Category: Healthcare IT – General

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Will Wearable Technology gives Doctors more Face Time with the Patients?

Google Glass is no longer being marketed to consumers, but its enterprise business continues to pick up pace, and today one of the more promising companies developing medical services using… With the increase use of Electronic Health Record (eHR) doctors are spending more time in front of the computer and less face to face time with patients.… Continue reading Will Wearable Technology gives Doctors more Face Time with the Patients?

Target and Zap those Cancer Cells

New methods of drug delivery and controlled release have helped scientists eliminate cancer by penetrating and attacking tumor cells at their core. In the future, there might be a way to target anti-cancer drugs to the tumor cells without the damaging effects of chemotherapy. Refer to the article below from Digital Trends. Source: Wild new… Continue reading Target and Zap those Cancer Cells

World’s first automated Bottle Dispensing System

KK Women and Children’s Hospital (KKH) in Singapore introduces new robotic bottle dispensing system for better efficiency and patient experience. With this automated system, looks like the hospital can drastically cuts down the manpower involved and the pharmacy staff can focus on providing better patient care. Check out the video below showing the dispensing system… Continue reading World’s first automated Bottle Dispensing System

Technology to make colon screening a little more comfortable

Medical startup CheckCap has an innovative idea to detect colon cancer that uses an x-ray pill to record images as it passes through the colon. As any one who has done a colon screening will know the procedure is uncomfortable. Hopefully this technology will make the procedure easier to “swallow”. Source: Like a GoPro for… Continue reading Technology to make colon screening a little more comfortable

Is Health Care Ready for Big Data?

Is Health Care ready to use Big Data? It is making some progress but it is still early days. As the following article from Harvard Business Review points out, there are a few elements that are crucial: Integrating Data – we’ll need standardization of health care data in order to capture meaningful data Generating New… Continue reading Is Health Care Ready for Big Data?

Tips To Improve EHR Clinical Documentation

The primary goal of clinical documentation should provide physicians a track record of patient’s conditions in order to provide appropriate diagnostic and/or treatment plan for the patient. But over time, other additional requirements on the clinical documentation process might cause deviation from the primary goal of direct care for the patient. The Medical Informatics Committee of… Continue reading Tips To Improve EHR Clinical Documentation

Are EHRs were never designed to influence the practice of Medicine?

Are eHRs meant to be able to influence the practice of medicine? Or are they just used mainly for billing purpose (which seems to be the case at the moment). The following article from Hospital EMR and EHR discuss this question. http://www.hospitalemrandehr.com/2014/11/13/ehrs-influence-on-practice-of-medicine/?utm_source=Healthcare+Scene&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6340ca7ffb-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_4092230e89-6340ca7ffb-61035197  

Common mistakes hospital makes in eMR

According to Logicalis US, an international IT solutions and managed services provider, the following are common mistakes hospitals make in their eMR systems: Lacking complete records Missing patient images Not following best practices Failing to consider disaster recovery Lacking in mobility Lacking in analytics Do you agree? http://www.emrandehrnews.com/2014/11/11/logicalis-us-reveals-eight-mistakes-hospitals-make-with-electronic-patient-records/?utm_source=Healthcare+Scene&utm_campaign=ac2322ff8d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4092230e89-ac2322ff8d-61035197