Category: news
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Changing and challenging futures for eHealth companies
Two recent articles suggest that the times are a changin’ for software companies (and eHealth companies too). The two articles are: “Execs Tell Software Makers: ‘Some of You Are Doomed’“, and “Emerging ASP model targets health records“ The first article, in my opinion, is more telling of the impending changes. Let’s face it – software…
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Patient blogs & the Electronic Health Record
In a previous post, I wondered about the utility of turning electronic health records into blogs, owned and maintained by the patient with health care providers providing additional contributions. It wasn’t a completely thought out idea, but I was just brainstorming a bit. iHealthbeat.org reported on how High Point Regional Health System in North Carolina…
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Telemedicine in the news
Here’s an article reporting on how technologies can be used to connect patients and physicians over great distances (i.e., telemedicine). The article is in Today’s Globe and Mail, titled “Hi-tech checkups byte into travel“. What I find interesting is how the technology is portrayed in an entirely positive light. It’s as if the technology can…
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IBM to build computer models of health system
Now here’s an interesting report that I came across today. It’s titled “IBM developing test system to share health data” available from the Computerworld.com site. The article reports how IBM has decided to develop a “test” system that will allow for simulations of health encounters to see what types of information are to be shared…
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Who uses eHealth?
Here’s an interesting article that just came out describing the people who use eHealth, titled “Survey details data on those using eHealth“. Some quick findings: Those aged 35-54 years are the most likely to use ehealth; Of those surveyed, 74% of the respondents had searched for health information on the Internet; WebMD is the most…
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Blogs for the medical field?
I came across this interesting article from BusinessweekOnline titled “Blogs will change your business“. The article was a description of the blog phenomenon and how it may impact businesses. While the examples were interesting to illustrate how the power of information is changing the dynamic between companies and customers, I got to thinking about the…
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Welcome to the WiFi world – is this a good thing?
It seems like WiFi (wireless fidelity or wireless networking) is all the rage at the moment, with Wifi hotspots popping up everywhere. I can see how having easily accessible access to the Internet can be a good thing. But, is it so good when hospitals jump into the foray? Here’s an article that I found…
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Publication Update – What is eHealth?
Great news. My article (Oh, Rizo, Enkin, Jadad – What is eHealth (3): A Systematic Review of Published Definitions) is now indexed on PubMed/Medline. You can see the page here. Okay, now for my second update. To my surprise, another paper on the same topic was published just a month after mine in the Journal…