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RP-VITA telemedicine robot may be coming to your hospital
The next time you go to the hospital, you may run into a telemedicine robot like the RP-VITA.  At ATA 2013,  InTouch Health & iRobot announced the first hospitals and medical centers that will be using the RP-VITA telemedicine robot. Here's a snippet from their press release: Austin, TX (May 6, 2013) -- Top academic medical centers and leading healthcare systems across North America are now introducing their patients to RP-VITATM, the first FDA-cleared telemedicine robot that combines state-of-the-art telecommunications and AutoDrive technology. InTouch Health, the leader in acute care telemedicine, to...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - May 7, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: ATA2013 telehealth robotics iRobot telemedicine Source Type: blogs

Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum
Don't miss the Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum June 4-5, 2013 Washington DC Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Media, the industry’s leading sources for news and leadership in healthcare information technology, have joined forces to present the Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum. This two-day event in the nation’s capital will gather leading providers, industry experts, solutions suppliers and key government officials. As reimbursement shrinks and risk sharing grows, analyzing data to improve decision-making may well determine the winners and losers in this new healthcare landscape. That’s where the foru...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - May 6, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: HIMSS big data health it conferences Source Type: blogs

Pediatrics 2040: Trends And Innovations for the Next 25 Years
Don't miss this exciting event this fall: Pediatrics 2040: Trends And Innovations for the Next 25 Years October 3 - 5, 2013 Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa Anaheim, CA The current myriad of challenges such as cost containment, care fragmentation, healthcare reform, access to subspecialists, escalating costs and knowledge escalation face today’s pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists as well as hospital administrative leadership. The emerging medical and technological advances as well as trends in the care of children in the coming era is covered in a comprehensive three-day academic program for all...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - May 3, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: pediatrics conferences Source Type: blogs

ONC is hosting the Million Hearts Webinar on May 7
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is hosting the Million Hearts® Webinar on May 7th in honor of National High Blood Pressure Education and Stroke Awareness months.  Leading experts will discuss how they are using the latest health IT tools to standardize and improve the delivery of care to reduce the number of people with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, both leading causes of heart disease and stroke. Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT Register here. (Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim)
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - May 2, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: cardiology webinar cardiovascular heart disease ONC Source Type: blogs

Jawbone Acquires BodyMedia
I have a BodyMedia arm band. I also have an original Fitbit, along with several traditional pedometers. I don't have a Jawbone Up or a Nike + FuelBand, but those items are on my Amazon wishlist and I'm waiting for the 2nd or 3rd generation devices before I make a purchase.  Jawbone is making a serious move into the Quantified Self (QS) movement of self-tracking gadgets and they are acquiring BodyMedia for over $100 million.  BodyMedia has had more than 80 patents issued, so it's a valuable company because of its technology and its people. Do you wear a fitness gadget or use a fitness tracking app...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - May 1, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: Fitbit jawbone Misfit Wearables fitness Quantified Self health and fitness bodymedia Source Type: blogs

My photo with George Takei in NYC (taken by @KentBottles)
I was in NYC over the weekend attending the 2013 ACPE conference and I was having lunch with Kent Bottles at McCormick & Schmick's. Before I realized it, I saw Star Trek's George Takei having lunch right next to us! So, I patiently waited until he was finished with his lunch and then I did what any other MIT alum would do. I got a photo with him and sent it via Twitter. (special thanks to Kent Bottles for taking the photo). There's just something about MIT and Star Trek. The new Star Trek movie is coming out in a few weeks and I'm sure we'll see some interesting futuristic medical concepts that go beyond the tric...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 30, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: MIT Star Trek Source Type: blogs

Don't miss the iHT2 Health IT Summits
iHT2 has a series of Health IT Summits throughout the country, so don't miss the next one coming to your region. Each year, the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT²) hosts a series of events & programs which promote improvements in the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare through information and information technology. iHT² events are designed to support multi-stakeholder organizations who are navigating through health IT issues, policies and strategies in an attempt to improve care. iHT² events include a variety of guest speakers and keynotes representing many diverse sectors within healt...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 29, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: iHT2 health informatics health it conferences Source Type: blogs

Who Killed Health Care? Regina Herzlinger speaks at ACPE 2013
Today, I am in NYC attending the 2013 American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) conference. The afternoon keynote was delivered by Regina Herzlinger, author of "Who Killed Health Care?: America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem - and the Consumer-Driven Cure." Here is a description of her book: One of the nation's most respected health care analysts, Regina Herzlinger exposes the motives and methods of those who have crippled America's health care system-figures in the insurance, hospital, employment, governmental, and academic sectors. She proves how our current system, which is organized around payers and providers...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 27, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: american college of physician executives acpe Source Type: blogs

MIT professor studying the mechanics of metastasis
Professor Roger Kamm at MIT was my advisor when I was a mechanical engineering student at MIT. Roger Kamm, the Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering, and his doctoral student Ioannis Zervantonakis are studying the mechanics of metastasis. They are using a 3-D microfluidic device developed in his lab, including a recent study on the effect of flow on tumor-cell migration. Read more here. (Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim)
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 25, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: MIT biomedical engineering research bioengineering cancer mechanical engineering Source Type: blogs

Doctors on Doximity - 2012 Year in Review
Physician testimonials on Doximity - 2012 Year in Review (Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim)
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 24, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: Doximity Source Type: blogs

Tomotherapy treatment
This is a guest post by William Blackhurst, MD Have you ever heard of Tomotherapy treatment?  This is a treatment designed for radiation therapy of various cancers.  Its name comes from the Greek root for slice.  Basically it combines a CT or other type of scan with radiation therapy in such a way that the radiation dose can be altered to match the thickness of the tumor in a given image slice. Tomotherapy is both intensity modulated and image guided.  Intensity modulated radiotherapy or IMRT uses devices called collimators to adjust the amount of radiation delivered in a single dose.  Image...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 23, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: guest post oncology cancer Source Type: blogs

Keynote Speakers at ATA 2013
Don't miss ATA 2013 for the latest updates on telemedicine. This year, the keynote speakers are: Lynn Britton, President & CEO, Mercy. Mercy, a 31 hospital healthcare system serving hundreds of communities in the Midwest, is transforming the patient experience through comprehensive telemedicine and HIT services. Mercy gives patients online access to doctors and medical records, utilizing telemedicine for a wide array of clinical services, include pediatrics and rural healthcare. Moreover, Mercy SafeWatch is the largest teleICU service in the United States. Under Britton’s leadership, Mercy was named the 2012 “Most...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 22, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: telehealth ATA American Telemedicine Association Source Type: blogs

Meningioma treatment
This is a guest post: Meningioma are typically benign tumors that originate in the cells and membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. The name of the tumor is derived from the classification name these cells are given by the medical community, meninges. Note that they are not cancerous or malignant tumors but rather benign tumors. However, they cause medical problems from related issues. The meninges covering the brain and spinal cord exists in three distinct layers. It is the middle layer of the meninges where these tumors originate, grow, and attach themselves to the outermost layer by a tail of tissue. The...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 21, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs

2013 ACPE Leape Ahead Award
Familiar with the ACPE Leape Ahead Award? Dr. Lucian Leape MD is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health, who has been very active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error. In 1994 he had an article, "Error in Medicine," published in JAMA. (Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim)
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 20, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: american college of physician executives acpe Source Type: blogs

Pineal Tumor
The following is a guest post: Pineal tumors are associated with the pineal gland, which is located near mid-brain. The pineal gland is part of the body’s endocrine system and produces a hormone called melatonin, which affects your awake and sleep patterns and how the body adjusts to changes in seasonal climate. The endocrine system consists of organs, which help, in regulation of various functions such as metabolism, growth, and development. Pineal tumors disrupt the production of the hormones this gland produces with the expected results. Sleep patterns are disturbed which can then multiply into other physical problem...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 19, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: tumors guest post brain tumors Source Type: blogs