MIT-developed software helps protect patient privacy

An MIT team has developed a free and open-source software package to allow researchers to accurately de-identify text in medical records in a HIPAA-compliant manner. Gari D. Clifford, a principal research scientist in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) led the work with Principal Investigator Roger G. Mark, a professor in HST and MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

CCHIT Certified Ambulatory EHR 2007

company (product version)	date certified
ABELSoft Corporation Pre-market, conditional certification (ABELMed PM – EMR, Version v8)	6/17/2008
Allscripts (Healthmatics EHR Version 2007.1)	1/23/2008
Allscripts (TouchWorks, V11.1)	4/30/2008
CareData Solutions Corporation Pre-market, conditional certification (The CareData Solution, Version 2.7)	1/18/2008
Cerner Corporation (Cerner Millennium PowerChart/PowerWorks EMR, Version 2007)	4/24/2008
Community Computer Service (MEDENT 17)	7/11/2007
Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. (Sevocity, Version 5.0)	5/5/2008
Dairyland Healthcare Solutions (Physician Practice Documentation (PPD), Version 9.0.0)	6/13/2008
digiChart, Inc. (digiChart OB-GYN Version 7.0)	3/20/2008
Doctations, Inc. (Doctations, Version v1.0106062008)	6/24/2008
Doctor Oates Computer Systems (DOCS) dba SOAPware, Inc., Pre-market, conditional certification (SOAPware 2008)	6/12/2008
eCast Corporation (eCast EMR 7.0)	9/21/2007
eClinicalWorks, LLC (eClinicalWorks 7.6.15)	8/10/2007
e-MDs, Inc. (e-MDs Solution Series 6.1.2)	7/18/2007
Eclipsys Corporation Pre-market, conditional certification (Sunrise Ambulatory, Version 4.5C SP5)	4/22/2008
Eclipsys Corporation Pre-market, conditional certification (Sunrise Ambulatory Care™ 5.0 SP1 with Eclipsys Auditing Services 1.0 XA™ and Eclipsys Security Services 1.0 XA™)	6/27/2008
EHS (CareRevolution, Version 5.2)	6/20/2008
Epic Systems Corporation (EpicCare Ambulatory EMR Spring 2007)	11/30/2007
GE Healthcare Pre-market, conditional certification (Centricity EMR, Version 9.0)	6/24/2008
GE Healthcare Pre-market, conditional certification (Centricity Enterprise, Version 6.7)	6/24/2008
gloStream (gloEMR, Version 4.0)	6/17/2008
gMed, Inc. Pre-market, conditional certification (gCare, Version 4.0 Release 6.2)	6/17/2008
Greenway Medical Technologies Certification Extension granted 6/20/2008 (Extension valid through 9/20/2008) (PrimeSuite 2007 R2)	6/22/2007
HealthPort (HealthPort EMR V9.0)	5/1/2008
HIT Services Group (Acumen EHR 5)	12/11/2007
iMedica Corporation (iMedica PRM2008 Build 8.1)	2/22/2008
Ingenix (Ingenix CareTracker, Version 6.2)	6/11/2008
Integritas, Inc. (STIX EHR, Release 9.0)	6/5/2008
Integrity On Site LLC, dba DocuTAP (DocuTAP EMR and Practice Management Solution 2.8.2)	6/5/2008
Intivia (NeoSys, Version 4.1)	6/26/2008
LSS Data Systems (Medical and Practice Management (MPM) Suite, Version: Client Server 5.54)	6/27/2008
McKesson Provider Technologies (Practice Partner 9.2.1)	7/17/2007
McKesson Provider Technologies (Practice Partner 9.2.2)	7/17/2007
MedAppz (iSuite version 3.5)	11/1/2007
MedcomSoft, Inc (MedcomSoft Record, Version UE (V 4.5))	5/15/2008
MediNotes Corporation (MediNotes e Version 5.2)	1/24/2008
Misys Healthcare Systems Pre-market, conditional certification (Misys EMR, Version 9.10)	2/22/2008
Misys Healthcare Systems (Misys MyWay, Version 2008)	2/22/2008
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. Certification Extension granted 6/23/2008 (Extension valid through 9/23/2008) (NextGen EMR 5.4.29)	6/25/2007
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. Certification Extension granted 6/23/2008 (Extension valid through 9/23/2008) (NextGen EMR 5.5)	6/25/2007
Nightingale Informatix Corporation Pre-market, conditional certification (Nightingale On-Demand, Version 8.2)	2/22/2008
Noteworthy Medical Systems (NetPractice EHR 6.0)	1/17/2008
Ochsner Clinic Foundation Pre-market, conditional certification (Ochsner Clinical Workstation, Version 1.9.8**)	6/30/2008
PracticeOne (e-Medsys Electronic Health Record)	11/30/2007
Purkinje (CareSeries EHR 2.0)	7/27/2007
Sage (Intergy EHR by Sage, Version V4)	1/17/2008
SSIMED, LLC Pre-market, conditional certification (EMRge, Version 7.0 Release 1.0)	6/20/2008
STI Computer Services (ChartMaker, Version 3.0.5)	4/22/2008
TransMed Network (TransMed CS, Version 3.0)	6/20/2008
Wellogic and GBA Health Network Systems (Wellogic Consult Version 3.10 Release 10 and GBA MEDfx Version 2.8)	3/26/2008

Practice Fusion: Free EMR

There are more and more free EMR/EHR (Electronic Medical or Health Record) systems that are appearing all the time. This one is called Practice Fusion and was recently featured in MDNG, ZDNet, and CNET. Impressive!

It is a web-based EMR system that is free as long as you don't mind seeing some advertisements. If you want the ad-free version, then it costs $100 per month.

Is the free EMR/EHR movement going to dominate this industry? Open source? Freeware? Ad-ware?

Maybe I missed it, but is Practice Fusion a CCHIT certified ambulatory EHR?
Update: I was told by Ryan Howard, the CEO of Practice Fusion, that they will be CCHIT certified at the end of the year. Great news!

Opera Mobile 9.5

Wow, I have been very impressed with Opera Mobile 9.5 on my Verizon XV6800. This is an incredible mobile browser! You can view standard web pages and easily zoom in and out. Reminds me of using Safari on the iPhone.

I'm still waiting to test mobile Firefox. It should perform better than Minimo, but will it beat Opera Mobile?

Non-Clinical Career Path

I often get asked about how to transition to a non-clinical career. If you're thinking about it but you don't know where to start, I would suggest that you start with this:

http://mdjosephkim.blogspot.com/2008/04/non-clinical-opportunities-for.html

Then, outline your interests and try to identify your ideal career. Then, map out a plan to get there. It will be essential to build your network and meet people who are working in the area you're interested in. Re-connect with old classmates, friends, etc. Use social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Plaxo, etc.

You may also want to check out:
http://www.seak.com/semncc08.htm

Research, build your network, and meet people who are working in non-clinical settings.

Namesake: Dr. Joseph Kim

Yet another namesake: Joseph Kim, DDS
Doctor Kim works at Norwalk Dental Center in Norwalk, Ohio

Doctor Kim has his own website:
http://www.josephkimdds.com/

He also has the a website about his dental practice:
http://www.norwalkdentalcenter.com/

I'm sure there are many other dentists out there named Joseph Kim. Perhaps you know a doctor Joseph Kim. Joseph Kim, DDS? Joseph Kim, DMD?

Doctor Kim: Nephrologist to Mac Blogger

Doctor Arnold Kim is a nephrologist who loves to write about Mac Rumors. In fact, he is quitting his day job as a physician to devote his time fully to blogging on his site: www.MacRumors.com

The NY Times did a great article about him here.

What would your friends and family think if you left your clinical job to be a full-time techno-blogger? I'm not a full-time blogger yet, but I could think of lots of things to write about.

1.8" mobile hard drives

Not all 1.8" hard drives are the same. Many UMPC and mini notebooks use a 1.8" hard drive.

Manufacturers include: Toshiba, Samsung, Hitachi, and a few others.

People often get confused when they start looking at the different connectors on these tiny drives.

The Hitachi TravelStar 1.8" drives are used on Sony and Thinkpad laptops, among other machines. These drives have pins sticking out and don't seem to be as popular anymore.

Older 1.8" drives use a 50-pin connector. My old Sony Vaio T-series and my Fujitsu Lifebook p1610 uses this type of drive.

Most 1.8" drives now use the LIF/ZIF connector with a PATA interface. My OQO and Samsung Q1 use this type of hard drive.

Even newer 1.8" drives use a SATA interface and have a totally different connector. Plus, the SATA drives spin at 5400 RPM instead of the slower 4200 RPM.

Do you know what type of hard drive is in your iPod?

Feed Your Baby Anything After 4 Months?

Earlier this year, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published an article titled:

Effects of Early Nutritional Interventions on the Development of Atopic Disease in Infants and Children: The Role of Maternal Dietary Restriction, Breastfeeding, Timing of Introduction of Complementary Foods, and Hydrolyzed Formulas


http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/121/1/183

One of the key messages is that early guidelines were derived from expert opinion and not from evidence. There is not enough evidence to support many of the earlier guidelines, such as when to introduce certain foods to a growing baby. The traditional guideline suggested waiting on foods like milk, fish, eggs, peanuts, etc. However, these suggestions have no strong evidence backing them up. Does this mean that we should ignore them? Can we feed our babies anything after they reach 4 months? Or should we still delay the introduction of certain foods until they're older? Should the lack of evidence cause us to use more or less caution? Maybe we're doing the wrong thing by withholding certain foods.

Also, pregnant women should feel free to eat anything during their pregnancy according to this new report. Will this cause a paradigm shift in the world of dietetics?

Yet another upgrade for the Eee PC

People out there are modifying, tweaking, and upgrading the affordable Eee PC. They are adding touch screens, more memory, different operating systems, and internal GPS receivers. Take a look at some of the pictures here.

Painless Hypodermic Needles

Why do people hates needles? Is it the pain? Or the thought of pain?

Well, imaging totally painless needles. If you could create a needle so small and mimic the bite of a mosquito, you could have a totally pain-free needle. The new biocompatible microneedle, designed by Suman Chakraborty of the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya of Tokai University in Kanagawa is based on the same principle.

Read about it here: New Scientist

Namesake: Dr. Joseph Kim

Stumbled upon an interesting website the other day. This isn't me, but I thought he was interesting (another namesake).

Doctor Joseph Kim

http://www.josephkim.ca/

Joseph Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pedagogy Research Lab

Research Interests: Technology, blended learning environments, educational psychology, scholarship of teaching and learning. I have been formally trained as a psychopharmacologist in the lab of Shep Siegel (McMaster) and as a Systems Neuroscientist in the labs of Howard Fields and Jennifer Whistler (Gallo Center, UCSF). There are many interesting parallels in understanding principles of learning and conditioning which apply to understanding problems in pedagogy. In addition, I am interested at the exciting possibilities of incorporating relevant techniques from across psychology and neuroscience to study problems in pedagogy.