Medicare to no longer pay for medical providers' mistakes
May 5-- Eighty-two others in 2007 had to have surgery to remove a foreign object left in during a previous surgery.
Another 140 had a surgical procedure unrelated to their diagnosis, according to reports amassed at the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration from the state's 291 hospitals. And some say that's not nearly the extent of the problem of medical mistakes. More…
Reasons Not To Become A Doctor
May 5-- No one ever said being a doctor was easy. School and training go on seemingly forever; once graduation arrives, doctors work long hours and are faced with life-and-death decisions daily. More…
Keeping updated at the hospital
May 4-- It happens in even in the best of hospitals. A loved one is in surgery, but you don't dare leave the waiting room for even a quick cup of coffee for fear of missing an update on how the operation is going. Or maybe you're on the other end of the health-care visit; a patient who's been waiting for what seems like forever for a doctor to answer a page so the nurse can adjust your medication or help you out of bed for a shower. More…
Medicare PHR pilot is underway in South Carolina
May 5--Medicare has launched its pilot online personal health records program in South Carolina, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced today. The program gives thousands of Medicare beneficiaries in the state access to a PHR populated with their hospital and physician claims information. Information on prescription drugs will not be provided, but PHR users can enter information on their prescription and over-the-counter medications. More…
Fast. Forward. Finland. – Setting the eHealth benchmark
May 6--Finland realized its first tele-ECG projects as early as 1969. Its first cross-border teleradiology network with Iceland and Norway dates back 10-15 years. At the eHealth 2008 conference in Portoroz, Slovenia, Jarmo Reponen, president of EuroPACS, presented a nationwide survey where the figures spoke for themselves. New legislation has now been passed aimed at further promoting the application of eHealth solutions. More…
Telemedicine becoming more common every day
May 11--When it comes to the practice of telemedicine, necessity has largely been the driver of innovation.Whether it's the pharmacist extracting the appendix of a crewman on a submarine via radioed instructions or a surgeon guiding an operating robot from across the Atlantic, the idea of remote-control medicine has always been more exotic than routine. More…
Hospitals to share electronic records
May 9--The all-digital medical record-keeping environment envisioned by U.S. Secretary of Health Mike Leavitt is one step closer to reality for 11 Oklahoma City-area hospitals. More…
The Use of Personal Digital Assistants in Clinical Practice
May 9--The Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a contemporary portable memory device that operates as an extension of the computer. This compact handheld device is lightweight and easily slips into a uniform or labcoat pocket. A useful tool for nurses and other health care professionals, the PDA provides updated, peer-reviewed medical information instantly at the bedside. Revisions in information occur when the computer and PDA are connected and synchronized. More…
Ofcom forecasts growth in healthcare IT
May 9--Media regulator Ofcom has picked healthcare as a key sector for the widespread deployment of information technology in its latest report on trends.
Tomorrow’s Wireless World, the third annual report from its technology research programme, says "breakthroughs leading to fundamental shifts in the underlying science" of ICTs are rare, and there is unlikely to be a breakthrough in the next ten years. More…
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