Best Post of November 2013: Nanotechnology joins with cancer genomics in silencing glioblastoma oncogene
The next in our "Best of the Month" series is from November 1, 1013:Gold nanoparticles (yellow) with small interfering RNAs (green) knock down an oncogene in glioblastoma.In a study of mice released this week in Science Nanomedicine, researchers were able to reduce glioblastoma size three- to four-fold by switching off the oncogene Bcl2Like12 by means of nanotechnology-assisted delivery of small interfering RNAs. Normal (linear) nucleic acids cannot get into cells, but these spherical nucleic acids can. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) surrounds a gold nanoparticle like a shell; the nucleic acids are highly oriented, ...
Source: neuropathology blog - March 7, 2014 Category: Pathologists Tags: Best of the Month series neoplasms therapies Source Type: blogs
Data Communication Methods in Healthcare: Modernizing Health Data Delivery
Tue, 1/14/2014 - 3:02pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6};
It’s pretty much a given at this point in time that every health IT professional knows there are different standards in healthcare like HL7 and different ways to “follow” these standards. That’s been the case for several years and is unlikely to change any time soon. Luckily for most healthcare providers, there is a #1 in KLAS interface engine that can help you overcome interoperability issues with HL7 data.
I’ve always been told t...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - January 14, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
The Value of Monitoring Metrics
Fri, 12/13/2013 - 3:28pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6};
Corepoint Integration Engine metrics provide users with a historical view of connections and system information. Using the metric information, users can quickly determine what events may be influencing the performance and effectiveness of the integration engine. Common events include an increase in message volume or increase in number of connections.
The detailed metric information allows users to be proactive, rather than react after negat...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - December 13, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
Metrics Reporting in Corepoint Integration Engine
Fri, 12/13/2013 - 3:28pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6};
Corepoint Integration Engine metrics provide users with a historical view of connections and system information. Using the metric information, users can quickly determine what events may be influencing the performance and effectiveness of the integration engine. Common events include an increase in message volume or increase in number of connections.
The detailed metric information allows users to be proactive, rather than react after negat...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - December 13, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
HIE Q&A with John Traeger, enterprise solutions consultant
I had the pleasure of meeting John Traeger in October at Corepoint Connect 13. John works with a number of hospitals and health systems in the Northwest to set up private HIEs and to connect to various forms of external HIE organizations. His keynote presentation on private HIEs had some interesting information I thought readers of this blog would appreciate.
read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - December 6, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Chad Johnson Tags: Health Information Exchange (HIE) Source Type: blogs
Cohera Medical, Inc.® Completes Fourth and Final Module in the Premarket Approval (PMA) Application for TissuGlu® Surgical Adhesive
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 19, 2013 -- PITTSBURGH, Nov. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cohera Medical, Inc.®, a leading innovator and developer of absorbable surgical adhesives and sealants, announced today it has submitted its fourth and final module for TissuGlu® Surgical Adhesive in the Premarket Approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)."We are pleased to have submitted the final module of the PMA application for TissuGlu," said Chad Coberly, JD Vice President of Clinical, Regulatory and Legal affairs of Cohera Medical. "This module culminates substantial work by the Cohe...
Source: Medical Hemostat - November 19, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hemostatguy at gmail.com (hemostat guy) Source Type: blogs
Thursday Over the River and Through the Woods
I stood watching as she dropped spoonfuls of dumpling dough into the boiling water.
By Karen Brenner
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
“Gosh, you make that look so easy!” My 22 year old self was honestly impressed with the elderly woman’s skill in the kitchen.
Grandma Schadi, my boyfriend Tom’s grandmother, banged the spoon on the side of the large pot and looked at me with her fierce blue eyes,
“It would be easy for you, too, if you had been making dumplings for 65 goddamned years!”
You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello:
The Montessori Method for Positive Dementia Care
I now own...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - November 15, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Nanotechnology joins with cancer genomics in silencing glioblastoma oncogene
Gold nanoparticles (yellow) with small interfering RNAs (green) knock down an oncogene in glioblastoma.In a study of mice released this week in Science Nanomedicine, researchers were able to reduce glioblastoma size three- to four-fold by switching off the oncogene Bcl2Like12 by means of nanotechnology-assisted delivery of small interfering RNAs. Normal (linear) nucleic acids cannot get into cells, but these spherical nucleic acids can. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) surrounds a gold nanoparticle like a shell; the nucleic acids are highly oriented, densely packed and form a tiny sphere. (The gold nanoparticle core is o...
Source: neuropathology blog - November 1, 2013 Category: Pathologists Tags: therapies Source Type: blogs
Why I Read (+ a Dozen Book Recommendations)
By Leo Babauta
In the quiet morning hours, or as I fade off to sleep at night, I cuddle up with a good novel.
This book is my world, my quiet time away from the din and discordance of the everyday world, but it’s also a way to explore the world in imaginative new ways.
There’s nothing that beats it.
I get lost in worlds wholly created by an author, imagined but containing truths about life, incisively commenting about life, reproducing it in beautiful new ways, putting me in the mind of another human being, grabbing my heart and dragging it through the thrill of falling in love or the dull numbness of divor...
Source: Zen Habits - November 1, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: zenhabits Tags: Books Habits Source Type: blogs
Interoperability Success: Radiology Consultants of Iowa
Wed, 10/30/2013 - 4:02pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6};
Radiology Consultants of Iowa believes that providing integrated services to the referral community is the best way to stand out from their competitors, which is key for modern radiology practices. RCI isn’t necessarily the cheapest radiology provider in the marketplace, said CIO Joe Moore, but they differentiate their services by consistently providing the best quality and the fastest turnaround times, “and it’s not even close,” he...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - October 30, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
Radiology Roundtable Discussion at Corepoint Connect 2013
Wed, 10/30/2013 - 3:33pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6};
Our user group meeting was help earlier this month and, as part of the sessions, attendees had the chance to meet in what we called "breakout sessions" with fellow attendees to discuss a designated topic. The topics were chosen by the attendees prior to the session via popular vote. Topics were:
ACOs and Integration Engines
Laboratory and Corepoint Health
Meaningful Use Stage 2 Requirements: View, Download & Transmit
...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - October 30, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
Chad Has Departed From Amongst Us…
CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. - A Lanett man has died after a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning. The crash occurred at about 1:30 a.m. on Chambers County 299, seven miles south of Lanett. Michael Chadwick Roberts, 40, was killed when the 2002 Chevrolet 1500 he was driving ran off the road and struck a tree. Roberts was not wearing a seat belt and was transported to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where he later died from his injuries. Alabama State Troopers say speed was a factor and the circumstances surrounding the crash are still under investigation. Chad was a very good friend of mine. His death kind of yanked the chair...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - October 30, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
4 Reasons U.S. EMR Firms Won’t Try China
If you have something to sell, chances are you’ve thought about selling it in China.
With a population of 1.35 billion, it’s become an attractive market for U.S. companies pushing everything from athletic shoes to light trucks to Tide. Given the natural limits of their home market, you’d assume that American EMR firms would eventually size up China’s nascent health IT scene.
And it’s likely they have. In a report a few years ago, 100 percent of vendors surveyed told the consulting firm Accenture that they saw global markets as an opportunity in the long term.
But health IT doesn’t export quite as easily as...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 23, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: James Ritchie Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR Healthcare HealthCare IT Hospital EHR Hospitals Accenture Cerner Chad Haynes China China EHR Epic Jared Peterson KLAS Enterprises McKesson McKinsey Millennium R Source Type: blogs
'Getting Connected' at Corepoint Connect 13
Fri, 10/11/2013 - 4:44pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6};
It has been one week since our user group conference, Corepoint Connect 13, was held in the Dallas area and we're still sorting through the great feedback we overheard during the roundtable discussions at the end of day two of the conference.
For those unable to attend: we set up a voting board in Club Connect, our info/lounge area adjacent to the meeting rooms. For the first two days of the conference, attendees nominated and then voted f...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - October 11, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
Chad H Busted? [Update: Confirmed!]
Regular readers may remember the Frost case a few years back. The takeaway from that farce was that the legacy media seems to have little interest in ferreting out actual facts, even when readily available. Such may be the case of Mr Chad Henderson, the (ostensibly) first and only American to successfully buy a new ObamaPlan.Recently, co-blogger Pat sent a spreadsheet with actual rates for each ObamaTax geographic rating area. This morning, he noticed something odd:According to legacy media and Mr Henderson himself, his (unsubsidized) rate is $175. Yet an easily found site which offers plan comparisons yields a very differ...
Source: InsureBlog - October 4, 2013 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Source Type: blogs
