Blood Tests – Who Owns The Data?
After you have a blood sample drawn and sent to a laboratory for analysis, who owns the results? Medscape and WebMD collaborated on a survey to determine how physicians and patients viewed questions about the use of mHealth and the ownership and access to EHRs and laboratory and imaging test results. The study was unique in […]
Blockchain: The Technology Foundation For Internet Transactions
On May 16, Jerry Cuomo, IBM’s Vice President for Blockchain, testified before the President’s Commission on Enhancing National Cyber Security. Cuomo said he believes the technology could dramatically change the way financial systems are secured and that government, technology companies and industries should work together to advance blockchain to enhance national security. IBM has some creditability in this area. Eighty years […]
How Millennials Are Changing Health Care
The Advisory Board reported millennials (those born between 1981 and 1997) are now the largest living generation in the United States. The Pew Research Center said the U.S. now includes 75.4 million millennials , compared to 74.9 million baby boomers. Young immigrants will cause the number to grow larger. Healthcare providers have focused on the older, less-healthy generations which tend […]
‘Facebooking’ your doctor’s appointment
Agostina Giorgio of the Polytechnic University of Bari in Italy has published a very interesting paper about telehealth. The paper is “Social networks, apps and smartphones for telemedicine”. Giorgio sees telehealth as a nearly all inclusive solution for a large number of people. He has created an app called Care-App which allows private and secure communication between […]
Telehealth Performance – How Good Is It?
Telehealth is here to stay, but it will go through an evolution like all new technology shifts. A new study evaluated performance of teledermatology. The results were mixed. There were incorrect diagnoses and missed diagnoses. Treatment recommendations were not always consistent with guidelines. Prescriptions frequently lacked disclosure about possible adverse effects. The study was limited because […]
