MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'barcode'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:48 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169723&cid=t_181385_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FqhwgMNLdlIg%2F This was our sixth theme based week on Success Begins Today. The theme was marketing resources and featured quick response business cards. Due to some additional resources we spent two weeks on this topic. Theme: Marketing Resources Post 1: Low Cost Marketing Materials in Just Minutes Business Cards, Promotional Cards, and Nameplates are discussed Post 2: Creating a Mini One Sheet For two dollars and sixty cents, these were the best marketing materials I had ever created. Post 3: Mini One Sheet Tutorial Creating a mini one-sheet for your business is a great way to highlight your services. Post 4: Create Marketing Cards With MS Publisher Match your resources to your audience with these low cost items… Post 5: Quick Response Business Cards… Fast! Take your prospective client right to yo... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169723 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:41:39 +0100 5169723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159921&cid=t_181385_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2Fg7buknRwxdY%2F Yesterday we talked about creating Quick Response Business Cards. (Be sure to watch the accompanying video on that post to see how they work). Here is a template in Photoshop and a short tutorial. This template requires a basic working knowledge of Photoshop. We also have a fun template in Microsoft Publisher format if you don’t have Photoshop that will create similar cards. Here is what our basic Photoshop template looks like… A finished card will look like this… Photoshop Template Instructions: Open the 300 dpi Quick Response Card PSD template in Photoshop Copy and paste your logo, graphic, or photo in the logo area Go to a Quick Response Generator such as this and create a code for your website or video link. Copy and paste your QR code graphic into the code area of the card Re... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159921 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:37:02 +0100 5159921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794995&cid=t_181385_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FC3H65zqF4zk%2F The fungal barcoding conference met in Amsterdam in April and finalized the proposed selection of a barcode sequence for fungal identification. The efforts of the Barcode of Life and the fungal barcoding working group have already produced databases that can be searched and are working to generate a paper describing their efforts and importantly, protocols for Identification that can be standardized for analysis and identification of fungi. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794995 Fri, 06 May 2011 19:47:05 +0100 4794995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403854&cid=t_181385_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F3-cool-things-3%2F Three things we like, in no particular order, from Blisstree to you: Fat Toad Farm – Goats’ milk caramel sauce (cajeta) from a family-run dairy in Vermont. Skip dinner. Scarlett Johansson’s Mail – The seductive starlet sent a letter to Representative George Miller of California’s 7th District urging Congress to support the The Healthy School Meals Act of 2010. RedLaser – An iPhone app that lets you bargain hunt: Use it to scan the barcode of items in a store and find out how much they’re going for online. Post from: BlissTree 3 Cool Things (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403854 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:50:17 +0100 3403854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105007&cid=t_181385_88_f&fid=38961&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsymtym.net%2F2009%2F12%2Ftagging-the-real-world-digitally%2F An excellent read: A Web of Things, Google starts to connect the dots (Source: quanta vie) quanta vie blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105007 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:08:04 +0100 3105007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761972&cid=t_181385_113_f&fid=34695&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicalConnectivityConsulting%2F%7E3%2FKP9TA8fW1Q8%2F Okay, it’s not all about workflow, just mostly, as you’ll see. A while back Ann Farrell was nice enough to bring an interesting paper to my attention. Titled, “Workarounds to Barcode Medication Administration Systems: Their Occurrences, Causes, and Threats to Patient Safety” the paper is a fascinating read for several reasons. The authors studied barcode medication administration systems (BCMA) at 5 hospitals, and identified 15 types of workarounds and 31 types of causes of workarounds. This paper provides the most detailed and comprehensive description of product and implementation shortcomings centered on the point of care that I’ve ever seen. It’s devastating. Really. So what’s this got to do with medical device connectivity?  Two words: workfl... Medical Connectivity Consulting blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761972 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:12:02 +0100 2761972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240780&cid=t_181385_113_f&fid=34695&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicalConnectivityConsulting%2F%7E3%2FpvtZ3_VIido%2F A little over a year ago I wrote about a patient flow survey underwritten by StatCom. This past fall, StatCom published their survey for 2008 (registration required). Some interesting changes were reflected in the latest survey. Of those surveyed (n=237, 59% of which were C-level, 19% directors) a number of findings jumped out. First, a large majority (89%) said their hospitals have poor patient flow - by itself not particularly surprising. Market adoption of bed management applications showed a 12% increase over 2007, going from 48% to 52%. It struck me that around half of the execs admitting to poor patient flow in spite of already having bought a patient flow solution (albeit a limited “bed management solution”). More than Bed Management There are a number of conclusions one... Medical Connectivity Consulting blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240780 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:28:05 +0100 2240780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1938999&cid=t_181385_113_f&fid=34695&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicalconnectivity.com%2F2008%2F11%2F06%2Fwhy-wireless-connectivity-is-different%2F Wireless changes everything … I have been watching the evolution of wireless bedside medical device connectivity for several years now. It is now fairly common for medical devices to communicate wirelessly and most hospitals now have the requisite Wi-Fi networks installed and operational. In fact, the saturation point of WLAN adoption in US hospitals has been reached as the numbers are quickly approaching 90% of all US hospitals. But this posting is not about Wi-Fi or other wireless technologies used in medical devices. Rather it is about additional connectivity considerations beyond the actual wireless connection of the device to a network. Regardless of the wireless connection technology or standard used, wireless changes everything when it comes to connectivity. (more…) (Source... Medical Connectivity Consulting blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1938999 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:20:04 +0100 1938999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426284&cid=t_181385_113_f&fid=34695&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicalconnectivity.com%2F2008%2F05%2F06%2Fbarcoding-and-patient-context%2F One of the most important areas of connectivity, and one that frequently does not receive the attention it deserves, is establishing and maintaining patient context. Historically, connected devices identified data by location - tagging data with a bed or even port number - rather than the actual patient name or ID. Because patients are frequently moved during an episode of care - not to mention ambulatory - data that is only tagged with a location presents risks of misidentification. In an effort to improve positive patient identification, data is increasingly tagged with a patient identifier. Besides patient safety, patient context also greatly impacts medical device workflow. (Medical device connectivity is workflow automation through the integration of medical devices and information sy... Medical Connectivity Consulting blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426284 Wed, 07 May 2008 19:58:12 +0100 1426284