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Lab Tests Online

randalleavitt — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:20:00 -0400

Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic:, personal, health, tools,

Health On the Net Foundation

randalleavitt — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:20:00 -0400

Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic:, personal, health, tools,

Dr. Greiver's EMR

randalleavitt — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:10:00 -0400

A family physician practicing in Toronto, Ontario, implementing an Electronic Medical Record practice. This blog is a diary of what happened. Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: regularly updated, Author: Greiver, Title: Dr. Greiver's EMR,

OSCAR Canada Users Society

randalleavitt — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:31:00 -0400

Oscar's objective is to offer a "royalty free" set of Clinic Applications and Clinic Resources for use by health care providers and clinics in Canada and everywhere. Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: regularly updated, Author: OSCAR, Title: OSCAR Canada Users Society,

List of open source healthcare software

randalleavitt — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:17:00 -0400

A list of links to project web sites for these software tools. YMMV Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: regularly updated, Author: Wikipedia, Title: List of open source healthcare software,

The Informatics Review

randalleavitt — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:07:00 -0400

An electronic journal dealing with the challenges associated with improving medical treatment by making more use of the web and computers. Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: regularly updated, Author: Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, Author: The Improve-IT Institute, Title: The Informatics Review,

Expanding the Reach and Impact of Consumer e-Health Tools

randalleavitt — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:56:00 -0400

Study highlights that such tools can be very beneficial, but the chaos and complexity of the user community makes expansion difficult. Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: 2006, Author: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Title: Expanding the Reach and Impact of Consumer e-Health Tools,

Health Management Tools

randalleavitt — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:38:00 -0400

A small collection of calculators, self assessments, and quizzes aimed at personal health issues. Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: regularly updated, Author: Mayo Clinic, Title: Health Management Tools,

Patient Decision Aids

randalleavitt — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:01:00 -0400

This web sites makes available a large number of decision aids concerning medical treatment choices. The aids have been evaluated and the evaluations are also available. Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: regularly updated, Author: Ottawa Health Research Institute, Title: Patient Decision Aids,

The Daily Plate

randalleavitt — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:38:00 -0400

A web site where you can record what you ate and analyze what it did for you. Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: regularly updated, Author: The Daily Plate, Title: The Daily Plate,

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes

randalleavitt — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0400

A standardized scheme for describing medical test results. LOINC codes are universal identifiers for laboratory and other clinical observations. Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: regularly updated, Author: Regenstrief Institute Inc, Title: Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes,

Birth Announcement: Personal Health Information Network

randalleavitt — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:52:00 -0400

A summary of the concept of storing personal health data on the internet. Tagged by randalleavitt under Topic: personal health tools, Date: 2008, Title: Birth Announcement: Personal Health Information Network, Author: Kuraitis V, Author: Kibbe D C,

Chernobyl: The Ongoing Story

randalleavitt — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:02:00 -0500

Glenn Alan Cheney - 1993: A good description of the activities that led up to the accident. Tagged by randalleavitt under Rank: worth reading, Date: 1993, Author: Cheney G A, Title: Chernobyl: The Ongoing Story, Topic: nuclear fission energy,

Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor

randalleavitt — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:54:00 -0500

Farhang Sefidvash: An invitation to join the FBNR project. A description of the FBNR technology, and an invitation to join the project. The discussion touches on the political issue of guaranteed supply which will be needed to make a world nuclear energy industry viable. Tagged by randalleavitt under Rank: worth reading, Date: regularly updated, Author: Sefidvash F, Title: Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor, Topic: nuclear fission energy,

Transportation Information Papers

randalleavitt — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:51:00 -0500

2006: Several overview papers, including: (1) Radioactive Materials Transport - Industry Experience (2) Radiation Protection Programmes - for Road Carriers, Sea Carriers and Port Handlers (3) Nuclear Fuel Cycle Transport - The IAEA Regulations and their Relevance to Severe Accidents. The transportation industry has a very good safety record for the handling of radioactive materials. The excessively long time needed for regularity approvals has a measureably negative effect on the fission sourced energy industry. The renewed interest in nuclear power is introducing rapid change in the transportation technology and regulation regimes. Compliance with regulations is further complicated by varying interpretations of the IAEA documents that specify transportation requirements. Another problem is availability of carriers. There are only a limited number of ships designed for the safe transport of radioactive material. When these ships are all busy other shipments are delayed. These days everyone is concerned about security. This is adding further constraints for the transportation of radioactive material. Tagged by randalleavitt under Rank: worth reading, Date: 2006, Author: World Nuclear Transport Institure, Title: Transportation Information Papers, Topic: nuclear fission energy,

Smarter Use of Nuclear Waste

randalleavitt — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:16:00 -0500

W.H. Hannum, G.E. Marsh, G.S. Stanford - Scientific American, 2005 December: Nuclear reactors that use a fast neutron spectrum, and pyrometallurgical processing to recycle fuel, are efficient. Tagged by randalleavitt under Rank: top10, Date: 2005, Author: Hannum W H, Author: Marsh G E, Author: Stanford G S, Title: Smarter Use of Nuclear Waste, Topic: nuclear fission energy,

Nuclear Wasteland

randalleavitt — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:06:00 -0500

Peter Fairley - IEEE Spectrun Online, 2007 Feb: The French are recycling nuclear waste. Should other countries follow suit? Tagged by randalleavitt under Rank: worth reading, Date: 2007, Author: Fairley P, Title: Nuclear Wasteland, Topic: nuclear fission energy,

Power Grab

randalleavitt — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:47:00 -0400

J.A. Weber - 1979 Jan 01: An analysis of the motives, techniques, and degree of success of the environmentalists who oppose nuclear energy in the USA. This book present some helpful insights into the thinking and political strategy of the politically involved environmentalists. Unfortunately, it also includes some rather tired complaints about the evils of big government and the almost magical power of free markets. IF you can sort the wheat from the chaff, this book is worth reading. Tagged by randalleavitt under Rank: worth reading, Date: 1979, Author: Weber J A, Title: Power Grab, Topic: nuclear fission energy,

Coalition for Nuclear Energy

randalleavitt — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:15:00 -0400

Web Site -: There is a declaration here that people can sign to show that they want more nuclear energy used in Canada. You should sign it. Tagged by randalleavitt under Rank: worth reading, Date: regularly updated, Author: Coalition for Nuclear Energy, Title: Coalition for Nuclear Energy, Topic: nuclear fission energy,

Nuclear Fundamentalism and the Iran Story

randalleavitt — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:30:00 -0400

Norman Soloman - 2005 May 5: Reviews the political decisions that are increasing the availability of nuclear weapons. The author contends that we have to forego the benefits of nuclear power because it causes the spread of nuclear weapons. I don't agree with this position. Shutting down nuclear power plants in some countries will not eliminate the interest in nuclear weapons. However, the problem involves many levels of political, military, and cultural maneuvering and the spread of nuclear weapons seems to be one of the unhappy outcomes of all this. Tagged by randalleavitt under Rank: worth reading, Date: 2005, Author: Soloman N, Title: Nuclear Fundamentalism and the Iran Story, Topic: nuclear fission energy,