Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Worlds colliding…industry vs. academia
It’s interesting to see how differently ehealth is viewed by academics and industry. To one, ehealth is the potential of using new mediums to explore ideas and possibilities, while to the other, ehealth is more of a means to an end. For the past few years, I’ve been in the academic world exploring the limits…
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An update
I know I haven’t written anything in quite some time. I’ve been caught up in a few projects that have been taking up my time, but I plan on posting some thoughts based on the recent experiences I’ve had. I hope to do some posting about my experiences with my dentist and how technologies are…
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Google Health: the beginning or the end of ehealth as we know it?
Google announced the launch of a pilot project in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic to provide select patients access to their medical record using the Google health platform. According to the Associated Press, Google will: begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that’s likely to…
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A new architecture for EHRs?
Amidst the efforts to develop the elusive electronic health record (EHR) and to modernise our health care systems are many technical challenges that need to be addressed. One significant challenge is integrating information from a variety of difference sources (i.e., lab systems, pharmacy systems, scheduling systems, directories, nursing and physician notes, etc) and to present…
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Conference announcement: HAND-HELD [un] conference – Mar. 20, 2008 @ Toronto, Canada
I came across this announcement for a conference that sounds very interesting. It’s called "HAND-HELD: an [un]conference harnessing digital storytelling to improve health". I’m intrigued by the description of the event: HAND-HELD is an [un]conference that explores how digital storytelling and new media can be harnessed to improve health care when the tools of creation…
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A glimpse at Google health?
Seems like Google is doing things in the background regarding their health product. Another blog reported a Google Health login page. Some of the features listed on the login page sound like things I predicted with my "prescription for Google Health". Definitely something to be on the lookout for, especially given Microsoft’s foray into ehealth…
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A voice against irrational exuberance in ehealth
For those interested in a somewhat contrarian viewpoint about ehealth, I suggest you check out Scot Silverstein. I just recently came across his site documenting some "common examples of health care IT difficulties". You can also listen to his interview available via the Government Health IT site – an excellent site. In his interview, Dr.…
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Is this the future of peer review?
Came across an interesitng report of how an "author used blog comments to peer review a book". Before dismissing this report, please consider that the book "examines the study of video games, and the blog in question is Grand Text Auto, an academic blog founded in 2003 that deals with ‘digital narrative, poetry, games and…
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