Sg2009wc:medical
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Issue/Topic: Medical IT
Session: 5-K Bay Area Jan 2009
Convener: Ellen Francik
Notes-taker: Jenny Greenwood, Ellen Francik
Notes:
An overview of projects people are working on or are researching:
Brain sciences
- Multiple firms taking different segments of “brain health” market
- Lightweight web applications for the young & able (Lumosity)
- PC applications with more medical research behind them (Posit Science)
- Turnkey installations for retirement homes for remediation of memory deficits
- (Dakim)
- Measurable improvements in peripheral perception, auditory perception, digit span
Medical records systems – access for medical personnel and patients
- Significant funding planned for national stimulus package
- Issues with different data formats even within the same hospital
- Ongoing data standards issues
- A cautionary note: we don’t even have reliable access to 911 in rural areas!
- Security and HIPAA issues
- Customer self-service online
- Systems for small offices: PCs, handhelds, wall stations?
Biosensors: low level hardware
Wellness, physical activity, diet support applications
- Interface for medical providers
- Interface for patients (bilingual and multicultural)
Devices to eliminate medical waste
Biological applications (drug research, medical image processing, gene sequencing)
COOL project: reducing brain temperature of patients with traumatic brain injury to speed recovery