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Will you Live Without a Medical Alarm?
Jul 28th
A medical alarm is one of those devices that a patient can use to signal something critical related to his or her health situation. A typical American medical alarm will allow the patient to call help at any time.
There are though more advanced medical alarm systems, like those that monitor the heart rate, or the breathing rate. The prices vary a lot depending on what issues the medical alarm focuses on. Typically a medical alarm is used in hospitals as its use shows the possibility of a critical failure presenting. The home use is typically restricted to the use of medical alarms for elderly people. With the advent of mobile technology this domain saw a leap in quality. A typical personal medical alarm nowadays can follow its user no matter where he goes and can alert the doctors of a possible worsening condition.
Of course, given the sensitivity of the task offered by these devices, they are subjected to many control tests. A manufacturer has to pass these tests in order to be allowed to sell these products. For the average user this means that just about any medical alarm found on the market will do the job. However the situation differs from one case to the next and it is for the best to first ask qualified help on what sort of medical alarm should a certain person use. This comes as a result of the fact that different medical alarms monitor different variables. Usually those who rely on user’s interaction are only recommended to those with a relatively minor health problem. In those cases in which the situation is critical it is advised to purchase a medical alarm that immediately and automatically alerts the doctors about a critical medical condition.
The medical alarms used in the comfort of the home can get quite expensive as they do not contain the sensor alone, but also the communication infrastructure and the link to those that must be called in case of an emergency.
The internet has revolutionized the way people buy a medical alarm. As the market became extremely competitive, the prices went down fast. There are concerns though that some companies try to sell lower quality devices. This happens because online retailers are harder to check than traditional ones. Further still, some of them, although aiming at the US market are actually based in another countries, which holds the danger of unreliable medical alarm systems. The recommended way is to indeed purchase online but only from brands that also have a strong offline presence. This will give you a lower price and a guarantee that the medical alarm is of a good quality.
Altogether the world of medical alarm systems shows some intriguing and potentially extraordinary future prospects. As the medical technology advances it can be expected that in the short term these devices will see an explosive growth in quality and variety.
Jeff King is a technologist who writes on many consumer topics.
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Documenting Medical Notes Without Voice Recognition – Old Timers Still Prefer to Do it That Way
May 22nd
Advanced technology can recreate babies in the lab or send men into space, but perfecting voice recognition is not within the realm of possibility, at least for the present, since more and more doctors are reverting back to the time tested process of documenting medical notes the good old fashioned way of narrating the patient health profile to man rather than machine.
Most electronic medical record (EMR) software’s in operation have in-built voice recognition feature available, many physicians felt that a machine could do it better and quicker than a man, however they were quick to realize that the machine had limitations, until these were not sorted out the transcription process cannot be automated.
The digital voice recorders in use by physicians are convenient and easy to use; it allows them to narrate the patient profiles from any location, on the other hand the mobility is restricted while using the voice recognition. The manual transcription process does take a longer time, but is 99% accurate, the automated transcripts through voice recognition are quicker, but inaccuracies are plentiful and corrections take away the physician’s precious time.
The manual transcription process can only be phased out once physicians are comfortable using voice recognition, and further technological advancement may put an end to the manual process, but as of now physicians are disinclined at using it and wish to continue with the human face of medical transcriptions, regardless of the costs. There are offshore vendors who have lowered costs, realizing that many healthcare providers have dumped voice recognition and are reverting back to the manual process.
The offshore companies in India are willing to provide the service to the physicians at a very low cost of 9¢ to 10¢ a line consisting of 65 characters and comparatively US vendors charge 15¢ to 16¢ for a 45 character line. Many healthcare companies in an effort to lower operational costs are looking eastwards till such time until voice recognition finds more takers.
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Do EMRs with Point & Click templates offer qualitative or quantitative health care? This question has been a topic of discussion in many health care forums, raised in particular by physicians concerned that while digitization may improve productivity of health care, quality may have to be compromised in as far as rendering personalized care to the patients is concerned.