The Healthcare IT Guy (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
As most of us in healthcare realized long ago, pen and paper is a very difficult technology to replace and compete with. It doesn’t matter how fancy our computers get, how nice tablets become, or how good the voice recognition features are, most healthcare workers spend a majority of their time on paper. The IOGear [...]
The Healthcare IT Guy (Free subscription) | yesterday
A friend of mine sent me a note to take a look at Make Mine Paper by a blogger who calls himself "#1 Dinosaur, MD". It’s a well written article that explains why there are some physicians who will never use an EMR. Some choice words: Until there is a single, interoperable system in wide use, [...]
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
At the European Molecular Biology Laboratory scientists have tracked and recorded all cells in an embryo of a zebrafish during its first 24 hours of development. The observation led to a first complete model of an embryo of a vertebrate. The data was reconstructed into a three-dimensional, digital representation of the embryo. The study, published in the current online issue of Science, grants many...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The EU has given green light to Eden Spine, out of Lake Mary, Florida, to market the company's Wellex device, described by its inventor, Dr. Jean-Marc Fuentes, as a "compressible dynamic extension controller that not only relieves pain but also positively affects the long-term health of the segment through its ability to dynamically control extension while protecting and maintaining the neutral zone."...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
New research has shown that testicles could be a new source for viable non-embryonic stem cells. The very thought of testicular biopsies, resonating through the editorial staff of Medgadget, calls for a continued search for other methods to obtain stem cells. The new stem cells, known as human adult germline stem cells (GSCs), were grown by researchers in Germany and the U.K. by adding special growth...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
At Bucknell University Mark Haussmann has been studying the DNA of storm-petrels, seabirds that have unusually long lives. From a Bucknell press release: Mark Haussmann, an assistant professor of biology at Bucknell University, was interested in aging and why some animals live longer, healthier lives while others survive only a few years. Haussmann studied cacti and turtles before zeroing in on a small,...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Bertalan Meskó, one of the leading proponents of Health 2.0, and a former editor at Medgadget, has started a consultancy, called Webicina, for physicians to learn the benefits of online resources. From Webicina: The tools and services of web 2.0 can facilitate the work for medical professionals and help patients as well. If you would like an even more efficient medical practice; more productive research,...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Engineers at Georgia Tech Research Institute are working on an aerial observation system, to be deployed on helicopters and small unmanned airplanes, that can monitor and relay to health officials the latest information about the population in an area after a natural disaster. The imaging system – designed by Price and senior research engineer Gary Gray – is called the “Mini ModPOD,” which stands for...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of Helsinki have collaborated on a project that identified prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), as an excellent protein for pain suppression. The protein appears to be eight times more effective at suppressing pain than morphine. To study the transmission of painful signals throughout the body, many researchers use "marker"...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Medgadget would like to congratulate the winners of our first annual Guess-A-Nobel contest. Haruhiko Ishii, who works in a biology lab in the US, and is originally from Japan, named the three physics laureates with impressive gusto, and will soon be the recipient of a bright yellow iPod nano. Marc Zimmer is a chemistry professor at Connecticut College, and named all three of the chemistry laureates...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Neuronetics, a Malvern, Pennsylvania company, has won FDA's first approval for a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) system for treatment of depression in patients that don't respond to drug therapy. This is a huge step for a technology we've been following for many years now. Deep TMS devices are thought not only to help with depression, but one day might be indicated for schizophrenia, migranes,...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Cyberdyne out of Tsukuba, Japan is making its power assist robosuit, dubbed Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL), available as a rental to Japanese patients suffering from neuromuscular disorders, and to those who simply have difficulty walking. From a press release: The special suit was developed by Yoshiyuki Sankai, professor at the University of Tsukuba and Chief Executive Officer of Cyberdyne, the university's...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
This year's Lennart Nilsson Award for scientific photography, yet another prestigious prize administered by Karolinska Institutet, went to Swedish physician Anders Persson, MD, PhD, in recognition "of his innovative techniques for capturing 3-D images inside the human body." When we looked through his pictures on the award's website, we were quite amazed. The following is from a press statement by...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(R)) today announced that McKesson's Practice Partner(R) Patient Records 9.3 software complies with updated interoperability requirements, is CCHIT Certified(R) 2008 Ambulatory EHR, is additionally certified for Child Health, and meets the Certification Commission's electronic health record (EHR) criteria for office-based use....
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
eCardio Diagnostics, a firm from The Woodlands, Texas, is launching what it calls a "single-component" cardiac monitor called the eVolutionsm. The device is essentially a Holter-type of monitor designed to record rare arrhythmic episodes associated with transient symptoms such as palpitations or syncope. The data is then transmitted to a monitoring center for review via a telephone line or wirelessly....
