MedWorm: Information Technology

Our Lady of the Lake connects infusion pumps to the EHR to help decrease errors and improve care

Hospital IT Europe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:37 +0100

Helping set the standard for interoperability between medical devices and electronic health records (EHRs) (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

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High focus on partnerships and innovative technologies

Hospital IT Europe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:37 +0100

Innovative information technologies provide physicians with fast and anytime online access to patient data and images (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

GE Healthcare's Centricity Clinical Notification System presented at Medica 2009

Hospital IT Europe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:37 +0100

New tool to help avoid clinical incidents, manage care deviation and compliance guidelines (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

DH statistics

Health Informatics Newsfeed — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:04 +0100

The Department of Health has published the following... (Source: Health Informatics Newsfeed)

Statistical Press Notice - Stroke and TIA (2nd Quarter...

Health Informatics Newsfeed — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:04 +0100

Data is being published for the first time on activity... (Source: Health Informatics Newsfeed)

Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising...

Health Informatics Newsfeed — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:04 +0100

This paper, by Professor Paul Ohm of the University of... (Source: Health Informatics Newsfeed)

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Health Net says 1.5M medical records lost in data breach

Computerworld Health Care News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:10:21 +0100

Connecticut-based insurance provider Health Net told state officials that an external hard drive containing personal health and financial data on about 1.5 million customers has been missing for six months. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)

HealthPort postpones IPO, citing market conditions

Healthcare IT News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:22:16 +0100

Concerned about market conditions and its own financial footing, HealthPort officials have postponed plans to go public. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

House passes bill to repeal 21.2 percent rate cut for physicians, SGR formula

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:06 +0100

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physician Payment Act, 243-183, altering the way Medicare pays physicians and preventing a scheduled 21.2 percent rate decrease set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2010. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Disease matching network spreads

E-Health Europe News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:07:00 +0100

Software tools that can search and compare patient data at hospitals across Europe are being developed and rolled-out to find children with closely matched conditions. (Source: E-Health Europe News)

Moorfields merges help desks

E-Health-Insider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0100

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has implemented service management software from Hornbill enabling it to consolidate its three service desks into one. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

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FDA Issues 22 Warning Letters To Web Site Operators

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0100

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration completed a coordinated, weeklong, international effort, called the International Internet Week of Action (IIWA), intended to curb illegal actions involving medical products. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Kansas Pilot Program To Use Electronic Medical Records To Coordinate Care

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0100

A health information technology project "may revolutionize how health care is managed" by using medical records to coordinate patients' records. The Kansas City Star reports: "A pilot program is helping 13 area doctors' offices convert to doing that for their patients. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Study: Health IT fails to reduce healthcare costs

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100

The increased computerization of U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, although it may modestly improve the quality of care for heart attacks, Harvard researchers reported in today's online edition of the American Journal of Medicine. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Disease matching network spreads

E-Health-Insider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:31:02 +0100

Software tools that can search and compare patient data at hospitals across Europe are being developed and rolled-out to find children with closely matched conditions. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

iSoft cuts support and delivery staff

E-Health-Insider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:05 +0100

Australian software company iSoft has made 36 people redundant from its UK customer support and delivery department as a result of the restructuring project it launched in the summer. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

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HAMSTER: visualizing microarray experiments as a set of minimum spanning trees

Source Code for Biology and Medicine — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: Researchers may find it helpful to include HAMSTER in their microarray analysis workflow as it can offer insights that differ from hierarchical clustering. We believe that HAMSTER would be useful for certain types of gradient data sets (e.g time-series data) and data that indicate relationships between cells/tissues. Both the source and the web server variant of HAMSTER are available from http://hamster.cbrc.jp/. (Source: Source Code for Biology and Medicine)

GlobalSpecs Targets Industrial Professionals with New Product

EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Specialized search developer and e-publishing company GlobalSpec announced the launch of the My GlobalSpec platform of workflow management tools. (Source: EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical)

IBM Helps Italian Orthopedic Institute Perform Deep Analytics to Treat Rare Skeletal Diseases

eHealth News EU — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:01:00 +0100

IBM (NYSE: IBM)announced that its Research scientists are working with the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, in Bologna, Italy, to use information technology to better address treatment and research for rare genetic skeletal diseases. (Source: eHealth News EU)

85% of Online Europeans Use the Internet for Health Information

eHealth News EU — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0100

In 2009, 85% of online Europeans in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain turn to the Internet and other technologies for health and prescription drug information, according to the latest Cybercitizen Health® Europe v9.0 study from healthcare and pharmaceutical market research company Manhattan Research. The collaboratively-edited Wikipedia again proves to be a top online health resource for consumers in all of the countries surveyed. (Source: eHealth News EU)

Connecticut officials investigating massive health data breach

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:29 +0100

Connecticut officials are investigating how a hard drive containing seven years of personal and medical information on 446,000 Health Net customers in Connecticut—and, according to published sources, another one million customers in Arizona, New Jersey and New York—went missing six months ago and was only reported lost by the insurance company this past Wednesday. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

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Dicom Systems' Latest Statistical and Monitoring API Innovation Further Improves Healthcare Enterprise Interoperability

Healthcare IT News Press Releases — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:10 +0100

Dicom Systems is preparing to launch the latest addition to their DCMSYS family: API for Advanced Statistical reports and graphs, and for monitoring. This feature will provide Dicom Systems' users with the facility to pull any network, system or DICOM statistics using secure SNMP v.3. This product will further enhance enterprise interoperability, and will improve the experience for doctors, physicians and providers in accessing and analyzing images, and in report workflow. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

Aware Inc. Introduces AccuRad ImageShare Platform at RSNA 2009

Healthcare IT News Press Releases — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:56 +0100

Aware, Inc., a global provider of imaging and biometrics software, today announced it will showcase its new AccuRad ImageShare Platform, a standards-based cross-enterprise image sharing platform for health information exchange (HIE), at the RSNA 2009 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Aware will also participate in the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Image Sharing Demonstration at RSNA, demonstrating use of AccuRad ImageShare Platform to retrieve and display medical imagery from other standards-based systems. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

H. D. Smith Launches Comprehensive New Web Site

Healthcare IT News Press Releases — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:41:01 +0100

H. D. Smith national supplier of healthcare products, services and business solutions, announced today the launch of their new Company Web site, www.hdsmith.com. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

Train on

E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0100

As the trainer at South Western Ambulance Service's A&E control room in Exeter, Andy Inniss faced a problem. The control room staff work 168 hours a week on a variety of shift patterns in a fast changing and stressful environment. He works 37.5 hours a week. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis)

S.C. imaging center taps Zotec for billing services

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:45:07 +0100

Health IT company Zotec Partners has entered into a billing services contract with West Columbia, S.C.-based Lexington Radiology Associates, an imaging provider to the patients of Lexington Medical Center. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

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New York IPA to roll out EMR, practice management systems

Healthcare IT News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:44:23 +0100

The Catholic Independent Practice Association of Western New York is poised to automate its medical records and business practices. CIPA, based in Buffalo, selected electronic medical record and practice management software from Westborough, Mass.-based eClinicalWorks for its network of ambulatory care offices and select community physicians. The organization purchased 150 licenses. eClinicalWorks will work with the IPA to connect into HEALTHeLINK, the local regional health information organization. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Mobile health monitoring on Gartner's top 10 trends list

Healthcare IT News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:08:23 +0100

Mobile health monitoring is among the top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012 identified by Gartner as likely to have an impact on consumers and industry players. Gartner analysts considered revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration in developing their list. Mobile health monitoring was listed at No. 5. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Digital pen for diabetes care in Germany

E-Health Europe News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:53:15 +0100

Stuttgart's Bethesda Hospital has introduced a mobile glucose monitoring system that combines digital pen and paper a wireless glucose monitor with wireless Bluetooth technology. (Source: E-Health Europe News)

ACL Labs chose Accenx EMR

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:11 +0100

The West Allis, Wisc.-based ACL Laboratories, which provides clinical and industrial laboratory testing, has chosen health information exchange company Accenx Exchange EMR. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Louisiana hospital links 'smart pumps' to its EHR

Healthcare IT News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:36:13 +0100

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, a 700-bed hospital in Baton Rouge, La., has integrated its infusion pumps with a bar-code point-of-care system. Helping set the standard for interoperability between medical devices and electronic health records, Our Lady of the Lake achieved the connection with the help of EHR provider Cerner and pump provider Hospira. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

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Innovation for Health

Hospital IT Europe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:32:38 +0100

Eucomed contributes to Commission's Public Consultation on Community Innovation Policy (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

Movea Reveals SmartMotion

Hospital IT Europe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:32:38 +0100

Leader in Motion Sensing Solutions Makes Sensor Technology Available to Developers (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

Hand-held computer may help improve pulmonary embolism diagnosis

Hospital IT Europe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:32:38 +0100

Researchers are testing a new handheld device which could improve diagnostic decision-making (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

Digital pens improve treatment of acute diabetes in Germany

Hospital IT Europe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:32:38 +0100

Stuttgart’s Bethesda Hospital first to introduce mobile glucose monitoring system (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

2009 Linux Medical News Freedom Award Recipients

GNU/Linux And Open Source Medical Software News — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:32:01 +0100

It was a difficult choice this year among many worthy people and projects but the panel of judges has spoken. The recipients of the 2009 Linux Medical News Freedom Award presented at the American Medical Informatics Association (amia.org) Fall Conference are the open source, US Government NHIN Connect project and Kevin Toppenberg, MD for his invaluable work and use of Veterans Affairs VistA in the private sector. (Source: GNU/Linux And Open Source Medical Software News)

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Report: Most patients satisfied with U.S. inpatient hospital care

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:36 +0100

Patient ratings of overall inpatient care in U.S. hospitals increased by 1.5 percent last year, with an increase in patients who said they would recommend the care to others, based on the findings of a report published by healthcare consulting firm Press Ganey. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Bury sets criteria for Lorenzo success

E-Health-Insider — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0100

NHS Bury will accept or reject its newly implemented Lorenzo electronic patient record system on its own criteria, according to documents released by the trust. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

Oscar Pistorius' Artificial Limbs Give Him Clear, Major Advantage For Sprint Running

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0100

The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if his prosthesis behaved like intact limbs. That's the conclusion - released to the public for the first time - of human performance experts Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Matthew Bundle of the University of Wyoming. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Siemens wins west London LAN deal

E-Health-Insider — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:05 +0100

NHS Kensington and Chelsea has signed a contract with Siemens Enterprise Communications for a single voice and secure data network. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

UnitedHealth buys ScriptSwitch for £50m

E-Health-Insider — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:05 +0100

ScriptSwitch, the provider of drug comparison software, has been acquired by UnitedHealth UK, for a reported sum of £50m. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

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British Innovation Shines at the iawards

eHealth News EU — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:00 +0100

The iawards ceremony at the Science Museum saw the teams behind this year's best British innovations. Topping the honours list was Horizon Discovery Ltd, a technology start-up company which scooped the iaward of the Year for its hi-tech, 'X-MAN Model Cancer Patient'; a product that identifies patients most likely to respond to particular cancer treatments. (Source: eHealth News EU)

Digital Pens Improve Treatment of Acute Diabetes in Germany

eHealth News EU — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0100

Mobile technology is helping those with acute diabetes in Germany manage their illness more effectively so that long-term complications associated with the illness can be treated earlier. (Source: eHealth News EU)

German hospital rolls out digital pen for diabetes patients

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:58:39 +0100

Bethesda Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, is using digital pen technology to help diabetes patients manage the illness. Hospital officials say the technology will help patients address long-term complications associated with the disease at an earlier stage. The pen is used with a telemedicine system called DiabCareOnline, developed by Germany-based Ontaris. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

KLAS evaluates Allscripts-Misys merger, one year later

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:54:03 +0100

A reported dip in customer satisfaction and service after last year's merger between Chicago-based Allscripts and British-based Misys is unlikely to dampen future sales of the company's electronic medical record solutions, according to research firm KLAS. The KLAS report reflects the opinions of 200 Allscripts customers who are using the company's EMR or practice management products and their experiences with version 11 of the Allscripts Enterprise EHR. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Senate set to unveil healthcare bill

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:36:42 +0100

Healthcare legislation expected to reach the Senate floor this weekend is projected to cost $848 billion and reduce the federal budget deficit by $130 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

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NEJM: Bundling payments could reduce healthcare spending

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:43:58 +0100

The most promising option for curbing healthcare spending is changing the way doctors and hospitals are paid to provide care, but implementing such a system must overcome significant obstacles to be successful, according to an analysis by the nonprofit research organization RAND that was published Nov. 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

AIM: Handheld support system improves PE diagnosis

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:36:09 +0100

A handheld decision-support system may improve diagnostic decision making for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) in the emergency department, suggests a study published in the Nov. 17 online edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Library of Medicine publishes SNOMED draft

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:20:52 +0100

The National Library of Medicine has published a draft map linking content from SNOMED Clinical Terms to ICD-9-CM billing codes, as a precursor to the development of similar maps. The map aims to support administrative reporting and reimbursement functions where SNOMED CT is the terminology for clinical descriptive purposes, said Betsy Humphreys, NLM deputy director. The draft consists of about 5,000 mappings of the SNOMED CT terms most commonly used by Kaiser Permanente and the University of Nebraska. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

NHS targets improved care with telemedicine project

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:56 +0100

The UK’s National Health Service plans to leverage IOCOM technology in its East of England telemedicine project to improve care for stroke patients. Video conferencing technology from IOCOM, based in Chicago, will be used to give stroke patients round-the-clock access to expert stroke physicians around England. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

New mammography guidelines unleash storm of controversy

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:49:22 +0100

The argument over the right age for women to begin mammograms was pushed to the center of the healthcare reform and technology debate with Monday's release of new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. New advice from the task force, a government panel of scientists and physicians, calls for skipping screenings for women between the ages of 40 and 49 and beginning routine scans at 50. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

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Medspira and Mayo Clinic Enter Into Agreement

Healthcare IT News Press Releases — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:22:54 +0100

Medspira, and Mayo Clinic have entered into an agreement to commercialize, manufacture and market several Mayo Clinic developed products and technologies invented by Mayo physicians and scientists. Mayo Clinic technologies included in the license agreement are two Radiology products currently available in the market, the Interactive Breath-Hold Control System and the BC-10 MRI Coils, and two technologies that Medspira will develop further, with the intent of making them commercially available in the next 12-24 months. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

Practice Fusion launches new PHR

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:59:28 +0100

Practice Fusion has launched a new personal health record designed to provide patients with access to their health information. Announced by officials of the San Francisco-based company at the Salesforce.com user and developer conference, Dreamforce 2009, being held in San Francisco, Patient Fusion was developed on the Force.com platform and is expected to connect one million patients throughout the country to physicians and their medical records. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

IBM mirrors human brain to create new computing system

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:56:02 +0100

A new kind of computing system that can simulate and emulate the human brain is close to being a reality, according to researchers from IBM. A cognitive computing team led by IBM Research says it has achieved two major milestones that indicate the feasibility of building a cognitive computing chip. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Physician shortage drives telemedicine market

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:29:16 +0100

Swedish Medical Center, the largest medical center in the Pacific Northwest, will enable remote hospitals to access its nationally recognized stroke team for stroke support services. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

EMC debuts next-generation of Avamar

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:04:18 +0100

Data storage and archiving firm EMC has released the latest iteration of Avamar, which includes enterprise backup capabilities for desktop and laptop computers. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

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EMC rollsout next-generation of Avamar

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:04:18 +0100

When It Comes To Brains Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Tiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite only having a brain the size of a pinhead, say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London. "Animals with bigger brains are not necessarily more intelligent," according to Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology at Queen Mary's Research Centre for Psychology and University of Cambridge colleague, Jeremy Niven. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Once more with feeling

E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma talks to Kate Grimes, chief executive of Kingston Hospital NS Trust, about being the first trust to go live with Cerner Millennium since the Royal Free. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis)

Kingston to go-live on 30 November

E-Health-Insider — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +0100

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust plans to go live with Cerner Millennium on 30 November, in what has become a critical milestone for the £12.7 billion NHS IT programme. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

EC creates storm over cloud computing

E-Health Europe News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:37:00 +0100

The European Commission is calling on member states to make better use of cloud computing and to develop online public services to better meet the needs of their populations. (Source: E-Health Europe News)

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Indiana University Receives NIH Grant To Improve Health Care In East Africa

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0100

A $1.3 million grant to Indiana University from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center will establish the East African Center of Excellence in Health Informatics. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Nuance launches SpeechMagic 7

E-Health Europe News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:43:46 +0100

Nuance Communications has launched a speech recognition platform designed to revolutionise clinical documentation by facilitating large scale deployments. (Source: E-Health Europe News)

Nuance launches SpeechMagic7

E-Health Europe News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:43:46 +0100

Nuance Communications has launched a speech recognition platform designed to revolutionise clinical documentation by facilitating large scale deployments. (Source: E-Health Europe News)

Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to set up committee for supporting medical devices industry

Health Technologies KTN News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

In November 2009 METI will set up a committee to support SMEs in the medical devices industry in taking their technologies to market. The committees first step will be to establish a network for information exchange. Policies to support SMEs are currently under-developed, but the government has recognised the need to demonstrate and support Japans strengths in manufacturing in order to enhance its global competitiveness. (26 October 2009, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun) (Source: Health Technologies KTN News)

IBM Scientists Reinvent Medical Diagnostic Testing

eHealth News EU — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:01:00 +0100

IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for many diseases, including one of world's leading causes of death, cardiovascular disease. (Source: eHealth News EU)

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Intel® Reader Launches in the UK: Bringing Printed Text to Spoken Word

eHealth News EU — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0100

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) announced UK availability of the Intel® Reader, a mobile handheld device designed to increase independence for people who have trouble reading standard print. In the UK, there are an estimated six million people with dyslexia or other specific learning difficulties and two million people with visual impairments. (Source: eHealth News EU)

McKesson unveils HIE blueprint

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:27:00 +0100

Healthcare services and IT developer McKesson has revealed a plan to integrate Horizon Connect--a component of its Horizon product suite--with its business platform RelayHealth in order to facilitate health information exchange (HIE). (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

CCHIT opens EHR drafts for comment

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:42:11 +0100

The first draft of criteria for behavioral health EHRs–both standalone and as an optional add-on to comprehensive ambulatory EHR certification–as well as add-on certifications for clinical research and dermatology has been opened for public comment by the the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT). (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

KLAS: Merger frustrates Allscripts and Misys customers

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:31:35 +0100

Health IT developer Allscripts' customer rapport has dwindled following its merger last year with Misys, according to a report from market research firm KLAS. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Hitachi’s Origin 2.0 Software Gives Oasis Users Additional Motion Free Imaging and Parallel Imaging Capabilities

Healthcare IT News Press Releases — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:23:29 +0100

Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. is providing their Oasis users - at no charge - RAPID 3D and RADAR Spin Echo and Balanced SARGE along with the ORIGIN 2.0 software upgrade. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

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Parkland Health & Hospital System Selects MRO’s Audit Tracker Online

Healthcare IT News Press Releases — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:08:54 +0100

MRO Corp., a provider of electronic release-of-information (ROI), document management and audit tracking solutions for healthcare providers, today announced a contract with Parkland Health & Hospital System (Dallas, Texas) to provide the public academic health system with Audit Tracker Online, a payer audit management program which allows healthcare providers complete managerial oversight and reporting capabilities for all incoming audit requests and denials. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

FDA and Everyday Health Collaborate to Expand Reach of Consumer Health Information

Healthcare IT News Press Releases — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:11:53 +0100

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Everyday Health today announced a collaboration that will expand the delivery of the agency's vital consumer health information to the 30 million unique users who visit Everyday Health each month. This joint effort reflects FDA's emphasis on using innovative, technology-based strategies to carry out its mission of protecting and promoting the public health. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

NYU begins EHR rollout

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:03:17 +0100

New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center launched the first phase of its EHR system this month at Trinity Center in lower Manhattan. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

NYU begins EHR roll out

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:03:17 +0100

Survey: Healthcare isn't ready for HITECH's security breach notification rules

Healthcare IT News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:56:48 +0100

Business associates who handle private patient information for healthcare organizations are largely unprepared to meet the new data breach related obligations included in the HITECH Act, according to a new survey. Those affected include billing operations, credit bureaus, benefits management, legal services, claims processing, insurance brokers, data processing firms, pharmacy chains, accounting firms, temporary office personnel and offshore transcription vendors. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

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Intel launches text reader

E-Health-Insider — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:40:01 +0100

Intel has launched a handheld mobile reader that allows people with learning disabilities and those with poor vision to photograph text and have it read aloud to them digitally. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

CCHIT calls for comments on 2011 certification criteria

Healthcare IT News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:33:14 +0100

The first public comment period for the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology's 2011 development cycle is open through Dec. 11. The CCHIT will accept comments on the first draft of criteria for behavioral health electronic health records – both stand-alone and as an optional add-on to comprehensive ambulatory EHR certification – as well as add-on certifications for clinical research and dermatology. After additional rounds of comment and refinement, the new certification options are scheduled to be made available to vendors in July 2010. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Business associates unprepared for data breaches

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:07:54 +0100

Many medical business associates—third parties that include billing companies, credit bureaus, insurance brokers, data processing firms, pharmacy chains, accounting firms and offshore transcription vendors—are unprepared to meet new data breach regulations in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Study: RTLS technology can save hospitals time and money, boost care

Healthcare IT News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:57:51 +0100

A study of the use of a real-time location system (RTLS) at Southeastern Regional Medical Center indicates the technology can save hospitals hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, improve clinical outcomes and boost staff morale. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

New York's e-health collaborative heads toward more connectivity

Healthcare IT News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:50:03 +0100

State e-health collaboratives across the country are gearing to submit their operational plans for the health information exchange (HIE) portion of the federal stimulus funds under the HITECH Act. New York eHealth collaborative is no exception, but it finds itself at a critical juncture. With a new executive director leading the not-for-profit corporation, NYeC is at an "important crossroads" for what its next steps will be, according to Carol Raphael, its board chairwoman. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

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McKesson Adds New InterQual Molecular Diagnostics Criteria Customers

McKesson News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:27:06 +0100

MVP Health Care, Blue Cross of Idaho Among Organizations to Use Evidence-Based Content for Addressing the Growing Number of Molecular and Genetic Tests (Source: McKesson News)

NanoKTN announces event focused on micro and nanotechnology in drug discovery

Hospital IT Europe — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:26:27 +0100

NanoKTN hosts event to raise awareness of the opportunities nanotechnology offers the Pharmaceuticals Industry (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

Clinical and administrative modules to improve patient care and hospital management

Hospital IT Europe — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:26:27 +0100

InterSystems TrakCare Hospital information system project at military hospital set to create electronic clinical registry for all of Chile’s military personnel (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

Premier Healthcare Germany partners with Offsurance on medical travel platform

Healthcare IT News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:07:06 +0100

The concept of medical travel, slowly gaining a foothold in North America, took a step forward on the European continent this week with the announcement of a partnership between Premier Healthcare Germany and Offsurance. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Harris Corp. expands government healthcare portfolio with acquisition

Healthcare IT News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:05:03 +0100

The Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, is seeking a bigger piece of the federal healthcare pie with its acquisition of Patriot Technologies, a provider of healthcare information technology to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Source: Healthcare IT News)

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Systematic Review of Telemedicine Services for Patients Affected by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:25 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 877-883. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

A Novel Approach to Telemedicine Video Control Technology

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:23 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 859-866. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

Managing Asthma with Mobile Phones: A Feasibility Study

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:17 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 907-909. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

Ubiquitous Health Monitoring System for Multiple Users Using a ZigBee and WLAN Dual-Network

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:16 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 891-897. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

Telemedicine news

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:15 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 811-817. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

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Exploring Key Factors in the Choice of e-Health Using an Asthma Care Mobile Service Model

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:14 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 884-890. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

Do You Have the Right Tools?

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:13 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 809-810. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

Are At-Home Glucose Monitoring Devices Accurate and Reliable?

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:12 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 818-824. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

Patient Satisfaction with Physician–Patient Communication During Telemedicine

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:55 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 830-839. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

Patient Satisfaction with Physician—Patient Communication During Telemedicine

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:55 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 830-839. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

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Telenursing: Front-Line Applications of Telehealthcare Delivery

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:54 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 825-829. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

Using Accelerometers for Physical Actions Recognition by a Neural Fuzzy Network

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:50 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 867-876. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

New products

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:48 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 910-912. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

The Redesign and Re-evaluation of an Internet-Based Telerehabilitation System for the Assessment of Dysarthria in Adults

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:43 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 840-850. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

The Realization of Ubiquitous 12-Lead ECG Diagnosis in Emergency Telemedicine

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:39 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 898-906. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

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Using the Internet to Translate an Evidence-Based Lifestyle Intervention into Practice

Telemedicine and e-Health — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:32 +0100

Telemedicine and e-Health Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 9: 851-858. (Source: Telemedicine and e-Health)

Hand-Held Computer May Help Improve Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0100

Pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition most often caused by a blood clot breaking off from a vein and entering the circulatory system. While evidence-based guidelines exist to help physicians safely and efficiently evaluate patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, testing often differs from what is suggested. Researchers sought to determine if a computer program for use on a mobile, handheld device could improve diagnostic decision-making. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Barcoded wristbands compulsory by 2011

E-Health-Insider — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0100

The Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care has called for patients to wear barcoded wristbands and for trusts that do not comply by July 2011 to be penalised. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

2009/068 New NICE Programme To Evaluate Medical Technologies Established

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0100

ANA Launches New And Improved Online Bookstore On Nursingworld.org

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0100

Nursesbooks.org, the publishing program of ANA, today announced that it has launched a newly redesigned online bookstore that goes live today. To kick off the new site, through the month of December Nursesbooks.org is offering a 10% discount on all ANA products at final checkout for online orders*. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

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Electronic Health Records Not Yet Making Impact, Patients Turn To Web For Advice

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0100

As the United States launches "an ambitious program, backed by $19 billion in government incentives, to accelerate the adoption of computerized patient records in doctors' offices and hospitals," a new study of 3,000 hospitals "has found little difference in the cost and quality of care," The New York Times reports. "Dr. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Biomedical Informatics Symposium Opens With Address From Calif. Health Care Leader

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0100

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) opened its Annual Symposium on Biomedical and Health Informatics with more than 2,000 members and registrants gathered at the Hilton San Francisco to exchange new information, best practices, and cutting-edge thinking on an array of topics in this burgeoning health care field. Opening the symposium was Mark D. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Disease-matching Software Could Save Children

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0100

By matching children with rare or life-threatening diseases and modelling potential disease progression, researchers hope to find new routes forward. Software tools are being developed that can search and compare patient data at hospitals across Europe to find children with closely matched conditions. The doctors can then study how the matched patients at other hospitals were treated and whether that treatment was successful. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Gulfcoast Oncology Associates Selects McKesson Specialty Care Solutions as Strategic Partner

McKesson News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0100

McKesson Solutions to Deliver Measureable Financial, Operational and Clinical Results (Source: McKesson News)

AeroScout use extended by St Trudo

E-Health Europe News — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:02:54 +0100

AeroScout has announced that St Trudo hospital in Belgium is extending the use of its AeroScout Healthcare Visibility solution to include the tracking of the location of patients and Wi-Fi devices. (Source: E-Health Europe News)

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Scribd Inks ProQuestUMI Partnership

EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Scribd and ProQuest announced an agreement to make selected graduate dissertations and theses available for purchase on Scribd. (Source: EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical)

Elsevier Pilots Reflect

EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Elsevier announced Reflect will be piloted on the research articles in the Nov. 12 issue of Cell. (Source: EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical)

Explorys Brings Collaboration to Medical Field

EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Explorys has announced an equity partnership with Cleveland Clinic that brings together a network of researchers and clinicians spanning millions of patient visits, diagnoses, procedures, and outcomes. (Source: EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical)

Health 2.0 Europe Conference - the Leading Showcase of Online and Mobile Technologies in Healthcare

eHealth News EU — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:01:00 +0100

6-7 April 2010, Paris, France. The agenda for the first international foray, Health 2.0 Europe, has been announced. It is bringing the best of Health 2.0 in America across the Atlantic, but the majority of the program will be featuring European Health 2.0 organizations, technologies and companies. This means that over the coming months Europe and the rest of the globe will be scoured for its top Health 2.0 movers and shakers. (Source: eHealth News EU)

Tunstall Launches Next-Generation Digital Telecare Solutions

eHealth News EU — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0100

At this year's TSA National Telecare and Telehealth Conference, Tunstall Healthcare is launching its range of next-generation, digital-ready telecare solutions, designed to give both service users and care providers more choice and flexibility. (Source: eHealth News EU)

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Report: Hospital staffing shortages could compromise care

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:30:41 +0100

Hospital CEOs fear that a universal healthcare system could mean compromised care due to an increased shortage of hospital staff, according to a survey released by AMN Healthcare. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Report: NQF releases Quality Data Set for clinical EHRs

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:30:16 +0100

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has released its Quality Data Set report, which addresses the gap between EHR systems and the lack of quality measure specifications in clinical use EHRs. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

EHR summaries roll out in London

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:33:41 +0100

A summarized form of electronic health records—part of a plan expected to roll out across England over the next year—has gone online in the city of London, the U.K.'s Department of Health announced yesterday. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

ECRI picks top 7 health plan IT trends to watch

Healthcare IT News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:20 +0100

Genetic testing and electronic medical records are top of the ECRI Institute's 2010 technology watch list for health plans. ECRI officials said the list represents important technologies and technology-related issues that private and public payers should pay close attention to in 2010. The trends as listed are: (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Harris acquires Patriot Tech

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:56:05 +0100

Communications and IT company Harris Corp. announced this week it has acquired health IT company Patriot Technologies. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

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El Camino Hospital opens new hi-tech facility

Healthcare IT News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:40:55 +0100

El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., has completed its move into a new facility and is now admitting patients. The Silicon Valley hospital closed the doors of its old facility at 6 a.m. Pacific Time Monday morning and openbed the new facility with proclamations from Mountain View mayor Margaret Abe-Koga and Liz Kniss, president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Order set project reduces length of stay at Canadian hospitals

Healthcare IT News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:20:23 +0100

A study of the Grey Bruce Health Network's Order Set project, which used standardized, Web-based order sets, shows improvements in the length of stay, ordering of best practices and reduced readmissions. The project began in March 2007 when Toronto-based GBHN partnered with the Open Source Order Set Network (OSOS) to standardize and improve care in the network's 11 hospitals. Since then, GBHN has been able to develop and implement more than 100 evidence-based best practice order sets in all areas of patient care. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

HITRUST expands certification program

Healthcare IT News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:57:09 +0100

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has expanded its certification program to target inefficiencies in healthcare compliance reporting and help organizations realize benefits sooner. The HITRUST Common Security Framework Assurance Program provides healthcare organizations and their business associates with a common approach to managing security assessments that create efficiencies and contain costs associated with multiple and varied assurance requirements. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

California community health centers to go digital

Healthcare IT News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:34:09 +0100

Neighborhood Healthcare, which serves communities in Riverside and San Diego counties, will automate both the clinical and business sides of its health centers for its 115 providers across 11 locations. The 40-year-old organization has selected technology from Westborough, Mass.-based eClinicalWorks. Neighborhood Healthcare will deploy both the unified electronic medical records system and the practice management solution along with eClinicalWorks Enterprise Business Optimizer's (eBO), which provides reporting capabilities. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Former NHS CIO named new head of BCS’s Health Informatics Forum

Hospital IT Europe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:28:02 +0100

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT has named Matthew Swindells as the new head of its prestigious and influential Health Informatics Forum (HIF) (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

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New technology reduces risk of IVF laboratory mistakes

Hospital IT Europe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:28:02 +0100

Unique software increases safety and security of infertility treatment by accurately tracking every step of the process (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

New NICE programme to evaluate medical technologies established

Hospital IT Europe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:28:02 +0100

NICE is launching a new programme focusing specifically on the evaluation of innovative medical technologies (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

LSPs paid a quarter of contract price

E-Health-Insider — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +0100

The local service providers of the National Programme for IT in the NHS have been paid £1.1 billion, less than a quarter of the projected amounts for their projects. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

Physicians awarded more than $92 million by CMS

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:39:43 +0100

More than 85,000 physicians and healthcare professionals, who properly reported data regarding Medicare services to the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), reaped more than $92 million in incentives in 2008 under the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Physicans awarded more than $92 million by CMS

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:39:43 +0100

More than 85,000 physicians and healthcare professionals who properly reported data regarding Medicare services to the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), reaped more than $92 million in incentives in 2008 under the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

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Scotland opens almost paperless hospital

E-Health Europe News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:07:00 +0100

A new £100m hospital which supports a virtually paperless environment has been opened by the NHS Glasgow and Clyde Health Board in Scotland. (Source: E-Health Europe News)

East Kent saves £80,000 with SSO

E-Health-Insider — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:05 +0100

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it has saved £80,000 by implementing Single Sign On technology from Imprivata. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

London SCR roll out announced

E-Health-Insider — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:05 +0100

The Department of Health has announced that the Summary Care Record is to be rolled out across London from this week. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

New NICE programme to evaluate medical technologies established

Health Technologies KTN News — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is launching a new programme focusing specifically on the evaluation of innovative medical technologies (including devices and diagnostics). This new programme will both complement and operate in conjunction with NICE's existing technology appraisal capacity, which will continue to evaluate new pharmaceutical and biotechnology products. The Evaluation Pathway Programme for Medical Technologies will help enable new medical technologies, or important modifications of existing ones, to be used more quickly and consistently in the NHS. The types of products which might be included are medical devices that deliver treatment such as those implanted during surgical procedures, technologies that give greater independence to patients, and di...

Summary Care Records being launched in London

NHS Connecting for Health — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Department of Health has announced that Summary Care Records containing key medical information, which will be accessible wherever patients are treated, are to be rolled out across London. The scheme is taking off across England over the next year as part of a national roll-out of the programme. (Source: NHS Connecting for Health)

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CSC Achieves First Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9 Deployment

eHealth News EU — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:01:00 +0100

CSC (NYSE: CSC) has announced that its first deployment of Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9 (Care Management) went live on 3rd November 2009. The system was delivered under the NHS National Programme for IT, at NHS Bury. Hundreds of clinical and administrative staff across community services at Bury are now using the system to manage their administrative tasks including booking appointments, recording contacts and managing case notes. (Source: eHealth News EU)

UK's Leading Clinical Managed Service Provider Forms New Health Links with China

eHealth News EU — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0100

Home Telehealth Limited (HTL), the premier UK provider of telehealth solutions and disease management services; and winner of the prestigious 'NHS Innovations Partnership with the NHS Award 2009' is once again in demand for its innovative nurse-led Telehealth Care Centre clinical managed services; this time from China. (Source: eHealth News EU)

Thomson Reuters Announces 100 Top Hospitals for Cardiovascular Care

Healthcare Headlines from Thomson Reuters — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:17:51 +0100

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Improving healthcare

Hospital IT Europe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:28:47 +0100

Innovative companies receive major funding to help improve healthcare (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

Motivational Impact Of Virtual Workout Partners

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Based on evidence people work harder with a partner than when working alone, a team of Michigan State University researchers are pairing college-age students with a virtual workout partner to study the impact on exercise trends. Deborah Feltz, chairperson of MSU's Department of Kinesiology, is leading a team that will use the Eye Toy camera and PlayStation 2 to measure what characteristics in a virtual partner motivate people to exercise harder, longer or more frequently. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

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Technology To Modify Behavior Of Nanoparticles Could Ease Public Concerns

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0100

In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles in municipal sewage treatment plants - their main gateway into the environment. Their study was published online November 12 in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

How one hospital plans to show meaningful use of IT

Healthcare IT News Podcasts — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:59:00 +0100

In this podcast interview, Editor Bernie Monegain speaks with Sue Schade, vice president and CIO of Brigham and Women's and Faulkner's Hospitals in Boston. Schade tells how Brigham and Women's is preparing to show meaningful use of healthcare IT and provides advice for smaller hospitals with fewer resources. (Source: Healthcare IT News Podcasts)

Kerry introduces bill to make small practices eligible for health IT loans

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:57:20 +0100

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced legislation last week that would help underwrite efforts by family doctors and other small medical practices to modernize their patients’ records and prescriptions. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Kerry introduces bill to make small businesses eligible for IT loans

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:57:20 +0100

Nuance ramps up its healthcare commitment in Europe

Healthcare IT News — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:13:31 +0100

Two major events within the space of a couple of days underline U.S.-based Nuance’s strong interest in growing within the European healthcare market. In addition to introducing SpeechMagic 7, Nuance’s chief marketing officer and vice president global sales Steve Chambers outlined his vision of speech-controlled healthcare. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

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Development of a Portable Linux-Based ECG Measurement and Monitoring System

Journal of Medical Systems — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:28:01 +0100

Abstract This work presents a portable Linux-based electrocardiogram (ECG) signals measurement and monitoring system. The proposed system consists of an ECG front end and an embedded Linux platform (ELP). The ECG front end digitizes 12-lead ECG signals acquired from electrodes and then delivers them to the ELP via a universal serial bus (USB) interface for storage, signal processing, and graphic display. The proposed system can be installed anywhere (e.g., offices, homes, healthcare centers and ambulances) to allow people to self-monitor their health conditions at any time. The proposed system also enables remote diagnosis via Internet. Additionally, the system has a 7-in. interactive TFT-LCD touch screen that enables users to execute various functions, such as scaling a s...

Study of light transmission through gauze pad effected by blood or liquids to detect needle dislodgement

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:16:15 +0100

Conclusions Using two types of gauze pads, we confirmed that liquids significantly increased light transmission through gauze pad, but porcine blood decreased light transmission. This opposite response can be used to distinguish liquids from blood on a gauze pad. Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s10877-009-9206-8Authors Akihiro Takeuchi, Kitasato University Department of Medical Informatics, School of Allied Health Sciences 1-15-1 Kitasato Sagamihara Kanagawa 228-8555 JapanKai Ishida, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Sagamihara JapanYasuo Morohoshi, Kitasato University School of Medicine Department of Laboratory Animal Science Sagamihara JapanToshihiro Shinbo, Kitasato University Department of Clinical Engineering, School of Allied Health...

CCHIT chair to retire in March 2010

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:24:16 +0100

The Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) announced last week that Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, is planning to retire from his role as chair of the commission on March 31, 2010. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

CCHIT chair Mark Leavitt to retire in March 2010

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:24:16 +0100