Caution Lights down the Track – UK Dismantles HIT Program
U.K. Health Service To Dismantle Nationwide Health IT ProgramHealth Secretary Andrew Lansley said that the National Programme for Health IT, which launched in 2002, "let down the NHS and…
Maggots Help Heal Diabetic Wounds
The doctors in Hawaii stated that that using maggots give the wound a jump start with healing. Maggot debridement treatment is the actual name of the treatment. The FDA approved…
Boomers More Concerned About Health Than Appearance – We’re Not So Vain After All
According to the recent poll conducted by The Associated Press and LifeGoesStrong.com, baby boomers believe that the worst thing about getting older is changes to their physical strength and …
When Patients Complain
It’s no fun when patients are unhappy and have complaints. No one likes dealing with patient complaints , which is why they are often ignored . Even worse, many patients…
Medical Megatrends – Genomics
EXCLUSIVE POST - Genomics promises to change much of medical care fundamentally, as described in the two prior posts on this subject. But the ultimate value…
Hospital of the Future? Chaum Life Center for Personalized Medicine
During a recent visit to Korea, FUS Foundation Director of Global Business Development Heather Huff-Simonin toured several sites but none impressed her more than Chaum Life Center in Seoul. …
How Does Email Help You As A Doctor?
Email or electronic mailing has revolutionized business communication. The incentivization of technology in the healthcare industry coupled with its growing inclination towards consumerism and strong patient-doctor relationships has made…
Provider Identities and Information Sources : Using IT to Facilitate Information Therapy
The logical first step to creating rich Databanks of Provider Information is to create identities for Providers in the electronic world. The simplest way to do this is to Create…
SMBs moving to Colocation and Cloud Computing
Something we’ve seen for a while at Online Tech is the rapidly progressing movement of small and mid-size businesses to outsource their data centers. Last week, the WSJ highlighted the…
On My Mind
As recently as the 1950s, Whitaker contends, the four major mental disorders—depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia—often manifested as episodic and “self limiting”; that is, most people simply got…
