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Health tech – overselling efficacy among the quantified...

25 May 2014
Nurses are mad – tech has been oversold and they don’t like it.  Not something you see often in our tech-hyped bubbly world of quantified selfies and xHealth trendiness – but a 185,000 member Nurses union has begun a campaign AGAINST over-reliance on ‘unproven’ technology in healthcare.  Over-reliance on EMRs with inadequate or incorrect diagnoses, the rise of robotics – and the use of tech t read more
Teaching breast cancer screening via text messages as...

Teaching breast cancer screening via text messages as...

An article from the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

26 March 2014
From the PubMed article abstract: "Although continuing education is necessary for practicing nurses, it is very difficult to organize traditional classes because of large numbers of nurses and working shifts....
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How to Keep Your Health Information Private and Secure

12 March 2014
Source: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology - PDF
Patients' involvement in e-health services quality...

Patients' involvement in e-health services quality...

An Article from the Journal of Biomedical Informatics

12 March 2014
From the PubMed Abstract: "Effective communication between patients and health services providers is a key aspect for optimizing and maintaining these services. This work describes a system for the automatic...
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Tracking the trackers -- the need for Boomer Health Tech...

12 March 2014
Digital health tech is the answer – but what are the questions? What new gadgets and apps can make consumers take better care of their own health?  What are the gadgets and apps that help doctors take care of consumers?  Let’s assume that the combination of tech that helps consumers and doctors equals Digital Health.  In this emerging world, do doctors encourage consumers to give these new apps and gadgets a try? What is the digital technology uptake among the worried well and the ...
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