http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology.aspxenhttp://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/4459.aspxTue, 20 Oct 2009 15:47:49 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:4459MandaSpringThe explanation of Pharmacogenomics can sometimes be a little complicated. This article is designed to help clear up existing questions and hopefully shed a little more light on this subject and why it's so important. Pharmacogenomics, as it name suggests, incorporates pharmacology and genomics to create a new field of health care technology th...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/7207.aspxMon, 05 Oct 2009 04:19:55 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:7207lzaykoskiIf you've ever been unable to identify a pill, a pill identifier is a useful tool for your home health arsenal. Find out what they are and who can benefit from their use. Have you ever picked up a prescription at the pharmacy, only to get home and find that the pills in the bottle aren't the same as the ones you usually take? Have you ever foun...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/reviews/3973.aspxWed, 23 Sep 2009 19:02:25 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:3973JoliBallewI’ve been using my ACCU-Check Compact Plus diabetes meter for two years now and can’t imagine ever using anything else. It’s an all-in-one unit, housing the finger-pricker, needle, and a drum of 17 test strips, and, it offers a one-handed design for quick and easy glucose testing anywhere. Why I Like My ACCU-Check Meter I’ve...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/10388.aspxMon, 24 Aug 2009 16:49:38 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:10388ProfacgilliesTraditionally, debates about confidentiality and privacy of sensitive patient information have focused on who should have access to the information. There is another dimension: the purpose for which access is sought. This article proposes a two dimensional people-purpose privacy matrix. Introduction Uses of personal data including health record...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/7299.aspxMon, 20 Jul 2009 20:06:53 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:7299GiangNguyenWe review different types of managed care organizations: Health Maintenance Organization, Fee for Service, Point Of Service, Preferred Provider Organization. What are Managed Care Organiziations? What exactly is managed care? The National Library of Medicine , defines managed care as programs or organizations “intended to reduce unnecessary...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/7417.aspxMon, 20 Jul 2009 19:37:46 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:7417GiangNguyenThe ethics and codes of conduct in using medical technology will be discussed. The innovations in medical technology have provided medical professionals with an extraordinary ability to prevent diseases, to support life and to increase life expectancy. Technology has not only helped individuals to overcome death but also has been effective in prolo...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/9021.aspxMon, 20 Jul 2009 19:25:17 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:9021GiangNguyenChemoprevention is a new buzz word in cancer prevention. It involves the use of drugs such as tamoxifen and raloxifene to lower the risk of cancer. Learn about the basics of chemoprevention and how it works. Drugs to Prevent Cancer Cancer is taking over heart diseases as the number one killer in developed countries. Cancer deaths account for 25% of...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/7298.aspxTue, 14 Jul 2009 14:58:50 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:7298rafhubAt Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, an interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientists have developed a test to detect a year ahead lung cancer cells in a tiny sample of blood Early Detection Testing Research and scientists from the Hutchinson Center and University of Michigan have developed a new “early-detection” test to detect lung c...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/9005.aspxMon, 13 Jul 2009 05:23:00 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:9005rafhubImagine simple test that, with a few drops of urine, could detect breast cancer. Could it be possible? Yes, at Harvard, it is being developed. Read on to learn more: Researchers and scientists from Harvard’s Children's Hospital in Boston are working to develop a simple breast cancer "dipstick test" to detect breast cancer at very ...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/8704.aspxFri, 03 Jul 2009 21:25:07 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:8704ProfacgilliesThis article is based upon a real patient's experience and is designed to show the implications of the issues raised in other articles in this series. It starts with blood on the carpet. The Patient's Journey This is a real patient's story. I have permission to use the story to explore how information is a key part of a patient's journey. T...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/8409.aspxFri, 03 Jul 2009 21:23:26 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:8409ProfacgilliesThis article explores whether health informatics does actually improve patient care. It gives case studies where health informatics has made a real difference to health outcomes Case Study I: Health Promotion We are still in reality in the early stages of making good use of IT in the health sector, but already there are examples where better in...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/8407.aspxFri, 03 Jul 2009 21:20:55 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:8407ProfacgilliesThis article asks whether informatics can improve patient care through smarter working assisted by information technology (IT). Benefits do not accrue directly from IT, but from changes in working practices facilitated by IT Why Should Doctors and Nurses Care About Informatics? There are people who believe that we should care are about ...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/10095.aspxFri, 03 Jul 2009 21:14:42 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:10095ProfacgilliesAs the use of electronic medical records grows, the issue of informed consent to disclosure becomes more and more important. The benefits that come from making patients' records electronic must be be balanced against patient privacy, and patients enabled to make informed choices. Informed or Knowledgeable Consent for Information Sharing As the ...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/9029.aspxThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:39 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:9029ProfacgilliesIn the golden age, which probably never existed, your information was safe with your personal physician. Not least because it was recorded on a paper form which was never looked at again. Computers allow us to retrieve and share information much more easily, for better or worse The Impact of Technologically Facilitated Multi-agency Care on Patient ...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/9031.aspxThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:38:44 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:9031ProfacgilliesAlthough individual patient information may have little commercial value, electronic records are at risk not just from people who want to read them but people who thinks it's fun to see if they can. Here's what to do to manage these risks: Protecting Your Patients' Information Against Unauthorised Access Paper-based records have alw...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/9023.aspxThu, 02 Jul 2009 14:40:50 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:9023ProfacgilliesIn our increasingly technological world, the duty of care extends to looking after patients’ information as well as the patients themselves to protect their privacy. The traditional view of doctor-patient confidentiality is inadequate for a world which is characterised by multi-professional working Duty of Care: Information and Patients A...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/8345.aspxThu, 02 Jul 2009 14:37:00 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:8345ProfacgilliesWe need computers because our paper-based systems simply cannot provide adequate information to support the information needs of a large modern dental practice let alone support shared information with the rest of the health community. This article will describe what computers can do for dentists Why Dentists Need Computers We need computers becaus...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/9027.aspxWed, 01 Jul 2009 20:46:55 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:9027ProfacgilliesThere are both ethical and legal obligations to keep personally identifiable patient information private. The legal framework varies according to your jurisdiction, but the ethical principles are more universal. This article explores the duty of confidentiality in a modern IT-enabled world The ethical and legal obligations to keep patient informati...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/9026.aspxWed, 01 Jul 2009 20:35:38 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:9026ProfacgilliesPersonal health data is governed by privacy legislation. The first UK Data Protection Act was established in 1984 to deal with protection of data held on computers. This was replaced by the much more comprehensive 1998 Act which harmonised UK practice with the rest of Europe. What the law in the UK and Europe says The first UK Data Protection Act w...http://www.brighthub.com/health/technology/articles/7541.aspxWed, 01 Jul 2009 20:34:23 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:7541GiangNguyenThe Framingham Heart Study is one of the most famous studies of heart diseases in the world. The data from the Framingham heart study has been used to construct risk models to predict the risk of having heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases. The major risk factors for developing cardiovascular diseases are age, sex, high blood pressure, s...