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• A Chip Off the Old Medical Record Getting Closer to Reality for Many Insured in Florida – PositiveID Alliance with Innovations Avocare

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  Innovations Advocare is the vehicle to push the technology  through as they build portals for connectivity.  Below is a short clip from a prior post.  The chips are now updated to connect to a PHR, like HealthVault.  Some hospitals are using a hand log on, like what El Camino is doing in the silicon valley , ...
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• Patient Privacy Rights Prepares Report Card on PHRs (Personal Health Records)

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  This report card was based on what was determined to be privacy protection.  Below I have listed the comments about using an employer or insurer PHR as stated on the report card you may be giving up some privacy with others having access with waivers or surveys that come with using the program.  According to the ...
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• Tax on high-cost health plans is to strip down employer-provided health coverage, not raise revenue

  
  SF Gray Panthers — Authority: 126
  As this and another recent NY Times piece explain, the Obama administration demands four cornerstones of healthcare reform: (1) a Medicare cost-containment Commission, (2) taxing high-cost private insurance, (3) reform of medical payment incentives, and (4) deficit reduction.  Each of these cornerstones is designed ...
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• Hard Water Filters. So What Are They?

  
  World News — Authority: 169
  Hard water is water that contains a larger than normal amount of some minerals like iron, calcium, manganese and various salts. And if you have hard water it may well taste bad, and may make it hard to get your laundry looking good and can even lead to some skin problems.
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• Hard Water Filters. So What Are They?

  
  The Online Ventures — Authority: 130
  Hard water is known to contain high levels of manganese, iron, calcium, salts, and various other minerals. Not only can hard water cause a bad taste, but it can also make doing laundry difficult and may also lead to dry skin or other problems when you bathe in it. If you live in an area where there is hard water, its ...
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• Blue Cross Blue Shield and Caritas Christi Hospital System Sign Five Year Contract To Include Global Payment System – Hospitals Gets Paid Fixed Amounts Versus Fee-For Service

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  Caritas has been doing a lot of work recently getting things in order with their financial recovery and restructuring.  Not too long ago they signed with Microsoft to install Amalga in their hospital system.  Caritas Christi Health Partners with Microsoft Amalga Also, Caritas Christi is also part of ...
  6 days ago

• Verizon Telehealth Service Teams Up with Cisco – Video Consultations Unveiled

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  Cisco has been busy expanding their horizons into healthcare with all types of partnerships and the latest is with Verizon.  Telehealth and web consults and the concept there of is growing.    Cisco Buys Starent Wireless Technologies – Video and Mobility ... Not too long ago I posted about the ...
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• BEWARE: THEY KILL FOR HUMAN FAT

  
  The New Politickler — Authority: 129
  A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, the police said Thursday, accusing the gang’s members of draining fat from bodies and selling it on the black market for use in cosmetics. nuffnang_bid = "e991040aa3f34ccab62e4d0385ec1b2a";Medical experts expressed skepticism, however, that ...
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• Why Should an Autopsy be Requested?

  
  The New Politickler — Authority: 129
  WARNING: VIEWER’S DISCRETION HIGHLY ADVISED. nuffnang_bid = "e991040aa3f34ccab62e4d0385ec1b2a";It is a widely held view that autopsies should be performed on the occasion of every death. However, because doing so is not always practical, or even possible, there are certain instances attendant to a death in which an ...
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• Taking Care Of The Sick Kid

  
  Late Blooming Mom — Authority: 107
  I have seen way too many episodes of SUPER WHY! and DORA THE EXPLORER in one day, but at last, after many Pedialyte popsicles , Thing Two (the girl) is on the mend. Poor kid woke up saying "I dont feel good," and proved her point a little later by throwing up the previous nights dinner. Much of the day was spent ...
  2 weeks ago

• HEALTH REFORM: Quick Comparison ...and Sticking Points

  
  Health Policy Program: Latest Blog Posts — Authority: 132
  NPR and Kaiser Health News put together a short but useful comparison of the House and Senate health bills - - including a bit of oddsmaking on the big sticking points. Of the nine issues they assessed, abortion (no surprise there) and employer requirements are judged potentially the most contentious to resolve. The ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rights? What are you talking about?

  
  Rational Resistance — Authority: 115
  Last week I posted a link to a debate about whether the Catholic Church is a force for good in the world. To me its not a close call, but possibly the strongest argument in favor of the Catholic Church is the work it does for social justice: opposing war and the death penalty, supporting orphaned children, feeding ...
  2 weeks ago

• Best Buy Announces Personal Health Solutions – Devices that Connect to HealthVault and More

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  This looks to be a solution to helping the consumer get connected, selecting the devices they feel are beneficial or perhaps recommended by their physicians or wellness coach programs.  As mentioned in many posts on the blog here, blue tooth is rapidly changing the way we interact with medical devices that report ...
  3 weeks ago

• Florida To Offer Medicaid Enrollees a Personal Health Record Soon

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  This is a start, but it appears that all information will need to be entered manually and can be printed out on a card format.  I remember software doing that a few years ago that I used to recommend before all of this became available online.  Down the road, all Medicaid claim data will be populated for the patient ...
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• AllOne Mobile Cell Phone Application To be Sold Retail by the End of the Year – Employer Focus As Well

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  The move is certainly going in the direction of making personal health records truly portable.  A few months ago I wrote about AllOneMobile and now the service is connected to HealthVault. Also worth noting is the connection and focus on marketing the service to employers.  Again, this ties into wellness text ...
  3 weeks ago

• Democrats Get Votes Needed 220-215

  
  The Commentator — Authority: 436
  So. The Americans got their Health reform care bill passed in the House and off to the Senate it goes. After what happened this past week in the three elections (which were absurdly spun by some as a "big picture" victory for Democrats even though they lost. Its like saying a team who out-shot their opponent and lost ...
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• NY-23 Flip-flops To Provide Socialized Healthcares Winning Vote

  
  Good Sense — Authority: 496
  May this be a lesson to all Republicans. The "moderate Republican" bitterly endorsed the Democrat and campaigned for him with robo-calls when the conservative candidate became favored. Upon his election, the Democrat of NY-23 Owens broke 4 promises in less than an hour , including his promise not to vote for ...
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• Health Care Reform Passes---women still lose

  
  Kay's Blue Racine — Authority: 123
  A Democrat, no less, decided to add very restrictive language into the bill to control any federal money used for abortions. I wonder if there are any restrictions on the feds paying for Viagra? Yeah, didnt think so......... On the up side, there is now going to be available to people making less than $16,245 for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Health Tech Today with Dr. Bill Crounse From Microsoft

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  Guests and topics from Health Tech Today will run 15-20 minutes for each show and the first show is due to air on November 10th.  A short while back I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Crounse and as well as being a physician I learned he has a background in television broadcasting too, so this lead to the ...
  4 weeks ago

• TrialX Mobile – Free Software To Find, Locate And Enroll In Clinical Trials from an iPhone

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  The TrialX mobile software looks very nice from the screenshots and is available for use for either a patient or a physician.  I have the TrialX Widget on the blog at all times you can also use to find information.   Clinical Trials keep getting easier to locate.  The software has been recently featured on USA ...
  4 weeks ago

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