Okay, today was overwhelming. Information technology was everwhere in the conference halls. Most of the money may be spent on buying modalities, but the focus - of prospective buyers and vendors both - is on the information systems that automate the workflow that surrounds diagnostic imaging.
Most of the day was spent with a client, […]
Reader Kathy M was kind enough to tell me my web pages are now center justified. They aren't on my browser, so I checked that new Intermet Explorer 7.0.
Microsoft IE is (still) notorious for not following industry standards - where else will they get their “value-add”? I' will have my technical expert look into this […]
Well, my flight was late. By the time we checked in it wasn't worth going over to McCormick. We flew on Southwest, and other than being late - some kind of mechanical failure - the flight in to Midway was great.
There was time to make the McKesson social event at the Shedd Aquarium. That was […]
Well, we've managed to pull an event together at the last minute. A group of us bloggers will be meeting Tuesday at 5:30pm in the aptly named NetWorks Bar at the McCormick Hyatt - that's the only hotel connected to the convention center. This location should provide reasonable access to cabs and shuttle buses after […]
Matthew Holt has a good story on the recent trials and tribulations of VISICU.
VISICU's technology creates a remote control
room–the eICU–with video links and feeds from equipment in physical
intensive care units (ICUs) and hospital IT systems. All this
information goes through a rules engine that delivers alerts to the
doctors and nurses staffing the eICU. VISICU says its […]
A common attitude in health care is, “we want to automate, but we don't want to change the way we do anything.” This works for some technologies, like dropping wireless phones or Vocera badges into your nursing units, but usually effective automation requires change.
And when contemplating a technology solution to operational problems, a methodical needs […]
There's this crazy expectation that consultants know what's really going on, and many of us work hard to live up to meet that expectation. Besides talking with a lot of folks on the phone and at conferences, I track many web sites and news sources. Over the past few years, I've tried a number of […]
Those left-coast types at the California HealthCare Foundation are planning to turn software developed for a Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange into an open-source software product that
other regional health information organizations (RHIOs) could use.
Foundation officials revealed their tentative plan at a Washington,
D.C., forum where people from many organizations discussed the
potential of open-source software […]
Yours truly is quoted extensively in this story about RFID applications and adoption in hospitals. Freelancer Elizabeth Roop puts me in good company, along with John Pantano of Radianse and Gregg Malkary of Spyglass Consulting.
“Given the inherently mobile nature of healthcare,
RFID offers potential benefits that […]
Yes, this is more than a bit off topic… Fellow bloggers at Medgadget are holding a medical science fiction writing competition.
Judges will be blinded. Blinded by your dazzling prose, yes, but also
to your identity. We are assembling an all-star judging panel, so you
can be assured your work will be reviewed by accomplished writers,
physicians, and fans […]
