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My father has to give himself weekly shots of vitamin B12 to deal with a condition he has called pernicious anemia. I am not entirely clear on what exactly pernicious anemia is, but I do know that if he doesn't get his shots he gets weak and lethargic. One slight problem for his weekly injection is the fact that my father also has hand tremors. Ours is not an easy family, and so his stories of his shaking hands as he attempts to stab his thigh are the topic of much laughter at the dinner table. So to atone for my tacky sense of humor I will inform my father of Bioject, a needle free injection system. "Bioject's technology works by forcing liquid medication at high speed through a tiny orifice held against the skin. This creates an ultra-fine stream of fluid that penetrates the skin, delivering medication in a fraction of a second. Bioject's systems are designed to deliver injected medications comfortably, accurately, and quickly - without the use of a needle."
Perhaps with this little gadget my father can more easily inject his vitamin B12 and not end up with jab marks all over his legs.
In an effort to become even more efficient, and also to be able to expand our Life Sciences blogs in new and exciting directions, we have decided to roll over our Telemedicine coverage to our Medical Informatics Insider blog. So, please continue to tune in there for the latest in telemedicine technologies, discussions, applications, etc.
We thank you for your continued readership and support, and your excellent comments and tips. We are not leaving; we are simply consolidating. See you there!
Recently, The Wall Street Journal reported about how telemedicine can save money, using technology available since the '70s. Doctors can read electrocardiograms, blood pressure levels and x-rays of certain patients' ailments from areas not easily obtainable in person.
Telemedicine is getting more attention all the time, and I say, it is about time. I don't even want to think about how many times this process could have already been used, since the '70s. But I will happily jump-start others: Think floods, hurricanes, or tsunamis. The possibilities are endless and it will save thousands of lives and dollars! Even with the supposed limitations of not actually being there, it is better than nothing.
The government and certain companies are taking a wider interest in telemedicine, which was first introduced in the 1970's. Telemedicine provides technology to remote populations which allows doctors to treat more patients than would be possible if rural areas depended upon personalized visits.
It's not just in the United States that telemedicine is exploding: Companies in the Netherlands, France, and Italy are also taking off. Part of the reason for the increased excitement about telemedicine is the advancing age of the Baby Boomers. The world is bracing itself for one of the largest elderly populations it will have faced for generations.
Critics caution the telemedicine cannot substitute for the subtleties of face-to-face physician-patient interactions, but it looks like it is here to stay.
A new telemedicine system from Astron Clinica, dubbed 2nd Opnion, allows for remote clinical assistance and diagnosis for SIAscopy, a proprietary skin imaging technology. SIAscopy allows medical industry professionals to visualize up to 2mm beneath the skin surface via a hand held scanner and any third-party digital camera. The 2nd Opinion system allows secure transport of SIAscans, clinical photographs and patient history via Adobe Acrobat PDF technology -- clinical specialists can review a patient's lesions from remote locations to provide advice on the need to attend a specialist dermatology clinic, avoiding wasted time for both patient and clinic.
Hello, readers -- I just wanted to take just a brief moment to introduce
myself, as I'll be helping fill in for the inimitable Catherine Calacanis
over the next couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to discussion with you all. Thanks!
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A study appearing in February’s edition of the journal
Pediatrics, indicates that a diagnosis of cancer doesn’t
doom youngsters to a miserable childhood. According to this research, after treatment many kids are just as happy and
well-adjusted as those who never had the illness, and sometimes even more so.
The findings are based on interviews with 8- to 12-year-olds and show how resilient youngsters can be even when
facing something as scary as cancer. The results also indicate that children’s perceptions very often differ from
those of their parents, whose own negative feelings about the experience may influence how they feel their children
are coping.
Quoted in an AP article on the study, Dr. Smita Bhatia, lead author and a pediatric cancer specialist at
City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte,
California said, “What we are finding is very reassuring. Parents should be encouraged to know that young survivors
“can indeed put their cancer behind them.”
First-year residents at Duke University Hospital have been given PDAs
loaded with software from PatientKeeper, a Boston-based company with which
the University recently entered into a partnership. As a result, caregivers have immedidate, wireless access to
patient data and allows greater attentiveness to their needs.
The FDA has given the approval to RTX Healthcare to market its Wireless Telehealth Gateway product, designed for home
monitoring, e-health, and remote disease management applications.
No surprise here, but here’s more evidence of WiFi becoming more of a necessity, not a luxury, in the healthcare
industry. A new report from The FocalPoint Group provides the details.
If you or your company have an interest in wireless sensing technology, which is finding uses in the manufacturing,
healthcare, defense, and homeland security sectors, the Wireless Sensing Solutions Conference will take place this
September 21-22 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.
Some of the more notable sessions include:
An Overview of 802.15.4 and ZigBee
Wireless Sensor Networking: The Future is Now
The Role of Wireless in Homeland Security
Wireless Applications within the Healthcare Industry
Smart Homes: Bring Wireless Sensors to the Residence
RFID and Embedded Sensors: Deployment, Priorities, Potential and Paranoia
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The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration announced it will be distributing an additional 2,000 PDAs
to Medicaid physicians throughout the state.
This deployment will increase the number of physicians using the PDAs distributed by ACHA to 3,000. The effort is
designed to reduce fraud, enhance patient safety by providing real-time data and drive down medication costs by
better utilization of prescriptions.
The PDAs access Medicaid’s preferred drug list, patient-specific prescription histories, clinical pharmacology
drug information and drug interaction screening tools.
The system also provides a 60-day history of all Medicaid drugs dispensed to a specific patient regardless of
prescriber, which allows physicians to better monitor patient medications.
anemia. I am not entirely clear on what exactly pernicious anemia is, but I do know that if he doesn't get his shots he gets weak and lethargic. One slight problem for his weekly injection is the fact that my father also has hand tremors. Ours is not an easy family, and so his stories of his shaking hands as he attempts to stab his thigh are the topic of much laughter at the dinner table. So to atone for my tacky sense of humor I will inform my father of Bioject, a needle free injection system. "Bioject's technology works by forcing liquid medication at high speed through a tiny orifice held against the skin. This creates an ultra-fine stream of fluid that penetrates the skin, delivering medication in a fraction of a second. Bioject's systems are designed to deliver injected medications comfortably, accurately, and quickly - without the use of a needle."
A study appearing in February’s edition of the journal
