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Medical ID Card Holds Your Records Electronically By Harlan C. Bieley, MD Some day soon, your medical records will be stored electronically in a worldwide database that can be accessed by doctors anywhere on earth in case of an emergency. However, due to the incredibly slow pace that the government has moved to make this [...]

10 Healthcare Phrases We Learned in 2009

Monday, December 28th, 2009

2009 was a big year for citizen education about healthcare, and there’s a great article found today on Health Leaders Media that charts 10 Phrases That Became Part of the Healthcare Lexicon in 2009.  Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) made the list: 3. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) versus Electronic Health Records (EHR). These acronyms were around [...]

“Mobile” is the New Health IT Buzzword

Monday, December 14th, 2009

If the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is any indication, “mobile” will be the buzz in health technology.  A post today on SmartPlanet.com from Dana Blankenhorn (who also writes for ZDNet Healthcare) gives a rundown of all of the new mobile healthcare devices to be shown at CES 2010, including bluetooth enabled blood pressure and [...]