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 'health technology'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:59:22 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181957&cid=t_99908_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2F_VlWsGVP6dk%2F Normally this time of year, I’m making plans to attend the many fall conferences in health IT and related industries. This year, my decisions are harder. You see, it seems like everyone decided to schedule their events during the last week of October: AMIA 2011, Oct. 23-26, Washington MGMA Annual Conference, Oct. 23-26, Las Vegas TEDMED 2011 Oct. 25-28, San Diego CHIME11 Fall CIO Forum, Oct. 26-28, Austin, Texas Just for kicks, I’m scheduled to participate in the Institute for Health Technology Transformation’s Health IT Summit, Nov. 2-3 in Beverly Hills, Calif. All are worthwhile, and all will be great places to find relevant stories for this blog and my various media clients. It probably makes most sense to go west, hitting MGMA and TEDMED, then spending the weekend in ... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181957 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:47:10 +0100 5181957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050607&cid=t_99908_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1728 For years now, we’ve all heard the drum-beat.  Bill-boards in cities have proclaimed it.  Various medical associations have touted it’s importance.  Stroke symptoms have to be treated immediately!  Give clot-busting drugs, also known as ‘thrombolytics!’ Until, of course, those in favor of giving the drugs (namely neurologists)  realized that a)  Not everyone with a stroke, aka ‘brain attack’ has insurance and b) people have a very inconsiderate habit of having said strokes at the most inconvenient of hours.  For instance, after 5PM, on the weekend, on holidays.  The nerve! So across the country, physicians in emergency departments like mine are finding themselves expected by the court of public opinion to give a potentially dangerous drug (albeit... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050607 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:27:57 +0100 5050607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4820950&cid=t_99908_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2F-gmzgCD_78g%2F I’ve just finished my latest post for EMR and HIPAA, based on a session I moderated this week at the the Institute for Health Technology Transformation health IT summit in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Here’s a taste: The panelists did great job of articulating some of these conundrums and strategies to overcome them, but none better than Kevin Maher, director of clinical innovations for Horizon Healthcare Innovations, a new affiliate of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey tasked with testing new care models, and Victor Freeman, M.D., quality director in the Health Resources and Services Administration‘s Office of Health IT and Quality. The patient-centered medical home is a great idea for managing care, promoting prevention and, ultimately reducing costs. “We view the ba... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4820950 Thu, 12 May 2011 21:59:53 +0100 4820950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813404&cid=t_99908_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FWNwZU_GkVps%2F Oh man, I’ve been busy. I filled in as writer of the Midwest edition of Payers and Providers the last two weeks because regular editor Duncan Moore, a former colleague, had been hospitalized. (Get well soon, Duncan.) I’ve been at the Institute for Health Technology Transformation health IT summit in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., since yesterday, and I’ve also had my regular deadlines for InformationWeek and MobiHealthNews. I moderated two IHT2 conference sessions yesterday, on how health IT underpins Accountable Care Organizations and how business intelligence can create a framework for health information exchange. I haven’t had time to blog about those, but several people seem to have tweeted during those sessions. I therefore present a rundown via Twitter. @narmi91 #iHT2... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813404 Thu, 12 May 2011 00:13:28 +0100 4813404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693282&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FURP9aLb3Cgc%2F Women Deliver and Vestergaard Frandsen Announce Competition for Women Bloggers “Women Bloggers Deliver” will award two female bloggers with a trip to Kenya to learn about clean water and women in development 6 April 2011, New York – Women Deliver, in partnership with Vestergaard Frandsen, announced today the launch of “Women Bloggers Deliver,” a competition that will send two female bloggers on a trip to Kakamega, Kenya to observe a unique public health campaign with a climate change component that will provide millions of girls and women with access to safe and clean drinking water. The winning bloggers will accompany community workers as they distribute LifeStraw® Family water filters to almost a million households, and watch as families and communities are transformed by this... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693282 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:41:23 +0100 4693282 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684320&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhats-fueling-technological-advances-a-free-market%2F2011.04.06 So I have a Droid.  I purchased it in July, not long after taking my old flip-phone for an oceanic bath at Hilton Head, SC.  I waffled for a long time.  In fact, I almost purchased a Casio phone that was marketed as water and impact resistant.  ‘Mil-spec,’ was the phrase used…a phrase which appeals to me as a one-time Air-Guard flight surgeon.  What it meant to me was, ‘you can’t hurt it.’ Still, I was attracted by medical applications and the assorted other cool things a Droid can do.  I mean, my old phone didn’t have a Magic 8 Ball, for crying out loud!  More to the point, my old phone didn’t have Epocrates, or the Emergency Medicine Residents Association Guide to Antibiotic Therapy.  It lacked a flashlight, an mp-3 player, a protractor and a scientific calculator... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684320 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:00:17 +0100 4684320 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664176&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbureaucrats-propose-to-discontinue-home-glucose-monitoring-coverage%2F2011.04.01 The larger the bureaucracy the more inefficient a system becomes. Several things can happen in the decision making process. 1. The decision making process can become opaque rather than transparent. 2. Decisions are made by a committee by consensus. 3. Consensus committee decisions might not sharply define the original goals. 4. Blame for errors gets dissipated. 5. Decisions are only as good as the information that is gathered. 6. Changing a wrong decision can be difficult and costly. President Obama’s healthcare reform law is creating 256 new agencies to gather information and recommend decisions for other agencies to write regulations. The following decision is being made by an agency in Washington state. It is not only the wrong decision, but is a decision that will set back the care o... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664176 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:00:24 +0100 4664176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642612&cid=t_99908_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1476 So I have a Droid.  I purchased it in July, not long after taking my old flip-phone for an oceanic bath at Hilton Head, SC.  I waffled for a long time.  In fact, I almost purchased a Casio phone that was marketed as water and impact resistant.  ‘Mil-spec,’ was the phrase used…a phrase which appeals to me as a one-time Air-Guard flight surgeon.  What it meant to me was, ‘you can’t hurt it.’ Still, I was attracted by medical applications and the assorted other cool things a Droid can do.  I mean, my old phone didn’t have a Magic 8 Ball, for crying out loud!  More to the point, my old phone didn’t have Epocrates, or the Emergency Medicine Residents Association Guide to Antibiotic Therapy.  It lacked a flashlight, an mp-3 player, a protra... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642612 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:33:17 +0100 4642612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527734&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fquestioning-mobile-health%2F2011.02.27 This is something. Jay Parkinson on the Future Well blog has suggested that health apps are overrated. Then on Twitter came a remark that the post represented “fightin’ words.” While I think the tweet was in jest, I’m sure there are some who will take offense to the less-than-flattering remarks about our coveted health apps. We love the concept of health apps for what they represent more than for what they really offer us. We want to feel that we’ve got it all in the palm of our hand. After all, technology might do for us what we won’t do for ourselves. Like Jay I’m underwhelmed, but I don’t think that’ll always be the case. The post’s criticism should start a conversation about what’s real in mobile health and what isn’t. Even the fantasy of Health 2.... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527734 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:00:47 +0100 4527734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495206&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fapp-tracking-the-flu%2F2011.02.18 As a part of the TheraFlu campaign, Novartis has developed free Android, Blackberry and iPhone applications for tracking flu outbreaks in the U.S. These days it’s become inevitable to develop free apps on all platforms in order to promote your product. From Novartis: Keep up-to-date on the most active cold and flu reports around the country. The WheresFlu™ app follows sickness incidence levels from week to week and keeps track of the current top 5 affected cities in the nation. The WheresFlu™ app will find your current location and provide you with results for that area. Or you can enter a ZIP code to get information for that area. If you’re wondering how it actually works and how it differs from Google Flu Trends, here it is: WheresFlu™ measures weekly activity for cold ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495206 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:00:39 +0100 4495206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265740&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdefibrillators-on-the-top-10-health-technology-hazards-list%2F2010.12.16 In a desperate attempt to reach an even number it seems, hospital defibrillators were added to ECRI.org’s “Top 10 Health Technology Hazards” list of devices that threaten to kill or maim patients: The Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list is updated each year based upon the prevalence and severity of incidents reported to ECRI Institute by healthcare facilities nationwide; information found in the Institute’s medical device problem reporting databases; and the judgment, analysis, and expertise of the organization’s multidisciplinary staff. Many of the items on this year’s list are well-recognized hazards with numerous reported incidents over the years. If one honestly looks at the number of lives saved versus the number of deaths from defibrillators, I wonder how m... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265740 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4265740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219745&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-apps-to-come-from-a-hospital-not-an-app-store%2F2010.12.01 In the future your medical apps might come from your hospital, not your app store. So says a recently published report by Research2Guidance, a mobile technology research company based in Germany. In their report, titled “Health Market Report 2010-2015″ the market researchers came to the conclusion that the dominant mode of application distribution in the future will be from doctors, hospitals and other care providers. The report also painted a bullish picture of healthcare app adoption, estimating that the number of users of mHealth apps on smartphone phones will reach 500m by 2015. However, the revenue from this sector will still be driven mostly by device sales and through provision of services, rather than by paid downloads. The report preview shows it to be organized into three “... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219745 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:00:56 +0100 4219745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4121849&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnotes-from-the-connected-health-symposium-2010%2F2010.10.31 I [recently] attended the Connected Health Symposium in Boston. I enjoyed many of the sessions (sometimes wished I could have attended two simultaneously, though the livetweeting — #chs10 — helped on that front), and as usual enjoyed the hallway and exhibit floor conversations too. As is often the case at conferences these days, I had the opportunity to meet several online connections in real life for the first time.  (I will not attempt to give a comprehensive report of the symposium here. Please see the livetweeting archive and other reports to get a sense of the rest of the event.) This year’s exhibit floor included a diverse mix of distance health tools. Most striking from my perspective was the fact that most of these tools do one of two things: Enable patient-cli... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4121849 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:00:01 +0100 4121849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3494487&cid=t_99908_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fdesign-challenge-five-minutes-with-our-venture-capitalist-judge.html A new addition to our DiabetesMine Design Challenge Judges’ Panel this year is John Steuart, Managing Director of Claremont Creek Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early stage information technology companies. John himself has spent the last 20 years building and investing in technology and life science companies, so you might say [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3494487 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:00:31 +0100 3494487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642966&cid=t_99908_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F30%2Femerging-threats%2F To humans— An identified emerging threat to mankind (in the United States at least) is the smallest bacteria, Mycoplasma genitalium. It is sexually transmitted. According to the University of Texas Medical Branch‘s (UTMB) Medical Discovery News, infection rate is up to 4% among young adults. To humans’ pockets— Chilly Saturday mornings such as today makes for a better appreciation of a warm cup of coffee and  re-swooning over the beautiful new machine from Steve Jobs’ garage of translated technology. I have read the bashing, it doesn’t matter. It still passes as a looming (and welcome?) threat to everyone’s pockets. If only all threats have benefits… (Source: the story of healing) the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642966 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:28:51 +0100 4642966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167083&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F01%2F12%2Fthe-mammograpy-guidelines-and-evidence-based-medicine%2F As someone who has spent the last several years promoting the development of a comparativeness effectiveness center that would encourage the production of more objective information about what works medically, for whom, and under what circumstances, it is hard not to feel discouraged by the reaction to the breast cancer screening guidelines recently announced by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.  To be sure, there are a variety of lessons that should be learned from this experience about how to present to the public information that goes against current “conventional wisdom, ” how to explain why current recommendations may differ from past recommendations or current practice, how to reach out to the media, and how to handle issues of  timing, task force composition and so fort... Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167083 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:45:29 +0100 3167083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2934698&cid=t_99908_99_f&fid=35342&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.vcu.edu%2Fcbuttery%2F2009%2F10%2Fus-patients-five-times-more-likely-to-spend-last-days-in-icu-than-patients-in-england.html Patients who die in the hospital in the United States are almost five times as likely to have spent part of their last hospital stay in the ICU than patients in England. What's more, over the age of 85, ICU usage among terminal patients is eight times higher in the US than in England, according to new research that compared the two countries' use of intensive care services during final hospitalizations. (Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG) Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2934698 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:42:52 +0100 2934698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842468&cid=t_99908_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Finternational-journal-of-technology-assessment-in-health-care-2009-vol-25-supplement-1%2F This article looks at the general development and present situation concerning health technology assessment in the UK including its developments and rising concerns. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Journals Tagged: Decision Making, Health Planning, Health Technology Assessment (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842468 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:48:15 +0100 2842468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349466&cid=t_99908_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fcellphone-based-diabetes-tech-get-ready-for-a-lot-of-this.html A few days ago I got an email alert from a company called MedApps that claims it’s unveiling the world’s first affordable and reliable mobile health monitoring system at the upcoming American Telemedicine Association conference in Las Vegas, April 26-28.  And what functionality are they previewing?  A system for remote upload of glucose data, of [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349466 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:00:27 +0100 2349466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232903&cid=t_99908_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FNNHjZjeVLzE%2F The laptop that I’ve been using regularly for the past year or so actually belongs to my employer. But I found out early last week that because we have we have some new employees that need it for travel purposes, I need to give my laptop back and return to the standard desktop platform that I started with. Bummer! You see, I don’t have a computer at home any more. Well, I do, but it’s sitting in pieces in a box in my bedroom. The computer stopped working well, probably due to viruses and evil programs and whatnot. So I basically gave up on using it and stuck with my work’s HP laptop, which has worked very well for all this time. Since I had to get a new computer, I put out a call on Twitter to see which one I should get. The majority of people who replied back tol... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232903 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:15:52 +0100 2232903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2040141&cid=t_99908_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2F485891662%2F Life has been a bit chaotic around my neck of the woods the past few days, so I’ve been deliquent in posting my initial CGM analysis. Last Wednesday, Jaimie, a sweet fellow Hobokonite and Minimed trainer, came over to my apartment to show me how to use the Minimed Paradigm CGM. After seeing so many pictures, hearing so many anecdotes and actually using the DexCom, hooking myself up to the CGM wasn’t all that scary or complicated. I think the most troubling part of the whole experience was having to use an serter for the sensor. I use the silhouette sets for my insulin pump and I put them in by hand. I’m a control freak. However, Jaimie told me that because of the thickness of the needles and the depth at which it needs to go, it would be extremely painful to do it by han... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2040141 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:46:43 +0100 2040141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021273&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2008%2F12%2Fgates-foundatio.html By Neil Versel The American Medical Informatics Association will announce today that it has received a $1.2 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to promote health informatics and biomedical education and training worldwide, particularly in developing countries.... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021273 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2021273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2019625&cid=t_99908_83_f&fid=38213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebridge.medbrains.net%2F2008%2F11%2F08%2Fthe-growing-role-of-numbers%2F This study, and others like it in the future, could have significant repercussions for our specialty. The SPORT study involved 11 U.S. centers and enrolled more than 3,000 patients, with some groups randomized and some nonrandomized. It looked at three major, common spinal conditions: herniated disc, spinal stenosis, and degenerative spondylolithesis. SPORT illustrates some of the potential problems for complex studies designed to compare the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of spine surgery to nonsurgical management of back and leg pain patients. First, let me acknowledge SPORT for being able to come up with a study design that met some type of consensus among the interested societies. Certain aspects in the statistical design continue to be questioned by surgeons with concerns for bias fa... Bridge on Orthopaedics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2019625 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:40:11 +0100 2019625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1652393&cid=t_99908_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F344781974%2F Charlie was supposed to go the dentist yesterday morning but I had to reschedule his appointment to August as I was at the BlogHer conference. And I’ll confess, I felt a sense of (guilty?) relief at knowing that Charlie’s next date with the dentist chair would be postponed a bit more. We’ve been slack about practicing for the dentist with him lying on the bed, keeping his hands in his lap and his mouth open. Charlie will be starting a dental program at school and I expect that will help, and then I read about a new technology that uses a tiny optical fiber to detect tooth decay as soon as it starts. As the July 23rd Science Daily noted, x-rays and visual observation are currently how tooth decay is detected; the decay has advanced to the point that drilling is needed to r... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1652393 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:57:10 +0100 1652393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1531595&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2008%2F06%2F20%2Fshould-fda-regulate-nanomedicine-differently%2F Editor’s Note: In an interview published this week, Health Affairs Contributing Editor Barbara Culliton asks Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Associate Commissioner For Science, Norris Alderson, about his agency’s regulation of nanomedicine and the potential for health care cost savings. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation: Barbara Culliton: Nanomedicine is the “next big thing” in medicine, [...] (Source: Health Affairs Blog) Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531595 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:49:24 +0100 1531595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1454768&cid=t_99908_147_f&fid=35750&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareVox%2F%7E3%2F294363208%2Fgoogle_health_beta_officially.html "We're not a healthcare company, nor do we aspire to be one. But, there are lots of companies out there that are vertical domain experts. All of these company's will be able to integrate their platforms, applications and services with Google Health."-Missy Krasner, product marketing manager for Google HealthAfter much fanfare, Google Health was officially launched this week. Michael McBride of Red Orbit is very excited about Google’s latest initiative, saying: “Why does Google Health have the industry all a-twitter? Because, it's the Internet, and if ever there was an invention that appealed to the majority of people, this is it. Studies repeatedly show that the portion of the population using the Internet to research medical conditions and medications is ... HealthCareVox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1454768 Tue, 20 May 2008 16:45:25 +0100 1454768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1353077&cid=t_99908_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F264793317%2F An electric toothbrush has helped make it easier for Charlie to brush his teeth—-here’s an oral hygiene game that visually maps how you brush each tooth. Since visits to the dentist are not the easiest for Charlie (though, thanks to a lot of practicing at home, it’s not as hard), far better to keep Charlie’s teeth in the best possible shape (he’s yet to have a cavity). Keep on brushin’…… Tags: asd, asperger, autism, Dentist, pdd-nos, taiwan, Technology, teeth, toothbrushShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1353077 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:39 +0100 1353077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1349656&cid=t_99908_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F263634164%2F A new study to be presented at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Dublin has found that “people who showed more signs of games addiction exhibit the following personality traits: neuroticism, lack of extraversion and lack of agreeableness”—all of which are signs of Asperger’s Syndrome, today’s Next Generation reports. I do have to say that, when I asked my college students what they had done over Spring Break, the main response (after “sleep”) was “play video games.” To which I responded: I have played video games exactly one time in my life. I played Sonic the Hedgehog at a friend’s. In the words of her boyfriend: “I’ve never seen anyone lose so quickly.” But I can type 100 words a minute... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1349656 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:38:09 +0100 1349656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1070345&cid=t_99908_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2007%2F12%2F04%2Fcancer-bridging-the-gap-between-basic-research-and-health-policy%2F Last week, Health Affairs published three interviews [one-week free access] that I conducted with leading cancer oncologists. As Donald Kennedy, editor-in-chief of Science, and I wrote in an introduction to these interviews: “An intellectual chasm exists between those who do innovative research and those who deliver it. Researchers and physician-scientists read different journals than their counterparts in health policy or economics; they attend different meetings; they speak different professional languages…. The moment to create a powerful new dialogue among these separate but mutually dependent communities could not be more propitious. Successful sequencing of the human genome has opened avenues of research that will be ripe for discovery for decades to come. New therapies, ... Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1070345 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:25:07 +0100 1070345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=463398&cid=t_99908_113_f&fid=34649&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnhealth.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fdoctors-slow-to-take-up-email-i-read.html Doctors slow to take up emailI read a great article from USAToday regarding the slow take up of Doctors using email to regularly communicate with patients.Apparently only 8% of patients received email from their doctors, according to an online survey conducted in 2005 by Harris Interactive for The Wall Street Journal Online. Many experts have noted many reasons for why take up has been so slow, some include:•Patient confidentiality will be compromised.•Doctors will be deluged by patient e-mail, which would add hours of uncompensated labor to their work weeks.•Patients will send e-mail about urgent matters — for, example, heart attack or stroke symptoms — that doctors won't see in time.Interestingly, the majority of these issues have already been resolved using technology and for ... Tech 'n' Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=463398 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0100 463398