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Warning! For American clinicians only

Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:02 PM by hlthblog
OK, I hope the headline caught your attention. If you are a clinician, keep reading. If you are not a doctor, nurse or other healthcare provider it's OK to read this too. In fact, you probably should. A regular theme on HealthBlog has been the growing Read More...
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Unified Communications as a platform for healthcare sign and language interpreter services

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 2:36 PM by hlthblog
I'm back in the saddle after taking a few weeks of much needed vacation and family time over the Holidays. Forgive me for lapsing on my weekly HealthBlog postings, and for my failure to wish my loyal readers Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year. Right Read More...
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Healthcare gets WIRED

Posted Sunday, December 09, 2007 6:46 PM by hlthblog
No, this isn't another story about Unified Communications, cellular phones, or even healthcare's most wired hospitals. It's about a keynote address I attended this morning at the World Healthcare Innovation and IT Congress in Washington, D.C., at the Read More...
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More evidence the healthcare world is flat

Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:32 PM by hlthblog
I'm writing this on my flight back to Seattle from the Consumer Health World Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference is actually just getting underway. My stay was abbreviated due to the fact that I have a mid-week speaking engagement in California Read More...
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Going Green: Another ROI for the EMR

Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 6:49 PM by hlthblog
A year ago last February my life almost came to an end. My wife and I were driving down a country lane when out of the corner of my right eye, I saw a flash of green. At that exact moment my wife uttered "Oh my God". I saw her cover her head and then Read More...
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Reaching for the Stars: Mobile Devices and Solutions for Healthcare

Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 3:19 PM by hlthblog
Today I am writing from Banff, Alberta, Canada. I'm here to keynote at the Wireless Connections 2007 conference at the beautiful Fairmont Banff Springs Resort . There is a dusting of fresh snow on the ground as I peer outside the window of my room looking Read More...
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Needed: A Few More Instigators for the Healthcare Internet Revolution

Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 4:29 PM by hlthblog
Yesterday in Las Vegas, I had the pleasure of delivering a keynote luncheon address at the 11th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference . I say pleasure because the audience consisted of the very folks needed to drive and innovate new web services and care Read More...
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Bridging the Gaps in Healthcare IT

Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:19 PM by hlthblog
I'm sitting in Narita Airport waiting for my flight back to Seattle and reflecting on my experiences at the STS Forum in Kyoto and the meetings I had with customers in Tokyo. Besides the opportunity to hear from Japan's new prime minister, I was thrilled Read More...
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Science and Technology in Society Forum: How software could help save the planet

Posted Sunday, October 07, 2007 1:33 AM by hlthblog
Today I attended the opening of the 4th Annual Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum in Kyoto, Japan. I'm here at the invitation of Mr. Koji Omi, Member of the House of Representatives and former Finance Minister for Japan. Mr. Omi is also notable Read More...
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Doctor Google and Doctor Microsoft; if not them, who?

Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:55 PM by hlthblog
The Internet is abuzz today following a New York Times article by Steve Lohr about Microsoft's and Google's designs to change the game in healthcare. Readers who follow this Blog will understand very well where I come down on all of this. As a country, Read More...
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American Healthcare and Falling Bridges: Too much in common

Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 4:13 PM by hlthblog
I've mentioned before on this Blog that I'm a fan of Most-Wired Online and its guest editorials. Every so often, a Most-Wired edition comes across my desk that especially draws me in. This week's editorials by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island Read More...
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Future Vision: Microsoft knowledge driven health

Posted Thursday, August 02, 2007 7:51 PM by hlthblog
If your company ever comes to Redmond for a health industry briefing at our Executive Briefing Center , or you happen to attend one of the many keynotes I give at industry conferences throughout the year, you'll more than likely see what is known as our Read More...
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Extending and coordinating care with Unified Communication: The next wave is here

Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:10 AM by hlthblog
Ten years ago I co-founded a company with the aim to provide web-based medical information, secure messaging and virtual visits between patients and their personal physicians. Working in partnership with Microsoft we developed technology that was well Read More...
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A Common User Interface to Clinical Systems: Making it real

Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 12:38 PM by hlthblog
On October 21st, 2005, I wrote an entry on this Blog about the need for a more common and intuitive user interface to clinical information systems. Here's part of that entry: ***************************************************** Jim Lynch, R.N. is quoted Read More...
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Arkansas Children's Hospital: IT Innovations Enhancing the Care of Hospitalized Children

Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:45 AM by hlthblog
Every so often we do a program in my House Calls for Healthcare Professionals series of audio and video-casts that really seems to hit the mark in demonstrating the value of Microsoft technologies in the healthcare industry. I want to draw your attention Read More...
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