• Wireless Messaging System Has No Impact on Blood Glucose Levels, but Patients Believe It Improves Quality of Care - From the AHRQ Innovations Exchange. I thought the title of the Exchange article was interestingly different than the actual title of the study that it references, so I pulled the actual paper and read it. There was not a significant drop in HbA1c (a long term measure of diabetic control) after 3 months of the study, but half of the intervention patients who were hypertensive before the study were not after the study, a significant difference. I think that’s interesting, especially among patients with diabetes.

May 10th through May 13th:

• Be Well Mobile, Patient Engagement Software that works - cell phone platform for disease management
• Medical Advances—Through Your iPhone? - Portable applications in health care that the iPhone could enable.
• Scientific Misconduct Blog: LSD and the corruption of medicine (Part III): Naming names - A chilling account of experimentation on US citizens without consent
• Texting may help teens remember meds - CNN.com - Cell phones as a tool in medication adherence.
• The Open Secret of Success: Financial Page: The New Yorker - One of the best summaries of what Toyota does well that I've seen.
• ITIF: Explaining International Broadband Leadership - Summary of broadband access in the US and other countries
• Ruthsarian Layouts - Some helpful CSS layouts for blog design

• WMS Solution Components - SenseWear.com - A metabolic measurement system that doctors and patients can use to manage weight.
• National Health Information Network News - The Business Case | NHIN Watch - Running news service on NHIN status
• The Pill Phone - Verizon - Impressive - adherence is heating up as a Health2.0 app
• Social Media University, Global (SMUG) - Blog about social media and public relations professionals by Lee Aase
• Pharma Marketing Blog: Rejiggering the Marketing Mix a la Merck - How pharmaceuticals may be using Web2.0 in the future

The one thing that I haven’t quite been able to do well is scheduling meetings with people not on the same computer network. Come to think of it, I never figured out how to do it on the same network either. I looked at some tools below that are emerging that let you do that. I think the most promising looking one is Timebridge. They are also part of the iCal consortium, which supports calendaring standards.

• Talaria Publications - Bibliography for messaging using devices (cell phone, beeper, etc) in promoting medication adherence
• Free Scheduling Software | Integrate Outlook, Google Calendar & Exchange Availability - TimeBridge - I think this one is my favorite.
• Online Invitation service from MeetingWizard.com -
• Find a time, schedule group meetings, conference calls, virtual meetings, events -
• Meetings: Take Detailed Notes to Earn Bonus Points (and Prevent Boredom) - Fascinating. No one suggests making meetings more productive. Each one of these strategies is a measure of wasted time.