Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Unreliable patients most likely to ask for SMS
Here’s an article that may be of interest from the E-Health Insider website titled “Unreliable Patients Most Likely to ask for SMS Reminders“. While I tend to support the use of technology to help people, for some reason, this aritcle seems to rub me the wrong way. I think it’s the word “unreliable” – there’s…
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Of faith and eHealth – assumptions about improved health care?
Maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised, but I’m curious as to why there seems to be a sense of complete confidence that using eHealth (e.g., information and communication technologies in health care) will lead to better care, lower costs, and a more “satisfied customer”. In a short opinion piece titled “Taking a Walk on the…
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10th International Symposium on Health Information Management Research
For those interested in attending a conference in a nice, warm place, feel free to attend the The Tenth International Symposium on Health Information Management Research on September 22-24, 2005 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Here’s a quotation about what this year’s conference is about: iSHIMR 2005 aims to bring together people who are carrying out, or…
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The branding of eHealth
I’ve been thinking about some of the concepts that James Twitchell talks about in his book Branded Nation : The Marketing of Megachurch, College Inc., and Museumworld. Basically, he takes a marketing paradigm and uses it to explain some of the behaviour seen in churches, universities, and museums. His essential argument, as far as I…
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Future directions for eHealth interfaces
As our understanding of technology increases, I’m sure that we will be able to interact with computers and other technologies in different ways. Currently, we essentially use a keyboard and a screen. The BBC reports on some new technology developments that suggest new possible ways of interacting with computers using “body talk“. What I find…
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Aggh!! My computer just died
Aghh!! My desktop computer just died (actually, it’s my mom’s and I just use it on occasion). I had purchased it on Feb. 04, 2005 to replace another dead PC. What’s up with this string of back luck? I took this machine apart and basically re-built it, and yet it will not start. Maybe this…
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eHealth – one size fits all?
I’m having a bit of an internal struggle with the idea that there is a “one size fits all” solution in eHealth. To put things in a bit of perspective, someone suggested that for hospitals, there should only be one information system in place instead of duplicating efforts. I’m not sure if I agree with…
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Open Access Publishing – power to the people
There’s an interesting commentary in this week’s BMJ titled “Open access publishing: Too much oxygen” by Jeffrey Aronson. Aronson’s basic argument is to temper support of open access publishing. He also believes that the current model of publishing is working well pointing to the number of different journals sprouting up. Aronson argues: We need to…
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