You thought there were two kinds of medicine correct, the "quack" kind, and the
evidence-based kind. Dr. Eric Topol presents a case for a third kind of
medicine.
"Topol argues in
The Creative Destruction of Medicine [Basic Books, 9780465061839] it's by bringing the era of big data to the clinic,
laboratory, and hospital. Wearable sensors, smartphone apps, and
whole-genome scans provide the raw materials for a revolution.
Combining all the data those tools can provide will give us a complete
and continuously updated picture of every patient, changing everything
from the treatment of disease, to the prolonging of health, to the
development of new treatments. As revolutionary as the past twenty years
in personal technology and medicine have been, Topol makes
it clear that we haven't seen a thing yet."
"Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Eric Topol, Scripps Health Chief
Academic Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Medscape, to discuss on
ReachMD the vision
and research behind his book
The Creative Destruction of Medicine.
Dr. Topol reflects on the evolving personalization of medical care facilitated by technological advancements, and how health systems can leverage the personalized medicine movement toward greater transparency in care for patients."
Labels: biomedical informatics, digital revolution, Dr. Eric Topol, electronic medical records, healthcare technology, medical trends, mobile medicine, personalized medicine, ReachMD, trends in healthcare
Paving the way for floating retirement homes and medical tourism, onboard cruiseship medicine is embracing technology to better serve the medical needs of both passengers and staff. Telemedicine and Electronic Health Records are envisioned for the near future.
"For the first time, the annual Cruise Shipping Miami conference devoted sessions to the use of technology in cruise ship medicine and health and wellness tourism; the exhibition area included a small medical pavilion, another first."
Click on the post title to read the full article published in the Miami Herald [Mar. 14, 2012]. Labels: biomedical informatics, cruise shipping industry, cruise shipping Miami conference, cruiseship medicine, EHR, electronic medical records, healthcare technology, medical tourism, onboard medicine, telemedicine
While federal incentive dollars are trying to work to encourage hospitals and other health care organizations to use electronic health record systems (EHRs), without much prompting, healthcare providers are showing themselves eager adopters of medical "apps". A recent survey of 4,000 physicians in the US found that nearly 80 percent use smartphones, while among the general population only 28 percent use smartphones. Another report estimates that by 2012 about half of physicians who have smartphones will use them in their work for administrative functions, research, and patient care.
"Nineteen percent of physicians use a tablet personal computer in their work, while 69 percent said they are likely to do so in the next few years. Only 5 percent of the U.S. population owns a tablet."
Click on the post title to read the full
Quality Matters newsletter article from
The Commonwealth Fund.
Labels: electronic medical records, EMR, healthcare information technology, healthcare technology, medical apps, mobile medicine, trends in healthcare
Check out this review article on ~
"The Top 20 Free iPhone Medical Apps for Healthcare Professionals" .
In fact, check out this whole website
iMedicalApps.com ! It is great for keeping up on the latest mobile apps in medicine and healthcare.
What about their latest article ~
"The Top 15 Free Android Medical Apps for Healthcare Professionals" !
Or perhaps you have wondered about the role the iPad could play in the push for the adoption of electronic health records?
Check out
iPad EHR.
Labels: EHR, EMR, healthcare technology, ipad, medical apps, mobile devices
Edited by Richard Wootton, et alRoyal Society of Medicine Press/IDRC 2009
e-ISBN 978-1-55250-396-6
"Health care is primarily about people-to-people interactions. It is about understanding, diagnosis, physical contact, communication, and, ultimately, providing care. By bringing people together, telecommunication technologies have the potential to improve both the quality of and access to health care in the remotest areas of the developing world. Telemedicine offers solutions for emergency medical assistance, long-distance consultation, administration and logistics, supervision and quality assurance, and education and training for healthcare professionals and providers.
This book aims to redress the relative lack of published information on successful telehealth solutions in the developing world. It presents real-life stories from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It is rich in practical experience and will be of interest to health professionals, development workers, and e-health and telehealth proponents interested in learning about, or contributing to the implementation of, appropriate solutions for 80% of the world’s population."
Click on title for full access from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) .Labels: ebook, global health, healthcare technology, IDRC, telehealth, third world development
This week on Dr. John Halamka's award-winning blog, he outlines 5 arguments in favor of the
iPod Touch for healthcare applications, labelling it
"the mobile clinical data viewing and educational device of the future". Click on the title to read how Dr. Halamka backs up this claim...Labels: healthcare information technology, healthcare technology, informatics, iPod Touch, medical informatics, mobile devices, mobile medicine, smart phones
Emerging Technologies in Nursing and Nursing Education
This slideshow by Patricia Anderson of the University of Michigan Health Sciences Library gives a brief introduction to emerging technologies and their application to nursing and nursing education; focusing on Web 2.0, social technologies, and Second Life.
Labels: emerging technologies, healthcare technology, nursing, nursing education, technology in education, trends in education, trends in healthcare, Web 2.0
"Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Eric Topol, Scripps Health Chief
Academic Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Medscape, to discuss on ReachMD the vision
and research behind his book The Creative Destruction of Medicine. 
