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Social Media, does it bring us closer together?

Humans are by nature social creatures. We live in groups; families, towns or citys we all belong to some tribe. When it comes to social media, What tribe do you belong to? Infographic by: Column Five Media What about loyality? are you a member of a website because of friends, value to society or just to be loyal to those who invited you?

Talking to Computers

Medical dictation seems to be the most electronic of health records. Language transcription and computer communication could help expedite eHealth. Created by: Medical Transcription

LHINS at 5 years: responding to John Ronson

Nan Brooks responding to John Ronson Mr. Ronson in “LHINS at Five Years – What Now?” addresses a topic that requires urgent, candid and constructive debate. This essay continues the discussion on a way forward. First, the context: Ontario is a geographically vast province with greathttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif chttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifultural diversity. If Ontario were a country, it would be the 29th largest country in the world. Two of Spain or France and three Germanys could fit within Ontario’s borders. Few would suggest a single health system structure for Spain or Germany.

eHealth 2011 Conference and Interoperability Showcase

The annual eHealth Conference is Canada's premier health IT tradeshow. As in previous years the Interoperability Showcase was the central focus. Canada Health Infoway has established the pan-Canadian interoperability stanards, the software companies at the interoperability showcase implement this standard.

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Clarity Health Journal: Food Diary app

There are numerous reasons for maintaining a food diary. It is not exclusively about diet. While weight loss could be a valid reason for using a food diary, other individuals may want to actually gain weight or simply know sugar intake, calories or simply track carbs. Several chronic conditions have related food issue cyclia, cron's desease and diabetes are just a few such illnesses that can be self-managed with better food intake. See and download the full gallery on posterous

Interoperability Alphabet Soup

The eHealth interoperability showcase is planned for May 29-30 in Toronto. In preparation for this vendors of healthcare software come together to demonstrate how interoperability is achieved. The sessions are informative and very useful, but at times incomprehensible as acronyms fly about. We have EMR, EHR, PHR, PHP, HIAL, DICOM LIS, DIS, HIS, XDS; have I missed any? Words have meaning, the issue I have with excessive use of acronyms is that meaning is too often lost. Someone with a product will tag it with an acronym that doesn't apply. Who confirms that the label matches the acronym?

The RFP process

Writing a proposal in response to an RFP is hard work. It is a process I have gone through countless times over the past twenty years, numerous proposals submitted to meet the requirements of clients who have posted a Request For Proposal (RFP). I've learned a great deal in that time period. Recently, I was involved in writing an RFP, helping a client to solicit solutions. Building an RFP is challenging. First you must be fair giving all proponents the same information and equal chance to respond. Second you must balance the requirements of the client while also giving leeway to the proponents to present innovative solutions. This is difficult at times. Having worked on so many proposals you learn to read the signs within the RFP writing. Evaluating and determining if you should respond to a RFP is the first decision a company must make. The chances of winning a proposal is only one factor. There is the determination of the cost to response versus the value of the win. Time is an