What is Revolution Health Group?

Hello to you all, I hope you are doing great. This week I bring a new database I just found is called Revolution Health Group. ENJOY! Revolution Health Group was cofounded by America Online. Their mission quote: “is to is to change healthcare by giving people the tools, information and support to manage their health and wellness actively.”
Revolution Health is a health-related portal site and social network in which they can ask question related to health, rate their doctors and participate in online discussions. In addition offers blogs in which users can express their opinions about health related problems.
This is a great tool for us to tell patients to use since it gives information in a variety of themes.  The page provides information of some diseases, techniques to improve the quality of life and information about drugs.  Also provides a link in which patients can ask questions to pharmacist in a live chat with a pharmacist.
This page can be found at: http://www.revolutionhealth.com/

My first Blog and IPad options for EMR

Good Morning. I am Vivian Hernandez a third year pharmacy student at NSU from Ponce Site. This is the first time I actually try to do something related to web or social networking; but I think it will be kind of fun, so I am thankful. This blog is for the purpose of a course and hopefully I will get all the knowledge to do a great job at this. I am positive that I will get on track real soon with this blog and bring interesting subjects that will acquire your attention. 

Let start with the new it thing the IPad.

The new it thing for our generation is the I Pad. This new technology has utility in many areas of our daily lives. So the medical aspect is not left behind. I was searching through the internet and find a piece very interesting about the options that Ipad provides for EMR. This was written by Houston Neal Director of Marketing, Software Advice. Here I provide a summary of the different things stated in the article. The three Electronic Medical Records options:

Number 1:Web-based EMRs. This allows the physicians utilized or review the EMR through the web browser. The physicians can use the Ipad Safari browser to review their patient’s profiles when needed. An example can be the WebPT for physical therapist.

Number 2: Remote access EMRs. The iPad allow access to review the EMR from remote systems such as Citrix.  For those of us who doesn’t know what Citrix is, is a corporation that provides server, desktop virtualization and networking technologies. The basis of remote access allows the physician to review application as if the physician was using a desktop or laptop. Using this technology can be accessed Allscripts, GE Centricity, or any other EMR systems.

Number 3: Native iPad EMRs. This has to be purchase. Includes; Nimble, Mediforms, MediMobile, IQMax, and Capzule EMR. Nimble allows physicians to mark up images such as X Rays through the application called “Medical Art.” Dr. Chrono - ePrescribing feature, the physician can view the patient’s prescriptions.

After reviewing this I find it very useful to see all the different advantages that the IPad provides to the science and medicine area.

This can be find at: http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/medical/guide-to-ipad-electronic-medical-records-1052611/