Government Health IT ran a story on the growing impact of blogs on the health care industry. “Estimates differ on the number of people using
such tools to find health information. But if blogs are any indicator,
the health care industry — often accused of lagging behind the rest of
the business world — may now be in […]
Government Health IT ran a story on the growing impact of blogs on the health care industry. “Estimates differ on the number of people using
such tools to find health information. But if blogs are any indicator,
the health care industry — often accused of lagging behind the rest of
the business world — may now be in […]
Robert North, PhD, chief scientist of Human Centered Strategies, and participant in the AAMI committee that is updating the human
interaction standards, highlights the impact of user interface design on medical device safety. In speaking for the FDA (?), he notes correctly that the, “FDA views errors during human interaction with a device as seriously as
any […]
I really couldn't fit the actual title of this event into the title field of my blog software, so I had to wing it. The actual name is:
The Improving Patient Safety through Medical Device Interoperability and High Confidence Software joint workshop on High Confidence Medical Devices, Software, and Systems (HCMDSS) and Medical Device Plug and […]
Jon Speer at the Creo Quality blog, sent me a note yesterday about eDrugSearch.com's Healthcare 100, a ranking of the world's top English language blogs in health care and medicine. Jon noted that this site was ranked at 69.
The ranking is based on a quantitative algorithm that looks at Google page rank, Bloglines subscribers, Technorati […]
A while back, I received a pre release copy of Erich Joachimsthaler's Hidden in Plain Sight. I've finished the book and was quite impressed. Joachimsthaler's key concept is, “innovating across behaviors of customers and creating transformative experiences.” While this is just a fancy way to talk about how to better meet market requirements, this […]
Outpatient surgery centers are an increasingly important market for vendors, with sales increasing 24.3% from 2001 to 2003. The Health Industry Distributors Association has published a new report on the topic:
“Since 2000, analysts report the number of surgery centers has grown
more than 9 percent each year compared to nearly zero growth for
inpatient hospitals,” said Adam […]
Mike Gray continues to evangelize DICOM Archives (his latest here and here-registration required) - which I think has interesting parallels with medical devices at the point of care.
Imaging modalities are obviously the medical devices, similar to patient monitors, point of care diagnostics, pumps, vents, etc. at the point of care. The Picture Archiving and […]
Manhatten Research announced a new release of their Physicians and Emerging Information Technologies advisory service called “Taking the Pulse: U.S. — Physicians and Emerging Information
Technologies,” is based on responses from 1,353 U.S. physicians in the
first quarter of 2007. From the iHealthBeat summary:
According to the survey, physicians are hooked on mobile devices. In
fact, more than 40% […]
Published studies about studies are sort of a “gimmie” in the academic world - you don't really need to do any research per se, but simply analyze research done by others. This new study titled, “Systematic Review of Home Telemonitoring for Chronic Diseases: The Evidence Base,” is a study of studies. From the abstract:
Results: The […]
