by medicaltechont | Feb 11, 2017 | Technology
It just might be one of the biggest discussions in digital health—the role of technology as a replacement for that innate human connection.
Let’s face it: technology isn’t always a friend of medicine. Ask almost any clinician and you’re almost certain to get a mixed review of how technology has changed medicine—for better and worse. The quintessential “human touch” of care is commonly substituted for complex analytics and processes that leave us with a very cold stethoscope that chills both patient and clinician. So, what really is it, tech or touch? It seems to be that the argument has been made for both sides, but an interesting option comes to us in the form of PeraHealth.
Read more at http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnnosta/2017/02/03/medical-tech-or-personal-touch-perahealth-has-cracked-the-code/#4a0a50f32f7e
by medicaltechont | Feb 8, 2017 | Canada, Doctors, Healthcare
Sharing his full story is a start: making an effort to explain how someone trained to recognize and fix the medical problems of strangers couldn’t diagnose or heal himself. Gebien knew all about the dangers of fentanyl yet that didn’t stop him from becoming an addict and destroying his life. And the health care system he worked in seemed unable to halt or help him.
Read more online at http://www.macleans.ca/society/how-fentanyl-turned-an-er-doctor-into-an-addict/
by medicaltechont | Feb 5, 2017 | Ontario, Technology
In what’s believed to be a world first, Canadian doctors say they were able to save a young mother’s life with a radical procedure — they removed her lungs.
Melissa Benoit, who was born with cystic fibrosis and had developed a rampaging lung infection that had spread throughout her body, was hours away from death last April when doctors at Toronto General Hospital were given the go-ahead by her family to take the unprecedented step.
Read more at http://globalnews.ca/news/3204018/doctors-save-ontario-womans-life-by-removing-her-lungs/
by medicaltechont | Feb 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Health care is now as close as the nearest online device.
Maple, billed as Canada’s “first 24/7 virtual doctor’s office,” was officially launched in Ontario earlier this week. The online platform connects patients to licensed physicians in minutes and allows them to consult with the doctor in real time.
“Maple is like the Uber for Canadian doctors and Canadian patients,” said Dr. Brett Belchetz, Maple CEO and an Ontario emergency room physician. “It’s a way for Canadian patients, with the touch of a button on a web-based application, to have the ability to be connected to a Canadian doctor with a matter of minutes for an online consultation that takes place via instant message video or audio chat, through which they can receive a full diagnosis, prescriptions if necessary, sick notes and full forms of care.”
Read more online at http://www.thesudburystar.com/2017/02/01/the-virtual-doctor-is-in
by medicaltechont | Jan 28, 2017 | Electronic Medical Records
QUESTION: I’ve had the same family doctor for 20 years and I do like her. But my medical records are still on paper and my doctor has no plans to convert to an electronic system. That makes me wonder how up-to-date she is with other medical advances. What could be the hold-up?
Click here to read the answer or more on the subject.
http://health.sunnybrook.ca/navigator/doctors-specialists-electronic-health-records/
