links for 2009-11-18

• AirStrip Technologies
  Monitor your patient's vitals from anywhere using an iPhone, Blackberry, or WinMobile device
  (tags: health+informatics scenario+planning health+IT Health2.0 telemedicine iphone ubicomp pervasive+computing)
• JAMA -- A 37-Year-Old Man Trying to Choose a High-Quality Hospital, November 3, 2009, Reynolds 0 (2009): 2009.1684
  A JAMA case study on selecting healthcare providers after MI
  (tags: consumer+health+search Health2.0 health+literacy)
• HIMSS - News: Achieving ROI with EMR- Seven provider practice saves around $200,000/year with EMR system
  The first three months of going paperless were stressful. However, returns have proven the transition well worth it, with the practice saving approximately/conservatively $200,000/year. Also, one physician in the practice is seeing 33 percent more patients daily with use of the EMR system helping to increase patient satisfaction.
  (tags: biomedical+informatics health+informatics health+IT EMR clinical+decision+support)
• Liberating Structures Presentation
  From @gflibertini, a thought-provoking presentation on organization change. My fave quote: "Culture eats strategy for lunch"
  (tags: entrepreneurship scenario+planning)
• Patients Turn To Online Community For Help Healing : NPR
  When Americans go looking for information on health, they turn to the Internet as one of their first sources. According to a recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 61 percent of adults say they look online for health information. There's a term for them: e-patients.
  (tags: consumer+health+search health2.0 crowdsourcing socialmedia)
• Corriere del Veneto
  Venice's daily news.
  (tags: venice venezia)