Category: news
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Here’s an interesting article from MSBNC.com titled “Doctors going wireless with souped-up PDAs” (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6987913/). I think that this type of story is a win/lose account of things happening in the health industry. On the “win” side, I’m encouraged to see increasing coverage of the use of technology in health care. I think a benefit is…
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Making technology more friendly
I’m always surprised at how little press usability issues get. This article on Marketwatch discusses how technology companies seem to be ignoring the aging population’s needs. The emphasis is obviously on sales and the impact on revenues, but the part about Intel’s use of social anthropologists really caught my attention (page 2): They told the…
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Publication #1
Great news! My first article will be published later this month in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org). I’m not sure if I’m allowed to say any more at this time. I’ll post a link to the article once it’s officially released.
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Power to the people … sort of.
Here’s an interesting twist announced by the NIH and NLM. Basically, PubMed is trying to provide access to full manuscripts within 12 months of acceptance from a peer-reviewed journal. Those who receive support from NIH/NLM grants are encouraged to submit electronic version of their manuscripts to be accessible via PubMed. Unfortunately, this directive is voluntary…
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eHealth in the news
Here are some news that I stumbled onto regarding eHealth during the past week or so: European e-Government to get €37.5M from EU eTEN programme Funding announcement for public-private projects on Europe’s “e” projects, including eHealth. DO-IT-YOURSELF diagnosis is a popular online activity An article in the Friday March 5, 2004 edition of the Toronto…
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Healthcare Informatics Technology Trends
Here’s an interesting article published by Healthcare Informatics Online. The authors present what they believe are nine technology trends in health care informatics. Clinical Decision Support Consumer-Driven Healthcare CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) Disease Surveillance National Standards Open Source Security Web Services Work flow Automation It’s interesting to see this list of trends compared with…
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A sign of things to come?
An article from the E-Health Insider reports that Microsoft is in discussions with National Health Service/National Program for IT on how Microsoft “software can be best configured to support delivery of the national programme”. Nothing too spectacular about the article in and of itself, but I think this type of report may be foreshadowing things…
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Health care leaders lag on IT policy
I came across an interesting news article talking about Newt Gingrich and his frustration with the health care system’s unwillingness to adopt IT. He gave a presentation at this year’s HIMSS conference. Basically, he tells a story of how the youngest in our society are at ease with technology, pushing for more technology, and yet…