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Patients Crusade For Access To Their Medical Device Data

Mon, 2012-09-03 22:27 — deb

Hugo Campos made this image with one of his own X-rays.
Digital implants raise important questions about the nuances of patient information access.
Hugo Campos, ICD patient, made this image with one of his own X-rays.

"Open Source Medical Devices: When code can kill or cure"

Mon, 2012-09-03 09:10 — dgreis
I thought this piece from The Economist did a good job of tying two of our readings together from the last lecture. The article explains that as medical devices have grown more capable, they have also grown more complex. With increasing complexity comes an increased potential for something to go wrong. However, the "resources" these devices manage aren't stuffed animals in a natural history museum--they are biometric data where a software bug in a device that accidentally delivers an overdose of chemotherapy can result in the death of a patient.

Nursing homes' problems revealed in new online tool

Sun, 2012-09-02 19:08 — iaperez

The elderly people pass through a stage in life that is considered the last, where the life’s projects are finished, but where it is possible to enjoy this phase in peace. However, considering that many seniors are retired (with decreasing incomes in the best case), the health problems related with age, and the significant aging of all populations, the aging of people raises new challenges to all members of all societies, and of course to families, around the world.

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