tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post2831992054512119799..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: The Implications of Physician Tag and ReleaseDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-48697102691351805532011-04-29T21:29:38.870-05:002011-04-29T21:29:38.870-05:00All due respect, AMA, if you help us out any more ...All due respect, AMA, if you help us out any more greasing the skids for for our socialist president, I'm not sure I'll be able to practice! I'm sure there will be someone from the "5 Minutes to Your MD Degree" program to take my place. All Obama cares about is being able to say, "Everyone's covered!" Treatment only comes, however, if the "panel of expertsTimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-91777896045952189292011-04-28T18:51:34.132-05:002011-04-28T18:51:34.132-05:00ACC.11 Chair Michael Crawford, MD, FACC, has poste...ACC.11 Chair Michael Crawford, MD, FACC, has posted a blog addressing the topic here: http://blog.cardiosource.org/post/Using-Technology-to-Better-Understand-ACC-Meeting-Attendees.aspx. We hope you’ll leave feedback.<br /><br />All the best,<br />Sue Sears Hamilton<br />Associate Vice President, Annual Scientific Session<br />American College of CardiologySue Sears Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15945992050705495243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-57828538039870936102011-04-28T16:31:52.502-05:002011-04-28T16:31:52.502-05:00I was able to peel my tag off the HRS ID pretty ea...I was able to peel my tag off the HRS ID pretty easily. I'm considering affixing it to my forehead for the duration of the meeting.<br /><br />@EJSMDJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897176780069403370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-48473855156896513032011-04-28T14:54:12.729-05:002011-04-28T14:54:12.729-05:00The AMA’s role in sharing physician demographic da...The AMA’s role in sharing physician demographic data has real benefits for physicians. With the help of the AMA, physicians can exert control over pharmaceutical companies who want access to physician prescribing data. <br /> <br />Physicians can use the AMA’s Physician Data Restriction Program (PDRP) to designate their prescription data as off-limits to drug salespeople and register complaints American Medical Associationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620282959164410816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-82925308565203070852011-04-27T20:54:45.764-05:002011-04-27T20:54:45.764-05:00It's sad how much technology has eroded medici...It's sad how much technology has eroded medicine. I'm a tech lover and can think of myriad ways to use it regarding patients. The problem is most of the erosion come from technology pushed on us by those who no longer or never did taake care of patients. In the OR, the circulating nurse is now the computer nurse! Instead of watching the case and anticipating needs, e nurse is scrambling Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-35876270265976506232011-04-27T20:50:29.162-05:002011-04-27T20:50:29.162-05:00Dear Dr. Wes:
Can you blame our medical societies ...Dear Dr. Wes:<br />Can you blame our medical societies for treating us as marketing puppets? ACC is actively 'diversifying revenue streams' (see Cardiosource). They are anticipating the day when membership drops off or can no longer afford the dues given the dramatic reductions in the past and future reimbursements from Medicare. Not to mention that the cardiologists will soon all be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-43658376631559774842011-04-25T21:55:04.211-05:002011-04-25T21:55:04.211-05:00Dr. Wes: you make a number of excellent points. RF...Dr. Wes: you make a number of excellent points. RFID does allow for the ability to track people, it can be read without your knowledge and you have no control whatsoever over how you data is used afterwards.<br /><br />There are also important limitations in RFID systems. One of them is that you have to be in proximity of a reader. It is not possible to follow you along every step as that will Chris Hanebeck (Dallas, TX)http://www.reveresecurity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-55019936999736408932011-04-25T16:38:20.490-05:002011-04-25T16:38:20.490-05:00Anonymous and Pogo have it. I tend to go with Anon...Anonymous and Pogo have it. I tend to go with Anon. Open the badge up and peel the sucker out of there. Make sure to dispose of it outside of their listening area.Fat Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554029467445000453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-77893294151202124542011-04-25T15:17:07.534-05:002011-04-25T15:17:07.534-05:00Tag and Release are the two things that have been ...Tag and Release are the two things that have been missing ever since physicians Neutered themselves when they started taking Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid.<br /><br />I have found physicians and dentists who do not take those things and who do not have any need to share any of my medical information with anybody, anonymous or not.jimbinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684677214800358793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-62036272693316329262011-04-25T14:54:37.042-05:002011-04-25T14:54:37.042-05:00Tag and Release are the two things that have been ...Tag and Release are the two things that have been missing ever since physicians Neutered themselves when they started taking Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid.<br /><br />I have found physicians and dentists who do not take those things and who do not have any need to share any of my medical information with anybody, anonymous or not.jimbinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684677214800358793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-51834702960264830232011-04-25T14:45:33.343-05:002011-04-25T14:45:33.343-05:00True, jimbino. A hammer ain't always nearby.
...True, jimbino. A hammer ain't always nearby.<br /><br />I expect the foot of a chair or the heel of a shoe would do though.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-13786109507373137172011-04-25T14:29:12.777-05:002011-04-25T14:29:12.777-05:00Someone could make a bundle selling metalized tran...Someone could make a bundle selling metalized transparent mylar sleeves to put your badge into. This would make a Faraday cage that would impede RF access to the RFID chip.jimbinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684677214800358793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78216569470766721642011-04-25T14:00:01.282-05:002011-04-25T14:00:01.282-05:00Kill your RFID:
1) Put it in the microwave for 5 s...Kill your RFID:<br />1) Put it in the microwave for 5 seconds. Some fire risk.<br /><br />2) Pierce the chip with a knife or other sharp object. <br /><br />3) Cut the antenna very close to the chip. The chip will then have no electricity and can't transmit its signal back to the reader. <br /><br />5) Hit the RFID a few times with a hammer. This will destroy the chip.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-23883653762646864702011-04-25T13:30:13.562-05:002011-04-25T13:30:13.562-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-40467674420901529972011-04-25T13:03:38.799-05:002011-04-25T13:03:38.799-05:00I was recently on a county jury. We had a bar code...I was recently on a county jury. We had a bar code on our name tags to prove we were in the jury pool and entitled to jury pay. An rfid would be even easier. What's the big deal?ken in txhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345764031059905578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-12753502785881673182011-04-25T12:35:19.646-05:002011-04-25T12:35:19.646-05:00Abdul-
To my knowledge, medical conferences NEVER...Abdul-<br /><br />To my knowledge, medical conferences NEVER have required scanning of our badges - we just had to wear them. We could voluntarily give our contact information by having a trade show card swiped at the vendor's booth with whom we wanted to interact. <br /><br />Now it's all invisible. If we don't opt-out of this tagging, off our data goes to places and parties DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-74470827704384750292011-04-25T12:17:39.893-05:002011-04-25T12:17:39.893-05:00Whats the big deal? Conferences used to scan a ba...Whats the big deal? Conferences used to scan a bar code on the attendee's badge. This just reduces labor cost. <br /><br />BTW, conferences and trade shows tend to claim everyone that attended anyway.Abdul Abulbul Amirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053690570915734728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-88302654561861990812011-04-25T00:40:35.696-05:002011-04-25T00:40:35.696-05:00Dr. Wes, I am a technologist who ran an RFID comp...Dr. Wes, I am a technologist who ran an RFID company, exclusively focused on healthcare. Your note highlights the reason why I gave up on the industry’s ability to apply this technology and closed my shop. <br /><br />RFID presents some powerful capabilities: if you have struggled to scan the bar code on the IV bag at patient bedside or wanted to check a sleeping patient’s id under the blanket,Atul Salgaonkarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-27209730090191814262011-04-24T18:49:57.444-05:002011-04-24T18:49:57.444-05:00What doctor-patient relationship? I thought we we...What doctor-patient relationship? I thought we were all just desstined to become part of the seamless medical team with no ongoing relationship with our patients. One doc is interchangeable with another and we will use the wondorous EMR to bring each new physician face up to speed as to our ptaients (or customers) medical issues.<br /><br />I do agree that we are entering the era of Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5488035474994691532011-04-24T13:29:49.892-05:002011-04-24T13:29:49.892-05:00As a member of the HRS, I'm equally infuriated...As a member of the HRS, I'm equally infuriated. I just went and looked at my HRS badge, and indeed it does have an RFID tag on the back. While I fully intend to contact the organization to express my feelings, I suspect a 20 second procedure with a razor blade would safely remove the tag and solve the problem, at least on a personal level. I'll let you know how it goes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com