Microsoft Implements Chronic Condition Management Platform at Denver Health

Finally, there is this new program that are designed to encourage patients to self- manage conditions, such as diabetes. This will only help improve patients care and better results to help manage their disease states.


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Blood Centers Adopt Software to Analyze Blood Management Effectiveness

I think by far, this is the most interesting blog I put on my site! There is new software " InSight Performance Management" helps reduce error with blood transfusion by "reducing cost and improve transfusion safety." I don't know if this new software is being practiced in other hospitals, but it should! Hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did.

 

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7% of U.S. Physicians Use Video Chat to Communicate with Patients

Everything now a'days are computer based and physicians are using this type of technique to communicate with their patients. Some of the physicians are concerned with reimbursement, liability, and HIPAA and the issue is being acknowledged.
I believe that physicians should have one-to-one communication with their patients. This shouldn't change!

 


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First Mobile MRI Systems to be Sent to Afghanistan Theater

All I can say is, FINALLY!! Our men and women who are fighting overseas need proper machines and don't let me get started with medication. I am so happy to hear about this. This news also saves cost and time. If having the proper machines to diagnosis brain trauma's, we don't have to send our soldiers to parts of the world to find out if everything is working proper up there. 

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FDA Issues Draft Mobile App Regulations

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are getting involved with mobile apps. Good job FDA! There is so many apps  that involved with medicine,  disease states, otc products, etc.... ( the list can go on and on). When people will see that the FDA is involved, people can trust whatever is in the application, was tested and all results are true. It's kind of a comfort to hear. Would you rather take a prescription medication that the FDA did not approve. Would you trust it? I wouldn't. http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=22347A8FE5B14BDF95CC749859337345

Study: ePrescribing Boosts Medication Adherence

 ePrescribing allows a prescriber to electronically send an accurate, error-free and understandable prescription directly to a pharmacy from the point-of-care. In a recent study done in Colorado it was shown ePresctibing enhanced medication adherence with the following classes of drugs; diabetes, anti-hypertensives, and cholesterol.

I think the ePrescribing is cost effective and can save a lot of time when getting prescriptions. I think we should have more Pharmacies connected with this technology and by this can reduce medication errors.


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Weill Cornell Issues New Med Students iPad 2

In Weill Cornell Medical College (New York City), the new medical students of 2011 will be given iPad 2's for class instead of printing notes for class. I think that since we are moving towards everything being on computer based software, I would understand why this school would do such a thing.

In all honest, I personally like to write my notes by hand and have a print out copy. I could have the option to type all my notes on a laptop or an iPad, but it's something I am not comfortable with. For the future physicians this will be beneficial due to the fact that hospitals are changing from paper-based charts to computerized base charts. I support this innovation for our future medical doctors.  

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