Hans Oh's Blog

Category: news

  • Another tablet device for healthcare

    Intel recently announced a new “mobile computing platform for health care professionals”, dubbed the mobile clinical assistant. I used to be a big fan of tablet-style computers for health care use, but recently, I’m not so sure that this form factor works (at least in hospital environments). I think the technology itself is great, but…

  • Should patients be worried about the security of their health information?

    Should people be worried about the security of their health information? In the past, I used to believe that perhaps the issues of security and privacy (an issue that is related to but NOT identical to security) were overblown. I would go so far as to suggest that those with vested interests used these two…

  • Google Health – A sign of things to come?

    An interesting little post on Arstechnica.com reports about the possibility of a new service from Google focused on health. This new service is to be called “Google Health” in line with Googles naming convention for services (e.g., Google Maps, Google Scholar, etc). What I find interesting about this speculative posting is the increasing interest from…

  • Ehealth in the news – EHRs profiled in Canadian Business magazine

    I came across an interesting little article in a recent issue of Canadian Business magazine (Feb. 13-26, 2006) written by Erin Pooley titled, “Health’s digital divide: Electronic health records”. The article caught my eye because it was included in a special theme issue on media and the forthcoming digital transformation. Medicine/health was one of the…

  • Lessons Learned from Canada’s 2006 Federal Election

    In Canada, we recently held an election at the Federal level (January 23rd, 2006). The election was called in late 2005 when the Liberal minority government fell. On election day, Canadians voted and received a Conservative minority government. While the overall result was not surprising, some of the details were (and continue to be) quite…

  • Blanket WiFi access in Toronto

    This week, Toronto Hydro Telecom announced plans to create a high-speed wireless zone beginning in the downtown core. Touted as being a means of bringing “Toronto on to the world stage”, the service will be free for the first six months. A few colleagues have suggested that this development may be a significant step toward…

  • State of the Union address 2006 and ehealth

    As I was folding laundry, I was watching the 2006 State of the Union address by President George Bush on TV earlier this evening. I wasn’t really paying much attention because of the rhetoric about freedom, peace, fighting terrorism, and building a strong economy. But, when Pres. Bush started talking about healthcare, I was surprised…

  • elections & ehealth

    Here in Canada, a national election is scheduled for Monday January 23, 2006. This particular election has been interesting because the major political parties seem to be running an issues-based campaign, passing on much of the negative advertisements and personal attacks of past elections. I’m not sure if this new-found civility will keep-up, but I…