Electronic Medical Records

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• The Growing Epidemic Among Elderly Women

  
  Yeast Infection — Authority: 130
  Osteoporosis, by definition, is a skeletal disorder affecting the bone strength and predisposing it to increased risk of fracture. When the bone tissue degenerates, the person becomes more fragile and susceptible to fractures.The skeleton is an important part of our system. It is the framework that holds our body ...
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• QD: News Every Day--punishing med schools for graduates

  
  ACP Internist — Authority: 495
  ACP Internists daily digest of news and events continues with punishment for medical schools that dont train enough primary care doctors. Physician shortage The CEO of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians wants to reward medical schools that train primary care doctors, and punish those that dont. Quotas would ...
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• Would You Compromise Your Cancer Cure?

  
  Medical Malprocess — Authority: 112
  Your doctor has good news and bad news. The bad news is you have cancer in your abdomen. The good news is that it can be cured, using a combination of three drugs and ten radiation treatments. Would you settle for just two of the three drugs? Would you compromise your medical care and take one drug the doctor ...
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• Electronic Medical Records for Congress?

  
  FactCheck.org — Authority: 136
  Q : Is the Social Security Administration paying $24 million to set up new electronic medical records for members of Congress? A: False. The money is going to speed processing of applications for disability benefits . Furthermore, the money is coming from the stimulus bill and ...
  3 days ago

• Identity Resolution Daily Links 2009-12-01

  
  Identity Resolution Daily — Authority: 117
  By the Infoglide Team WPRI.com: State police crackdown on lottery scams “‘The clerk opened the cash register and paid our undercover officer $100 dollars,’ said Capt. David Neill of the Rhode Island State Police. ‘On another occasion, our undercover officer presented the $1,000 winning scratch ticket ...
  4 days ago

• Supplier exec: Connectivity will unleash the power of health IT

  
  News — Authority: 127
  Electronic medical records and computerized physician order entry wont help the nation meet the goals of the the federal stimulus legislation of patient-centered coordinated care, improved quality of care, reduced medical errors and less duplication. It will take connectivity between EMRs and other medical ...
  5 days ago

• Wheres the magic with electronic medical records?

  
  The Health Care Blog — Authority: 605
  By MICHAEL PAINTER Last week a new article from The American Journal of Medicine entitled, “Hospital Computing and the Costs and Quality of Care: A National Study” by Himmelstein, et al. appeared in my Twitter stream. In fact, Brian Ahier...
  1 week ago

• Olio: Kudos and Catcalls

  
  Yo Mama For Obama — Authority: 122
  This Thanksgiving week has brought just as much foolishness to the forefront as any other week.  Hypocrisy and self-interest as well as self-indulgence is rampant.  And the kudos offered isn’t what you would think.    As usual, I use this opportunity to provide you with reading on current issues to expand your ...
  1 week ago

• HHS blog intended as forum about health IT

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 476
  The first post on the new Health IT Buzz blog has generated more than 50 comments since it was posted Monday. The blog was launched by David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., the national coordinator for health information technology in the Department of Health & Human Services. A press release about the blog says it ...
  1 week ago

• Hypnosis Weight Loss: Some Ways to Stop the Weighting

  
  Health Resources — Authority: 149
  Controlling your weight and avoiding weight gain as you get older are important ways to prevent a host of weight-related health problems. Indeed, if you are more than 20 pounds over your ideal weight, you are at greater risk for a rogues’ gallery of potentially deadly conditions, including diabetes, high blood ...
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• Building Your Office Network Infrastructure

  
  Medical Practice Trends.com — Authority: 92
  It doesn’t matter if your practice is just a single doctor at one location, or numerous physicians across multiple satellite offices. Either way, even before you can implement an EMR system, you’ll need to start by developing your system infrastructure. Although typically a contractor will take care of the ...
  1 week ago

• Understanding the Healthcare IT Opportunity: Audio from Panel Discussion

  
  Innovation Economy — Authority: 528
  I moderated a panel last week at the Association for Corporate Growth fall conference , an agglomeration of dealmakers. Speakers included Picis CEO Todd Cozzens, Athenahealth CFO Carl Byers, Terry Hyman of Flexpoint Ford , and Peter van der Goes Jr. of Goldman Sachs . We talked about how federal stimulus will ...
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• Identity Resolution Daily Links 2009-11-24

  
  Identity Resolution Daily — Authority: 117
  By the Infoglide Team Topeka Capital-Journal: Five arrests in lottery fraud “In this investigation, agents presented unsigned winning lottery tickets to retailers. The clerks were required to advise customers they had won a prize and instruct each they had to redeem winnings at lottery headquarters . In six ...
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• Electronic Medical Records Isn’t Cheaper Or Better, No Kidding.

  
  Mcnorman's Weblog — Authority: 438
  Computers Aren’t Saving Hospitals Money.The report’s lead author, Dr. David Himmelstein, associate professor at Harvard Medical School and former director of clinical computing at Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts, says hospital computerization “hasn’t saved a dime.” Nor has it helped administrative ...
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• Initial meaningful use standards to be simple, as deadline is in sight

  
  News — Authority: 127
  The bad news is, everyones a little antsy while waiting for final rules on "meaningful use" of EMRs. The good news is, HHS seems to be making progress toward defining the term that will determine who qualifies for federal stimulus funding for health IT. Plus, it looks like federal officials are listening to what the ...
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• Top technology trends for payers

  
  News — Authority: 127
  Health insurers will be keeping close watch on genetic testing and electronic medical records in 2010, according to the first of a planned annual series of reports from research organization ECRI Institute. Rounding out the top seven technology trends that payers should pay attention to in the new year are: Premium CT ...
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• Kaiser Permanente and Exempla Healthcare in Boulder EHRs Connected

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  You can read how they are doing it, this goes back to the announcement in October 2008 on the blog.  BD  Exempla Healthcare Hospitals to interface with the Kaiser ambulatory EMR - Colorado “Three hospitals in the system preparing to integrate and connect with Kaiser facilities, as they will more than ...
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• Security with Health IT Pretty Sketchy at Some Hospitals and Doctor’s Offices

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  This is one I have seen first hand as a vendor at hospitals, walking in and seeing stuff like Lime Wire on hospital PCs.   It makes you think why in the world would an IS manager bring a computer into the active directory access without placing the unit under group policy, yes have seen that and even just as a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Identity Resolution Daily Links 2009-11-20

  
  Identity Resolution Daily — Authority: 117
  [Post from Infoglide ] Entity Resolution Metrics “In the last post we looked at the problem of measuring the accuracy of entity resolution processes.  As with any accuracy measure, comparing to a known standard of correctness or benchmark is required.  However, even without a benchmark, other measures are ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Week’s Kudos and Catcalls

  
  Yo Mama For Obama — Authority: 122
  Once again, real life never ceases to amaze me.  There were lots of catcalls this week accompanied by, alas, fewer kudos.  So let’s get started on the week’s blunders.  I, of course, include many interesting articles for your weekend reading.  It is time to get smart again.  I extend advance apologies for the ...
  2 weeks ago

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