Redesigning Technology for Global Health

April 21st, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Redesigning Technology for Global Health

This is an interesting story GE redesigning an EKG machine (the last one of which they made in 1999) for a place like India. The have also been advertising a lot on TV - I was able to find the ad on YouTube which is pretty cool. Four things immediately struck me:

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House panel passes bill on health data technology standards

November 12th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Washington — A House committee approved legislation that would make the National Institute of Standards and Technology responsible for setting federal health information technology standards and would make the institute available as a consulting body for private industry efforts.

The purpose is to speed up adoption of HIT, said Rep. Bart Gordon (D, Tenn.), who sponsored the measure.

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