New EMR for the iPad

Nimble, a new comprehensive EMR application designed and developed specifically for the iPad, hit the market Tuesday with the aim of allowing docs to provide meaningful care – at the point of care.

St. Louis, Mo.-based ClearPractice, a provider of web-based electronic medical record and revenue cycle management software for ambulatory care physicians, worked with Apple to optimize the app’s interface “to create a new user experience for docs,” said ClearPractice President Joel Andersen.

via healthcareitnews.com

Company officials tout Nimble as the first comprehensive EMR solution developed in iOS to run natively on the iPad. The product connects either through WiFi or 3G to the ClearPractice cloud so no data is stored on the device making it secure and HIPAA compliant.

Company officials said the goal of Nimble is to break down workflow burdens for doctors by providing them with technology that is lightweight, has a long battery life (10 hours) and doesn’t need to be rebooted.

 

 

UK Med School Students Get a New Prescription: iPhones

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The University of Leeds announced it will be issuing iPhones to all fourth- and fifth-year medical students. The always-connected nature of smartphones coupled with the burgeoning app marketplace has made smartphones an increasingly attractive learning tool.

According to the university, this is the first time a UK medical school has issued smartphones to its students. The 520 students in the medical program will each be loaned a 16GB iPhone 3GS for the remainder of their education.

The phones will be pre-loaded with apps and textbooks designed to keep students informed, help them take notes and test their knowledge. Students will also be able to download any other apps from the App Store.

 

iPad app For Healthy Mealers to Go for

GoMeals allows you to search thousands of foods and dishes from popular restaurants, grocery stores and the items you have in your own kitchen to easily see the nutritional value (i.e. calories, carbohydrates, fats, protein, etc.) of the foods you eat

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Features:
– Over 20,000 restaurant menu items from 200+ chains
– Over 25,000 common and branded grocery food items
– Search for restaurants within 10 miles of your location
– Track your meals each day to monitor your nutritional intake

That’s what i call a blockbuster app.

Good show , Sanofi !

 

An app for Psoriasis Management

Janssen-Cilag UK has unveiled the first psoriasis iPhone app – a disease calculator for healthcare professionals treating the chronic skin condition.

It is the pharma company’s first foray into addressing the opportunity presented by Apple’s iPhone and was produced by Manchester-based agency Creative Lynx.

The CL PASI Calculator can be used to determine how severely a patient has been affected and is based on the Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI).

via inpharm.com

Janssen’s app offers clinicians a step-by-step process to do this, whereby they assign a percentage to the extent the disease has affected different regions of the body, and then grade the lesions seen there – based on their similarity to a series images.

 

 

How scientific data is attributed in the current environment.

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Attribution of re-used data

We manually reviewed 500 papers published between 2000 and 2010 across six journals; of the 198 papers that reused datasets, only 14% reported a unique dataset identifier in their dataset attribution, and a partially-overlapping 12% mentioned the author name and repository name. 

Thats Poor.

 

eBook reader for Rs. 6000 /- only

Wink e-reader promoted by EC Media International and DC books launched its e-book reader ‘Wink XTS’ in the Indian market priced at Rs. 11,490, in competition with global giants like Amazon and Apple. The company is also planning to introduce a series of models at various price points from Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 15,000

The company, which is sourcing the devices from China, is eyeing a sales of 50,000 units in the first year of operation.

“Though the market now is niche, but there is a growing demand for e-book readers. We expect to sell about 50,000 devices in the first year across enterprises and consumer segment,” EC Media COO Pradeep Palazhi told PTI.

For enterprises, the e-reader can work as a document viewer. The multi-functional device has a six-inch screen and allows supports upto fifteen Indian languages

via siliconindia.com

 

Google Health Redesigned and Relaunched

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Two and a half years after its launch, Google Health has unveiled a “top-to-bottom” redesign – with a new focus on attracting a users who want to “actively manage their health and wellness.”

The revamped personal health record (PHR), which went live Wednesday morning, is still a place where one can aggregate and organize all of one’s health information – medical records, prescriptions, immunizations, conditions. But “in the last several months we’ve stepped back to say, ‘what can we do that’s more than just this notion of a personal health record?'” says Aaron Brown, senior product manager at Google.

via healthcareitnews.com

Lots of new functions, customization and interactivity added

 

Case Based Learning With Free iPhone/iPad app

Dr Nayana Somaratna,Co-Founder at TTN Testing Technology (Private) Ltd has been working on the beta version of an interesting medical app for iPhones and iPads. The upcoming app is officially named : “Prognosis : Your call“

Prognosis – a fun and totally free iPhone game that lets you investigate, deduce and diagnose real life in minutes. You can also brainstorm and discuss with other players if you are stuck on a tough or rare case.

Contribute your creative ideas and get exclusive access to try the Beta version of Prognosis before it goes live! 

Features of the app:
• Medical and Surgical case scenarios based on real patients.
• Quick and fun to play : just a few minutes per case scenario.
• Group discussions about each case.
• Submit your own interesting cases and be credited for them


The app is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.

 

New Business Models provided by Unbiased Non-sponsored CMEs in Medicine

Sounds like a very smart move. The margins may not be great but it would definitely prove to be a rewarding venture.
Best wishes to the brave-hearts.

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New med-ed firm says no to industry funding

A new medical education company has opened offering to produce CME that is free of commercial support. Started by a Harvard neurologist and an executive, both with former ties to CME firm Pri-Med, along with a third partner, Lighthouse Learning receives no funding from pharmaceutical or device companies for the development of its curricula. Nor will it collect advertising or exhibits income at its conferences. Instead, the business model relies exclusively on licensing content nationwide, to medical societies, insurers and meetings companies.

The partners—who also include Dr. Martin Samuels, director of medical education, and Susan Pioli, VP, program recruitment and development—estimate the appetite for such a model to be strong, due to concerns in some quarters over the relationship between industry and medical education.

Lighthouse is aiming for provisional ACCME accreditation by next year and hopes to conduct activities in 2011 with another organization serving as joint sponsor. It will work in multiple formats—print, live and digital.   The firm will trade on the quality of its content and the independent process involved in curriculum development. Content in each of 12 major specialties is being created by nationally recognized directors. The Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Steven Nissen, for instance, oversees cardiology. Lighthouse has not set forth any specific limits on the directors’ outside consulting arrangements.Read more at www.mmm-online.com

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Changing Trends in Doctor-Patient Relationships

The patient-doctor equation has changed.
It has turned upside down. See this video if you don’t believe me.

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