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Dr. Halamka does a pretty good job on spelling out the wish list here, as he serves on the committees and has first hand knowledge.  I would like to go one step further here and hope that the new secretary of HHS knows what all of this is about, in other words, knows what SNOMED is and represents and how crucial this is to healthcare, understands what CCHIT certification means and accomplishes as any stimulus money allocated has to meet the software standards, and has full awareness of what standards are in healthcare, since about 70% of the HHS Secretary position will involve making many decisions based on knowledge of the entire process and how it all flows together.  95% of our decision making processes today rely on some type of code or software and healthcare is no different by any means. 

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From Venture Beat, and this looks to also have some nice healthcare use too with 3DV Systems.  The technology will allow you to control your computer with hand gestures, in other words no mouse or keyboard.  I have had some software around for a while that somewhat is similar, it uses a selected area of the screen and the camera moves with my hand gestures, i.e. I can play volleyball, basketball, etc. but this appears to be technology that has been expanded way past what I have seen thus far.  The software I have came with a web cam I purchased a while back.  This system too appears to require their webcam to work. 

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I think by now everyone has read the horrible story and it appears now she could be a potential candidate for a transplant, or at minimum some type of complete facial restructure.  Back in December the Cleveland Clinic did the first US Facial transplant.

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If this story wasn’t so disturbing it would be funny!

Nationwide, about 2,000 doctors have joined Medical Justice, a Greensboro, North Carolina company that provides the forms to patients, who by signing, essentially agree to forego their right to post negative comments about doctors on the Internet. Medical Justice founder, neurosurgeon, Dr. Jeffrey Segal, founded the company in 2002 to prevent so-called frivolous lawsuits a favorite phrase of the business-backed tort reform campaign.

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In a provocative and excellent piece that integrates various HIT issues well, the post “Will health IT be Obama version of the Iraq War” by ZDNet Healthcare writer Dana Blankenhorn appeared today here.

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This is one of the reasons I keep talking about putting the smart people in key positions, as mentioned from this article from Modern Healthcare, the world is changing and so is Health IT, we need someone at the helm who understands and has some hands on experience and education in this area, otherwise, very little gets done.  Theres much more added for responsibilities and control of the entire stimulus project than what AHIC had. 

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We had a case last year where a woman went to a Nursing / Rehab facility after a Knee Replacement for rehab. Of course, her orthopedic surgeon felt that Blood thinners would be a good idea to prevent problems such as clots while she underwent therapy.

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As reported by the Indianapolis Star (among others), the large health insurance company/ managed care organization WellPoint is the latest company to settle charges related to its use of a questionable data-base to determine payments for out of network care:
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