MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today' source. Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:53:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3506169&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BLL In another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3506169 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3506169 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3506171&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BMm Middle-school children whose parents restrict access to R-rated movies are substantially less likely to start drinking than their peers who are allowed to see such films, a new study suggests... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3506171 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3506171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3506170&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BLK In another key step to further states' and territories' role in developing a robust U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3506170 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3506170 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3506172&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BLJ In another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3506172 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3506172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3506173&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BLj The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Health Reform GPS, a comprehensive Web portal that offers users the information and insights needed to cover, analyze and implement recently passed health reform legislation... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3506173 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3506173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3506174&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BL4 NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for ZeroWire® Duo, a Class II medical-grade wireless Full HD video solution for minimally-invasive surgery, GI and interventional suites... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3506174 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3506174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3503477&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BJL Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia investigators "are collecting millions more dollars each year as they catch more Medicaid fraud and mistakes" and they are increasingly relying on computer data analysis as a helpful tool. These cases often uncover unscrupulous medical providers who develop schemes such as overbilling to defraud the state Medicaid program. ... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3503477 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3503477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3503480&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BKn The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Secretariat has announced major new funding for the world's largest biodiversity genomics project. Paul Hebert, iBOL Scientific Director, said that four Canadian agencies have made new commitments to iBOL totaling $35 million, raising total investments by these funders to $80 million... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3503480 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3503480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3503479&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BJS With Health-Care Reform, It's Nag, Nag, Nag The Washington Post Following the passage of Democratic health-care reform legislation, President Obama assured the country that it was a 'middle-of-the-road, centrist approach' instead of an intrusive, government power grab. But the government seems incapable of resisting the nannying impulse that undermines this claim (Michael Gerson, 4/23)... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3503479 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3503479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3503478&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BJN Modern Healthcare: The federal Health Information Technology Policy Committee is calling for the development of a national program that would monitor patient safety problems in health care IT systems... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3503478 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3503478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3503482&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BKb Scientists have developed a new computational model to uncover gene regulation, the key to how our body develops - and how it can go wrong. The researchers, from The University of Manchester (UK), Aalto University (Finland) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg (Germany), say the new method identifies targets of regulator genes... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3503482 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3503482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3503481&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BK9 The popularity of social networking websites has grown dramatically in recent years. One of the most popular sites, Facebook.com, now boasts more than 350 million users worldwide. With so many people interacting with each other online daily, an MU researcher is interested in the cognitive and emotional implications of social browsing versus social searching... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3503481 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3503481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3500292&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BJs A new decades-long study launches to investigate whether there is a link between the use of mobile phones and long-term health problems such as cancer. The cohort study on mobile communications (COSMOS) forms part of the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3500292 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3500292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3500293&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BH8 Mimicking the human nervous system for bionic applications could become a reality with the help of a method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to process carbon nanotubes... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3500293 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3500293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3500295&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BH7 Henry Ford Hospital researchers have brought the use of electronic medical records out of the hospital setting and into the streets by using the technology for a marathon. Volunteer medical providers at the 2009 Detroit Free Press Marathon were able to coordinate care for the 19,372 participants via laptops and a website, showing that the technology can help facilitate the care of runners... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3500295 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3500295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3500294&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BGZ As a way to simplify lab-on-a-chip devices that could offer quicker, cheaper and more portable medical tests, University of Michigan researchers have created microfluidic integrated circuits... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3500294 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3500294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3500296&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BGG Increasing the use of quality measurement as part of electronic health records (EHR) systems is critical to achieving meaningful use of health information technology, the American College of Physicians (ACP) reported in a paper released today at the 129,000-member organization's annual meeting... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3500296 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3500296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3495840&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BGd Cisco is using its HealthPresence telemedicine system in new programs in Southern California and the Southwest to "compete with other major tech companies, including Intel, IBM and General Electric, in the growing market for health-care products and services," The San Jose Mercury News/The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer reports... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3495840 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3495840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3495841&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BFx A fireside chat, sharing photos with granddad, a family get-together to play Monopoly on a Sunday afternoon... Digital media designed for the individual has hastened the demise of collective social events, but it could also enable their revival... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3495841 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3495841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3495842&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BBY Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins says the products made by his company, like pacemakers, insulin pumps and neurostimulators are the "ultimate personal technologies," according to CNNMoney. He said a shift in his industry is moving towards health information technology that people will depend on and use with their cell phones and laptops... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3495842 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3495842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3492145&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BCg Atomic force microscopy, a tactile-based probe technique, provides a three-dimensional nanoscale image of a material by gliding a needle-like arm across the material's surface. The core of this AFM imaging workhorse is a cantilever with a sharp tip that deflects as it encounters undulations across a surface... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3492145 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3492145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3492144&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BC4 A study by Express Scripts, a mail-order prescription drug provider, said Tuesday that an "estimated $163 billion in health care spending could be saved each year if patients took their medicines as prescribed, chose generic drugs and other low-cost alternatives, and had their prescriptions delivered by mail," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3492144 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3492144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3492143&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BBZ The Huffington Post Investigative Fund: "As federal officials encourage the rapid expansion of electronic medical records to help doctors improve care and cut costs, they lack a reliable and systematic method for tracking the safety of these products, agency data and audits show... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3492143 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3492143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3492146&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BBf The passage of the new health care reform bill has spurred renewed interest in patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), a new model of care that facilitates partnerships between patients and their physicians to ensure patients get their immediate needs taken care of and uses the tools of technology to keep them healthy... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3492146 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3492146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3492147&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Byd The Wall Street Journal: "Doctors are increasingly prescribing medications electronically, abandoning the traditional paper scripts that can result in drug errors due to hard-to-read writing or coverage denials by a patient's insurer." E-prescribing tripled last year to 191 million according to the online prescribing leader Surescripts... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3492147 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3492147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3488471&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bwk A new biosensor developed at Purdue University can measure whether neurons are performing correctly when communicating with each other, giving researchers a tool to test the effectiveness of new epilepsy or seizure treatments... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3488471 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3488471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3488473&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BvS The University of South Florida (USF) will help doctors across West Central Florida move towards electronic health records, with the support of a $5.9 million grant in federal stimulus funds, university and political leaders announced last week... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3488473 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3488473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3488472&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BvR A new grant from the Office of Naval Research will fund the work of University of Miami (UM) College of Engineering professors and their collaborators from Indiana University and BAE Systems to develop automated methods for analyzing data. Such methods could potentially serve as tools for human analysts and decision makers... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3488472 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3488472 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3488474&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bvq After a strong finish to 2009, GE Healthcare IT's maternal-child departmental solution, Centricity® Perinatal, has surged into 2010. The solution continues to expand its customer base with several key implementations since January, adding 12 new customers to its current install base of more than 1500... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3488474 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:00:00 +0100 3488474 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3488475&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BvF Each year, about 80,000 people in Germany become seriously ill from occlusions of veins caused by blood clots. Such thromboses can cause pulmonary embolism or even heart attacks. Even airline passengers at long distance flights can be affected by deep vein thrombosis. But with the new system, a fast and easy test of a risk of travel-related thrombosis will soon be possible... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3488475 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3488475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3484601&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BtK The U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Transparency Web site today as part of the agency's transparency initiative. The site will provide information about medical device and radiation-emitting product regulatory processes and decisions, and summaries of data that provide the rationale for agency actions... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3484601 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3484601 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3481697&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bqs To help children become better readers, a Kansas State University professor thinks they may 'need to spend less time with their noses stuck in books. Lotta Larson, a K-State assistant professor of elementary education, is finding that electronic readers allow children to interact with texts in ways they don't interact with the printed word... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3481697 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3481697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3478408&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BpF EBM IPA, an Independent Practice Association with more than 100 physician members in New York City, has selected the MedAZ suite of Electronic Health Record (EHR), Practice Management (PM) and Billing services. EBM IPA will also deploy MedAZ PHR portal to facilitate patient care processes at member practices... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3478408 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3478408 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3478407&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BpC As medical professionals are keenly aware, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has established timelines for implementation of 5010 Standards by January 1, 2012. These standards cover all electronic transactions including eligibility, claims, claim status, and remittance... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3478407 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3478407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3478410&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BnP Mom's trusty nose may be good, but researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have gone her one better by designing an instrument that quickly and precisely sniffs trace amounts of chemical compounds that indicate poultry spoilage without damaging the product itself... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3478410 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3478410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3478409&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BnM Fueling the growing momentum toward openness, transparency, and accessibility to publicly funded information, the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010 (FRPAA) has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and a bi-partisan host of co-sponsors. The proposed bill would build on the success of the first U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3478409 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3478409 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3478413&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bmy A scientifically-based tool developed by researchers from Georgetown University's Institute for Reproductive Health to help women prevent pregnancy naturally, is now being used by a growing number of women to help plan pregnancy... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3478413 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3478413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3478412&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bmv The American Chemical Society's (ACS) Molecule of the Week (MOTW) is one of the most popular destinations on the ACS Web site, and it may be getting more popular. The reason: ACS has unveiled a MOTW mobile application for iTunes. Current MOTW enthusiasts - and everyone else interested in science - also can download the new app from http://www.acs.org/motwapp... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3478412 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3478412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3478411&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bmp Carnegie Mellon University's Anupam Datta is part of a multi-institutional research team that received a $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reduce security and privacy barriers to the meaningful use of health information technology... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3478411 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3478411 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3473636&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bkj Community colleges will soon have the capacity and ability to educate much-needed health information technology (HIT) workers. Using a new six to 12 month informatics curriculum developed at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) and deployed throughout the U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3473636 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3473636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3473637&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BjR The GW Health Services Management and Leadership Department in the School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) has been awarded a $4.6 million grant, entitled "GW HITECH University Based Training," by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3473637 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3473637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3473638&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bjz Despite the continuing, crippling effects of a nationwide recession, a genetics research laboratory on the Busch Campus is experiencing an economic boom... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3473638 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3473638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3473639&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BhQ Shifting work schedules can wreak havoc on a person's ability to get enough sleep, resulting in poor performance on the job. Researchers funded by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) have developed software that uses mathematical models to help astronauts and ground support personnel better adjust to shifting work and sleep schedules... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3473639 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3473639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3473641&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bhw SA Health has announced that, until 30 June 2014, all general practitioners in the state will now have access to the PCS Clinical Audit Tool™ (CAT) with the take up of a state-wide license. CAT is a population reporting tool, which aggregates data, enabling general practice teams to view their practice population as a whole... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3473641 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3473641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3473640&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bhp The rapid spread of information via the Internet "had a disruptive impact on the handling of the flu pandemic by fanning speculation and rumours," WHO officials said Tuesday on day two of a three-day meeting of external experts tasked with evaluating the WHO's handling of H1N1 (swine flu), Agence France-Presse reports... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3473640 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3473640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469538&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BfG The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has chosen Johns Hopkins Children's Center neonatologist Christoph Lehmann, M.D., to lead its new medical informatics branch. One of Lehmann's first assignments in his new position will be to design a model electronic pediatric health record as a prototype for pediatricians and hospitals... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469538 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3469538 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469537&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bft Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine has received $7,942,500 million in federal stimulus funds from the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), the state designated entity for health information exchange development... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469537 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3469537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469536&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bfs Oregon Health & Science University has been awarded $5.8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to advance the widespread adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (HIT) by educating professionals to work in this rapidly growing field. The funding is provided in two competitively awarded grants... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469536 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3469536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469535&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bfr Sonomax Technologies Inc. has been selected by Montreal's International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS) to provide miniaturized, real-time, in-ear, digital signal processing devices (DSP) to investigate experience-dependent brain plasticity in humans... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469535 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3469535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469540&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bfh Two chemists at The Scripps Research Institute have synthesized a new nano-scale scientific tool - a tiny molecular switch that turns itself on or off as it detects metallic ions in its immediate surroundings... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469540 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3469540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469539&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bf9 Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) and the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech have used high-performance computing to locate small genes that have been missed by scientists in their quest to define the microbial DNA sequences of life... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469539 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3469539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469543&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bdp The Wall Street Journal: "Three leading health-care providers in Colorado's Front Range region recently teamed up in an electronic health-record exchange program that will allow them to share data on more than a million Colorado residents. ... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469543 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3469543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469542&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bdm USA Today: After nearly losing twin newborns to a medical mistake - adult doses of blood thinners were given to the infants - actor Dennis Quaid has taken up the cause of shedding light on the often invisible issues surrounding patient safety... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469542 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3469542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3469541&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bdg The Wall Street Journal: "As the U.S. debates the proper roles for the public and private sectors in health care, Italy's Lombardy region suggests a way that encouraging competition between the two can improve health care overall... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469541 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3469541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3465302&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bcj Scientists here are taking the trial and error out of drug design by using powerful computers to identify molecular structures that have the highest potential to serve as the basis for new medications. Most drugs are designed to act on proteins that somehow malfunction in ways that lead to damage and disease in the body... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3465302 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3465302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3465304&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3BbG Together with a number of European enterprises, Tecnalia Technology Corporation is taking part in the SARTRE project for the design of technology for driverless vehicle transport in convoy on fast roads such as motorways... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3465304 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3465304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3465303&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3Bbw John Federici, a physics professor at NJIT, sees the use of terahertz rays as a critical technology in the defense against suicide bombers and other terrorist activities. Federici and his research team recently described experimental results from a digital video camera invented in their laboratory that uses a terahertz imaging system... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3465303 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3465303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458641&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B6D The Royal College of Nursing today responded to reports that a new deal to overhaul NHS IT systems means that not all NHS organisations in London will receive the comprehensive IT solution originally planned... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458641 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3458641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458645&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B6w The UK government is commissioning an independent review of the National Health Service (NHS) Organ Donor Register following the discovery that details about donors' wishes have been incorrectly recorded and confirmation of 21 cases where the wrong organs may have been taken from donors... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458645 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3458645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458644&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B6s A study of 1,000 consecutive Computer-Assisted Robotic Total Knee Replacements performed over a five year period at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, NY demonstrates that the computer-assisted procedures result in far better leg alignment, much less likelihood of complicating infection, and a far lower early failure rate than surgeries performed using conventional techniques... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458644 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3458644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458643&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B6k The 159th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) will be held jointly with NOISE-CON 2010, the 26th annual conference of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE-USA) from April 19-23, 2010 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, MD... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458643 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3458643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458642&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B5V Kaiser Health News examines several health care innovations that started out in developing countries and were then brought to the U.S. The article looks at GE Healthcare's $3 billion Healthymagination strategy that aims "to use 'reverse innovation'" to develop products, such as a portable electrocardiogram machine that was originally made for China... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458642 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3458642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458648&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B66 Do you carry a cell phone? Today, chances are it's called a "smartphone" and it came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in - not to mention an MP3 player, GPS or even a bar code scanner. This 'Swiss-Army-knife' trend represents the natural progression of technology - as chips become smaller/more advanced, cell phones absorb new functions... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458648 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3458648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458647&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B65 What sports fan hasn't grumbled while waiting in a long, snaking lines to get into the stadium for the big game? It's enough to discourage even a diehard fan. But if you think it's a hassle getting into a sold-out game, imagine trying to get out after a bomb explodes - or even to get out under a bomb threat, for that matter. Let's start with the emergency lights failing... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458647 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3458647 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458646&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B5M Health Affairs: Physician-Ownership Of Ambulatory Surgery Centers Linked To Higher Volume Of Surgeries - The authors analyzed data from Florida, using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's State Ambulatory Surgery Databases, revealing "a significant association between physician-ownership of surgicenters and greater use" of certain outpatient procedures... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458646 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3458646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458650&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B64 For anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in an urban setting, the scene of a bomb squad responding to a report of a suspicious package might be all too familiar. But just how is it determined that the lunchbox left under the park bench is just leftovers - or a lethal weapon? The most common way is spectroscopy... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458650 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3458650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458649&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B5L News outlets report on the way that health information technology is changing the practice of medicine. The Economist writes about "the potential of wireless gadgets to improve health care, and to ensure more personalised treatment in particular. Pundits have long predicted that advances in genetics will usher in a golden age of individually tailored therapies... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458649 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3458649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455512&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B44 In today's world more geographic information is being collected about us, such as where we live, where the clinic we visited is located, and where we work. Web sites are also collecting more geographic information about their users... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455512 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3455512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455514&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B3K A collaboration developing a new Web site to help medical practitioners compare electronic health records (EHR) systems has been announced by its founding partners, the American College of Physicians (ACP) and Cientis Technologies... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455514 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3455514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455513&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B3x Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School will lead the efforts of a $15 million grant recently announced from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support research and development of a new health care information technology infrastructure... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455513 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3455513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455515&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3B2Y A new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Web site is making more claims data available to the public, Modern Healthcare reports. The so-called "CMS Dashboard" reveals Medicare spending for the top 25 conditions in hospitals, and allows users to compare spending by state, conditions by spending and to review the top-10-spending states for each condition... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455515 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3455515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3451224&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zZR Mayo Clinic today announced the launch of The Mayo Clinic Diet fan page on Facebook. The Mayo Clinic Diet was published in January 2010, and soon thereafter, debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Sellers list. The new Facebook page is one way for dieters using The Mayo Clinic Diet to connect and share their experiences and encouragement with each other... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3451224 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3451224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3451227&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zZc The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced that The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has been awarded $15.3 million to establish a Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (REC)... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3451227 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3451227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3451226&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zZ7 Behavior problems in the classroom can interfere with instruction, child development and academic achievement. Yet, many teachers do not have the training they need to deal with behavior problems. Now, University of Missouri researchers will use a $2.9 million grant from the U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3451226 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3451226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3451225&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zZ6 The Society of Interventional Radiology and Custom Computer Specialists Inc. have entered into an exclusive, long-term licensing agreement to promote innovation and the development of HI-IQ®, the leading information management system for interventional radiology... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3451225 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3451225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3451228&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zZr U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that more than $267 million has been awarded to 28 additional non-profit organizations to establish Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers (RECs)... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3451228 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3451228 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3445872&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zXF News outlets report on the electronic health records system at the Department of Veterans Affairs. A new study in the journal Health Affairs finds that while the system, "collectively called Vista, for Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture" was expensive, it has paid off, The Wall Street Journal reports... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3445872 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3445872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3445873&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zWF The Clinical Practice Model Resource Center (CPMRC), an Elsevier company and leader in developing clinical practice guidelines for healthcare, has launched its first Web-based version of Point of Care Guidelines™ ... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3445873 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3445873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3445877&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zW8 Hopes are high that health information technology will support care between office visits, boost efficiency and convenience, and help patients lead healthier lives. An evaluation in the April Health Affairs suggests how to make the most of this new approach: Routinely ask patients how they like it and what they want... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3445877 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3445877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3445876&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zW2 Researchers from North Carolina State University have created a computer program that allows a car to stay in its lane without human control, opening the door to the development of new automobile safety features and military applications that could save lives... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3445876 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3445876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3445875&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zVZ The implementation of electronic health record systems may not be enough to significantly improve health quality and reduce costs... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3445875 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3445875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3445874&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zVX A combination of simple bio-acoustic sensors and some sophisticated machine learning makes it possible for people to use their fingers or forearms - potentially, any part of their bodies - as touchpads to control smart phones or other mobile devices. The technology, called Skinput, was developed by Chris Harrison, a third-year Ph.D... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3445874 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3445874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3441924&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zVv Healthcare IT News: "If Donald Berwick, MD, is confirmed as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, he and David Blumenthal, MD, the national coordinator for health IT, would be a 'dream team' in pursuing a coherent national healthcare and health IT strategy... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3441924 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3441924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3441923&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zVg Obesity can be detected in infants as young as 6 months, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3441923 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3441923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3441922&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zVd Although more children today are surviving cancer than ever before, young patients successfully treated in the 1970s and 80s may live a decade less, on average, than the general population, according to a study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Harvard School of Public Health... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3441922 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3441922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3441926&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zTd The U.S. health care community has increasingly been adopting the use of electronic medical records and other electronic health information systems, but serious concerns about the security and privacy of those systems have been raised. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has just announced an award of $15 million in research funding to help put those concerns to rest... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3441926 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3441926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3441925&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zT8 Several groups across the healthcare sector will rollout two new "Personal Health Record (PHR) Quick Reference Guides" in an effort to educate consumers and clinicians about how PHRs can be useful tools for making more informed healthcare decisions and enhancing care coordination... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3441925 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3441925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3441928&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zSW If you think Facebook, Twitter and other Web sites that foster online communication and interaction are merely vapid echo chambers of self-promotion, think again, say two University of Illinois professors who study computer-mediated communication and the Internet... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3441928 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3441928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3441927&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zSD Electronic nose sniffs out asthma New evidence shows that an "electronic nose" containing an array of gas sensors may have the ability to identify asthma in patients. Researchers from Italy compared the diagnostic performance of the electronic nose with lung function tests and fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) in seven patients with asthma and seven healthy subjects... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3441927 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3441927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3438918&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zRF The Richmond Times-Dispatch wonders: "Two big questions yet to be answered with electronic health records are: Do they save money? And can they be made 100 percent secure? The verdict is still out on both. The thought of one's personal medical information being just a computer click away does not sit well with many consumers... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3438918 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3438918 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3438917&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zRD The Denver Post reports on billing errors and the experience of Mike Dziedzic, who was charged with more than $100,000 in medical claims while caring for his dying wife because of a transposed pair of digits in a medical identification number. "Experts say there are tens of thousands more like Dziedzic across the country with strangling medical debts... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3438917 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3438917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3438921&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zPf UMass Memorial Health Care is undertaking an electronic medical record integration project of incredible scope. Known as Cornerstone, the project is a multi-year, multi-entity corporate initiative to implement common patient clinical and financial systems and to reduce variability in processes and workflows across the system... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3438921 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3438921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3438920&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zP7 A new technique for revealing images of hidden objects may one day allow pilots to peer through fog and doctors to see more precisely into the human body without surgery... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3438920 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3438920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3438919&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zNV A nanometer-scale probe designed to slip into a cell wall and fuse with it could offer researchers a portal for extended eavesdropping on the inner electrical activity of individual cells. Everything from signals generated as cells communicate with each other to "digestive rumblings" as cells react to medication could be monitored for up to a week, say Stanford engineers... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3438919 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3438919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435968&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zMK There is strength in numbers if you want to get your voice heard. But how do you get your say if you are in the minority? That's a dilemma faced not only by the citizens of a democracy but also by some neurons in the brain... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435968 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3435968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435967&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zMx University of Miami assistant professor in the College of Engineering, Na Li and her collaborators have developed a fast, economical and easy method to detect melamine in milk. Melamine is the compound found in contaminated pet food and in tainted dairy products from China in 2007 and 2008 respectively... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435967 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3435967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3434193&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zM5 Providing patients with direct access to their imaging test results could improve patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes. However, physicians are concerned that it could lead to increased patient anxiety and unrealistic demands on physician time, according to a study in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3434193 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3434193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3430934&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zLM The health overhaul and other recent laws and proposals will have a broad impact on the health IT world... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3430934 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3430934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3430935&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zL9 Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) announced that Capital Region Orthopaedics has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management solution to automate and connect 27 physicians in six locations across the Albany area... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3430935 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3430935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3430937&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zKD Call them tattletale pills. Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3430937 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3430937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3430936&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zKn PharmaPendium, Elsevier announces a new release that adds extensive FDA Advisory Committee content to the online resource for authoritative preclinical, clinical and post-market drug information... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3430936 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3430936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3426656&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zK4 Name a human gene, and you'll find a movie online showing you what happens to cells when it is switched off... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3426656 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3426656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3426657&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zJJ There's no need to fear that patients' health information will end up in the hands of CIA officers, FBI agents or other federal agencies that deal in security and law enforcement, David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health information technology, said last week, according to Modern Healthcare... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3426657 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3426657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3422443&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zDz In its continuing efforts to enhance patient outcomes and create efficiency in a challenging economic and regulatory climate, Advocate Physician Partners (APP), has added the power of an electronic medical record (EMR) system to its award-winning Clinical Integration (CI) Program... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3422443 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:00:00 +0100 3422443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3422445&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zD9 The Regenstrief Institute has been awarded a Recovery Act contract to help the U.S. Social Security Administration and Indiana healthcare providers shorten and improve the process of making disability case determinations through automation. Work is scheduled to begin March 31... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3422445 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3422445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3422444&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zCX Surescripts applauds the Drug Enforcement Administration for publishing an interim final rule that will take a meaningful step towards improving patient safety in the United States by allowing the electronic prescribing of controlled substances... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3422444 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3422444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3413374&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zzx By combining a new generation of piezoelectric nanogenerators with two types of nanowire sensors, researchers have created what are believed to be the first self-powered nanometer-scale sensing devices that draw power from the conversion of mechanical energy... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3413374 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3413374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3413376&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zzt A new study from University of Utah psychologists found a small group of people with an extraordinary ability to multitask: Unlike 97.5 percent of those studied, they can safely drive while chatting on a cell phone. These individuals - described by the researchers as "supertaskers" - constitute only 2.5 percent of the population... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3413376 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3413376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3413375&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zzs Tiny chemical sensors implanted into patients could help diagnose disease and track its progress, following a development by scientists. Researchers have developed tiny probes comprising gold-coated particles. These can be inserted into cells, enabling diseases to be detected and monitored remotely using light from a laser... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3413375 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3413375 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3413377&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zz7 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) now has a matched pair of Ergo Cups after winning at the 13th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The Ergo Cup highlights ergonomic innovations from institutions and multinational corporations... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3413377 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3413377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3413379&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zyN "The nation's largest public hospital system plans to slash its work force - including doctors and nurses - by about 10% over two years as government aid drops and the number of uninsured patients jumps," The Wall Street Journal reports. New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation, trying to combat a $1 billion deficit, plans to cut "2,600 jobs in the fiscal year that begins July 1... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3413379 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3413379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3413378&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zxQ University students have developed a computer game that is operated by eye movements, which could allow people with severe physical disabilities to become 'gamers' for the first time. The students, from Imperial College London, have adapted an open source game called 'Pong', where a player moves a bat to hit a ball as it bounces around the screen... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3413378 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3413378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3412097&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zvV Symantec has urged private and public healthcare organisations to better protect their medical data and applications, following the news that personal medical information online will increase exponentially... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3412097 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3412097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409640&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zy5 Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., (SHI) announced a new product line based on the company's BestSound Technology. For over 130 years Siemens has been a leader in hearing aid design and now, with BestSound Technology, the company has pushed the market standard to a new level... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409640 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3409640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409639&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zwV Interest in 'green' innovation means not just thinking big but also very, very, very small. At least that's the way Omowunmi Sadik, director of Binghamton University's Center for Advanced Sensors and Environmental Systems, sees it. She's working to develop sensors that would detect and identify engineered nanoparticles... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409639 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3409639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409641&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zw4 "A new online information portal on aid flows around the world" aims to improve transparency and prevent billions of dollars in international aid from being misused, according to academics and aid officials who launched the tool at a conference, Reuters AlertNet reports. A working version of the portal became available for the public on Tuesday, according to the news service... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409641 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3409641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409642&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zvQ Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Within the health bill is an element that "has generated far less attention and political heat than other parts of the White House's plan to expand medical coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans. The measure requires the U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409642 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3409642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405861&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zvS Fox News: Some privacy advocates say the government is seeking to move too quickly to digitize health records, and may risk exposing sensitive information to identity thieves and hackers. These privacy advocates appear to favor slow progress is spreading electronic records because - they hope - consumer safeguards can keep up with that pace... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405861 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3405861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405863&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zsG An Ohio State University study of 100 teen bloggers from around the United States found that the vast majority use blogs to nurture relationships with their peers and build a sense of community -- rather than to admit misbehavior... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405863 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3405863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405862&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zsd The identification of compounds that could be promising candidates for drug development has become easier following research by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute's medicinal chemistry group... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405862 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3405862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405864&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zsm In another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405864 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0100 3405864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405865&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zqr In another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405865 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3405865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405866&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zqq In another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405866 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3405866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3400880&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zqp In another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3400880 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3400880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3400882&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zqz The Internet has had a profound effect on clinical practice by providing both physicians and patients with a wealth of information. But with those rewards come risks of incorrect or poorly interpreted information that require that a doctor "never be optional." "Nothing has changed clinical practice more fundamentally than ... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3400882 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3400882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3400881&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zqn In another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3400881 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3400881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3400883&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zqk In another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3400883 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3400883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3400884&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zpC A topical new book about using informatics to reduce healthcare costs edited by Stephan Kudyba, an assistant professor in the NJIT School of Management, will be released early this May... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3400884 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3400884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3400885&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zpw Psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Research in Applied Gerontology are testing software to determine if it could help senior adult drivers avoid car crashes by improving their reflexes and reaction time. The InSight software, by Posit Science Corp... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3400885 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3400885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3396848&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zmy iVillage, one of the largest Web sites targeted toward women, last week launched a new health portal "to capitalize on a female penchant for seeking help online for health concerns or questions -- especially those they are too embarrassed to discuss with anyone else," the Wall Street Journal's "Health Blog" reports... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3396848 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3396848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3396849&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zmS BusinessWeek/Bloomberg: "There were more than 275,000 cases in the U.S. last year of medical information theft, twice the number in 2008, according to Javelin Strategy & Research, a Pleasanton, California-based market research firm. The average fraud cost $12,100, Javelin said. ... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3396849 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0100 3396849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3396850&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zm5 Thanks to new technology developed by researchers in Lund, it has for the first time become possible to measure blood flow in the brain directly and continuously. The technology makes it easier for doctors to quickly identify the correct medication for patients affected by serious head injuries and stroke. It also makes it easier to investigate the physiology of the brain... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3396850 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3396850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3396852&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zkb NPR's Car Talk guys, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, may be a couple of motor mouths, but they always put a lid on using cell phones behind the wheel. The perennial jokesters confirm their serious commitment to addressing the issue of devices that take a driver's focus off the road by teaming with the University of Utah to launch the Driver Distraction Center at their web site: http://cartalk... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3396852 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3396852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3396851&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zk4 Television's Six Million Dollar Man foresaw a future when man and machine would become one. New research at Tel Aviv University is making this futuristic "vision" of bionics a reality. Prof. Yael Hanein of Tel Aviv University's School of Electrical Engineering has foundational research that may give sight to blind eyes, merging retinal nerves with electrodes to stimulate cell growth... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3396851 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3396851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3387837&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zfH A new downloadable tool is now available to help businesses and organisations reduce the likelihood of their employees suffering from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the upper limbs associated with repetitive tasks... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3387837 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 3387837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3387838&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zdX Many illnesses can be reliably diagnosed through laboratory tests, but these in vitro analyses often use up valuable time. A system developed by Fraunhofer research scientists, which can carry out complex analyses on the spot, will soon be ready for the market. "We'll just have to wait for the results of the laboratory tests." These words are familiar to many patients... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3387838 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3387838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3386421&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zcB The American Psychiatric Association (APA) submitted comments this week to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the proposed rule on the electronic health record incentive program... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3386421 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3386421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3384297&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zcg WPI's Center for Wireless Information Network Studies (CWINS) has received a three-year, $1.2 million award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to conduct a groundbreaking study of the propagation of radio waves around and through the human body... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3384297 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3384297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3380653&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3zbr In the ongoing quest to identify the genetic factors involved in disease, scientists have increasingly turned to genome-wide association studies, or GWAS, which enable the scanning of up to a million genetic markers in thousands of individuals. These studies generally compare the frequency of genetic variants between two groups - those with a particular disease and healthy individuals... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3380653 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3380653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3380654&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z9b Proteins, the cellular building blocks, can be visualized and analyzed in great detail today. Here, Fraunhofer FIT presents a fully automated high-performance microscope. One of its diagnostic applications will be to study the complex interactions of proteins between cells... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3380654 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3380654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3380656&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z8m Engineers at Rutgers University have modified a popular home video game system to help teenagers with cerebral palsy improve hand functions. In a pilot trial with three participants, the system improved the teens' abilities to perform a range of daily personal and household activities... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3380656 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3380656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3380655&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z8f University of Chicago scientists have successfully used geometrically patterned surfaces to influence the development of stem cells. The new approach is a departure from that of many stem-cell biologists, who focus instead on uncovering the role of proteins in controlling the fate of stem cells. "The cells are seeing the same soluble proteins... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3380655 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3380655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3376008&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z5Z Fully incorporating modern information technology into the healthcare system promises many benefits, including better quality care, less paperwork and fewer medical errors while reducing unnecessary costs. In any such critical application, however, it's important to ensure that the new technology behaves as expected... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3376008 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3376008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3376007&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z5S Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is offering physicians and healthcare facilities access to a new tool that will assist them in identifying health risks for 9 million patients across the country... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3376007 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3376007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3376006&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z5P StayinFront, Inc., a leading global provider of CRM and decision-support technology, has announced that Gedeon Richter Marketing Polska (GRMP), will deploy StayinFront EdgeRx, the company's on-demand CRM solution for Life Sciences... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3376006 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3376006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3376010&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z5s Today, the American Medical Association (AMA) and 95 state and specialty medical societies submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule outlining the meaningful use criteria for the electronic health records (EHRs) incentive programs... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3376010 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3376010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3376009&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z5g Boston University's Technology Development Office, on behalf of Boston Medical Center, Northeastern University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has completed the exclusive license of Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) to Engineered Care, Inc... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3376009 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 3376009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3376011&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z5c Announcing the launch of the Liebert Mobile iPhone App, a dynamic new application delivering the latest news, resources, press releases, research, and multimedia content directly to your iPhone. Convenient access to information across the biomedical, biotechnology, medicine, surgery, and nursing, integrative medicine, environmental, and public health fields is available with this free application... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3376011 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3376011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3371776&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3z24 Shaking hands with a robotic arm could be a new way to help stroke patients learn to use their arms again. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation report a pilot trial of the 'Braccio di Ferro' (Iron arm) robot in 10 patients... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3371776 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3371776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3371775&cid=s_32990_21_f&fid=32990&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmnt.to%2Ff%2F3yZM An electronic device is an accurate technique for locating and avoiding nerves during spinal procedures, suggests a study by Henry Ford Hospital researchers. The issue becomes important for patients as the demand for minimally invasive surgical techniques continues to grow, so does the need for effective methods for monitoring the location of nerves during surgery to avoid damage to them... (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today) IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3371775 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100 3371775