Health Warning: Can a Cell Phone Carried Regularly in Your Pocket Damage Your _____?

Posted on 15th December 2011 in Communication

Article by Venkatesh N

A correlation between cell phone use and testicular cancer, reduced Testosterone levels, lowered seminal volume and sperm count? Read on to see…

by Mike Geary – Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal TrainerAuthor of best-selling program: The Truth about 6-Pack Abs

cell phone health hazardsYou’ve probably started hearing in the media about emerging studies showing possible correlations between heavy cell phone use and brain tumors. But what not many people are talking about is the risk of carrying cell phones in our pockets for hours each day. This is where it gets even more interesting and a little scary too!

First of all, to both guys and gals… read this article carefully, as it contains some potentially scary health issues related to cell phone use. And although the examples are geared towards men’s issues, I wouldn’t trust that it’s only men that can experience health issues from heavy cell phone use.

You’re also going to want to pass this page on to your friends and family to help them protect their health, and the health of their “crotch”… sounds funny, I know…but this is serious business.

To start, I realize that some people simply don’t believe that something as small as a cell phone can give off any radiation levels that could harm your health over time. But we’re not talking about immediate harm… we’re talking about long term harm from chronic use, which most of us in this day and age use cell phones or have them in our pockets daily.  Read more...

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Consumer Electronics Companies Involved In M & A Expansion Is The Preferred Health Care -

Posted on 21st October 2011 in Consumer Electronic

Foreign to the Chinese path of development guidelines for a consumer electronics company direction, the health care market may be another piece of Chinese enterprises Blue Ocean.

In the Chinese market, Philips, Canon,

Sony , Toshiba, Hitachi and other leading global consumer electronics companies have been involved in the medical equipment market, and accelerate the pace of the advance. At present, the Chinese medical system reform has not yet fully in place, the relatively poor rural medical condition, need to buy a lot of medical equipment. In addition, family and personal medical equipment demand increased rapidly, and this has provided a rare medical equipment manufacturers business opportunities.

According to market research firm Espicom is expected that by 2011, the Chinese medical electronics market size expected to reach nearly 50 billion yuan. Consumer electronics companies into the medical device market can rely on their own electronic product development on the edge, but the health care market competition delayed its irregular pace of development.

Consumer electronics into the transition Past two years, China Home Appliances Consumer electronics industry into the more difficult times,

TV , Air conditioning , Mobile , Digital Camera market in the coming winter, enterprises are facing a new crisis. “RMB appreciation, monetary tightening, a substantial increase in raw material and labor costs, so that a comprehensive cost appliance exports increased rapidly, the performance drop is more obvious benefits, small and medium enterprises performed even worse than the big.” Association of Chinese home appliances in Shunde, Deputy Secretary-General Xu Dongsheng Expo home appliances home appliances export and international marketing forums such appliances to describe the situation this year.  Read more...

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Best Electronic Cigarette Machine – Quit Smoking and Improve Your Health

Posted on 14th July 2010 in Electronic

Best Electronic Cigarette Machine

Who does not know the real dangers of smoking, yet a lot of people indulge in smoking everyday. Despite its hazardous effects people still smoke, this is the power of addiction. Luckily this addiction can be overcome. For this very reason of being dangerous, it is important that you overcome this addiction and quit smoking and stay clean from smoking, you would be adding more years to your life.

Overcoming a habit that has grown into an addiction can be very difficult. Just like trying to lose weight, quitting smoking can be very difficult for those that want to quit. People like you who want to stop smoking usually go through hard times to succeed; you will experience various smoking withdrawal symptoms.

In trying to quit smoking, the most difficult time is the first couple of weeks. This period is crucial and will determine how far you will go in your quest to quit smoking. This is time when the smoking withdrawal symptoms are at their highest. You know at this time the body is not yet used to the absence of nicotine, the body will then react to this by manifesting the withdrawal symptoms which include nausea, sweating, and a tingling sensation in the limbs. The nausea is actually a result of the body craving for a light; your head will feel heavy and you will feel the urge to vomit even when you did not eat. Best Electronic Cigarette Machine  Read more...

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How Important is Cchit Certification to Physicians in the Electronic Health Record Selection Process?

Posted on 11th June 2010 in Office Electronic

Your EMR / EHR – Does it have to be CCHIT certified?

What is CCHIT?

CCHIT or Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology was founded in 2004 by three industry associations (HIMSS, AHIMA and the Alliance) and is an independent non-profit private sector initiative that certifies EMR / EHR software (used interchangeably in this article) solutions based on a specified set of parameters. Its mission is to accelerate the adoption of robust, interoperable health information technology by creating a credible and efficient product certification process.

The purpose behind CCHIT

There are hundreds of EMR software solutions on the market, each differing in feature functionality, and it is easy for providers to get lost in the cacophony of vendors especially, considering that Providers are not IT experts and often find it difficult to properly assess and select an EMR solution that will best meet their current and foreseeable needs.  CCHIT certification was intended to reduce the risks of physician investment in EMR / EHR products, while achieving the following:

a. Facilitate interoperability of EMR products with the emerging national health information network, sometimes called RHIOs
b. Enhance availability of EMR adoption incentives
c. Ensure that EMR products protect the privacy of personal health information

EHR / EMR Certification Criteria

The main category of certification deals with products designed to be used in physician offices and clinics and commonly referred to as Ambulatory EMR.  CCHIT certified EMR products were required to demonstrate compliance with 116 criteria in 2006. Another 96 criteria were added in 2007 and in 2008, 19 new criteria were added to the certification requirements focusing on the following:  Read more...

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Health Insurance Reform Easytoinsureme February 5 2010

Posted on 13th April 2010 in Health Electronic

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

This Week in Health Care Reform EasyToInsureME FEBRUARY 5 2010   

Despite proclaiming to focus on other issues, such as the economy and jobs, President Barack Obama injected new energy into the health care reform debate this week.

On Monday, President Obama held a Q&A session via YouTube in which he responded to questions submitted during his State of the Union address. He commented that “it is my greatest hope” to have health care reform legislation “not just a year from now, but soon.” He also responded to criticisms regarding the lack of transparency around the reform negotiations.

On Tuesday, at a town-hall-style meeting in New Hampshire, President Obama rejected the notion that health care reform was dead, saying “we’ve got to punch it through.” Further, on Wednesday, he met with Senate Democrats reiterating his commitment to reform and encouraging lawmakers to press forward. He also suggested that Republicans play at least some role in negotiating a final bill.

Health Care Reform Negotiations

Democrats Look for Path Forward: Recent statements made by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) are the first concrete signs that Democrats have started working to revive comprehensive health care reform legislation. Rep. Rangel indicated to the media that lawmakers have begun writing a compromise bill based on the legislation passed by the Senate last December. The bill will incorporate changes agreed upon last month by White House negotiators and members of the House and Senate.  Read more...

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Electronic Health Records – How they Effect Mental Health and Behavioral Healthcare Organizations

Posted on 12th April 2010 in Health Electronic

WHEN

In 2004, President Bush issued an executive order requiring fully operational EHR adoption throughout the healthcare industry by 2014. He also established the Office of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator and charged it with developing a “health information technology infrastructure” that “reduces healthcare costs resulting from inefficiency, medical errors, inappropriate care and incomplete information.” In November 2006, the Medicaid Commission completed its second and final set of recommendations to Congress, recommending that EHRs, including compatibility among different healthcare providers, be required for all Medicaid beneficiaries by 2012. Congress will focus on healthcare information technology during its 2007 legislative session.

Today, EHR adoption is slow among healthcare providers in general – one study shows that only eight percent of community health centers are using full electronic medical record systems. A September 2006 National Council quick poll of community behavioral health providers across the country indicates that just under eight percent have implemented the EHR with clinical components fully functioning, while 32 percent have implemented the EHR with billing components in place. Another 11 percent of providers are in the process of installing an EHR. Lack of funding and the complex demands of multiple payer and reporting systems are the biggest barriers to EHR adoption in behavioral and mental health patients.

WHY

EHR adoption is expected to reduce healthcare costs by up to 20 percent, significantly cutting back on the approximately 25 cents of every healthcare dollar that is now spent on record keeping and “administrivia” (according to James Kretz, MA, a senior survey statistician at SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services).  Read more...

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