Upgrade Cures Wait Times at the Doctor's Office: Petoskey Surgeons is a general and vascular surgery practice with an attached vascular ultrasound lab. Petoskey Surgeons wanted a solution that would provide efficient connectivity to business-critical external systems at a reasonable cost to deploy and maintain. NMCS recommended Windows Server 2008, which met the timing and budget of the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Petoskey Surgeons, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2008-03-12

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Virtual Plastic Surgery Software (exe): The Virtual Plastic Surgery Software (VPSS) is a simple to use, yet powerful photo warping software that will let you modify photos to simulate virtual plastic surgery results on anyone's face and body. As a specific purpose software, we developed a custom and convenient interface more suited for virtual plastic...; Tags: Software, Surgery, Photograph, Kaeria, Virtual Plastic Surgery Software, Tools & Techniques, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion; Software downloads 2008-05-06
Study calls robot the better surgeon: A surgeon using the DaVinci robot on heart procedures gets better results, according to a University of Maryland study. (This is going to go over big at the club.) Superior Financial and Quality Metrics with Robotically-assisted (DaVinci) Coronary Artery Revascularization is the name on...; Tags: Surgeon, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Analyst: why even the best SOAs are 'stalling': "It has become clear to me that SOA is not working in most organizations." -Anne Thomas Manes Many SOAs are 'stunningly beautiful infrastructures,' but have yet to deliver value When Anne talks, people listen. That's why this line in her latest blog...; Tags: Business, SOA, Anne, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-03-16
Healthcare Firm Does Network Reconstruction - An Operation That Pays for Itself: Greater Rochester Orthopaedics employs about 44 individuals in Rochester, New York. The organization is an alliance of board-certified orthopedic surgeons providing general and specialty care. GRO briefly considered an external drive as a fix for the storage concerns, but that option didn't offer the managed solution it needed to improve...; Tags: Network, Health Care, Greater Rochester Orthopaedics, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Storage, Corporate Governance, Virtualization, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law; Case studies 2008-03-06

Is Nintendo about to challenge Jenny Craig?: Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk investigates the power of Nintendo's Wii and virtual gaming to improve the health and well being of society. Depending on whose statistics you prefer to disbelieve, between 15 and 25 percent of American children are overweight. The causes seem evident...; Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Fact, Nintendo Wii, Nathan, Games, Personal Technology, Chris Matyszczyk; Blog posts 2008-02-16
Photos: Robotic surgeons: Intuitive Surgical's Da Vinci surgical robots are now widely used for high-precision prostate surgery, and are being adopted for other procedures. by CNET News.com; Tags: Surgery, Photograph, Surgeon, Robots, Emerging Technologies, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-02-12
Doctors Boost Patient Load and Still Get Home for Dinner With Microsoft-Based System: The Michigan Knee and Shoulder Institute, of Auburn Hills, Michigan, is a leading sports-medicine practice in the region, staffed by two board-certified orthopedic surgeons. Before adopting a first generation Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system, the institute's physicians needed to document each patient interaction in detail through paper-based notes and dictation...; Tags: Patient, Microsoft Corp., gloEMR, E-health, Microsoft Windows, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software; Case studies 2008-02-08
Remote+medicine+ready+for+prime+time%3F: Remote+medicine+ready+for+prime+time%3FSurgeons are already doing......robotic laporascopic surgeries where the Dr is sitting at a console on the other side of the room. He could just as easily be sitting on the other side of the world as long as the connectivity is reliable enough to support it.RE: Remote+medicine+ready+for+prime+time%3FI'd say it...; Tags: surgeon, Remote+medicine+ready+for+prime+time%3F; Discussion threads 2008-02-07
When art meets medicine: Medical students will soon benefit from a new training tool. Surgical gowns for students have been designed by UK researchers at Durham University with the help of artists at the University of Ulster. 'The gowns, which would be worn by medical students in the classroom, will supplement the traditional plastic...; Tags: Body, Patient, Student, Training, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-30
i-Snake, a new robotic surgeon: Several newspapers in the UK have published today very short articles about the i-Snake, a new surgical robot which will be developed at the Imperial College London (ICL). For example, The Times of London writes that the ICL team has won a £2.1 million grant (€2.84 million or US$4.2 million)...; Tags: Robot, Imaging, Surgery, Surgeon, i-Snake, Robots, Document Management, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-12-29
Give nurses the checklist: A New Yorker feature this week on intensive care units (ICUs) detailed the problems Peter Pronovost (right) is having getting a life-saving procedure -- the checklist -- adopted by doctors and hospitals. The magazine has chosen not to place the story online but it reads like a movie...; Tags: Checklist, Nurse, Magazine, Security, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-12-05
Photos: Cracking open the iPod Touch: Follow along as TechRepublic's daring surgeons dive inside this year's hottest personal media player. by CNET News.com; Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Photograph, Surgeon, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2007-11-30
Strike another blow to Education IT: Strike another blow to Education ITAnd...What's the likelihood of a veto override? That can happen can't it?RE: Strike another blow to Education ITMr. Wagner, You are absolutely right. We need to shift our focus and soon. American's are falling behind other nations fast in the education sector, and our students...; Tags: Government, Benefits, Education IT, Ed IT, salary; Discussion threads 2007-11-20
Bones won't be going with you to Mars: Bones, for those of you under 50, was the nickname given the late DeForrest Kelley's character, Dr. Leonard McCoy on the old Star Trek series in the 1960s. (I hadn't known Kelley was born in Atlanta.) Anyway the big news is that when we finally get to space, probably...; Tags: Robot, Idea, Surgeon, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-09-27
When will robotic surgery cut costs?: At some point in the advance of every technology the question is asked, "when will this replace the professional?" (Robot surgeons can have as many arms as they need, as in this DaVinci unit from Intuitive Systems.)Robot-assisted surgery is far from that level, but it is already improving outcomes in...; Tags: Robots, Dana Blankenhorn, robot; Blog posts 2007-08-06
Liquid crystal burning bright, saves poor Leo from his plight: Don't you hate it when that happens? Right in the middle of an emergency appendix operation, BAM!, all the power goes out. According to an article in Reuters, Leonardo Molina was on the operating table on July 21st when everything went dark.TIGER, tiger, burning brightIn the forests of the...; Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Surgeon, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2007-07-31
Google monetizing negative press around healthcare?: Google monetizing negative press around healthcare?Making MoneyGoogle is just making money!! Just take the side who gives you money and you get to earn more. Very Simple.Though many businesses talk of ethics and things. Its finally abt money and I think is no different. Though it may be the sweet...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Google Inc., insurance, sicko; Discussion threads 2007-06-30
Watching a skeleton move in 3-D: In this short article, Popular Science reports that a Brown University team has developed a new imaging system. The CTX process combines 'computed-tomography (CT) scanners, X-ray video and computer software to give doctors and researchers a 3-D look at bones in motion.' In a previous note, the team said that...; Tags: Science &, Nature, Health &, Medicine, Engineering &, Innovation; Blog posts 2007-06-27
Three wireless fitness devices to help shed pounds and blood pressure: What follows is a tale of my effort to get back in shape and the wireless fitness gear that I purchased to help me get there. continued below.... Video: To see a video of the wireless gear David ended up buying and how it works on his bike...; Tags: Wired &, Wireless, Video, Personal Technology, Mobile, General, Entertainment; Blog posts 2007-05-04