Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-27 Thread rogerhga
Allan, The AMA does not represent the majority of doctors, that's why our current president went to them for support on his healthcare bill...to give us the taxpayers the appearance that the medical community supported this legislation. Nor do most CPA's support keeping the tax code

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-27 Thread G Mann
I second that. Motion carries. [in committee speak nothing further will be heard ;)) ] We the People have been out shouted by We the Committee, who have been given voice by we're the news. Thus the perception that the committee rules. They do not. We the People vote with our wallets, not our

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-27 Thread Scott Ritchey
: Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data Good point. I studied the VA system while devising my own. Just as the old DOS system for computers worked, but was slow and cumbersome the current VA system handles patient information equally as poorly. Bill Gates [you might

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-27 Thread Scott Ritchey
PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data I second that. Motion carries. [in committee speak nothing further will be heard ;)) ] We the People have been out shouted by We the Committee, who have been given voice by we're the news. Thus

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-27 Thread Max
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-27 Thread Curt Raymond
: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data Message-ID: 23F81274AAEC4645BF1DC4037B4D6395@ScottPC Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii Sounds like Betamax: a better solution but the market (in this case the Gvt) went a different way. ___ http

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread G Mann
TYVM,,, I'm still open to donations.. ;)) Happy money... how much is that btw? Actually, it is still a viable system plan, if you happen to know any investors with enough staying power to place it on the market, please feel free to collect a finders fee.. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:16 PM, OK Don

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: Actually, it is still a viable system plan, if you happen to know any investors with enough staying power to place it on the market, please feel free to collect a finders fee.. Aren't there tech incubators that push this type of stuff forward? mao

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread G Mann
I've been that design by committee route on projects. It never went well to the end result that kept the vision of the project in focus. Thanks for the thought. Things that work well are conceived by individuals and produced by individuals who are driven and are drivers, in my experience. Because

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
BTW the medical records at VA hospitals have been computerized for a very, very long time. Having worked at all kinds of hospitals as a surgical resident I can tell you that accessing a VA patients records was a breeze. In a regular hospital it was a nightmare. The drawback of the VA system is

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread G Mann
Good point. I studied the VA system while devising my own. Just as the old DOS system for computers worked, but was slow and cumbersome the current VA system handles patient information equally as poorly. Bill Gates [you might remember him] streamlined the DOS system [over time at least] and made

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-26 Thread Allan Streib
Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com writes: Grant wrote: Actually, it is still a viable system plan, if you happen to know any investors with enough staying power to place it on the market, please feel free to collect a finders fee.. Aren't there tech incubators that push this type of stuff

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-25 Thread Allan Streib
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012, at 03:12 PM, Mountain Man wrote: Plus, we don't need to go see these information gatherers. Abe Lincoln didn't have an exposure problem - stay away from the systems and try to accomplish anonymity as much as possible - forget the regulators and their schemes. Yes, that

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-25 Thread Peter Hertzing
What we need is the ability to share simple data such as diagnosis and current medications so that doctors can communicate regarding care. Does no favors to our system when a doc orders a ct that the patient had last month cause it's easier then getting the result from another doctor. Same

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-25 Thread Mountain Man
Allan wrote: Was just reading that contact with our health care system is the fifth leading cause of death in this country. Eh... Life ain't all its cracked up to be... Easy to say as I am still breathing and ticker is still doin' its thing... mao - purely expendable

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-25 Thread OK Don
That would be a GREAT system! Wish someone had paid you happy money for it, and put it place! On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:46 PM, G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote: Way back in 2005 I designed and copyrighted a medical file system that had a patient card which remained with the patient and held the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-24 Thread Scott Ritchey
It seems all medical records must now (or soon) be digital. Is anyone else concerned about the potential easy and wide-spread compromise for this data that is supposed to be one of only three (doctors, lawyers, and clergy) privileged communications? Scott -Original Message- From:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-24 Thread G Mann
It seems that in the society of Facebook/Twitter/ and Britney / Paris no panty days privacy has taken the decade off. It will take a generation of abuse by loss of personal information and being fired for social media postings before the current society will once again come to respect the need

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-24 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: It will come.. just not in my remaining lifetime... likely.. Plus, we don't need to go see these information gatherers. Abe Lincoln didn't have an exposure problem - stay away from the systems and try to accomplish anonymity as much as possible - forget the regulators and their

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-24 Thread OK Don
Yes, the privacy issues are real, and I don't think are being taken seriously enough. On the other hand, when my father was being treated for trigeminal neuralgia (sp?), I took him to six different doctors, due to referals. I had to fill out the demographic data, medical history, current issues

Re: [MBZ] OT: Medical Records: was Light Reading of crash data

2012-04-24 Thread G Mann
Way back in 2005 I designed and copyrighted a medical file system that had a patient card which remained with the patient and held the entire patients medical history from birth [potentially]. The attending Dr. would have access to the patients medical record and be able to see any previous