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Going from Patient to E-Patient
Have you found that technology and healthcare haven’t meshed well? Is getting a doctor to respond to email almost impossible? Is keeping online health records up-to-date like pulling teeth? Sadly, in...
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How Hospitals Can Use Twitter’s Vine App
Twitter, the 140-character micro-blogging service, has recently released a new video-sharing application called Vine, where users can record motion and sound clips from iOS devices and upload them...
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Personal QR Codes Can Help First Responders
When a first responder arrives on the scene of an emergency call and finds an unresponsive victim, it can be a very delicate, difficult situation. Little information about the patient can drastically...
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Telemedicine Provides Cost Benefit to Monitoring Newborns
According to a new study released in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, there was a big cost savings when low-risk newborn infants are tracked through a website instead of going through usual...
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Need a Urinalysis? Get Help with your Smartphone
When you go for a physical, there’s a good chance your doctor will ask for a urine sample. Testing urine can reveal many things, such as diseases, pregnancy, drug usage, dehydration and diet problems....
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Computer’s Idle Time Can Help Cure Rare Diseases
Do you leave your computer idle to save time and energy when you aren’t using it? A typical computer may even sit idle 20 hours a day! Why not use that time to help a nonprofit find cures for rare and...
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Keas – A New Way to Encourage Wellness in the Workplace
Did you know that obesity costs employers $150 billion each year in lost productivity? And that companies that actively promote health in the workplace are three times more productive than companies...
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More ‘Likes’ = Lower Mortality?
Facebook may really have an impact on health! According to a new study published by the American Journal of Medical Quality, hospitals with more Facebook “likes” tend to have lower death rates. The...
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Recruiting Patients for Studies Getting Easier
With advances in medicine also come new challenges for scientists, doctors and drug developers: finding patients for their studies. In an age of the Internet and social media, many potential patients...
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Are You a Social Doctor?
While social media may be the preferred form of communications when it comes to celebrities, politicians and athletes, it hasn’t been well embraced by the medical community – specifically doctors. Some...
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Patient History Doesn’t Have to be Complicated Anymore
Keeping track of family medical history can get confusing and complicated. Folders, papers and records can be all over the place. A new health-based social network called HealthKeep is now trying to...
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New Technology Can Help with Patient Satisfaction
More and more physicians and nurses are admitting they can do more to improve patient satisfaction at their hospitals. They also admit, according to a recent survey, that they don’t have a structured...
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TouchSurgery – A New Way to Relax Before a Procedure
Tossing and turning the night before an operation is common for many patients. Procedures can be very overwhelming and nerve-wracking. Many doctors will prescribe patients anxiety medication, such as...
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New Way to Get Healthcare Support
Getting healthcare support can be frustrating. You see your doctor about an ailment, get a diagnosis and a prescription and you’re sent on your way. If it’s serious, you may get a phone call from a...
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Social Media Moves to Forefront During Boston Marathon Disaster
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, it was Twitter and Facebook that kept information coming and communication flowing because cellphone towers were overloaded. Social media gave out...
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Mobile Technology Becoming a Digital Health Concierge
Many patients with chronic diseases are discharged from a hospital without a clear vision of how to execute their day-to-day treatments. These lifestyle adjustments can be hard to adjust to. If a...
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An Innovative Way to Cure “Lazy Eye”
Amblyopia, commonly known as lazy eye, is an eye disorder that affects between 1 and 5 percent of the population. Lazy eye occurs when the vision in one eye does not develop properly. Another cause is...
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Let Your iPhone Take Your Temperature
The iPhone is a pretty amazing device. It seems like it can do almost everything. From treating Amblyopia – lazy eye – to serving as a digital health concierge, this handheld device, with its ability...
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Video Games Aren’t Just About Having Fun…They Are Improving Healthcare
What do you think of when you hear “video games” – Super Mario Bros. or Sonic The Hedgehog on a Nintendo or Sega Genesis? Think again. Video games have evolved into much more than an entertainment...
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New iPad App Lets You “Solve the Outbreak”
Have you ever wondered how disease outbreaks are started and controlled? Do you love movies about disease outbreaks, like 28 Days Later? If the answer is yes to these questions, you need to download...
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