Real Goal of the Obamacare is to Mandate Health Insurance and an Electronic Health Record for Every American

The real goal of the healthcare bill is to mandate that every American have health insurance (those who resist will be charged a penalty collected by the IRS) and to create an electronic health record for each person, which will allow the government to implement RFID and GPS technology as a means to control and track society. [See Government Control of Health Care: The Health Insurance Mandate and Electronic Health Records.]

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Health IT Policy Panel Approves Certification Recommendations

May 7, 2010

iHealthBeat.org (Federal Stimulus Funding) - On Thursday, the Health IT Policy Committee unanimously approved recommendations from two of its work groups on the proposed rule for electronic health record certification programs, Modern Healthcare reports (Conn, Modern Healthcare, 5/6).

The committee sent two letters to National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal with recommendations from its adoption and certification work group and its privacy and security work group (Goedert, Health Data Management, 5/6).

The panel approved 12 recommendations from the certification work group on the proposed permanent program for certifying EHRs.

The committee also approved recommendations from its privacy work group related to the testing and certification of the so-called modular components of EHR systems. The work group recommended that vendors be required to label the modules to identify the extent of the privacy and security components.

The public comment period for the proposed rule ends May 10.

Flashback: Mobile Phones Could Store Electronic Health Records, Boost Personal Health Monitoring

July 20, 2009

iHealthBeat.org - Mobile phones could be the next major platform for personal health monitoring tools, experts say.

In the future, people could use mobile phones to share, store and add information to their personal medical records. In addition, people with chronic conditions could use special add-on devices to monitor diabetes, blood pressure or oxygen levels in their blood.

In an iHealthBeat Special Report by David Gorn, experts discussed the potential applications of mobile health monitoring technology. Click here to listen to the audio report.

The Special Report includes comments from:

• Monique Levy, senior director of research at health care research firm Manhattan Research; and
• Shankar Sastry, dean of engineering at the University of California-Berkeley.

Experts say mobile health monitoring devices could change the way medicine is practiced by empowering people to take responsibility for personal health management.

Flashback: Medical Records on Your Cell Phone

Flashback: Computer Scientists Turn Cell Phones into Health Care Resource

March 1, 2006

Science Daily - New software technology allows cell phone and PDA users to download their medical records, making them quickly accessible in case of emergency. The new software, to be available in a year, can even display animated 3D scans. Computer scientists say the technology will also enable students to do research using their portable devices.

Imagine if your medical records were lost or misplaced. It can cause more than aggravation; it could impact the care you receive. Now, imagine being able to download your own health records -- even X-rays and diagnostic scans -- right into your cell phone or PDA.

The same technology that brings games to life in your cell phone can also help you and your doctor keep track of your health. Gregory Quinn, a computer scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, says,

"We can do quite amazing things in terms of presenting information."

Many of the newer cells phones and PDAs have a graphics chip like the one in your PC. The chip can turn your phone into a virtual medical library, complete with stunning 3D computer graphics and medical scans.

Quinn is developing a program that will allow doctors to view a patient's medical history on mobile devices.

Cardiologist Michael Wright believes mobile medical records will not only help doctors, it will simplify things for patients. Dr. Wright, who is medical director at the LifeScore Clinic in San Diego says:

"Right now your medical records are scattered here and there. You don't really have easy access to them."

With Quinn's program, medical notes and patient tests can be downloaded onto a cell phone in just minutes.

"Let's say, for example, I had done a scan here and had picked up a narrowed blood vessel coming down the surface of the heart. That would be visible on this 3D model," Dr. Wright says.

All the data on a phone is stored in the memory expansion slot. In these medical phones, however, Instead of music and digital pictures, it could hold a virtual scan of the body and much more.

"It really does provide a, an on going, growing medical record that they can always have with them," Dr. Wright tells DBIS.

The 3D mobile medical data program should be available within a year. Quinn's program isn't limited to medical information. He says students will be able to retrieve science and other information on their cell phones during class.

BACKGROUND: Half a billion cell phones are sold each year, and within two years most of these will be inter-connected devices and contain built-in 2D/3D graphics accelerators. Scientists may be able to use these devices to disseminate visual information and scientific data, such as real-time molecular and medical data. For developing countries in particular, the cell phone will become their first and/or primary computing device. It's high-end data visualization for the masses.

MAKING PHONES SMARTER: So-called "smartphones" relate to a single device that can take care of all your handheld computing and communications needs in a single small package, integrating digital photography, cellular communication, calendars and address books, GPS navigation, email, and even play music or games. The biggest advantage is that smartphones allow users to install, configure and run their favorite applications, creating individual, tailor-made service. In contrast, most standard cell-phone software offers only limited configurations for personalizing the device.

ABOUT GRAPHICS ACCELERATORS: A graphics accelerator is a type of video adapter that contains its own microprocessor, enabling higher performance. It has its own memory for storing graphical representations. Among other advantages, graphics accelerators free up the computer's central processing unit. The CPU can do other tasks while the graphics accelerator is processing the graphics. When computation tasks are divided in this way, it is known as "load balancing." Today, graphics accelerators are not just an enhancement, but a necessity, and are bundled automatically into mid-range and high-range computers.

GOING DIGITAL: Digital cell phones use the same radio technology as analog phones, but unlike analog signals, digital signals can be compressed and manipulated to fit more calls onto a given bandwidth. It's also why more cable companies are switching to digital to gain more channels. Using digital cell phones, three to ten digital calls can occupy the same space as a single analog call.

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