Patient Centered IT

This is a difficult issue. Facing economy in healthcare references some unsolved problems. If not unsolved then maybe only untreated or covered by daily practices which were not precisely developed with an economic perspective. Doing healthcare aims to literally take care of the health of the patient. Humanity may claim that the life and health [...]

WoHIT 2010 was taking place this week in Barcelona. Seems that Patient Centered Technology received considerable attention. Will come back on this.

I’d like to recite a post by Healt Tech Wire on a panel discussion about the changing relationship between patient and physician
http://www.healthtechwire.com/The-Industry-s-News-unb.146+M5302a6735b6.0.html
Technology must assume responsibility here.
I deliberately take out astatement of Antoine Geissbuehler, MD, [...]

With Patient Centered IT we try to document applications to put patients in control. This norwegian system for diabetes control shows this in an impressive way.
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/33376
“It would not been possible to develop this tool without involving people with diabetes over a period as long as two years,”
This is the central issue. Whether we deal with [...]

IF AIR TRAVEL WORKED LIKE HEALTH CARE
The case for Patient Centered IT.
The bit i like most:
‘Is anyone else cheaper?’
‘Sorry Sir, i wouldn’t know that’

After the 7.0 magnitude earthquake this week the people of Haiti are in desperate need of every possible help. In case you don’t know how to help direct yourself to the big humanitarian organizations or the representation of Haiti in your Country. Or check this page http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_things_you_can_do_to_help_Haiti_with_disaster_relief_after_the_earthquake

But how much trust is really needed to support a patient’s individual health? Maybe this is not the right question because trust is a concept with a general image but individual consequences. What feels right and trustworthy for one person is unacceptable for another. Additionally the trust needed for a patient – physician dialogue [...]

Talk about Patient Centered E-Health potential in cross border healthcare @ medica media.
Friday , November 20, 2pm
@ medica media area, Hall 15, Medica Fair Düsseldorf, Germany
http://www.medicamedia.info/

In The Healthcare Blog DAVID C. KIBBE opens the case for widespread EHR adoption.

http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/11/back-to-basics-toward-a-core-set-of-relevant-and-portable-personal-health-information.html
This excellent claim receives my full support. Anyway David considers the difficulty to have medical data available everywhere …
No, the reason why we as citizens lack routine access to even the most basic summary of our personal health information, and therefore can’t [...]

New study to look at e-prescribing’s role in compliance looks on various aspects to improve patient complince

Patients are sometimes aware of their situation and sometimes not. Anyway this condition influences the path of the patient in healthcare delivery. A naïve understanding of the need of the patient for information about the own situation may be nurtured by situations described as ‘… not telling the truth to the patient to prevent further [...]