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Tracking your own health information — here to stay

September 23, 2012

An update from CNN on the state of personal informatics, aka self-tracking, aka quantified self.
Having had a Fitbit myself (until it unclipped itself), now a Nike FuelBand (hard to lose a wristband), and having personally tracked my weight and BP for some time, I’m familiar with the movement. Being a physician administrator [...]

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A BIG disruptive innovation fight we can all see: Apple vs. Samsung

September 23, 2012

This article from Forbes makes understandable and thought provoking, what might have seemed just typical adversarial lawyer tactics: Apple’s lawyers going for even more damages.
Way more damages. They’re seeking to bar Samsung from ever selling similar products, ever again in U.S. markets.
As the story explains, this isn’t shoot the stars, [...]

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Healthcare reform legislation awash in IT

March 25, 2010

Healthcare reform legislation awash in IT
via govhealthit.com
It’s fascinating — and a little scary — to see things come to pass that were predicted so many moons ago.
This post by John Moore, from yesterday’s Government Health IT, describes how the legislative reform package just signed by President Obama sets the stage for many long predicted, eagerly [...]

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Thought provoking lightbulb, people! “Twitter Helps Find Missing Family Member After Chile Earthquake”

February 27, 2010

via mashable.com
I can’t think of a better example of a technology working so quickly, so directly, so without any kind of special prep or FEMA-approved infrastructure, to help individuals connect in the most catastrophic of conditions.
Usually, communications are the first things to implode in times like this!
There are lessons to be learned, [...]

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United Healthcare Subsidiary Offers Interest Free Loans for Their EHR System, But…

January 7, 2010

With all the money they make it appears that is the least they can do with doctors and hospitals struggling to survive in many areas of the US.  There are also many other EHR vendors who are not financed or part of an insurance company that can help as well.

via ducknetweb.blogspot.com
Interesting and disturbing post from [...]

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