Special-Purpose iPhone Accessories: Where Are They? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com – I noticed recently that these things aren't being created (hardware accessories for iPhone). This article shows that I'm not the only one noticing.
Archive for January, 2010
Special-Purpose iPhone Accessories: Where Are They? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
January 31st, 2010 | Popularity: 4% 1 commentiTunes Store – LeWeb Paris 09
January 31st, 2010 | Popularity: 4% 0 comments | Leave a replyiTunes Store – LeWeb Paris 09 – Example of an iPhone app that is custom-developed for a meeting/conference. Could this be the norm for scientific and other meetings in health care?
Neurosurgeons going paperless at convention | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/18/2010
January 31st, 2010 | Popularity: 3% 0 comments | Leave a replyWhy the NHS can’t get its browser act together | Charlie’s Angles | Technology | guardian.co.uk
January 31st, 2010 | Popularity: 3% 1 commentWhy the NHS can’t get its browser act together | Charlie’s Angles | Technology | guardian.co.uk – What an interesting world this NHS is….
Photo Friday: End your day with a Tweetup
January 29th, 2010 | Popularity: 3% 1 comment
I am actually in this week’s photograph, with @ChristineKraft, @ReginaHolliday, and @AlanViars , who are, in my mind, some of the best thinkers in the health care community. We visited as part of a Tweetup that was arranged by @CindyThroop. How did we get exposed to innovative ideas before the modern tweetup?
@ePatientDave was also present, radiating with excitement about his work in DC this week, as well as with radio waves from his portable Wi-Fi hotspot, to assist those of us without cell coverage in the underground venue. He’s a provider of all things good wherever he goes….
Washington, DC Police: “Use good street sense” when using iPhones in public
January 29th, 2010 | Popularity: 7% 12 commentsPolice: Robbers Targeting Pedestrians with iPhones « Borderstan (Washington, DC) – Washington, DC Metro Police are now advising people not to use iPhones of an increase in robberies with a specific target, the iPhone, that device specifically, in public. This is a big deal, in a previously-thought-of-as-safe part of the city.
People like me wish Apple would sell a version of its headphones that are not white. These appear to be setting us up as targets.
I was a recent victim of an iPhone snatcher in downtown Washington, DC, and in comparison to some of the crimes detailed in the blog post above, I consider myself very lucky.
It was going to happen eventually that wearing a $600 device would increase personal crime. I can’t help thinking that there’s a way to harness the wisdom of crowds and the very technology being sought after – maybe a "findmyiphone" aggregator that could help communiites and the police zero in on where these devices are ending up.
It’s worth noting that my stolen phone localized itself to the same location on multiple days, near a large Washington, DC, shopping mall, in Pentagon City, before I remotely secured it and wiped it clean (what a great feature – thank you Apple!).
To attest to the seriousness of this issue, even our local gym is passing on the warning:
Attention Members:There has been a report of an increase in robberies over the past week in the Golden Triangle/U Street area. Although not directly related to the club we thought it would be helpful to pass along the following alert from Metro P.D.
Golden Triangle Crime Alert
The Metropolitan Police Department has asked us to pass along the following information. As of late there has been an increase in street robberies around the DC Metro area. The Second District is not immune from these incidents. There is not a specific suspect lookout but there is a very specific target – the iPhone. To help combat this problem, MPD is asking the users of all phones and PDAs to use good street sense when carrying and using your mobile device.
Always be aware of your surroundings. It is a good idea to use your phone while stationary in a spot that will enable you to talk and observe your surroundings at the same time. Keep your mobile device close to your body and make sure it is out of sight when not in use. Please pass this along to reach as many people as possible.
Thank you,
MaryKay MoeOperations Coordinator
Golden Triangle Business Improvement District
As Washington, DC is the #epicenter of many innovations (and health care transformation), it is also a leader in many social issues, some not so enjoyable. Let our experience prevent others from having the same in this case.
One personal health record dies, another Thrives
January 27th, 2010 | Popularity: 6% 1 commentMyself and others I know received this e-mail message this morning:
Thank you for being a loyal user of the Revolution Health Personal Health Record. Unfortunately we will be discontinuing this service as of the end of February 2010 and removing all records, information, and data from the Revolution Health Web site.
So that you don’t lose the information you’ve entered into the system, we strongly suggest that you download your personal records as a PDF to print and save for future reference. To do this, simply follow these instructions:
- Log in to your Personal Health Record.
- From any page of your record, click on the “printable version” link on the top right corner of any page. When you see a pop-up box asking you to “Select the following sections to include in your print out,” simply make sure that the sections you want to print and save are checked and then click the “Submit” button.
- Once the PDF is created (this only takes a moment), you can print directly from it and/or save it to your computer. To print the PDF, click on the printer icon at the top left of the page. To save it, click on the disk icon to the right of the printer icon.
If you encounter a problem printing or saving your records, please e-mail our customer service department at CustomerCare@revolutionhealth.com for assistance. Even after the Personal Health Record is no longer available, Revolution Health and our partner sites will continue to offer you the same great health information and community pages as always. We hope you continue to visit Revolution Health often to take advantage of our offerings.
Thank you,
The Revolution Health Team
The irony is that this message comes on day #2 of the national meeting of physician and other Kaiser Permanente leaders involved in supporting My health manager at kp.org, Kaiser Permanente’s personal health record.
As I asked people here what they learned in day 1, it’s basically the opposite of what is expressed in the message above. This is a personal health record that is thriving, with demand from members/patients continually increasing, and an internet services group working as hard as ever to deliver next-generation services. If anything, they have not appreciated how successful this personal record has become, and this discussion allowed them to stop for a brief moment and appreciate.
Here’s a slide from a recent presentation showing the growth in use:
I hope that people receiving the quoted message do not see this as a sign that personal health records are not desired or wanted by patients. The opposite is very much true. The difference is that a personal health record that provides what people want is something that is wanted (I know, obvious). Such a thing exists. Ask for it where you deliver or receive care.
Input requested: How should doctors Tweet? One doc, two feeds.
January 25th, 2010 | Popularity: 5% 15 commentsThe same discussion where I met Regina Holiday and learned about 73 cents was also one where I received advice about how doctors should engage in social media.
I specifically remember what Regina and the group said (in paraphrase) – “Show me the DNA of a high quality doctor.” and “Demonstrate that this/you are a doctor that I’m going to love.”
This is a very different need than “Tell me what I need to know about when to get a flu shot.” Not that patients don’t want this information also, of course.
In doing some more reading and experiencing, I thought about the outcome of social media in health care in creating engagement with the profession and health system compared to the outcome of providing information. Beth’s blog has a nice discussion about this (Engage, then Educate) in regard to the San Francisco Symphony. My hypothesis is that the principles are the same.
With that in mind, my colleague Rahul Parikh, MD, a practicing pediatrician and accomplished writer across many venues, worked on an experiment together and we’d like your feedback.
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This is his physician twitterfeed for patients:
This is him tweeting one way, let’s call it “standard” (more “education”):
This is him tweeting a different way, let’s call it “DNA – Enhanced” (more “engagement”):
Here’s the input we would like:
- Do you notice the difference in the content/approach?
- Which way would you want your own doctor. to tweet? (or a different way not shown here)
- If you were looking to choose a doctor, does either approach draw you more to a potential physician?
Thanks for your comments in the comments, and thanks again to the patients, who continue to demonstrate that they are more than willing to help us perform well for them – all we have to do is ask.
You can also follow and tweet either Rahul (on his professional feed, different than the one above) or myself. Don’t worry, we’ll compare notes.
Photo Friday: You never know who will walk through the door
January 22nd, 2010 | Popularity: 4% 1 comment
I decided to post this photograph less for its celebrity content (see the next one to see who’s being photographed), and more for how it shows technology is changing. Compare this to a photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1963. I meet more and more people who’s only camera is their iPhone….
HData Template Sub Project – HL7Wiki
January 22nd, 2010 | Popularity: 2% 1 commentHData Template Sub Project – HL7Wiki – A new data standard that appears lightweight and open source. I don’t know how it compares to CCR so if someone else wants to take a look and post a comment, go for it.
