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 'hodge'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4460025&cid=t_168765_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FoH1H9Y-vFJg%2F Natalie Hodge MD posted an interesting list on Quora of what she considers a strong EMR system: I am a pediatrician. Here is what I must have in 2011. 1. Usability. When I say usability, I mean I decide the definition of usability. 2. Patient Health Record. nuf said. 3. Lab interfaces that help my patients get convenient and timely blood draws that flow directly into their medical record. 4. Eprescriber that is easy to use and hosted within the same platform so I don’t have to worry about a third parties server being slow. 5. Secure messaging. a. I need to be able to email patients in a secure fashion, and they need to be able to email me. b. Text. I need to have secure text messaging visits with patients. c. Video. I need to be able to do video visits with patients at times. d. ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4460025 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:12:32 +0100 4460025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3061397&cid=t_168765_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_3mGAEoOlqo%2F Nathan Hodge of Danger Room deserves credit for saying something uncouth: defense analysts may be biased by the money they raise from defense contractors or access they get from generals.  Recognizing that he’s in a minefield, Hodge treads lightly, insisting that he’s not “suggesting that there’s any funny business” even though that seems to be the point. Fair enough; the guy has to get his phone calls returned. Matt Yglesias follows up, pointing out that these pressures inflate support for militarized foreign policy. My first reaction was that this is obvious. A little reflection should tell you that anyone who has to raise money to pay his salary fits Bob Dylan’s rule: you gotta serve somebody. And most somebodies in the defense world are parts of t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3061397 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:54:10 +0100 3061397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452769&cid=t_168765_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fcompetition-hellohealth The media darling, Jay Parkinson and his company, HelloHealth, may have some competition.  While Jay and company are promoting the HelloHealth brand and its attraction to the media, young immortals and Health 2.0 groupies, a young pediatrician has developed her own take on the doc who does house calls. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452769 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:55:51 +0100 2452769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1283406&cid=t_168765_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fproms-please-god-dont-dumb-down-proms.html Someone just pointed me at the government’s latest kultural outburst. Margaret Hodge, the Secretary of State for Heritage and Arts wants to dumb down the proms.Mrs Hodge said a "shared sense of common cultural identity" was a key part of social integration and cohesion. She said she wanted to "challenge our sectors square on"."The audiences for some of many of our greatest cultural events - I'm thinking particularly of the Proms - is still a long way from demonstrating that people from different backgrounds feel at ease in being part of this," she added.In her speech, Mrs Hodge praised other institutions for "creating the icons of a common culture that everybody can feel a part of" - such as the Angel of the North, the British Museum and the Eden project as well as TV and radio shows "fr... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1283406 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:59:00 +0100 1283406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1217920&cid=t_168765_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F02%2F08%2Fmultidisciplinary-treatment-for-depression-gold-standard%2F This study showed that such an approach is actually more cost-effective than other, hodge-podge methods of treatment. Previous studies on a multidisciplinary approach to depression has shown it to be more effective in treating depression as well. What is a multidisciplinary approach? It’s a model of treatment that puts a person in the center of a team of specialists for that person’s health or mental health care. For instance, a person might have a psychologist serving as that person’s primary care manager who does therapy with the person, but the care manager also brings in other specialists, such as a psychiatrist (to prescribe medications) or a social worker (to help with getting benefits or financial aid). It might also include a nurse practitioner, a career special... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1217920 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:13:52 +0100 1217920