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MRPM.VOW.01.13: Google Glass in a clinical setting

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MRPM-VOW-placer-video-projector-icon-psdGoogle Glasses is a battery operated, capable for hands-free use while walking or driving or working, head-mounted intelligent device that looks like a pair of normal eye glasses. Google Glasses are equipped with lenses that are both interactive and a display like a smartphone. Users will always be connected to the Internet, it is compatible with both Android-powered mobile devices and Apple iOS-powered devices through Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. Users can also record photo or video from its 5 megapixel camera by voice command.

The MRPM Video of the Week (MRPM.VOW.01.13) – from the widget on the left of this post, provides pellucidity to an innovative way for quick and easy access to critical data such as vital signs during surgical procedures by using Google Glass. This soultion is been pioneered by Philips Healthcare and Accenture who are collaborating to develop a new way to help surgeons deliver more efficient and effective patient care using Google Glass technology during surgical procedures.

References:

  1. Maria, D 2013,  How Google Glass Is Now Being Used During Surgery, 5 November 2013, Forbes, viewed 29 November 2013,<http://www.forbes.com/sites/ptc/2013/11/05/how-google-glass-is-now-being-used-during-surgery/>

Video Explaining the Difference, CT scan and MRI

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CT Scan, MRI are two acronyms you as Health Information Management(HIM) / Medical Records(MR) practitioners have surely encountered in managing your medical records and radiology images.

I felt today I shall post on CT scan and MRI, in behalf of HIM/MR practitioners wanting to make the difference between merely executing and/or supervising basic routine functions of filing and retrieving radiology images as compared to HIM/MR practitioners who build on their knowledge base to be informed managers or able assistants.

Pals, I have had a real life experience when I had a fall, and had a MRI done on my right arm. I had no fractures but a muscle tear, which has since healed but I try not to strain my right arm.

I found a nice video (below) to share that explains all the different types of scans –  ultrasound, PET scan, CT scan and MRI. However, I queued up this video to begin at the point where it explains CT scans and MRIs, by editing the original video using a video editor (Avidemux 2.5.6), and set to play at the point where it explains MRIs  and CT scans.

The original video was made at the London Oncology Clinic, now known as Leaders in Oncology Care (www.theloc.com).

A CT – the acronym for Computerized Axial Tomography and a MRI – the acronym for Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans are different in the way they work, levels of harmful radiation, the equipment used, their cost and in the situations they are best suited for.

It’s scarring to get into a MRI scanner but usually a skilled operator is around to assure you. My experience was not so assuring as the operator did not explain things clearly. I was lucky as I was mentally prepared but imagine if it was a lay person or someone with a faint heart. I reprimanded politely to the head of the radiology department, as I think some standard operating procedures were compromised, from the viewpoint of a quality management person and certainly as an informed patient!

Maurice Slevin of MRI & CT Scan differences post

Dr. Maurice Slevin MD FRCP, Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist Barts And The London NHS Trust
Image credit: The Times, United Kingdom

Video credit : The concept and script of this video were produced by Dr. Maurice Slevin, video production by Ted Mikulski and creation of scanners by Brenda Holder.

How do we consume data?

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JP Rangaswami, has a background in economics and journalism and he has been a technology innovator and chief information officer for many leading financial firms. As an advocate for open source and disruptive technologies, Rangaswami has been a leading force in the success of multiple startups, including School of Everything,

In the following TED video, listen to Rangaswami tell us about how he thinks deeply (and hilariously) about disruptive data, and muses about our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.

“Information, if viewed from the point of view of food, is never a production issue. … It’s a consumption issue, and we have to start thinking about how we create diets [and] exercise” – JP Rangaswami