Google Search Now Provides Nutritional Information

It is not uncommon for me to recommend a patient to avoid certain dietary things like salt and caffeine, especially when dealing with tinnitus or Meniere's disease among other problems. The next few questions I often get is "What can I eat than?" What foods contain low salt? etc etc. Though I can refer a patient to a dietitian who knows the answer to many of these questions off the top of the head, Google may now be the next step to take in the future. As of June 10, 201…

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Australia Ends $500 Million Electronic Medical Records Initiative

First United Kingdom ends their $17 billion electronic medical records initiative in 2011 and now Australia follows suit after 6 years of trying to fund their HealthSMART health information technology project and projected costs went from $318 million to $557 million. This Australian project was to have provided hospitals with software from Cerner, iSoft (now CSC) and InterSystems... the same system which also failed to be implemented by United Kingdom. I said it before and I'll say …

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Would You Find or Share Your Health Info Online?

In the August 2009 issue of US News & World Report (America's Best Hospitals 2009 Issue), there was an interesting article regarding use of the internet in order to obtain as well as share health information. This article was based on research entitled " The Social Life of Health Information " conducted by the Pew Internet Project and the California Healthcare Foundation. Some interesting statistics mentioned: • 61% of American adults look online for health information. • 86%…

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