Blog update and Guest blog entry: The Medical Quack

I will return to the "Publish or Perish" blog series tomorrow, but today it is time for the weekly guest blog entry. Before I do so, just a few updates. Remember that I now have an index of blog postings which can always be found to the left of the page. This link allows you to peruse all of our prior entries. If you haven't read the You Can't Make This Stuff Up series, please do so as they are very interesting. Also, one of my old posts has garnered some recent interests. If you have an interest in the topic of ADHD, please share your thoughts at the ADHD for everyone! blog entry.

And now, let's get to the guest blog entry. This weeks guest blog entry was written exclusive for MedFriendly by Barbara Duck, who tongue-in-cheek refers to herself as The Medical Quack. Her entry discusses what she does so without further ado, I turn it over to The Medical Quack…

As a developer and Microsoft partner, I feature new software applications that have a place in health care, and try to give some examples of how software can benefit both physicians and patients alike. This week I featured the new Health Vault from Microsoft which looks to be a good tool for patients to be able to store and share medical records with their physicians. I feel this might turn out to be the best and most functional tool in the PHR (personal health records) area available to all. Health care is something we all need to take an active part in today and with both patients and physicians working to communicate with new and updated technology, we are all working towards a better health care system for all. New technology stands to benefit all and I absolutely try to fill the page with as much beneficial information as possible as well as some posts that are just very interesting. I would urge anyone to take a look at this new and upcoming resource with the Health Vault even if you decide not to participate immediately, at least it will give you an idea of how the world of health care is continuing to evolve.

The Medical Quack website is a mixture of many important and interesting articles as related to Health Care. I focus on many items of interest to include the daily news of what's happening in health care all the way to the other end of the spectrum on dealing with technology. The site also has some valuable and easy to use resources that everyone can use. I also like to have a little fun here and there and have included a humor section for those days when we all need a lift.

Technology is addressed almost every day as it is fast becoming a main stay and sometimes we include some interesting and informative videos from You Tube as they relate to items discussed. Sometimes things may get a little political, but I keep everything open for all to feel free to comment. Medicare and Insurance related stories are covered and sometimes just some good old human related stories are featured at well.

Daily updates on several health topics are listed as well as the latest FDA approvals and related information. If you take a little time to search around there are some helpful links for physicians for billing software, links to live surgeries, and some free clearinghouse services. For patients who visit the site, I have some permanent links to the $4.00 prescription pages offered by a few retailers along with links to other sites such as the Patient's Guide to Valve Surgery.

Daily news posts contain quite a bit of information regarding the latest and greatest medical technology and I like to talk quite extensively about the use of both PDAs and Tablet PCs in health care. If you have any questions related to Tablet PCs and mobility, you might find something of interest here. Tablet PCs are fast becoming the main stay of mobility for physicians and I attempt to provide some examples and perhaps real use scenarios with both the hardware and software itself, again as it relates to health care and paperless is spoken here. Someday in the not too distant future you, the patient, may be handed a tablet to enter your information too, there are some facilities and hospitals doing this today! We provide Tablet PCs from Tablet Kiosk, the best slate tablets available for health care professionals and update material and information as it becomes available. For any physicians who may be reading this , I am also very active in another site called EMR Update. This is what I call the "hard hat" area where the Geeks and Docs come together, sounds unusual, but there's many good discussions and information available here too, and not a bad place to check in and see what the physicians are talking about.