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Monday, February 16, 2004
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Digital Radio
Here's a post on Fred Wilson's blog, A VC, where he muses about yet another desireable function for a converged device, i.e. smartphone. It's great when the comments that follow, tell you how to almost achieve your goal. Jeff Jarvis gives a good account of the use of his Treo 600.
I'm linking to this to show that for smartphones like the Treo, their flexibility make them a good platform for development. And of course the driving force for the expansion of the functionality for this device are its users.
2:40:23 PM 
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Clinical Wireless Networks
I'll be giving presentations to several clinical training programs in hospitals here in NYC, explaining the options available with wireless technology. I'm surveying the field of medical by talking to vendors and hospital IT depts. to find out what is currently available and what is expected to be important in the near future.
On the other hand, I'm curious to find out what clinicians, including residents are thinking. As always, I can be contacted via email: bkmd AT NO SPAM wireless-doc.com
8:52:23 AM
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The Informatics Review - e-Journal of the Assoc. of Medical Directors of Information Systems
The newly-revised site has announced that it is now offering an RSS feed, (where is the link?).
UPDATE: Here's the link - http://www.informatics-review.com/rss.xml
Prognostication (via iHealthBeat - registration required) is always worth commenting on:
Ten Predictions for 2004: An e-health Forecast
- Online health searching has become mainstream to consumer behavior. [And, the sites that spawn and support conversations will be the leaders.]
- The quality of Web sites will improve and that quality will be more comparable. [One aspect of quality is the capacity to listen. These sites should tailor their content to fit the needs of their audiences.]
- We will see momentum for more health management programs targeting asthma, diabetes, mental health, and other high-cost diseases. [These programs can and should present the whole spectrum of options available.]
- Patients’ compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens – one aspect of chronic health management – will receive more attention and resources from payers, providers and pharmaceutical companies in 2004.
- Safety First: Public/Private Initiatives for Standards and Infrastructure will bear productive fruit in the form of IT standards consensus and adoption.
- The fortunes of American health IT vendors will increasingly be tied to overseas projects. [...namely in Asia]
- Purchasers will look to the larger IT vendors and contractors to help solve problems [IT vendors will be proactive and seek to find out what problems purchasers need to solve.]
- Pioneering telemedicine ventures will motivate more profitable ventures in 2004. [Rural medical networks especially]
- Personal digital assistants will be adopted in both ambulatory and inpatient settings as part of patient safety programs. [I would amend this be saying that clinicians will be looking for the best converged device to make their lives easier. Smartphones provide the most functionality when looking for a mobile solution. Tablets are just beginning their evolutionary development.]
- The election year will bring with it candidates’ promises to improve health care quality and access and more investment in health care IT. [I'm just as sanguine on this point, but I'd expect that the clincians and patients determine how these IT tools are designed and implemented. Top down programs tend to produce solutions looking for problems to solve.]
7:56:11 AM
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