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- Is this CT scan necessary?
- There's a lot of work to be done developing cost-benefit analyses of medical imaging. Dr. Baker has uncovered a huge new business opportunity, just in time for Christmas. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Patient, Health Care, CT, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Scanners, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- To CCHIT or not to CCHIT is the question
- No single vendor or certification process can build an IT infrastructure that both enables innovation and distributes it universally. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, CCHIT, Healthcare, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Canada not the solution either
- Canadians have access to less medical technology than patients in other countries, even though the computer networks handling back-office functions may be more effective. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Canada, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Smart and interactive textile structures
- It's not the first time that I'm writing about smart textiles -- check here or there for previous stories. But today, let's look at the work of Lena Berglin, a Swedish PhD student who is creating multifunctional textiles based on smart materials. She already has developed an intelligent glove, capable...
- Tags: Health Care, Textiles, Lena Berglin, Cuff, Research Method, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Thanksgiving: Some of the things that make me thankful
- For those of you in the United States, "Happy Thanksgiving!" Today is one of the times that I reflect on all of the things that make me very thankful. While you're munching on your holiday meal, here is a partial list of a few of the things that make me...
- Tags: Health Care, Friend, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- The worst word in the medical lexicon
- If ADHD, with its gifts, is a "disorder," what about every other mental or physical condition marking the "gifted?" My experience with life indicates our society sees nearly all who are gifted as disordered. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, ADHD, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- How Daschle-care will change Health IT
- My guess is the first job of a Federal Health Board would be to seek better data on both wellness and illness. This implies the creation of vast, interlocking databases on all Americans, matched to medical transaction data. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Tom Daschle, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- 2% of Web searches are health-related
- 2% of all Web queries were health-related, Microsoft said, and about 250,000 users, or about a quarter of the sample, engaged in a least one medical search during the study. by AM
- Tags: Web, Internet Search, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Marketing, AM
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Are electronic and personal health records inevitable?
- Kolodner has written that this year represents a "tipping point" for the adoption of Electronic Health Records EHRs by doctors and hospitals and Personal Health Records PHRs by individuals. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Personal Health Record, Kolodner, E-health, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Open source and health care reform
- The product meets a specific need that has not been met before, but the underlying solution addresses "a problem that exists across all health care," the capture and guiding of data toward a common result. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Glue, Open Source, Health Care, Acesis, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Insurers place first bid made in health reform game
- Right now insurers can pressure hospitals into forcing that decision on families. Should government have it? Can we set a standard for it? How would you split that baby of cost vs. life? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Game, Insurance Company, Health Care, David, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Ginkgo Biloba does not help either
- The Journal of the American Medical Association published results from a randomized test of ginkgo and found it does nothing to prevent either Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, American Medical Association, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- GE plays the embrace and extend game
- Now is the time for government to put the hammer down on all medical vendors and demand open, universal, transparent, royalty-free standards. Had we done that with the automakers we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: General Electric Co., Government, Manufacturing, Quality, Games, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn, Game, Health Care, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- How medical device makers can improve U.S. health care
- Up to date equipment is key to productivity in any business and it's clear that the device industry's policies are holding down that productivity here. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Medical Device, Health Care, Productivity, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn, U.S., Norway, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Can Microsoft Surface scare patients to health?
- So what if your own condition, all your current medical readings, and your current food intake, were placed in front of you, on Microsoft Surface, by your doctor? With family and friends and your boss by your side? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Microsoft Surface, Patient, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Higher education key to healthy choices
- There is a correlation between an advanced degree and your willingness to respond to health information. This is a link that needs to be broken if America is to become healthier. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Education, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn, Burlington, Cigarette, Huntington
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- The silver bullet of preventive care
- The public debate will center on costs and mandates, but behind it will lie faith that Internet technology, if applied universally, can do what all those TV commercials telling you to watch your weight and stop smoking failed to do. Restore discipline. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Medicare tests multiple PHRs including Google
- Google may think of these rivals as "tomato cans" on the way to the championship bout with Microsoft, but it had best take these competitors seriously. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Medicare, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Google Health, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Will running start for health IT reform be a good thing?
- There is a natural bit of friction in any Presidential transition. Will the AHIC Successor group resist the new Administration or follow its lead? Will the new Administration try to scrap AHIC Successor or adapt to its existance? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Friction, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Secretary
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- The key to making health IT reform work
- The simpler the rules, the simpler the standards, the more likely you are to get universal acceptance and adherence by all vendors. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Adherence, Quality, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Decision Support System, Standards, DSS System, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Data Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
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