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Remote Surveillance and Data Mgmt is a huge issue for health systems

Submitted by dthoma7 on Tue, 2010-03-02 13:51
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In the healthcare space, we are beginning to see huge investments in health information technology from the US Federal government influence the direction of development. Meanwhile, integrated clinical information systems at hospitals in the 1980s found huge challenges integrating data and providing a managerial value to the health providers. Indeed, they were deisgned to help the administrators with their analytics and quarterly reports to CMS or other regulartory bodies.

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Wireless Pacemaker now in production.

Submitted by dthoma7 on Tue, 2009-08-11 16:58
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 This is really amazing.  For the first time, there is an embedded wireless pacemaker in commercial usage in healthcare.  The device allows a doctor to monitor his/her patients and their status, providing better assurance of good care and survival in case difficulties arise.

 

Wireless Pacemaker

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The Age of Design

Submitted by dthoma7 on Wed, 2007-08-01 16:48
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I am marking this space to begin collecting my thoughts on the Age of Design. Future Shock, Network Nation, and Megatrends all predicted the information age. People would become information-empowered.  

 

The Internet connects people today and offers access to pricing, regulations, other government and public documents, as well as tools for manipulating data and producing more information.

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