Archive for 'Healthcare Tools'
Microsoft Windows VISTA: for “Mature Audiences”
With the launch of Windows Vista in Las Vegas last month, Microsoft has begun a series of focus groups in preparation for the launch of a selection of Seniors PC Offerings in the near future.
AmeliaPlex, Incorporated is pleased to announce that OnTimeRxR for Windows has been selected by Microsoft to be included in their latest Generation-Specific […]
Posted: February 28th, 2007 under Healthcare Tools, Independent Living, patient compliance.
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Where are the Compliance Tools?
Every major health related website talks about Compliance, because compliance it is a well-documented waster of healthcare dollars. In my opinion, those sites could and should be doing so much more.
None of the major disease-specific sites I checked offer effective or useful compliance tools. - other than the usual list of some general ways to remember to […]
Posted: February 5th, 2007 under Healthcare Tools, patient compliance.
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FAME Compliance Study: Federal study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly
Dr. Rick Lange, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Center presents a podcast(mp3) which mentions the blister pack compliance study I covered here on December 9th. In that podcast, Dr. Lange calls it the FAME Study, for “Federal study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly”. Like I did here, Dr. Lange noted the high […]
Posted: December 13th, 2006 under Healthcare Tools, Patient Adherence, patient compliance.
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A Day In The Life…of a Pharmacist
Pharmdgurl over at MySpace “lit up the room” with her real-world post about working in a busy pharmacy. It’s being circulated across the Internet and getting a lot of attention – which is good. It almost sounds like a storyboard for a TV sitcom pilot: Take a pill and chill!
Unfortunately her cynical description of hectic […]
Posted: December 7th, 2006 under Healthcare Tools, Medications.
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