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June 25, 2008
Results of a new analysis of the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study show that intensive low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol-lowering in patients with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) whose systolic blood pressure was less than 140 mmHg reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, including heart attack, stroke and resuscitated cardiac arrest, by 42 percent […]
June 25, 2008
Turmeric, an Asian spice found in many curries, has a long history of use in reducing inflammation, healing wounds and relieving pain, but can it prevent diabetes? Since inflammation plays a big role in many diseases and is believed to be involved in onset of both obesity and Type 2 diabetes, Drew Tortoriello, M.D., an […]
June 25, 2008
Individuals with lower blood levels of vitamin D appear to have an increased risk of death overall and from cardiovascular causes, according to a report in the June 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
A recent consensus panel estimated that about 50 percent to 60 percent of older individuals in […]
June 25, 2008
Electronic Medical Record - Electronic Patient Record - what are the differences and just who has access to what?
In Western society we tend to place special emphasis on certain domains that we consider particularly private. One of these is legal matters—the conversations you have with your lawyer are highly confidential—and health. So it’s no surprise that when the issue of electronic medical records comes up, privacy is everyone’s major concern.
Researcher Nina Boulus, is an expert on these digital systems. She’s completing her PhD examining the implementation issues from everyone’s point of view. She points out that there are actually two different systems as I mentioned in the previous column – Privacy and Your Medical Records (June 6). The institutional system, often referred to as an electronic medical record or EMR (although there are other names), and the electronic patient record or EPR which is the Google Health, Microsoft HealthVault, or Dossia types of models. Check them out, you might be surprised at what is already available.
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