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[Partners for Online Personal Health Records
By Staff Reporters]
According to MarketWire, February 5, 2009, IBM, Google and the Continua Health Alliance [CHA] announced new software that will enable personal medical devices used for patient monitoring, screening and routine evaluation to automatically stream data results into a patient’s Google Health Account [GHA] or other Personal Health Records [PHR].
PHR Value Extension
This breakthrough extends the value of PHRs to patients and also helps to ensure that such records are current and accurate at all times. Once stored in a PHR, the data can also be shared with physicians and other members of the extended care network at a user’s discretion.
Daschle and e-Health Reform
Of course,Tom Daschle’s recent decision to withdraw his nomination as the Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS] secretary clouds hopes that President Obama will make significant progress on health-care reform in his first 100 days in the White House. But the problems of unaffordable medical bills and millions of uninsured are not going away, and a deepening recession has more Americans feeling worried about their jobs and insecure about their health benefits.
Assessment
The breakthrough of this triumvirate extends the value of PHRs to consumers and also helps to ensure that such records are current and accurate at all times. Once stored in a PHR, the data can also be shared with physicians and other members of the extended care network at a user’s discretion.
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Online Health Data Penalties
According to the Washington Post, February 16, 2009, there will be penalties for medical providers who treat Medicare and Medicaid patients and have not gone to paperless eHR systems within five years.
The $9 billion prescribed in Congress’s economic stimulus package to bring America’s health-care records into the electronic age is, of course, a welcome opportunity for information technology firms seeking to build market share in a still-young industry.
But, the time-bomb, with potential penalties, still currently exists for doctors to computerize their medical records. Physicians and their practices stand to get $44,000 to $64,000 in incentives, and hospitals up to $11 million.
Brandon Pfeiffer
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Google’s Chrome OS will soon be running on notebooks and mobile applications.
Jeff
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Is Google Health the Next Revolution Health
Since its initial launch to much fanfare in 2008, Google Health has struggled to be relevant, according to this essay by John Moore.
Apparently, Google Health has not dedicated the resources to build out this platform into a truly engaging ecosystem of applications to assist the consumer in managing their health or the health of a loved one.
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2010/05/googles-irrelevancy-leading-to-demise.html#comments
Rather than build out new features, support a broadening array of standards, focus on the necessary business development that is required to establish partnerships, Google has taken a laissez-faire attitude to this product/service never dedicating more than a handful of engineers to the effort and most often flexing in outside vendors, such as IBM who built the module to bring in biometric from Continua compliant devices.
And so, is GH going the way of Dr. Koop or Revolution Health?
Andy
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And now it’s Yahoo! Time
Forget Google Health … will Yahoo! Health be the next new competitor?
http://health.yahoo.net/
For even more on this topic, read “The sleeping giant awakes?” by Matt Holt.
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2010/05/yahoo–the-sleeping-giant-awakes.html#comments
Joshua
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iPhone Doctors
Why do we need physicians when we can have iPhone apps?
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_15669719?nclick_check=1
Mark
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Web Browser Chrome Wins?
In voting on best search engine user-interface, which, of course, is largely subjective, the winner was deemed to be Google’s Chrome. With its trademark minimalist view, Chrome is lovely — plain and loads quickly, just like the Google home page.
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/science_tech/compute-google-chrome-the-winner-in-browser-war-ews-wcpo-prm-201008101281546082991
Dirk
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The Future of PHRs
PHRs require considerable attention from the patient, do not talk to one another and are built on a shaky centralized foundation. To reach their true potential, PHRs must become largely invisible, communicate with each other, and remain a network of information stored in various locations.
http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/Article/data/10OCT2010/100410HHN_Weekly_Ellis&domain=HHNMAG
Will this ever happen; probably not anytime soon!
Kenneth
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Google Health – RIP?
http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2011/05/10/google-health-put-in-stasis/
Conrad
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Are PHRs Dying?
http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2011/06/29/the-phr-school-of-hard-knocks/#more-29470
Linda
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For Google Investors
Google Stock Split Ensures Continued Control for Founders
http://redir.ientry.com/04-28006-2068018-14193238-0-20
Derrick
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About CareZone
CareZone is a new pHR platform that attempts to simplify the lives of those caring for children, partners and aging parents. CZ provides a simple and entirely private environment where family and helpers can stay organized and coordinated. CareZone’s cloud services helps organize and manage information on tablets, smartphones and computers, and stay connected to family and other helpers with whom you may share care responsibilities.
Jonathan Schwartz is Co-Founder & CEO. Jonathan was previously the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems, Inc., a Fortune 200 company whose pioneering innovations touched nearly every corner of the internet. And, I was a deliquent member of his SUNSHINE [for health] project back in the day. SUNSHINE [Solutions for Healthcare Information, Networking and Education], was an international community for healthcare IT innovation created by HIMSS and Sun Microsystems, Inc (NASD-SUNW)
Recently, I communicated with Jon’s representative Lisa, about this new project, and the ME-P. She supplied the above info, and more. So, give em’ a visit and tell us what you think. http://www.CareZone.com
Lisa is also available here: lisa@carezone.com
Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™
[Publisher-in-Chief]
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Why Docs Should Love Patients Who Google Their Own Diagnosis
Before Roni Zeiger MD founded Smart Patients, an online community where patients can crowdsource medical information, he was a full-time urgent care doctor and Chief Health Strategist at Google.
https://www.smartpatients.com/?utm_source=Copy+of+10.3.13&utm_campaign=11713&utm_medium=email
Because of that, do you think he can empathize with doctors who complain about patients who believe they can diagnose their symptoms using the Internet?
Ann Miller RN MHA
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Google promoting trusted health answers in Knowledge Graph
Google Knowledge graph splash screenIn 2012, Google introduced a feature to their search engine they call Knowledge Graph. The company has compiled millions of facts into a database, and offers them up on the right-hand side of search engine result pages in a handy box.
The graph is also the source of many of the answers you get in the voice response versions of Google, such as in Google’s smartphone apps.
Agnes
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Sue Dr. Google?
Dr. Google has been the brunt of numerous jokes and various denigrations from the medical community for some time.
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/08/dr-google-is-in-the-house-all-hail-dr-google.html
The most recent such offering to come to my attention was from Tanya Feke who seems to want Dr. Google sued for malpractice.
Tim
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38% Conduct Research Prior to Seeking Out a Physician
Kyruus recently released a report on consumer behaviors when searching for a healthcare provider. Here are some key findings from the study:
• Prior to seeking out a specific physician, 38% of consumers conduct healthcare-related research.
• Almost three quarters of these consumers are looking for information about specific physicians.
• 90% of respondents say it is important to confirm that their healthcare is covered by their insurance.
• A physician’s clinical experience with the patient’s specific condition was important for 85% of consumers.
• 14% of consumers book appointments through an online resource.
• Over half of consumers (58%) book appointments through a phone-based resource.
Source: Kyruus, October 26, 2015
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