Read a story today about South Korean children being taught English remotely using robots and telepresence. This is a twist on the use of telepresence in healthcare with the use of concepts like eICU.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20026714-1.html?tag=cnetRiver
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
ONC Update Meeting
The 2010 ONC Update meeting today and tomorow is available as a webcast at http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/hhs/101214/
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Nursing Informatics Resources
Linda added Insight into Nursing Informatics http://www.licensedpracticalnurse.org/nursing-informatics with URLs to 25 nursing informatics resource to the textbook website at http://dlthede.net/Informatics/Informatics.html
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Understanding a Possible Source of Botnets
Last week a Russian man, accused of responsibility for over a third of distributed spam, was arrested. I have discussed botnets in an earlier blog. The information on the arrest provides background on this annoying crime. The man is responsible for the Mega-D automated botnet.
The 23-year old Oleg Nikolaenko pleaded not guilty, but was denied bail because he was considered a flight risk. According to the article about the accused at http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/03/spam.king.arraignment/index.html - the man has been followed for the past three years. According to the article the spammer earned almost half a million dollars in just six months during 2007.
The botnets spue spam ranging from erectile dysfunction drugs, to herbal remedies, and counterfeit watches. The botnet originator is termed a "bot herder." Bot herders control targeted computers, known as "zombies," from a remote location. "Honeypots" are used to track the bad guys. To find out more, you might want to read a How Stuff Works article at http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/how-to-fix-zombie-computer2.htm
The 23-year old Oleg Nikolaenko pleaded not guilty, but was denied bail because he was considered a flight risk. According to the article about the accused at http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/03/spam.king.arraignment/index.html - the man has been followed for the past three years. According to the article the spammer earned almost half a million dollars in just six months during 2007.
The botnets spue spam ranging from erectile dysfunction drugs, to herbal remedies, and counterfeit watches. The botnet originator is termed a "bot herder." Bot herders control targeted computers, known as "zombies," from a remote location. "Honeypots" are used to track the bad guys. To find out more, you might want to read a How Stuff Works article at http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/how-to-fix-zombie-computer2.htm
Friday, December 3, 2010
Health Information Technology Articles
The CARING-ANIA listserv member shared some articles that they found helpful. I am noting them below
Kitzmiller, R., Anderson, R., & McDaniel, R. (2010). Making sense of health information technology implementation: A qualitative study protocol. Implementation Science, 5(1), 95. Retrieved from http://www.implementationscience.com
Clancy, T. R., Delaney, C. W., Segre, A., Carley, K., Kuziak, A., & Yu, H. (2007). Predicting the impact of an electronic health record on practice patterns using computational modeling and simulation. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 145-149.
Hendrich A., Chow, M. P., Skierczynski, B. A. & Lu, D. (2008). A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study: How Do Medical-Surgical Nurses Spend Their Time? The Permanente Journal, 12(3). Retrieved from http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/sum08/time-study.html/time-study.pdf
Kitzmiller, R., Anderson, R., & McDaniel, R. (2010). Making sense of health information technology implementation: A qualitative study protocol. Implementation Science, 5(1), 95. Retrieved from http://www.implementationscience.com
Clancy, T. R., Delaney, C. W., Segre, A., Carley, K., Kuziak, A., & Yu, H. (2007). Predicting the impact of an electronic health record on practice patterns using computational modeling and simulation. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 145-149.
Hendrich A., Chow, M. P., Skierczynski, B. A. & Lu, D. (2008). A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study: How Do Medical-Surgical Nurses Spend Their Time? The Permanente Journal, 12(3). Retrieved from http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/sum08/time-study.html/time-study.pdf
Thursday, November 25, 2010
iPad 4.2 Software Features
I downloaded the software update for the iPad yesterday. Wow!
It took me a couple of minutes to figure out how to create folders. Guess it was the Windows preconceived mindset that blocked the progress. All I had to do was to drag one app over another. The folder was automatically named by category, such as utilities, business, etc.
The next feature was to take an advantage of the iPad locator feature. Since the iPad is so small and black in color, it is easy to "lose" it or for it to be stolen. The locator feature allows the used to log into http://me.com/ to find the missing iPad. If the iPad was stolen, the owner can either "lock" or "wipe out" the device. How cool is that? Of course the bad guy would have to have the iPad on, but since it is such a cool device, why wouldn't it be turned on? The security app is available commercially for laptops and desktops. However, IMHO it should be a standard feature!! A screenshot of the finder feature is noted below:
It took me a couple of minutes to figure out how to create folders. Guess it was the Windows preconceived mindset that blocked the progress. All I had to do was to drag one app over another. The folder was automatically named by category, such as utilities, business, etc.
The next feature was to take an advantage of the iPad locator feature. Since the iPad is so small and black in color, it is easy to "lose" it or for it to be stolen. The locator feature allows the used to log into http://me.com/ to find the missing iPad. If the iPad was stolen, the owner can either "lock" or "wipe out" the device. How cool is that? Of course the bad guy would have to have the iPad on, but since it is such a cool device, why wouldn't it be turned on? The security app is available commercially for laptops and desktops. However, IMHO it should be a standard feature!! A screenshot of the finder feature is noted below:
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