Friday, April 11, 2014
BBD's Digital Health Finds from Ginger
It has been awhile since I posted Ginger's Friday updates. Here is today's information that you may find of interest.
Tweets about migraines provide data on pain [Health Central]
Social media outlets like Twitter may help doctors better understand causes and potential treatments for people who have migraines, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Michigan examined approximately 22,000 tweets that included the word “migraine” that were posted over a one-week period. They found that globally, the migraine tweets spiked at 10 a.m. on Monday. In the United States, about 74 percent of the migraine tweets came from women, and the majority of the tweets occurred between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., Monday through Friday.
On-screen doctor visits are the new house call [Star Tribune]
Three times a week, Dr. Joseph Olson dons his white coat, but he doesn’t leave his home in Storden, Minn. Instead, he fires up his tablet, peers into the camera and starts “seeing” patients via real-time video chat. On the other end of the Internet connection are people who have logged on for the virtual visit through their smartphones or tablets. One by one, Olson examines them — diagnosing mostly minor ailments such as sinus infections, skin rashes and sprains. Olson works for “Doctor on Demand,” a mobile app that started four months ago and is now in 40 states, with 1,000 doctors on staff. A 15-minute video session costs $40.
Beth Israel uses Glass and EHR data in the ED to make time-sensitive treatment decisions faster, smarter [MedCity News]
I'm now able to publicly write about the work that Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been doing with stealthy start up, Wearable Intelligence. We’ve been working over the past 4 months on pilots that I believe will improve the safety, quality and efficiency of patient care through the integration of wearable technology such as Google Glass in the hospital environment. I believe that wearable tech enables providers to deliver better clinical care by supporting them with contextually-relevant data and decision support wisdom.
Veterans say appointment reminders are most useful feature in health app study [MobiHealth News]
More than half of providers that used mCare, a secure messaging app for soldiers, saw an improvement in health appointment attendance and 85 percent would recommend that their patients use the app, according to a study, published in Telemedicine and e-health, that looked at the effects of mCare on 497 veterans. All soldiers who participated in the program were part of a U.S. Army Community-Based Warrior Transition Unit (CBWTU), which provides support to wounded, ill and injured soldiers who require at least six months of rehab and complicated health management. These units are in five locations: Florida, Massachusetts, Illinois, Virginia, and Alabama.
PatientsLikeMe signs five-year data access deal with Genentech [MobiHealth News]
Boston-based PatientsLikeMe, a hub for crowd-sourced patient data and an open research platform, has announced its most wide-reaching pharma partnership yet, a five-year agreement to share data with Genentech, a division of Roche. “They are a forward-looking company in the health IT space, and … I think they’re really looking at new forms of evidence and how that can improve their business and impact their products and services,” PatientsLikeMe President and Co-founder Ben Heywood told MobiHealthNews. “They are a patient-centered business and they’re really trying to improve their leadership in that arena.”
Eight (no, nine!) problems with big [New York Times]
Big data is suddenly everywhere. Everyone seems to be collecting it, analyzing it, making money from it and celebrating (or fearing) its powers. Whether we’re talking about analyzing zillions of Google search queries to predict flu outbreaks, or zillions of phone records to detect signs of terrorist activity, or zillions of airline stats to find the best time to buy plane tickets, big data is on the case. By combining the power of modern computing with the plentiful data of the digital era, it promises to solve virtually any problem — crime, public health, the evolution of grammar, the perils of dating — just by crunching the numbers.Or so its champions allege.
IOM: Put social, behavioral data in EHRs [Fierce Health IT]
Social and behavioral health information should be included in electronic health records to give care providers the most complete patient data about the patient, the Institute of Medicine says in a new report. A 13-member committee compiled a proposed list of 17 social and behavioral "domains" to be included as a guide for federal officials developing criteria for Meaningful Use Stage 3, reports Family Practice News.
Five cool medical innovations we saw last week [Vector blog]
Last week, Boston Children’s Hospital’s Innovation Acceleration Program hosted a jam-packed Innovators’ Showcase where teams from around the hospital networked, traded ideas and showed off their projects. Here are a few Vector thinks are worth watching.
Digital drugs will transform healthcare [Wired UK]
Andrew Thompson is CEO and co-founder of Proteus Digital Health, a California-based company building tiny ingestible sensors that can be incorporated into pills to let doctors know when patients take them. This is one of several connected products the company has in the pipeline that should help improve current diagnosis and treatment methods. Andrew will be speaking at Wired Health on 29 April.
What if medical records worked like Wikipedia? [KevinMD.com]
I’ve been thinking about EMRs, electronic medical records, lately. It’s a subject, despite some professional experience, I don’t feel particularly close to. In fact, if anything, they are a source of consternation. As an industry insider, I see them as an expensive albatross around our collective neck. As a human centered design adviser, I see them as an encumbrance for both providers and patients. And, as a patient I see them largely as an opaque blob of data about me with a placating window in the form of a portal. Which makes me wonder, am I obsessed with EMRs lately?
Social media outlets like Twitter may help doctors better understand causes and potential treatments for people who have migraines, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Michigan examined approximately 22,000 tweets that included the word “migraine” that were posted over a one-week period. They found that globally, the migraine tweets spiked at 10 a.m. on Monday. In the United States, about 74 percent of the migraine tweets came from women, and the majority of the tweets occurred between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., Monday through Friday.
On-screen doctor visits are the new house call [Star Tribune]
Three times a week, Dr. Joseph Olson dons his white coat, but he doesn’t leave his home in Storden, Minn. Instead, he fires up his tablet, peers into the camera and starts “seeing” patients via real-time video chat. On the other end of the Internet connection are people who have logged on for the virtual visit through their smartphones or tablets. One by one, Olson examines them — diagnosing mostly minor ailments such as sinus infections, skin rashes and sprains. Olson works for “Doctor on Demand,” a mobile app that started four months ago and is now in 40 states, with 1,000 doctors on staff. A 15-minute video session costs $40.
Beth Israel uses Glass and EHR data in the ED to make time-sensitive treatment decisions faster, smarter [MedCity News]
I'm now able to publicly write about the work that Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been doing with stealthy start up, Wearable Intelligence. We’ve been working over the past 4 months on pilots that I believe will improve the safety, quality and efficiency of patient care through the integration of wearable technology such as Google Glass in the hospital environment. I believe that wearable tech enables providers to deliver better clinical care by supporting them with contextually-relevant data and decision support wisdom.
Veterans say appointment reminders are most useful feature in health app study [MobiHealth News]
More than half of providers that used mCare, a secure messaging app for soldiers, saw an improvement in health appointment attendance and 85 percent would recommend that their patients use the app, according to a study, published in Telemedicine and e-health, that looked at the effects of mCare on 497 veterans. All soldiers who participated in the program were part of a U.S. Army Community-Based Warrior Transition Unit (CBWTU), which provides support to wounded, ill and injured soldiers who require at least six months of rehab and complicated health management. These units are in five locations: Florida, Massachusetts, Illinois, Virginia, and Alabama.
PatientsLikeMe signs five-year data access deal with Genentech [MobiHealth News]
Boston-based PatientsLikeMe, a hub for crowd-sourced patient data and an open research platform, has announced its most wide-reaching pharma partnership yet, a five-year agreement to share data with Genentech, a division of Roche. “They are a forward-looking company in the health IT space, and … I think they’re really looking at new forms of evidence and how that can improve their business and impact their products and services,” PatientsLikeMe President and Co-founder Ben Heywood told MobiHealthNews. “They are a patient-centered business and they’re really trying to improve their leadership in that arena.”
Eight (no, nine!) problems with big [New York Times]
Big data is suddenly everywhere. Everyone seems to be collecting it, analyzing it, making money from it and celebrating (or fearing) its powers. Whether we’re talking about analyzing zillions of Google search queries to predict flu outbreaks, or zillions of phone records to detect signs of terrorist activity, or zillions of airline stats to find the best time to buy plane tickets, big data is on the case. By combining the power of modern computing with the plentiful data of the digital era, it promises to solve virtually any problem — crime, public health, the evolution of grammar, the perils of dating — just by crunching the numbers.Or so its champions allege.
IOM: Put social, behavioral data in EHRs [Fierce Health IT]
Social and behavioral health information should be included in electronic health records to give care providers the most complete patient data about the patient, the Institute of Medicine says in a new report. A 13-member committee compiled a proposed list of 17 social and behavioral "domains" to be included as a guide for federal officials developing criteria for Meaningful Use Stage 3, reports Family Practice News.
Five cool medical innovations we saw last week [Vector blog]
Last week, Boston Children’s Hospital’s Innovation Acceleration Program hosted a jam-packed Innovators’ Showcase where teams from around the hospital networked, traded ideas and showed off their projects. Here are a few Vector thinks are worth watching.
Digital drugs will transform healthcare [Wired UK]
Andrew Thompson is CEO and co-founder of Proteus Digital Health, a California-based company building tiny ingestible sensors that can be incorporated into pills to let doctors know when patients take them. This is one of several connected products the company has in the pipeline that should help improve current diagnosis and treatment methods. Andrew will be speaking at Wired Health on 29 April.
What if medical records worked like Wikipedia? [KevinMD.com]
I’ve been thinking about EMRs, electronic medical records, lately. It’s a subject, despite some professional experience, I don’t feel particularly close to. In fact, if anything, they are a source of consternation. As an industry insider, I see them as an expensive albatross around our collective neck. As a human centered design adviser, I see them as an encumbrance for both providers and patients. And, as a patient I see them largely as an opaque blob of data about me with a placating window in the form of a portal. Which makes me wonder, am I obsessed with EMRs lately?
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Jackson's Angel Day, March 29
Saturday, March 29 Jackson let his parents know it was time for
him to go. He was surrounded by people who love and cherish him, including his
brother Louie. Louie went with us to Oradell Animal
Hospital to support Jack-Jack with lots of love and hugs until he took his last
breath. Louie stood up and put his two front paws on
the gurney and kissed Jackson goodbye. It was truly amazing and
heartbreaking.
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| Louie lost his brother, Jackson |
Jackson is my beloved grand dog, who was an extra special dog.I have so many wonderful memories of Jackson. Jackson was David's best friend like Sierra was mine and Laura's friend.
Jackson was a lucky dog to have David and Danielle for parents; he
couldn't have asked for a better mommy and daddy. Jackson never wanted for
anything and in return he gave his parents more love than you can imagine.
Our family will miss Jackson deeply and will never ever forget
him. Heaven just got better—Laura, Sierra, and
Jackson—shine like the stars that you are!
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| Laura & Jackson--together in Heaven |
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| Jackson, Sierra, Louie |
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