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Medicine and Technology by Joseph Kim, MD, MPH
http://www.medicineandtechnology.com/
The future of healthcare = Medicine + Technology... a perspective by Dr. Joseph Kim - an engineer, a scientist, a physician, a technology advocate. My blog covers various advances in technology that impact different facets of healthcare.
- Added on: Jun 2nd, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH
- Listed in: Health Technology
- Tags: technology medicine innovations pharma healthcare public health
Recent Posts
Grand Rounds is up at How to Cope with Pain
Grand Rounds is the the weekly rotating carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere. This week's Grand Rounds is up at How to Cope with Pain. To view this week's edition, click here.Trouble viewing the contents? Visit MedicineandTechnology.com by...
Man in ‘coma’ heard everything for 23 years (locked-in syndrome)
You don't see these types of stories every day. According to this MSNBC story, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out. He was in this type of situation for...
Computerized Alerts Can Influence Drug Prescribing
Thanks to Epocrates for pointing me to these 2 interesting abstracts on computer-based decision support:The first one (published in the J Am Geriatr Soc.) is titled, "Computerized decision support to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing to ol...
Chinese drywall causing health problems
According to CNN, the federal government released 3 reports linking Chinese drywall and toxic effects reported by thousands of U.S. homeowners.Here's a snippet from the article:"While the study of 51 homes detected hydrogen sulfide and formaldehyde ....
How has Twitter improved your health?
Whether we treat patients as health care professionals or not, we are all patients. How has Twitter improved your health? If you don't use Twitter, then the answer to this question is quite simple.For me, Twitter has helped me stay current on some of...
Do patients talk with doctors about health care reform?
Patients seem to love asking the question, "so what do you think about all these discussions regarding health care reform?"How should doctors answer these types of questions? Should you get into politics? Focus on the public health issues that our na...
