by medicaltechont | Oct 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
TORONTO — A three year old boy from Guelph, now has a surgery date set in the U.S., thanks to an outpouring of community support.
Bentley Mitchell has cerebral palsy and currently needs a walker to get around. SDR surgery, offered in St. Louis Children’s Hospital, could help him walk independently.
Bentley was the guest of honour at Granite Homes annual golf tournament in Guelph, Ont.
The tournament donated nearly $35,000 raised by participants to Bentley.
His parents had been working for months to raise $125,000 for the surgery and related costs. They have now met their goal.
“It’s been amazing the support we’ve had. You can’t even put into words how touching it is,” said Chad Mitchell, Bentley’s father.
http://globalnews.ca/news/2242425/child-poised-for-surgery-in-u-s-despite-being-denied-ohip-funding/
by medicaltechont | Oct 24, 2015 | Technology
The $700 BlackBerry Priv is a high-end Android handset for physical keyboard fans.
Android users who dearly miss physical keyboards may finally have something to look forward to with the BlackBerry Priv.
After months of leaks, rumors, and non-announcements, BlackBerry is putting the Priv up for pre-order on its website. For $700, the phone is unlocked and will work on AT&T and T-Mobile networks. Shipping starts on November 6.
The Priv has a 5.4-inch OLED touch screen with 2560-by-1440 resolution, and is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor with 3GB of RAM. It includes 32GB of built-in storage and has a MicroSD slot that supports up to 2TB of additional memory. An 18-megapixel rear camera has optical image stabilization and f2.2 aperture, and there’s a 2-megapixel f2.8 camera up front. BlackBerry advertises up to 22.5 hours of “mixed usage.” NFC support is also included, and the phone charges via MicroUSB.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2996563/phones/blackberry-priv-its-first-android-phone-goes-up-for-pre-order.html
by medicaltechont | Oct 3, 2015 | eHealth
This is a great article on the real cost of EMR in Ontario!
How much does is cost to care for a baby, pregnant woman, diabetic, heart disease patient, or provide primary care among the myriad of other services offered by your family doctor? According to the Ontario Government, too much. According to you and me?
I am not about to rehash the many exemplary articles and blog posts that have so eloquently outlined the issues (see attached PDF). My focus is to ask you a single question: Are you getting value for what is spent on primary care health teams?
Read more: http://policyoptions.irpp.org/2015/09/26/the-real-cost-of-primary-care-in-ontario-a-fraction-of-the-cost-of-a-gym-membership/
by medicaltechont | Sep 29, 2015 | United States
A top Texas Medical Center executive described a plan Thursday for a major medical research campus that would bring together four institutions and contain multiple components, including hotel rooms, restaurants and bars, green space and an enormous plaza shaped like a double helix, a nod to the medical description of intertwining strands of DNA.
The proposed project, still in the conceptual stage, would cost $1.5 billion and represent a new model of collaboration at Houston’s premier medical complex, said William McKeon, executive vice president, chief strategy officer and chief operating officer of the Texas Medical Center.
The University of Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center would anchor the new TMC3 Innovation Campus. The number 3 refers to the “third coast.”
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/medical/article/Proposed-research-campus-would-encourage-6528011.php
