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Blue Oceans

Wow. Who would have thought that Apple would dethrone Microsoft in the category of market capitalization. They did just that! For Apple 'followers', who have always seen Microsoft through some Manichean prism, this event takes on religious proportions. For the rest of us Apple admirers (who don't rely on anti-psychotic meds to get through the day), however, this is noteworthy for what it reveals about… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on June 7, 2010 at 11:00am — No 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

New Video for MedTech-IQ ... Ron Merrell & Telemedicine, Regenerative Medicine, mHealth, Simulation, Health IT, International Health

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to provide you with the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration", please see new videos for your information & illumination ...

ENJOY!

CC

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Telemedicine: Dr Ronald Merrell ... VCU Telemedicine

Dr Ron… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 31, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Kudos to TATRC ... Annual Report 2009

Colleagues,

Often I bring to your attention, medical technology developments deriving from investments by the military medical research community. Frequently, it has been my experience, that military medical research will push the envelope in ways that develop whole new capabilities that we all end up benefiting from ....

.... Recent examples would be the leadership role Department of Defense research has taken in teleradiology, clinical telemedicine, surgical robotics,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 20, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Cut Health Care Costs With Prevention

On May 12, 2010 the Harvard Business Review ran this post of mine on their web site. The original is at http://tinyurl.com/2vnpato

Prevention is the key to both better health and lower health-care costs over the long haul. This is where the nation — and each of us as individuals — needs to put energy and resources. In the long run, it is more important than addressing the high cost of new technologies and drugs or their inappropriate… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on May 14, 2010 at 2:20pm — No Comments

Leapin' Androids

Following up on Conrad Clyburn's post earlier this week, read eWeek's analysis of the current leap in sales for the Android platform, and projections for its future competitiveness in the "smart-phone" marketplace.

PS. No sooner do I digest the above, than…

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Added by Clymer/JR on May 13, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

HealthSaaS, Inc. releasing online vertical suite of condition and disease specific Personal Health Records (PHR)

HealthSaaS today announced they are releasing an online suite of condition and disease specific Personal Health Record (PHR) services. The first to be released is PainPHR http://www.painPHR.com

DiabetesPHR and SportsmedPHR will be available later this year. BreastcancerPHR and ProstatecancerPHR will be made available in 2011.

Alan Paget, CTO of HealthSaaS.net states, “Each PHR will have its own unique attributes as every condition or… Continue

Added by Frank Ille on May 10, 2010 at 12:07pm — No Comments

Calls on the Cheap

Like the PC mag article states "No one should be paying for long-distance calls anymore". This piece is simply a good review of the various offerings out there, most of which simply require a broad-band connection, and utilize VOIP. THERE ARE NO BAD CHOICES!

Added by Clymer/JR on May 7, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Further Disruptive Trends in Medicine

Generally we prefer calm seas but often they don’t get us anywhere. We need disruptions, transformations to make the changes necessary for real progress in medicine. Sometimes it is a new technology; sometimes a cultural change. But then a refinement may occur. The refinement may not seem like a “disruption” but indeed it can be because the refinement may create a demand for change. Here a few more disruptive changes or refinements that are leading to disruptions of the old ways.… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on May 4, 2010 at 7:39am — No Comments

With social media, should DOD go to the people, or should the people go to DOD?

With social media, should DOD go to the people, or should the people go to DOD?

* By Kevin McCaney

* Mar 11, 2010

Should the Defense Department be making use of public social media sites such as Facebook, or should DOD, for security reasons, build its own?

Paul A. Strassman’s recent column arguing that that DOD’s social media policy doesn’t do… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on April 26, 2010 at 10:46am — No Comments

4 Facebook lessons from DOD

COMMENTARY

4 Facebook lessons from DOD

Agencies need to learn some rules of the road before jumping into social media

* By Fred Wellman

* Apr 21, 2010

Now that both the White House and Defense Department have established social media policies, more organizations are certain to leap into the fray and launch social networking sites.… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on April 26, 2010 at 10:39am — No Comments

Cloud Interoperability Will Connect Agencies, Constituents

As public sector organizations evaluate cloud services as a way to consolidate IT infrastructures, scale systems and enable innovative Open Government services, technology vendors…

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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on April 26, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Steve Wozniak On Apple Security, Employee Termination, and Gray PowellDuring last week’s iPhone leak saga, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, reached out to us with a story: The morning of the iPad …

Steve Wozniak On Apple Security, Employee Termination, and Gray Powell

During last week’s iPhone leak saga, Steve Wozniak,… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on April 26, 2010 at 9:52am — No Comments

Disruptive Changes Are Coming to the Delivery of Medical Care

The following was an invited post on Harvard Busines Review web site last Friday.

We have grown accustomed to scientific research producing major medical advances such as those I wrote about in The Future of Medicine — Megatrends in Healthcare. But there are now some very disruptive changes coming in how medical care will be delivered by your doctor or hospital.

Some examples:

Team-based care for chronic illness. The combination of an aging population and… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on April 25, 2010 at 4:42pm — No Comments

Is Technology a Cost Driver or a Cost Saver in Health Care?

The following was an invited post on the Harvard Business Review at http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/04/is_technology_a_cost_driver_or.html

Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical-device and equipment companies have been extremely effective at producing innovations that have created major benefits for medical care. But the cost of new patented drugs and devices (pacemakers, defibrillators, stents,… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on April 20, 2010 at 3:47pm — 1 Comment

Journal of CyberTherapy & Rehabilitation Call for Papers

Dear colleagues:

The Journal of CyberTherapy & Rehabilitation (JCR), the official journal of the International Association of CyberPsychology, Training, & Rehabilitation (iACToR) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal that explores the uses of advanced technologies for therapy, training, education, prevention, and rehabilitation and is currently indexed with PsycINFO, Gale and EBSCO. Led by an internationally renowned editorial board consisting of top clinicians,… Continue

Added by James Cullen on April 14, 2010 at 6:28pm — No Comments

Teamwork Can Help Avert the Pending Cost Crisis in Health Care

The following was posted by me at Harvard Business Review yesterday. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/04/teamwork_can_help_avert_the_pe.html

Most health care money in the United States goes largely for the care of people with complex chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart failure, cancer, lung disease, and the like. We will soon see many more individuals with these illnesses because of two factors: the… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on April 13, 2010 at 11:08am — No Comments

Haitian Dancer ... featured in earlier post ... Caught between Two Caregivers

Colleagues,

You may recall an earlier post about Fabienne Jean, a dancer from Haiti's National Theater who lost her right leg to infection and subsequent amputation in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, "Countless Lost Limbs Alter Life in Haiti’s Ruins", ...…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 13, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Nonpareil

http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1004fk8d5gt/event/ (Video length = 60 minutes)

Apple has had one incredible week. First the iPad release has exceeded market predictions. I've been somewhat skeptical, but the more I see & hear of this device, the more I think they may have another tiger by the tail. Time will tell.

If that weren't enough, now comes the…

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Added by Clymer/JR on April 9, 2010 at 3:14pm — No Comments

e-Readers

We have tried the Kindle for use with medical students, and as Dr. Kim suggests the gray tones do not work for medical illustration. However, the bigger problem that we found was having medical textbook publishers move their titles to e-reader format with pictures. When we tested, very few publishers had e-editions of the necessry medical textbooks. The problem should be bigger today because there are now more e-formats.

In our testing, when we were able to find an e-version…

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Added by Robert (Bob) E. Griffin on April 8, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment