“It seems common wisdom in the U.S. that the “Europeans are way ahead of us” in computerized medicine.
Perhaps the common wisdom is not so wise. This from Finland.”
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MedInformaticsMD, Health Care Renewal, 28 December 2009
‘Pfizer announced results of a survey the company recently sponsored that shows physicians are more likely to report side effects through an electronic health records (EHR) system, as compared to traditional paper methods. Nearly 60 percent of physicians who responded to the survey also agreed that adverse event reporting through an EHR system would improve [...]“Plans to allow Estonians to set up appointments and for doctors to prescribe medicines online have slowed because of problems connecting old and new systems, the minister of social affairs has announced.
The €2.2m EU-funded project, which has been developed by the Estonian e-Health Foundation, aims to provide patients with a cross-country e-registration system that lists [...]“A gap exists between policymakers’ expectations that electronic medical records can improve coordination of patient care and clinicians’ real-world experiences with EMRs, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
The study, published online in The Journal of General Internal Medicine and supported by The Commonwealth Fund, indicates ambulatory care EMRs facilitate [...]“Two offshore drilling rigs in the Arabian Gulf have deployed new video medical services to provide better healthcare for rig workers.
The new telemedicine services are being provided by InPlace Medical Solutions, a Houston-based developer of video offshore medical services. Scorpion Offshore, which operates the Freedom rig and Intrepid rig, will use InPlace Medical’s video remote [...]“The use of telemedicine in intensive care units does not improve patients’ risk of death or length of stay, according to a recent study.
The study, published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, assessed the effect of a tele-ICU intervention on mortality, complications and length of stay in six ICUs [...]“What this really means is that productivity among “intensivists,” as doctors specializing in intensive care are known, is now free to rise. Telemedicine technology lets each doctor treat more patients simultaneously, with little added risk.
In addition to improving productivity, the study also means that intensive care could be delivered in more locations, even where no [...]“Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) was not associated with an overall improvement in the risk of death or length of stay in the ICU or hospital, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA.
Experts recommend that intensivists (intensive care physicians) care for ICU patients onsite because of an [...]“Mumbai: The nascent healthcare portals industry is up for a funding boost, given its attractiveness for private equity, or PE, and venture capital, or VC, investors, as well as the Unique Identification Number, or UID, project that will collate digital data on the nation’s population.
“The holy grail in this space would be personal medical records,” [...]
Yes. I do believe that “Data Miner” is the best job on Earth. I will give you five reasons why I think so. Of course, I’m a data miner. I’m thus not objective, but who cares? Here is why everybody should be jealous about data miners:
1. We can predict the future
Yes, we can. Of course, [...]