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Health + IT Innovation Key Topics ?

“Genes to future medicine” is a key health innovation topic that has now come of age and ready for technology development while basic research will continue at university & government labs. What are the top 10 topics that increasingly provide opportunities for tech savvy technology innovators both in business & other sectors of our knowledge economy? We can develop the top 20 “Health+IT” topic lists for discussion with an expert guest and moderator for benefit of all who are interested… Continue

Added by Avi Dey on September 23, 2010 at 11:42am — No Comments

Transplanted Organs From A Pig?

There are many more individuals with end stage kidney failure, heart failure, chronic lung disease, or liver failure who would benefit from a transplanted kidney, heart, lung or liver than are available. Similarly, there are many people with unstable, difficult to control diabetes that could benefit from a ready source of pancreatic insulin-producing islet cells.

Today the only option for more organs available for transplant is to encourage more individuals to pre-certify their… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on September 22, 2010 at 11:03am — No Comments

Thought Controlled Artificial Limbs

I wrote about the possibility of brain-controlled artificial limbs in “The Future of Medicine” but now there has been real progress. At Johns Hopkins Applied Physics laboratory, scientists have progressed with their design of an artificial limb that will have a brain controlled interface. The model came about through a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) which has been looking for a prosthetic arm that would be many leagues… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on September 14, 2010 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Real-Time Medical Video Website Uses Identity Verification to Verify Its Members and Combat Fraud

Brandon Winchester, MD, anesthesiologist at Duke University School of Medicine, set out to accomplish the unprecedented in medical education when he and his colleague, Stuart Grant, MB ChB founded DOCSTREAM Inc. The company's proprietary product, DOCSTREAM.COM provides clinicians with a web-based community to upload or watch live or on-demand videos of medical procedures. Because the site is only for medical professionals, the company has incorporated IDology's identity verification solutions… Continue

Added by Jodi Florence on September 14, 2010 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Are Physicians Knights, Knaves or Pawns?

An interesting article in JAMA [Sept 1, 2010] by Drs. Jain and Cassel referred to the British economist Julian Le Grand who suggested that public policy “is grounded in a conception of humans as knights, knaves or pawns.” Basically, are we motivated by virtue, by self interest or are we just passive victims? The authors suggest that this is a good question not only for physicians to contemplate but for our politicians and the general public to consider as well along with the implications of the… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on September 13, 2010 at 10:24am — No Comments

Remote Presence Technology in Haiti

"We want to bring technical expertise and medical knowledge in a way that's ongoing," said Dr. Lockhart.

http://cbs5.com/local/robot.haiti.victims.2.1856594.html

Added by Jon Putman on August 23, 2010 at 1:05am — No Comments

Medical Relief in Haiti

Months later US doctors still providing medical relief in Haiti. "It's still a fairly dire situation. It's just that it's fallen from the public's attention," said Sutter Health anesthesiologist Dr. Stephen Lockhart.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/24602920/detail.html

Added by Jon Putman on August 23, 2010 at 12:38am — No Comments

10 Trends to Watch That Will Affect Your Business ... McKinsey Quarterly

Colleagues,

SourceLink: McKinsey Quarterly

Every so often, a combination of trends intersect that require us to re-examine and re-evaluate our business strategies. I think we are in one of those times. Particularly, as it relates to advances in medical technology. However, these… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 22, 2010 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Thanks MedTech

Today I've received an email address saying that my profile is now a featured profile :) and I was very happy of that.

For That I'm thanking everyone contributed in this community and helped in building each word here.

I would like to build for you a special board on our Forums in order to discuss everything with our professionals and consultants that will make it more attractive and more… Continue

Added by Yusuf Hakim on August 17, 2010 at 5:16am — No Comments

Orthopaedic and Spine Institute services and procedures

The Orthopaedic and Spine Institute offers a variety of procedures, this includes non-operative spine procedures, operative spine procedures, orthopedic procedures in the hand, shoulder, hip, knee, foot and ankle, they also offer minimally invasive spine procedure.

Back doctors San Antonio

Added by Jennifer Y. on August 16, 2010 at 7:43pm — No Comments

Solar Highways ... Good "Out of the Box" Thinking ... Courtesy of MedTech-IQ member, Steve Bruttig

Colleagues,

Want to see something cool?

Check out this video link sent to us by MedTech-IQ member, Steve Bruttig, about this U.S. Department of Transportation funded project. Fascinating ... It reminds a little of the videos we have seen on "Augmented Reality", another "Out of the Box" innovation that I think has great potential… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 15, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Stem Cells, Cancer, and You. The Mystery and the Update

The mystery of stem cells: If you had cancer, what would you do today?

How can stem cells help chemo-resistant cancer patients?

Fascinating discussion with Dr. Mitchell Ghen yesterday as we…

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Added by Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MD on August 13, 2010 at 7:38am — No Comments

FierceMobileHealthcare ... Neil Versel and 15 Free Healthcare Apps for Google Android

Colleagues,

Recent MedTech-IQ member, Neil Versel provided links and descriptions to 15 free healthcare apps for the Google Android in this article for FierceMobileHealthcare. Dan Bowman also contributed to this report ... See links at the bottom of the FierceMobileHealthcare article for links to Blackberry & iPhone Apps,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 10, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Stem Cells and Cancer – What would you do?

This Thursday I am hosting the final call in the teleseries Conversations with the Masters of Healing…

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Added by Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MD on August 10, 2010 at 2:44pm — No Comments

What should I eat to help keep my hormones balanced?

What a great conversation we had last night with the founder of the Fellowship for Functional and Regenerative Medicine and prevention specialist, Dr. Pamela W. Smith. Dr. Smith and I discussed Hormone Therapy: Real Life Scenarios.…

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Added by Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MD on July 30, 2010 at 5:05pm — No Comments

What can I do to stop the pain and why am I always soooo tired?!

Enjoyed a fantastic call with Dr. Maria Sulindro last night as we discussed “Stop Living with Pain and Fatigue: An In-Depth Look at Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.”

Here are a few of the questions Dr. Maria answered:

• How do you begin the process of assessing pain, pain reduction and management?

• Do you use nutrient testing to determine what supplements are needed to manage their pain?

• Why is magnesium so important?

• What is… Continue

Added by Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MD on July 28, 2010 at 4:13pm — No Comments

Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) - White Paper

About the White Paper: For those who do not know what is Vendor Neutral Archive or VNA, the term is used by many vendors of PACS software to identify the core of their product--the component

that is used to reliably manage, store, retrieve, and query medical

images and related information. Unfortunately, there is no "official"

definition of the functionality of a VNA. As such, VNA offerings vary

from vendor to vendor. The result is confusion among users…

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Added by Yusuf Hakim on July 27, 2010 at 8:03am — 2 Comments

The Mystery of Stem Cells: A Controversial Issue presented by Dr. Maharaj

On August 3rd, Dr. Maharaj, founder of the South Florida Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant Institute, is joining us for Conversations with the Masters of Healing!

Dr. Maharaj will be sharing:

What are Stem Cells and why they are so important?
Who benefits from a Stem Cell Transplant?
How Stem Cells can be used to treat cancer…

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Added by Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MD on July 27, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

The Healthy Kids Mobile Apps Challenge

Colleagues,

Let's try something new. Mobile Apps focused on health, wellness and medical care are proliferating rapidly. Innovation contests with money awards are also rapidly growing as a way to encourage new ideas, technologies and strategies...