News Roundup for 01/06/2011

News

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Florida: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands this morning. Atlantis is now on the launch pad ready for STS 135, July supply mission to the International Space Station. This crew will be known as "The Final Four".

Apple launch iCloud – official launch June 6. With Steve Jobs to make the announcement next Monday, get ready for lots of news about iCloud and iWork. Try iWork here for 30-days free.

Mobile phone cancer link very weak. Another scare-story about mobile phones.

HHS proposes privacy rule on medical record – change to HIPAA privacy rules. Rules changes could mean patients get a list of everyone who has ever viewed their medical details.

Doctors in less developed health markets use more social media.

EMR

Blue Cross Blue Shield release first Florida Blue mobile app for iPhone/Android. Probably an App a Day for Healthcare Industry.

Molina select GE Centricity Practice Solutions v9.5

How health care provides use EMR to improve efficiencies and outcomes

Pacifica Women’s Health Care implement web-based 2011 Waiting Room Solutions Family Care HER & PM v4

NexTech have a new Text Message Appointment Reminder Module

Glenwood GlaceEMR FastTrack Program will have you up and working in 7-days. That's an impressive offer. 

Tech/Medical

The top-five forecast areas for medical technology advance; point-of-care, optical imaging, bioelectronics, tissue engineering, robots. A view of where medical research is heading.

Sleep loss lowers testosterone in health young men. Obviously impacting young trainee Doctors,

Docs: Keep using Niacin despite no effect on cardiovascular risk. Medical News.

Meaningful Use

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$18,000 check – 15 Physicians using eClinicalWorks obtain incentives

EPOWERdoc get Modular Certification of EMRdoc

Doctors using NextGen Healthcare Information System built a spreadsheet to track each physician’s progress toward each required and optional compliance. Ah, the humble Excel spreadsheet to the rescue. Irreplaceable.

Waiting Room Solutions (ERS) has MU dashboard with videos of criteria

CMS to align e-Rx incentive with EHR program

LifeTech

Try Apple iWork for 30-days. Mentioned above.

Most popular set-top box for on-demand video is a DIY Home Theater PC. Lots of Linux variants of course.

Miscellaneous

Reprieve for Schrödinger’s cat

Mobile

NokiaX7-00 in dark steel. But they seem to be still losing market share to Apple and Android vendors.

Motorola *** Tracy Watchphone, Xoom 2 Tablet and four new unseen phones. For you younger crown, here's a read-up on the Chicago Tribune cartoon character, *** Tracey.

Quote

What Washington needs is adult supervision
- Barack Obama, fundraising letter, Oct. 2006