CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight's Blog – June 2010 Archive (4)

Kitware's New Approach to Quantify Risk of Developing Lung Cancer published in Academic Radiology

Colleagues,

Thank you to MedTech-IQ member, Rick Avila of Kitware, Inc. for this heads up on early findings regarding a new approach his company is pioneering to quantitatively measure lung cancer risk. Rick, Kitware’s Senior Director of Healthcare Solutions, was the lead investigator on the research. Expect to see press releases similar to below on these… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 28, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Guest Blog: Don Jones, Qualcomm ... We're Shaping the Future: World Economic Forum on Advancing mHealth

Colleagues,

Please see first blog post from a good friend of MedTech-IQ, Don Jones, Vice-President of Business Development in Health & Life Sciences, Qualcomm ...

ENJOY!

CC

Don Jones, Vice…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 19, 2010 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

MedTech-IQ ... Who Are You? ... Where Are You From? ... What Do We Do?

Colleagues,

Every so often we have to take time out, take stock, and ask ...

Who are we? Where do we come from? What do we do? Does it matter? ....

So let's look at the MedTech-IQ community ....…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 15, 2010 at 10:45am — 2 Comments

Guest Blog: Electronic medical records and its rushed implementation ... Kevin Pho, M.D. | KevinMD

Colleagues,

As many of you know, Kevin Pho, M.D. is one of social media's leading physician voices on evolving technology and its impact on medical practice ...

... Please see his recent cautionary blog on the U.S. EHR adoption initiative. In particular see the "comments" that follow the blog ...

... They point to an important debate that is emerging between physicians accustomed to robust EHR systems (Kaiser Permanente, VA, Mayo, ect.) and small and solo practice… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 3, 2010 at 6:44am — 2 Comments