Review of the POP-Q Pelvic Organ Prolapse assessment app
Purpose of App Review to review the utility of the app for routine pelvic organ prolapse assessment to evaluate the diversity of the app for POP-Q grid guidance and for visual guidance Introduction Muscles and soft tissue eventually give out. For some women this occurs in their 30s or 40s, for others in the 60s and 70s; other women never experience the symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). When women present with symptoms, meticulous attention to the pelvic floor support […] (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles)
Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles - October 29, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Kelli Barbour MD Tags: App Review App Type BARD medical apps Clinical Reference Family Practice General Preventive Medicine iphone medical apps medical apps for doctors Medical Specialty Medical/PDA Nurse (RN, LPN, PHN, CRNA, HHN) Nurse Practitioner (NP) Source Type: blogs
You’ve sold it, now what happens…
Recently, co-blogger Bob V sent me a link from his list-serve that concerned
co-payments:
I have a client, who currently has UHC RPPO, the copay is $0 for
her PCP. I find out today that her Primary care doctor has been charging her a
$35 copay every time she sees her. The doctor is clearly listed as a
"Primary Care Physician" in the directory, and not a specialist, So I
cannot figure out why she would get billed a copay like this. I have not had a
chance to contact the doctor yet to investigate, but when I found this out, I
was outraged, i wanted to go down to her doctor's office and demand they give
her her mon...
Source: InsureBlog - October 28, 2013 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Source Type: blogs
Pocket Doctor Lite app for Android is a reference tool
Pocket Doctor is a health encyclopedia with some interesting features. (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles)
Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles - October 22, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Guido Giunti Tags: android medical apps App Review BMI calculator BMI calculator app Clinical Reference Doctor Q feature Emergency Medicine Family Practice General Preventive Medicine health encyclopedia medical app Hospitalist medical apps for doctors Source Type: blogs
Texas doctor discovers the power of Wheat Belly!
Dr. Mahdavi Ampajwala, a family practice physician in Plano, Texas, wrote me a wonderful letter detailing her wheat-free experience and what she is witnessing as she incorporates wheat elimination into her medical practice:
I have found an answer.
Finally, there’s a resource I can recommend with confidence. Dr. William Davis’ book, “Wheat Belly,” has given me the ability to help those patients who come to me looking for a way to improve their health and lifestyle.
Many of my patients ask for advice on effective nutritional strategies for weight loss. Oftentimes, they are looking for an answer besides ‘exerci...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 21, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Doctors Wheat-elimination success stories Source Type: blogs
Carter Center study highlights efficiency gains using Android tablet for public health
Researchers from the Carter Center evaluate the use of Android tablet & app for a surveillance program in Ethiopia. In comparison to a traditional paper-based program they found significant efficiency gains and potential for major cost savings. (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles)
Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles - October 17, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Satish Misra, MD Tags: android medical Android Medical App android medical apps apps for ID apps for infectious disease apps for public health Carter Center Commentary Endocrinology Family Practice global health apps global health tablets Government Ho Source Type: blogs
BabyGrow app enables parents to track children’s growth curves
BabyGrow is a medical app geared to help parents track the growth of their children. (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles)
Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles - October 17, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Jay Agarwal Tags: App Review baby growth app baby height app baby weight app BabyGrow ipad medical app review BabyGrow iphone medical app review Family Practice General Preventive Medicine iphone medical apps medical apps for doctors Medical Calculators Source Type: blogs
Healthy Privilege, Social Fabric, Education — Perspective means a lot.
Perhaps writing about health matters from the perspective of a cardiologist/bike racer is a little like parenting: At times the message seems less than compassionate, even though it’s born out of concern for others, knowledge and a tincture of middle-age experience.
The many excellent comments on my recent telomere/heart-health post stirred me to write a little more–about perspective and mindfulness.
Let’s just get to the comments and I’ll expand. The first one comes from Carolyn Thomas of the HeartSisters blog.
My hunch is that you are speaking from the perspective of a competitive cyclist, meaning that yo...
Source: Dr John M - September 23, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr John Source Type: blogs
Blink Of An Eye: Chosterol-Lowering Drugs Linked To Cataracts
Can statins cause cataracts? Over the years, there has been confusion owing to mixed results from different studies. Yet another study, however, finds that such a link may exist – those taking a cholesterol-lowering drug had a 9 percent higher chance of developing a cloudy lens over the eye.
There was no definitive cause-and-effect proof and this was an observational study, although the findings were obtained by using propensity matching, a statistical technique that attempts to estimate the effect of a treatment. And this was the first time this approach was used in examining the subject, suggesting the study may resona...
Source: Pharmalot - September 20, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
Blink Of An Eye: Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Linked To Cataracts
Can statins cause cataracts? Over the years, there has been confusion owing to mixed results from different studies. Yet another study, however, finds that such a link may exist – those taking a cholesterol-lowering drug had a 9 percent higher chance of developing a cloudy lens over the eye.
There was no definitive cause-and-effect proof and this was an observational study, although the findings were obtained by using propensity matching, a statistical technique that attempts to estimate the effect of a treatment. And this was the first time this approach was used in examining the subject, suggesting the study may resona...
Source: Pharmalot - September 20, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
Must Watch Cleveland Clinic Empathy Video
Cleveland Clinic has put out a really amazing video looking at Empathy: Exploring Human Connection. The video asks the question: “What if you could see people’s thoughts, feelings?” What an incredible concept and so beautifully displayed in this video. Take a minute to sit back and ponder this video. Don’t be afraid to shed a few tears.
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 17, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: John Lynn Tags: Healthcare HealthCare IT Healthcare Social Media Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic Video Empathy Source Type: blogs
Quality vs Costs of US Corporate Owned but Offshore Medical Schools
Background: Off-Shore Medical Schools for US Students Owned by US Corporations While US health care appears to be more corporate than health care in any other developed country, one part of health care that has remained a bit less corporate is medical education. In particular, no US medical school is a for-profit venture, to my knowledge. (This just makes US medical education a bit less corporate than the rest of health care because, as we have discussed endlessly, academic medical institutions in the country have frequent institutional conflicts of interest, and their boards of trustees, administration, and fa...
Source: Health Care Renewal - September 13, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: medical schools Ross University DeVry Inc off shore medical schools Source Type: blogs
Not All NPs and PAs Choose to Work in Primary Care; What's the Problem?
Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) play very important roles in our healthcare delivery system (see: Future Key Role of Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care). They work across the entire spectrum of care from primary care to specialty practices. A recent article caught my attention with the provocative assertion that NPs and PAs "may not be the answer" to something. Below is an excerpt from it (see: Primary Care Shortage: NPs and PAs May Not Be the Answer):
Relying on nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to relieve the primary care shortage may not be the answer, as ...
Source: Lab Soft News - August 23, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Healthcare Delivery Hospitals and Healthcare Delivery Medical Education Source Type: blogs
How much information should doctors give to patients?
In my over three decades of family practice, I have come to the conclusion that we, as doctors, should provide non-medical people with as much medical information as we can. Not as much as we think they should have, or information just related to the problem at hand, but as much as we can provide. Period.
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Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 17, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Physician Emergency Primary care Source Type: blogs
Will Accepting Patient Email Make Physicians More Productive?
Promoting email communication between patients and physicians has been discussed for years (see: Use of Email by Office Physicians; Doctors Slow to Adopt Email with Patients; Physician Uses Video Emails to Discuss Lab Results with Patients; Email Good for Patients, Not So Good for Docs). I have been interested in the technology primarily from the patient's perspective because I view it as more convenient for them for less important interactions with their physicians. A new take on this issue is now being considered: promotion of email as desirable as a result of the passage of ACA. Physician/patient e...
Source: Lab Soft News - August 14, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Electronic Medical Record Healthcare Business Healthcare Delivery Healthcare Information Technology Hospitals and Healthcare Delivery Source Type: blogs
Say it with me: clinical decision support
I just read one of the worst articles I’ve ever seen about the quality of American healthcare, and it illustrates just how badly some reporters who don’t regularly cover healthcare can misunderstand this sector that accounts for more than one-sixth of the U.S. economy.
I give you this Motley Fool story entitled, “The 5 Most Misdiagnosed Diseases,” written by Sean Williams. (His profile says he has experience investing in healthcare. Investing in companies is one thing. Figuring out how to fix a broken industry is another. And really, from a financial standpoint, plenty of people are getting rich off...
Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog - July 21, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Neil Versel Tags: clinical decision support Finance health information exchange health IT Healthcare IT Innovation media medical errors patient safety diagnostic medicine Internet Journal of Family Practice investment misdiagnosis Motley Fool Source Type: blogs
