Mike Kauffman's labor of love, the Biomed Listserv has moved. Once hosted by AOL, Mike's snapped up an Internet domain (www.bmetsonline.org) and is adding some new features to extend the email listserv.
If you're already subscribed to the Biomed Listserv, Mike has already moved all the subscribers to the new system (thanks Mike!). If you […]
Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet Healthcare writer and blogger became an honorary Connectologist today with his short story on medical device connectivity. Dana lead with a consumer electronics comparison of plug and play printers that operate with personal computers.
When you buy a printer you expect to find a driver for it, one you
can easily install, which will […]
The bill to mandate unique IDs for medical devices is expected to be signed into law as a part of a Food and Drug
Administration bill currently making its way to President Bush's desk. I've not read the bill, but this is what supporters contend:
The requirement, contained in the Medical Device User Fee and
Modernization Act portion […]
Since before I did health care wireless data at AT&T Wireless in the naughties, there were rumors that Verizon would eventually abandon CDMA for a wireless telephony standard that was compatible with their joint venture partner Vodaphone's GSM-based network in Europe. Well it's finally happening.
Currently AT&T and T-Mobile (along with Europe) are running a GSM-based […]
I was cleaning out the inbox this afternoon. An email promoting the upcoming AAHSA conference sported a big bile-colored text box with the following:
Calling All
BloggersHelp create the future of aging services by sharing your
Annual Meeting experience through your blog. Write about your thoughts,
perspectives and share what you learned at AAHSA's annual meeting.
Bring your own […]
CMS has announced plans to launch a database to compare the quality and price of health care services for Medicare beneficiaries (Health Data Management story).
The
Performance Measurement and Reporting System will be designed to offer
physician-level performance results via a Web site and other methods of
data dissemination. CMS will analyze deidentified Medicare claims to
determine performance, as well […]
Modern Healthcare reports that the Joint Commission is piloting the Wiki concept for collaboration on health care topics.
The commission's motivation was to create a space where healthcare
providers, administrators, researchers and other professionals could
develop a collaborative environment and share ideas, said Jerod Loeb,
executive vice president of quality measurements and research for the
Joint Commission department of health […]
The father of HU (or at least the man who coined the term), Mike Barrett, spoke on the paradox of patient self-management. His presentation was titled, “Don't Ask: Information Aversion and Patient Self-Management.” Behavior economics are making real contributions to HU, both heuristics and biases and what they mean for patient self-management tools. There are […]
Titled, Most Hospitals Reject RFID, a CHIME press release announces that, “A recent CHIME survey shows that the vast majority of respondents have
no current plans to implement RFID technology within their organization.” The survey, done last May, gathered responses from 119 CIOs and found:
76% of responding CHIME members reported that their organizations are
not considering using […]
I arrived in San Francisco last night (July 15) for the Healthcare Unbound conference. The event's at the airport Marriott, which was a nice short shuttle bus ride away. We were dropped off at what appeared to be the rear entrance and were directed to an office in a trailer. Inside was the front desk […]
