September 2010
10 posts
Patient Voices. Recorded stories of patients... →
Patient Center Medical Home
Call it a P.R. issue, an information disconnect or simply an unfortunate choice of a name, but in all the discussions about patient-centered medical homes, one group of individuals has been conspicuously missing: the patients themselves. And it’s hard not to notice the irony; in a model of care premised on the strength of the patient-doctor relationship, few people other than doctors and...
Doctors make far less than most people think. →
Texting bans for drivers increases crash rate, US... →
jayparkinsonmd:
Laws banning texting while driving may actually increase the risk of road crashes, according to U.S. research published Tuesday.
The findings from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) showed crash rates rose in three out of four states after texting bans were put in place.
“Texting bans haven’t reduced crashes at all. In a perverse twist, crashes increased in three of the...
The internet is getting boring. →
jayparkinsonmd:
Here are the “next big things” from TechCrunch Disrupt:
Pinger. Turns your iPod touch into a free cell phone. DataSift. Helps you find a needle in the real-time tweetstack. Qwiki. Turns the web into a video and audio experience. MG Siegler of Techcrunch wrote“Just may be the future of information consumption.” Cloudflare. Wants to be a CDN for the masses. Makes your website...
Unintended Consequences of Health Care Technology →
alissadesigns:
Here’s an interesting article about why the strong push for electronic medical records may not be a wise decision. The article talks about the government’s proposal to spend $50 billion over five years to promote technology for health care— a major proponent of which is replacing paper medical…
My opinion on EMRs
Figuring out which EMR to use is like shopping for cars. You find some BMWs or Mercedes on the lot that look beautiful and you are immediately drawn to them, but when you get into them the engine won’t even turn over. Then you see a few old Buicks and a Dodge that are priced 4 times more than the brand new Mercedes and BMWs you just looked at and wanted to buy. Why would anyone pay 40K per...
The EyeWriter on Kickstarter. →
jayparkinsonmd:
About 6 months ago, I wrote about the EyeWriter. Now, it’s a project on Kickstarter helping Tony sell his work. Tony has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and isn’t able to move much beyond his eyes. The EyeWriter tracks his eye movements and produces either digital or physical graffiti via a robotic arm…
