Virtual Reality gaming has been there for quite a while. I’m not a huge fan of gaming myself, but I know that they didn’t manage to make a huge impact since they were developed and released. I will not pretend being a gaming expert, but I see lots of potential for such tools replacing the old ones and becoming more and more popular among gamers. As a healthcare oriented person, I [ Read More ]
A system that is developed to increase safety to those with balancing issues. VigiFall is a tool that can help for example elderly at home to feel safer if they would lose their balance and fall. VigiFall is a device that can detect if the patient is upright or lying on the floor. The creators say that in one year in Europe; about 20 million people over 65 are victims [ Read More ]
Dear all, Applications are still being accepted for the Computer, Decision, and Systems Science (CDSS) track within the 2013/14 PhD program at IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca (www.imtlucca.it). Highly motivated candidates are invited to apply for fully-funded positions in the CDSS track, which aims at preparing researchers and professionals with a wide knowledge of the theoretical foundations of computer science and informatics, control systems and optimization, image analysis and [ Read More ]
I found a short article about a new way to cloak data. I started to think about how it can be used to secure data transfers in the medical sector since that is one big problem when it comes to transfer data between hospitals. Today we use different types of couriers to move a CD with medical data to another hospital or section, instead of just sending it via the [ Read More ]
The medical system Take Care was today (2012-06-11) disrupted and stopped working. The medical staff could read the medical records about the patients, but could not add any new data to them. The hospital says that they aim to have the system back to normal at the end of the day. This raises questions about how to handle situations like this. Are there any routines to manually enter data to [ Read More ]
Enormous strides in healthcare have been made in the last generation, and they will continue at an accelerating pace. The Harvard Business Review recently published a list of the 10 innovations that will make a huge impact on healthcare delivery. Lets have a look of them: 1. Checklists Pilots whether they fly small jets or Jumbo jets won’t take off until they go through an extensive checklist. Hospitals are recognizing [ Read More ]
I accidentally stumbled upon this video and was a bit amazed of it. With no technical background it all sounds very futuristic and a bit “to good to be true”. I directly started thinking of how this can be applied in health care. Can we laser scan the real world with so much details that it could be used to treat patients, this sure looks like it. With the ability [ Read More ]
Digital Health Days is held in Stockholm between the 21th of august to the 22nd. This years event will focus on three main topics.Mobile Solutions, Big data in Healthcare and in Bioscientific research and Gamification, games for health. Mobile solutions – ever-present mobile phones; connected devices and the rise of Internet of Things are affecting the everyday lives of us all. How can mHealth and other mobile solutions be keys [ Read More ]
Stockholm County have been working on a major project for several years to build a new modern hospital in Stockholm. New Karolinska in Solna, Stockholm is a large building project that started summer 2010 and is planned to stretch to 2017. The new hospital will be covering 320 000 square meters. The future plan is that the health care should work like a network around the patient. It will be [ Read More ]
The health care industry still is lagging in its progress toward implementing ICD-10 code sets, according to a report published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, Clinical Innovation & Technology reports. For the study, analysts focused on the results of a survey of more than 300 health information management professionals representing 293 health care organizations (Walsh, Clinical Innovation & Technology, 6/3). More [ Read More ]
At 21-22 of August the event Digital Health Day will be held in Stockholm. They have recently published an opportunity for anyone that sit on good ideas or product and are looking for financial support to be able to present them during the days. The presentation will be held in front of investors, industry representatives, health care professionals, policymakers and entrepreneurs. So take the chance and send in your idea, [ Read More ]
The Verge is writing about how apps on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are a growing market when it comes to medical applications. It is about how applications that are not following any type of guideline and is not controlled by anyone of its content, claim different things. For example applications that claim they have the solution and treatment for insomnia, headaches and other symptoms. How can a user [ Read More ]
Well-developed electronic health records hold the promise of helping health care professionals improve patient care and deliver it more efficiently, and the American Medical Association recognizes that enhancing EHR usability and interoperability will further ensure our nation’s goal of a high-performing health care system. Physicians are generally prolific users of technology: new patient monitoring devices, diagnostic imaging, equipment and advanced surgical tools, to name a few. In each case, physicians [ Read More ]