The October HIT Standards Committee reviewed the FDA Universal Device Identifier NPRM, the transition of the NwHIN to a public/private partnership, and an update from ONC on S&I Framework/related programs.
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Offering hope: How FDA engages with the cancer community
By: Deborah Miller, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N.
It’s October and the pink ribbons representing breast cancer awareness month are again a common sighting. These ribbons are reminders that breast cancer is still to be overcome. Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. Just about everyone knows someone affected by cancer in general, and many have been touched by breast cancer in some way.
How to curb the cost of cancer care
Top health care experts meeting at the Institute of Medicine last week delivered a stern message to the nation’s 15,000 oncologists and their patients: Either learn to deliver care at lower costs or watch the government and insurance companies impose limits.
No insurance a death sentence for some
U.S. standards organization targets medical device interoperability issues
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instruments (AAMI), a US-based organization advocating standards for medical devices and technology, has partnered with life sciences firm Underwriters Laboratories to develop standards for medical device interoperability (PDF).
Pay Me Maybe: Can we get past this telemedicine barrier?
The mandate for broader access to health care in Massachusetts has brought millions of newly insured patients into the system. At the same time, the cost of health care in Massachusetts has continued to rise, and care access issues have emerged.
A time for boundless energy and optimism
2012 has been a challenging year for me.
On the personal side, my wife had cancer. Together we moved two households, relocated her studio, and closed her gallery. This week my mother broke her hip in Los Angeles and I’m writing from her hospital room as we finalize her discharge and home care plan before I fly back to Boston.
Cool technology of the week
As readers of my blog know, my wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in December 2011 and is now in full remission.
She picked up the presence of the tumor (a very fast growing aggressive type) by self examination.
When we mix politics with science
Today I opened an e-mail dated 4 October 2012 from the Heart Rhythm Society that announced the 2013 Keynote Speaker at the Heart Rhythm Society’s Opening Plenary Session 8 May 2013 in Denver, Colorado : Former President of the United States, Bill Clinton. Our society’s justification for this speaker reads as follows:
Open notes
An important article was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine yesterday about the OpenNotes study, Inviting Patients to Read Their Doctors’ Notes: A Quasi-experimental Study and a Look Ahead
There are also two accompanying editorials:
Hey, St. Jude
By Nadine Choufani
Recently I attended a Lebanese cultural day event at Boston’s City Hall Plaza. Being Lebanese, I was psyched to be there, especially since I had been feeling rather homesick for a few days and figured that Lebanese music and a delicious shawarma were just the things I needed. But even better than that, I also got the chance to represent St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as a volunteer.