News tagged with health records

Social status promotes faster wound healing in wild baboons

Turns out it's not bad being top dog, or in this case, top baboon.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

NIST releases technical guidance for evaluating electronic health records

An important aspect of any product is how easily someone can use it for its intended purpose, also known as usability. Electronic health records (EHR) that are usable have the potential to improve patient care, which is why ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First US chief technology officer stepping down

Aneesh Chopra, who was tasked with bringing a dose of Silicon Valley to the US government as the first chief technology officer, is stepping down.

Technology / Other

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Computer with info on 4M patients stolen in Calif.

(AP) -- A Northern California physicians network says a computer stolen last month contains personal information on more than 4 million patients dating back to 1995.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic health records save money but pose privacy risks, says law professor

Electronic health records can potentially save billions of dollars in health care costs and increase patient safety, but have considerable risks to individual privacy in the United States, more so than the European Union, ...

Technology / Other

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM donating cooperative web technology that enables life changing healthcare solutions

IBM today announced that the company is donating new software code to help health care and other industries work on shared content in real-time, on the Web. The code is from IBM Project Blue Spruce and will be donated to ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

IBM putting Watson to work in health insurance

Enough with the fun and games. Watson is going to work. IBM's supercomputer system, best known for trouncing the world's best "Jeopardy!" players on TV, is being tapped by one of the nation's largest health ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Microsoft 'vault ' open for dying Google Health records

Microsoft on Monday offered its HealthVault as a new care center for digitized medical records kept at Google's dying Health service.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Digital health push woos tech firms, pains doctors

Two years ago, Dr. Gonzalo Venegas decided to bring his medical practice into the Information Age.

Technology / Business

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicine

Some guy in his pajamas, home sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collection of medical information designed to help speed diagnoses and treatments.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Medical apps ease burden on hospitals

When Dr. Jose Soler got a late-night call about a critically ill patient, he grabbed his iPad and checked the results of the electrocardiogram test that just had been administered. Thanks to an app that zooms within half ...

Technology / Software

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic medical records improve quality of care in resource-limited countries

A new study, conducted by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the schools of medicine at Indiana University and Moi University, is one of the first to explore and demonstrate the impact of electronic record systems ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs linked to increased risk of erectile dysfunction

Men who take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs three times a day for more than three months are 2.4 times more likely to have erectile dysfunction compared to men who do not take those drugs regularly, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers say e-health must be a priority

An electronic health record system should be the backbone of health care reform in Canada and more must be done to speed up the implementation of this initiative across the country. Furthermore, for this system to be put ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E-health must align with health care reform

To speed implementation of an electronic health record system in Canada, e-health policy must be closely aligned with the major strategic direction of health care reform and must take a bottom-up approach to engage people ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0