Department of Health and Human Services Demonstrates Health Information Network

HHS recently demonstrated live operation of the Nationwide Health Information Network via webcast. Using actual health systems, the test showed how health care providers will be able to use a Web browser to access patient records stored in a different health system. http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350589-1.html?GHITNL=yes...

Army Testing Cell Phone Messaging to Trauma Patients

The U.S. Army plans to test the use of text-messaging to cell phones of troops who have suffered brain injury as a result of trauma. The system is designed to urge patients to comply with treatment and to allow the health care team to improve monitoring...MORE

iPod Touch in the Health Care Setting

In a recent blog post, Dr John Halamka described the advantages of the iPod Touch as an information source for health care providers....MORE

Medline Search RSS Feeds

Unbound Medicine has added a nifty RSS feature to our Unbound Medline product. Using this feature is a terrific way to keep abreast of the latest medical information published for a specific subject.

To subscribe to a Medline Search RSS, simply run a search in Unbound Medline and click on the RSS link. You can use your favorite RSS reader to track the latest Medline search results for your saved search.

To show the ease in which one could subscribe to a Medline Search RSS feed, I created a sample search and will list the link to the RSS feed below. I have an interest in journal articles that publish information about Smartphone and PDA use in medicine, so I searched the following in Unbound Medline:

"iPhone OR Smartphone OR Handheld Computer"

In the search results I clicked on the RSS link and saved the URL.

http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/search/iphone_or_smartphone_or_handheld_computer.rss

I use Google Reader as my default RSS reader, so I simply subscribed using this URL. Now everytime I open Google Reader I will see the latest Medline search results for this saved search.

Mobile Medical Practitioners to Push Medical Device Market

According to a report by Wireless Healthcare, an anticipated increase in the level of healthcare delivered outside of hospitals will be a critical factor in the medical device market over the next 10 years....MORE

Military EHR Incorporates Mobile Devices

PDA devices are used to manage patient information and assessment in the field. Users are able to quickly gather structured information on history and physical and use the system to generate a care plan based on triage rules and best practice protocols. Because cellular support is unreliable iThe user interface is designed to be easy to navigate in high stress conditions. Given the lack of WiFi and reliable cellular in battlefield conditions, the device is later synced with acradle to transfer medical records to the system....MORE

CDC Offers New Health Data Widget

CDC.gov has developed a CDC Data and Statistics Widget with up-to-date health and safety content....MORE

Wolters Kluwer Health and Unbound Medicine Launch Mobile Clin-eguide

The Wolters Kluwer Health online clinical decision support tool, Clin-eguide, is now available for use at the point of care in a mobile version powered by the Unbound Platform....MORE

More Physicians Communicating with Patients via the Web

As many as 36% of doctors in the U.S. are communicating with patients online, compared to 31% in 2007. This group is also more likely to use a smartphone or PDA and to consult Internet resources during or between visits with patients. MORE...

Study Uses PDAs to Monitor Nursing Activities

A national research project is using PDAs to assess how nurses are using their time. Nurses carry the devices in a pocket and when prompted by an alarm they quickly note their current activities. The long term goal of the study is to improve patient care and safety by better understanding the responsibilities that keep nurses from spending time at the bedside with their patients....MORE

Unbound Medicine and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Launch 5-Minute Clinical Consult

Unbound Medicine and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins have launched the digital versions of 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2009. This popular resource can be found on the Web at 5mcc.com, or downloaded to PDA or Smartphone for quick reference on the go....MORE

ACP Position Paper on Increased Use of Technology

A recent position paper released by the American College of Physicians supports increased use of health information technology, but points out that physicians should be reimbursed for the required investment of time to review and maintain patient data as well as the cost of equipment...MORE

Internet Presents Opportunities for Healthcare

Multiple challenges and opportunities are seen as developers create new ways to gather and disseminate the complex knowledge required to practice health care today. This report from European website OBBeC evaluates some of the difficulties and presents some possible developments...MORE

Wireless Technology Developments

Development of wireless technology and the need for remote health care will drive change in the near future, according to one expert...MORE

New Medical Uses for Cell Phones Proliferate

The Boston Globe recently reported on a wide variety of applications being devised for both researchers and consumers in healthcare. Examples include the use of cell phone cameras to aid diagnosis of diseases in remote locations, medication reminders, and streaming video to aid emergency response teams...MORE

Google Releases Personal Health Records Application

Google has joined companies like WebMD and Microsoft in creating a website where individuals can organize and store their personal health records, according to the New York Times....MORE

MLA 2008 - Unbound Medicine Review

Michelle Kraft's blog, "The Krafty Librarian," reported on mobile tools for clinicians in her notes from the Medical Library Association meeting in Chicago....MORE

IBM Targets Health for Mobile Phone Applications

IBM Research is developing applications for mobile phones, including one designed to supply information to aid people on the scene in medical emergencies. MORE...

Peruvian Physicians Use PDAs in Treatment of TB

A recent initiative launched by a doctoral student from MIT and Harvard Medical School worked with Socios en Salud (SES), a Lima-based health organization to provide PDAs to physicians working in the slums of Lima, Peru. Using these handheld devices, health workers could easily manage information they need to track, treat and support patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. MORE...

Ontario Provides PDAs to Nurses

PDAs will be provided to as many as 2,000 nurses in Ontario, Canada. The goal of the provincial government is to support access to drug databases, disease information, and medical dictionaries at the patient's bedside. MORE....