All Blog Posts Tagged 'phr' (9)

New Member Update ... Who Are We? ... What Do We Do? ... What's New? (PART 2)

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to accelerate our collective ability to translate medical technology from laboratory to market, we remain committed to delivering the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration" to the "MedTech-IQ" community.

Please find below Part 2 of the New Member update. As is our custom, we divide new members by their self identified choice of "Triple Helix" sector ... Academia, Industry or Government.

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 7, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

New Member Update ... Who Are We? ... What Do We Do? ... How Can We Help! (PART 1)

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to bring you the 3Cs of "Content, Community & Collaboration", MedTech-IQ continues to attract new members by "word of mouth".

So, what does a typical day at MedTech-IQ look like?

According to Google analytics, we have 773 active members. On the 27th of August 2009, we had 266 visitors, 152 which were returning members, and 114 new visitors. Combined the visitors spent an average of 7 minutes and 25 seconds on… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 7, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

PHR: FTC Engages

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) includes provisions to advance the use of health IT and, at the same time, strengthen privacy and security protections for health information. In response, on 16Apr09 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed set of guidelines to deal with PHR data breaches. The FTC is formally seeking comment. The full text of the… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on April 20, 2009 at 10:18am — No Comments

Big Apple: 'Welcome PHR'

The famous Frank Sinatra song goes, "if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere". Well, "The Grey Lady" is now reporting that the New York-Presbyterian Hospital System (accountable for ~20% of all NYC healthcare) has inaugurated its consumer-controlled health records for patients under its care. This large-scale PHR implementation will be… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on April 6, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Healthcare Reform and Connected Health - Your input requested by Dec 31st

Colleagues,

See following post from MedTechIQ member, Dr Joseph Kvedar, Director, Center for Connected Health...

"...there is a possibility that disproportionate emphasis will be placed on increasing access to care through universal coverage and to traditional health information technology, or electronic medical records (EMRs)... I’d… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 23, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Obama Says Health IT Included in Economic Stimulus Package

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

As reported in iHealthBeat....In a radio address last Saturday, President-elect Barack Obama said health IT would be included in an economic stimulus package being drafted by members of Congress, Government Health IT reports.

Obama said that modernizing the country's hospitals would be part of a major effort to finance an upgrade of the U.S. broadband infrastructure. He noted that the U.S. has dropped to 15th in… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 8, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Call For Papers - PERSUASIVE 2009 - Fourth International Conference on Persuasive Technology

Colleagues,

Dr Samir Chatterjee & Dr Parvati Dev (MedTechIQ Members) Announce:

Call for Papers

PERSUASIVE 2009

The Fourth International Conference on Persuasive Technology

April 26-29, 2009

Claremont, California, USA

Submission Format/Additional Information: http://www.persuasive2009.net/

(Proceedings to be published by ACM and available in ACM Digital Library)

Persuasive Technology is about using Information and… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 24, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

To Your Health

For those who haven't seen a Personal Health Record (PHR) service up close, I'd recommend a tour of Google Health. Along with Aetna & Microsoft, they have invested significant resources towards e-personalization of health care delivery. Scores of other ventures exist, as well, in this rapidly expanding space. Read all about it!

Added by Clymer/JR on October 29, 2008 at 10:40am — No Comments

Wal-Mart Offers Employees Personal Health Records

iHealthBeat reports that Wal-Mart is offering some of its employees personal health records using technology from WebMD Health and Dossia, an employer coalition. Wal-Mart is one of eight companies involved in Dossia. This could be an interesting development on the tail of the GoogleHealth, Microsoft HealthVault & Aetna PHR launches. Are we approaching a tipping point?

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 2, 2008 at 2:27pm — No Comments