Posts Tagged ‘Health IT’

5 common mistakes for tablet PC development

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Okay, so you’re sold on a Tablet PC, but what should you watch out for when developing a Tablet PC application in health care?

Below is a list of common mistakes for developing a Tablet PC application.  All are avoidable early in the project’s life-cycle. Some of these mistakes I own, and others I’ve seen from other project managers and developers. Hopefully, this list helps others avoid these common mistakes.

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Free iPHR market report from Chilmark

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Chilmark Research is offering a FREE 20-page iPHR Market Report (Executive Summary).  You’ll need to enter your email address and address info, but that’s it!

The full report is a 200+ page report going for just a little under $2,500.  The full report consists of 3 chapters and an appendices.  The free report only includes chapter 1 (Executive Summary).  Nothing wrong with that, because that’s exactly what they advertised.  Chapter 2 (Market Trends) and chapter 3 (iPHR Vendor Profiles) are not included.  Too bad…

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OpenClinica takes open-source community by storm

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Over 100 clinical research institutions adopted OpenClinica, an open-source EDC platform?

At first glance, OpenClinica looks likes a very polished product.  Based on the demo application, the web pages are snappy, and the user-interface seems pretty clean and friendly.  Of course it was a demo study, so it’s not clear how the application will fair under the heavy load of a phase III or phase IV clinical trial.  This definitely seems like something worth investigating, and here’s some more details.

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PHR showdown!

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

The Personal Health Records arena is now open for battle!  In the blue corner is the seasoned HealthVault (launched last year!).  In the red corner is the newcomer, Google Health.  With these two heavyweights, it’s hard to say who will come out on top.

Check out Washington Post’s review of Google Health.

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