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“What’d I miss?” – Week of December 20th

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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As usual there were a lot of things that happened during the week, and not all of it was pharmacy or technology related. Here’s a quick look at some of the stuff I found interesting.
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Categories: What'd I miss | Tags: Apple Tablet, box office, Microsoft Surface, Mobile Healthcare, Pharmacy Informatics, PHR, RFID, Smartphone, Tablet PCs, WebOS

Researchers develop anti-counterfeiting RFID technology

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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Daily Headlines – University of Arkansas: “Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique physical attributes of individual tags rather than information stored on them, will prevent the production of counterfeit tags and thus greatly enhance both security and privacy for government agencies, businesses and consumers.” – The researchers found that different tags responded to a range of radio frequencies from 903 to 927 MHz, giving them unique characteristics that could be reproduced for identification purposes; electronic fingerprinting. According to the article, this electronic fingerprinting increases security without increasing the cost of producing RFID tags.

Categories: RFID | Tags: RFID

“What’d I miss?” – Week of November 5th

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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As usual there were a lot of things that happened during the week, and not all of it was pharmacy or technology related. Here’s a quick look at some of the stuff I found interesting.
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Categories: What'd I miss | Tags: BCMA, box office, Medication Safety, Mobile phone, Multi-touch, Patient Safety, RFID, touchscreen, Twitter

“What’d I miss?” – Week of October 11th

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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As usual there were a lot of things that happened during the week, and not all of it was pharmacy or technology related. Here’s a quick look at some of the stuff I found interesting.
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Categories: What'd I miss | Tags: box office, iPhone, MicrosoftVault, Mobile Healthcare, Patient Safety, RFID

Using technology to advance pharmacy practice through education

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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funny_tech_cartoonI found an interesting article in the October issue of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. The article, titled Informatics in clinical instruction (Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009 Oct 1;66(19):1694, 1699), gives a description of a software system designed by the authors that “allows students at one site to receive online and teleconference instruction from preceptors at multiple sites through remote, interactive discussion. It also allows “blogging” based on assigned videotapes, simulation modules, live patient cases, discussion questions, and primary literature review. In addition, the system facilitates clinical encounter documentation, including interviewing patients, taking physical assessments (e.g., blood pressure), taking medication histories, assessing for adverse effects (e.g., abnormal involuntary movements), and addressing potential or actual medication-related problems(MRPs).”
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Categories: Pharmacy Informatics | Tags: Barcode, Barcoding, Pharmacy Automation, Pharmacy Future, Pharmacy School, Pharmacy Technology, RFID

“What’d I miss?” – Week of August 30th

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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As usual there were a lot of things that happened during the week, and not all of it was pharmacy or technology related. Here’s a quick look at some of the stuff I found interesting.
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Categories: What'd I miss | Tags: box office, Football, Microsoft Surface, MicrosoftVault, RFID, windows 7

“What’d I miss?” – Week of August 9th

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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As usual there were a lot of things that happened during the week, and not all of it was pharmacy or technology related. Here’s a quick look at some of the stuff I found interesting.
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Categories: What'd I miss | Tags: box office, CPOE, Education, fda, HPV, Mac tablet, RFID

New barcode technology coming out of MIT

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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Engadget: “Since barcodes are the sign of the devil (must be true, we read it on the interwebs) it’s no surprise thateveryone wants to replace ‘em. QR codes have been quite popular, allowing people and companies to tag their stuff with colorful decals filled with bits and bytes, and of course RFID tags are still going strong, but a team of researchers at MIT has come up with something better: Bokode. It’s effectively a tiny little retroreflective holograph that is just 3mm wide but, when a camera focused to infinity sweeps across it, the Bokodes become clear and appear much larger, captured in the video below. In this way they can contain “thousands of bits” of data and, interestingly, show positional information too, meaning the camera knows where in 3D space it is in relation to the tag. This, of course, has hundreds of potential applications ranging from grocery shopping to augmented reality, and should lead to new and exciting ways for scholars to interpret/misinterpret Revelations.” – I first saw this information yesterday in a link to a BBC News article that was floating around Twitter. I can see use for such barcode technology in pharmacy. In the BBC article, Dr. Mohan (one of the MIT researchers) makes a comment that while standing in front of thousands of books ”You could take a picture and you’d immediately know where the book you’re looking for is.” Now, replace the word ‘book(s)’ with ‘drug(s)’ and you will understand my interest. More information can be found here.

Categories: Barcoding | Tags: Barcode, Bokode, RFID

Healthcare vs. consumer tech, who’s more advanced?

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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I spend a lot of time on the internet, probably too much time.  My recent readings resulted in a raised eyebrow when I spotted two articles in particular; one for a new touch-screen anesthesia system from McKesson and the other for a touch-screen coca-cola fountain drink dispenser.
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Categories: Cool Technology, Technology | Tags: Coca-Cola, McKesson, PurePour, RFID, Technology

Cool Technology for Pharmacy

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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Healthcare IT Consultant Blog: “VeriChip Corporation Outlines Current Applications and Potential Future Applications for its First-of-a-Kind Implantable RFID Implantable Microchip - VeriChip Corporation, a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, today provided additional comments regarding its VeriMed™ Health Link patient identification system following the recent passage of a bill by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives banning forced microchip implantation in humans, and also outlined its current and potential future applications for its RFID implantable microchip. The VeriMed Health Link system was cleared by the FDA in 2004 as a Class II medical device and is the first and only implantable microchip cleared by the FDA for patient identification. “
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Categories: Cool Technology, EMR, RFID | Tags: EMR, RFID, VeriChip, VeriMed
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