The Major Outcome Of COAG Health Minister's Meeting - 24 March 2017 - Covered In The Last Two Lines!!!!
The Communique's last 2 lines:
"Ministers agreed to a national opt out model for the long term participation arrangements in the my Health Record system."
So much for making evidence for the change public and explaining it to the public.
This lot are just so hopeless it is scary - burying such an important step in the last 2 lines of the Communique. And worse it was all done on a Friday afternoon....
I give up!
David.
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David. (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 24, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Smartphone System for Counting Sperm, Measuring Their Motility at Home
At-home male fertility tests typically only let users count the number of sperm in a sample, but another important characteristics that usually only labs measure is sperm motility, or how energetic the sperm cells are as they move around. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital have now developed an automated system that measures the concentration of sperm cells and their motility using a smartphone and cheap snap-on components.
A semen sample is placed into a disposable chamber that attached to a device that looks like a smartphone case. Within is a disposable microchip and light ...
Source: Medgadget - March 23, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Reproductive Medicine Source Type: blogs
EMR Information Management Tops List Of Patient Threats
A patient safety organization has reached a conclusion which should be sobering for healthcare IT shops across the US. The ECRI Institute , a respected healthcare research organization, cited three critical health IT concerns in its list of the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2017.
ECRI has been gathering data on healthcare events and concerns since 2009, when it launched a patient safety organization. Since that time, ECRI and its partner PSOs have collected more than 1.5 million event reports, which form the basis for the list. (In other words, the list isn’t based on speculation or broad value judgments.)
In a mo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anne Zieger Tags: Clinical Decision Support EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR Technology Healthcare Analytics HealthCare IT Healthcare Leadership Hospitals CDS CDS Errors Diagnostic Testing EHR Information Management EMR I Source Type: blogs
BIOTRONIK Releases New Line of MR-Conditional Pacemakers, CRT-Ps
BIOTRONIK is releasing a new line of MR-conditional pacemakers, the smallest the company has produced, and new quadripolar cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers (CRT-P). The Edora devices allow patients to receive MRI exams, as long as certain precautions are taken, and feature MRI AutoDetect feature that automatically puts an implant into safe mode when it’s near an MRI machine. When the scan is done and the patient moves away from the machine, the implant reverts back to its normal functionality.
All the Edoras also feature wireless connectivity, unloading its data to BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring system for t...
Source: Medgadget - March 23, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Novel Flexible Glove-Based Biosensor for Detecting Organophosphates
Organophosphates are toxic chemicals used as pesticides in agricultural practice and as nerve agents in biological warfare. Exposure to organophosphates can cause severe illness or death if appropriate safety measures are not taken. Rapid and accurate point-of-use detection of organophosphate pesticides or nerve agents would improve security in both food safety and defense scenarios.
A recent study published in the journal ACS Sensors describes a novel flexible, wearable, disposable glove-based biosensor that detects organophosphate compounds in real-time. The glove biosensor enables sampling and electrochemical biosensing...
Source: Medgadget - March 23, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Iris Kulbatski Tags: Military Medicine Pathology Public Health Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm Sanctuary - Fourth Week of March 2017
It ’s officially Spring and although the weather is cold and snowy, the anticipation of warmer weather means that Unity Farm Sanctuary is more active than ever.This week, a local young woman purchased our goose eggs and made traditional Ukrainian Pysanky Easter eggs. We were impressed.The owners of Penny Blossom, the Yorkshire pig living at the sanctuary for a year, brought us empty wire cable spools. The goats are jumping from spool to spool, having a great time.This week, we finished creating the last bedroom at the Sanctuary using a 1760 ’s bed we found in Plymouth. It was not designed to use ...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - March 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
This Makes It Very Clear That Well Designed E-Prescribing Systems Are Vital To Preserve Patient Safety.
This appeared last week.Poorly implemented IT systems lead to medication errors by Evan Sweeney Mar 17, 2017 10:58am IT systems designed to streamline medication ordering and administration can contribute to medication errors. Health IT systems designed to improve prescription ordering and medication administration can just as easily contribute to medical errors.That ’s according to a study released by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory (PPSA), which found that computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) systems, pharmacy IT systems and electronic medication administration tools were frequently to blame f...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Financial And Political News Relevant To E-Health And The Health Sector In General.
March 23, 2017 Edition.The big issue this week has been the increasing unease in the public around the risks to the economy coming from the housing sector as well as the issue of housing affordability. The Reserve Bank clearly has some concerns:http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/economics/reserve-bank-of-australia-flags-new-rules-to-curb-investor-loans/news-story/ab7faa0717721db47c713f92d603c230Reserve Bank of Australia flags new rules to curb investor loansThe Australian9:35AM March 14, 2017The Reserve Bank of Australia is prepared to take more action if growth in investor home loans remains stubbornly high.RBA assi...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Breast Cancer Detection Using Ultrasound: Interview with Dr. Georgia Giakoumis Spear, NorthShore University Health System
We describe a patient’s breast density in every mammography report.
Medgadget: Can you explain in simple terms how the ABUS technology works? How does it differ from a conventional mammogram?
Dr. Georgia Giakoumis Spear: ABUS is a painless, non-invasive, non-radiation producing technology that uses sound waves (ultrasound) to scan the breast tissue while the patient is lying on her back with her arm raised over her head. The examination is performed by a technologist in about 20 minutes using standardized scanning protocols. The images are then post processed in 3D planes and interpreted by a radiologist. A ma...
Source: Medgadget - March 22, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Oncology Radiology Surgery Source Type: blogs
Medtronic ’s New CoreValve Evolut Pro Transcatheter Aortic Valve Approved in U.S.
Medtronic received FDA approval for its CoreValve Evolut Pro transcatheter valve for implantation into symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis who are too fragile for open heart surgery.
The self-expanding valve is based on the CoreValve Evolut R, and has a porcine pericardial tissue wrap that makes contact with the native valve and promotes a good seal. It can be delivered via vessels as small as 5.5 mm using the EnVeo R catheter system, and the implant is available in 23 mm, 26 mm and 29 mm sizes.
Here’s some details of a study of the CoreValve Evolut Pro, according to Medtronic:
The Evolut PRO Clinical ...
Source: Medgadget - March 22, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Stretching Cells with Laser Pulses
The establishment of cell culture systems opened the door to an unparalleled revolution in biomedical science, but this common lab practice remains drastically artificial and is often not translatable to real-life in vivo systems. This limitation is particularly notable in efforts aiming to understand the mechanisms regulating responses of cells and tissues to mechanical forces in their natural environment. A new technique developed by a team from Harvard aims to overcome these limitations by better simulating life-like stretching in a culture dish.
The team developed a hybrid material consisting of a light-sensitive soft ...
Source: Medgadget - March 22, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Mohammad Saleh Tags: Genetics Source Type: blogs
The Misguided EHR Replacement Decision
This post is part of the Breakaway Thinking blog post series which is sponsored by Breakaway Learning Solutions, a Conduent Company.
Almost every healthcare organization I meet is talking about how to get better adoption of their EHR software. They’ve implemented their EHR as part of a massive go live. Many are even doing fine with programs like meaningful use and are working on MACRA. However, they all realize that adoption of their EHR software be end users could be better than it is today.
During these conversations, it’s easy to see how some organizations slip into the thinking that if they replaced their E...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 22, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: EHR EHR Optimization Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR HealthCare IT EHR Replacement EHR Training EHR Use EMR Replacement Source Type: blogs
Embracing Innovation
I ’ve written several posts over the past two years about the need for innovation in healthcare IT - deploying self-developed apps, leveraging third party cloud hosted functions, and embracing the internet of things.I ’ve previously discussed establishing a center for innovation. In preparation, I ’ve worked on innovative projects in industry accelerators, academic collaborations, and government sponsored hack-a-thons.What has worked?1. I ’ve learned that it is very important to make innovation a part of the day to day work inside an organization. Creating change externally and then trying to...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - March 22, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Here Is A Really In-depth Review Of What Has Gone On With National E-Health Records In Australia. Lots Of Lessons Here.
This was published a while ago but I only spotted it a few days ago.National electronic health record systems as `wicked projects': The Australian experienceArticle (PDF Available) in Information Polity 21(4):1-15 · July 2016 DOI: 10.3233/IP-160389 Karin Garrety University of WollongongIan Mcloughlin Monash University (Australia) Andrew Dalley University of Wollongong Ping Yu University of WollongongAbstractGovernments around the world are investing in large scale information and communication technology projects that are intended to modernize and streamline healthcare through the provis...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 22, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
It Is Very Important To Make Sure Data Mining Patient Records Is Properly Managed.
Here is a saga that has just started to unwind and be revealed.http://uk.businessinsider.com/deepmind-royal-free-london-nhs-deal-inexcusable-mistakes-2017-3?r=US&IR=TDeepMind's first deal with the NHS has been torn apart in a new academic studySam SheadMar. 16, 2017, 8:07 AM A data-sharing deal between Google DeepMind and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust was riddled with "inexcusable" mistakes, according to an academic paper published on Thursday.The "Google DeepMind and healthcare in an age of algorithms" paper — coauthored by Cambridge University's Julia Powles and The Economist's Hal Hodson — questions...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 21, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
