The Application for Healing Your Bad Burn

I heard many times that smart phones have been used in healthcare field for checking the blood pressure, drug monitoring, or text message for health alert. Now, I want to introdue the new techology with iPhone for checking burn your skin. This app helps to treat burn people to reduce errors. it's a simple touch screen device. When users mark a color an area on a screen model, it appears as the location of burns. After that, they enter basic imformation about patient, then this app calculates the required fluids amount for patients. Although this app is designed for doctor, it can used to other places when people need to check their status.

 Here is link:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-57325284-247/this-app-helps-heal-bad-burns/?tag=mncol;post

The Fingerprinting Device for Drug Test

For getting a job in healthcare field, people should have drug tests as one of  the background check. They usually make appointment and stop by some places to check. According to the article, this intelligent fingerprinting device is launced for drug tests. those types of techologies have been used in crininal justice, forensic science, homeland security, and workplaces. However, it was not easy and fast to do and get a result. the presence of drugs processes this machine with the sweat that is secrested through the pores of the fingertips. Then it is detected using dyed antibodies. This new fingerprinting machine is fast and does not need training or biohazard precautions.

Here is link:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-57322416-247/doing-drugs-beware-this-fingerprinting-device/?tag=txt;title

Twitter can protect from Pharmacy Crime

I heard sometimes that pharmacy is exposed to any crimes because it's open until late night. So, I thought they need some alert system for protecting pharmacy staff and customers. According to the article, the twitter provide security systerm for protecting and helping them with safty. For example, the tweets provide specific information such as location of the incident, pictures, and description of situcation. Then, those information provides to followers, notice what is going on, and protect themselves. Some pharmacy crimes cannot even reported in any media, so sharing updated crime news can enforce to safe in many communisties.

Here is link:
http://www.webpronews.com/twitter-tapped-by-drug-maker-to-fight-pharmacy-crime-2010-09

Pandemics in the Age of Twitter

Twitter is more than just a networking website such as facebook as it is full of healthcare professionals that use it on a daily basis to provide information on relevant healthcare subjects and topics. One of the main considerations in health informatics is the use of online media as a source to gather required information on specific health topics. The article below is the perfect example of twitter use to provide health related alerts to users all over the world:

http://digitalpharmacist.net/?p=203

E-Prescribing has 11.7% Medication Error rate

Because of a lot of prescription error in written out by hand, the new technology in electronic prescription was grown up during a decade. However, e-prescription also has shown that the mistakes are no lower than hand writing prescription. I found out that this article showes how and which part of prescription error occur. Since I saw many different technologies came out in healthcare field, I wondered how much errors are came out. According to author Karen Nanji, M.D., new technology is not always reduce the risk of medication errors. E-preceriptions from chain pharmacy use computerized prescribing system, and  the prescriptions were checked by person. But, there are still some kind of mistakes. The majority of them were drug dose, duration, and frequency. The main purposes of e-prescription may be the accuracy and the expense of speed and efficacy. If there are many errors, it may be useless. However, those mistakes can be eliminated if software were improved. So, I expect better technologies will be coming out near future.
Here is link:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/230296.php

Mobile Phone Help Low Income Patients to Check Diabetes

 Since I take the Web 2.0 class, I found out that the cell phone is used to check diabetes. I was so interested in the new technology how it works and set up in the real world. Indeed, I learned in class that Latin Americans use mobile phones lot more than other national groups. This article shows the correlation between the cell phone users and diabete checking system. According to the article, telehealth programs for checking diabetes is helpful in Latin America. Latin American commonly use cell phones, and the program can be provided from a central location to low income countries across the world so that they can be monitored in regular time, improve diabete management skills, and do not need lots of money for visiting the clinic.
 

Here is  the link:
http://www.medindia.net/news/Research-Reveals-Mobile-Phones-can-Help-Underdeveloped-Nations-to-Check-Diabetes-85224-1.htm

Doctors use iPad for prescribing, draw, and fax

The E-preceribing has been grown in healthcare filed. Today, doctors have not used their prescription pads and changed for the computer keyboard instead. Since iPad has been grown in the market, the health related applications for the iPad has also increased. the mobile electroninc health record (EHR) app is new feature that  health profession can monitor patients for free. So, doctors can write a prescription for any drugs in the iPad and send it to the pharmacy. Indeed, doctors can draw in the X-ray sreen on the iPad so that they use as a note or review it to patients. Finally, doctors can faxes the patient's information from iPad. it can be recorded in the iPad directly, they don't need other step to complete the transaction. Using the iPad is more convenient tool than others, but I wonder how it protect the private information.


http://vator.tv/news/2011-09-22-doctors-can-now-draw-fax-and-prescribe-from-ipad

Is a gift card as a 15 minutes guarantee in pharmacy worth?

Since Rite-Aid have 15 mins guarantee for prescription, I had a class issue that the retail pharmacy's promotion is worth or not. This promotion shows, "if you don't get your prescription in 15 mins, you get a $5 gift card." As a pharmacist or student pharmacist, we may be thought about this issue once. Do you think is is possible?

As  customers, it is a good deal, because they can get their prescriptions early or get time reimbusements. What about pharmacists? Can they survive in retail pharmacy? or have lots of troubles? Most customers or patients may think pharmacists can fill the prescription and complete everything within few minutes like Rx prescried. Indeed, somone do not even understand why pharmacists need the doctorate degree for filling the presciptions. Well, if we  fill the prescriptions only, the prescription will be realy in few minutes.

However, we are not just a filling technician only, but to be a healthcare profession. out job and goal is to reduce med. eeror and care patients with healthcare knowledge. one of my fridnes, who is a pharmacist in Rite Aid, has stress about this issue in real life, because patients complain to the suprevisor if it's delayed. Pharmacists are busy with checking med, taking phone orger, counseling patients like multitasking. they don't even have time to sit and eat in the store. I don't know how they can handle thier all works within limited time. it may worsen to make mistatkes or med errors.

Here is a link that I found the same issue how pharmacist think this situation and how they react.
http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2011/03/be-a-dick-get-a-gift-card.html

More chocolate can reduce the risk?

I love chocolates, and most people may agree with it. However, I tried to stop eating these chocolates because I used to gain weight. These choolates have lots of sugar and fat that can add extra calories you probably don't need. This article shows that chocolates are not always bad in your health. According to the article, people, who consumped the high rate of chocolate, may reduced in the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Of couse, it will be harmful with over consumption. Indeed, health providers may not recommended to keep eating chocolates as nutritions. However, I'm happy to hear these news and wish to get more benefitial facts, so I don't need to feel guilty eating chocolates at least.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseRisks/heart-disease-diabetes-stroke-chocolate-risk/story?id=14390002

Intro..

Hi, I'm Sohee Kim, COP student at NOVA-wpb. I'm taking the web2.0 course so that I created this blog at first time. Although I'm not familiar with this site, I wish to have good experiences with it and to share good information with others.