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Friday, October 08, 2004
 

ePrescribing Challenge at the ‘National Conference on m-Health and EOE’

The ePrescribing challenge will focus on PDA-based systems with wireless communications vs. web-based and other solutions.

This is will be held at the Medical Records Institutes' Annual Conference in Reno, Oct. 27-28.

At the upcoming National Conference on m-Health & EOE, MRI will bring attendees the ePrescribing Challenge. This entertaining and informative session is similar to the Clinical Documentation Challenge held each year at TEPR. The challenge is a hard –hitting comparison of the industries leading healthcare technology companies whose objective is to get this technology into the hands of physicians at the point of care.

They also mention CafeRx, one of several coalitions "formed to push the use of end-to-end electronic prescribing by physicians and pharmacists." This site has a number of white papers which I'm just skimming through now.

I'm familiar with the MRI and their association with the Mobile Healthcare Alliance, when I was doing research on the use of cellphones in the clinical setting and electromagnetic interference (EMI).

The MRI also has enlisted the sponsorship of AT&T Wireless:

AT&T Wireless will participate as a Platinum Sponsor in the Medical Records Institute's (MRI) National Conference on m-Health and EOE this fall in Reno, the MRI announced today. The Institute also announced that AT&T Wireless executive Laura Johnson will deliver a keynote address on the conference's first full day, October 27.

Don Jones, VP of Medical Development at Qualcomm recommended the Fall CTIA conference in San Fran as the one conference to attend. I'm not sure how much focus will be placed on medical applications.


1:23:47 PM    

More Pix of BenQ’s P50 Pocket PC Phone

The specs are hot (Bluetooth, WiFi, 1.3 megapixel digital camera, a large LCD screen, mini QWERTY keyboard), but they’d be even hotter if BenQ would hurry up and get the P50 out before the Treo 650 walks on stage and makes us forget all about this thing.

I don't know if this will be released in the US anytime soon, but it does takes advantage of the Treo's form factor. Considering that palmOne's biggest competitor is the very simple BlackBerry, it's questionable what the demand would be for such a feature-rich (and expensive) wireless handheld. Now that the Treo 650 is soon to be released, I think there might be new interest in the 600 because of discounts.

It better have a battery >1800 mAh to make WiFi worthwhile.

(courtesy of Engadget)


11:28:29 AM    

LG KP8400 cellphone with blood tester for diabetics

There is a blood testing unit that interfaces with the Treo 600. This is a great example using tech to approach the problem of chronic disease management.


9:53:59 AM    

Elements of Style for the Optimal Mp3 Cast

Again, when I write this I'm thinking about how Ken and Andy have optimized their casts:

  • the typical cast involves a moderator have a digital conversation either through iChat or Skype with another person anywhere in the world
  • it should have some production values with a music intro and maybe different music introducing different segments
  • it shouldn't be longer than 30 minutes, even with this length there'd better be six separate topics covered.
  • there should be an agenda of topics listed before you consider downloading the file. Even better is a listing of topics with time signatures.
  • the moderator is responsible for keeping on topic and moving the conversation when necessary. A good cast gives you some snippets about a topic that makes you want to find out more. Any cast the tries to beat a topic into submission is ultimately boring.
  • if the cast is produce on a regular basis, feedback from listeners can be discussed.

The real trick of mp3 casting is not the automating the download through a RSS subscription, but the technical considerations in digitally recording two streaming voices through software that will eventually output to mp3. I've been listening to the Dave and Adam show, and they don't follow the points I mention above. Adam is obviously in a studio and Dave's voice is subject to dropouts and generally sounds as if his mouth is well-injected with novocaine (as he himself has noted). The quality both in content and technique is bound to improve with voicecasts in general. I guess folks are getting tired of listening to all that classic rock on their mp3 players.


8:39:23 AM    

Is podcasting only for iPods? I don't think so!

The Scobelizer responds to the pedants. He also points to Jake Luddington's Guide to Podcasting with Windows Media Player.

With millions of devices able to receive audio content automatically through Windows Media Player. (Pocket PC, Rio Karma, Creative MuVo, Creative Zen PMC and Dell DJ are just the devices I own that fit this description), it's only a matter of time before we see an iPodder client with software media player independence. In the meantime, using the autoplaylist feature of Windows Media Player 10, combined with Auto-synchronization is an easy hack for streamlining the process. In fact, this hack is more fully automatic than the Windows/iTunes/iPod solution.

 


8:19:03 AM    


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