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This is a selection of articles from the April 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Information Technology headlines.

iSoft signs £5m deal with GHG discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals

McKesson launch whiteboard monitoring system discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals

A Randomized Trial of the Effectiveness of On-Demand vs. Computer-Triggered Drug Decision-Support in Primary Care discuss this article
Source: The Informatics Review - April 30, 2008 Authors: dean at informatics-review.com Tags: Literature Source Type: journals

Denis Protti, founder of the University of Victoria’s School of Health Information is honored discuss this article
Source: The Informatics Review - April 30, 2008 Authors: dean at informatics-review.com Tags: Resource Source Type: journals

AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange discuss this article
Source: The Informatics Review - April 30, 2008 Authors: dean at informatics-review.com Tags: Resource Source Type: journals

Leapfrog CPOE Evaluation Tool discuss this article
Source: The Informatics Review - April 30, 2008 Authors: dean at informatics-review.com Tags: Resource Source Type: journals

Characterizing the Health Information Technology Workforce: Analysis from the HIMSS Analytics™ Database discuss this article
Source: The Informatics Review - April 30, 2008 Authors: dean at informatics-review.com Tags: Resource Source Type: journals

Former House Speaker Gingrich Discusses Need For More Physicians To Adopt Electronic Health Record Systems, Focus On Preventive Health discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals

Report: For heart surgery, robot beats a surgeon discuss this article
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals

Aetna electronically alerts physicians about care needs discuss this article
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals

Former UCLA Hospital Employee Indicted For Selling Celebrity Patient Information discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals

Online Intervention Paramount For Reducing HIV In High-Risk Population discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals

DeJarnette in first European PACS migration discuss this article
Source: Hospital IT Europe - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals

University applies voice recognition aid across clinics discuss this article
Source: Hospital IT Europe - April 30, 2008 Source Type: journals

Lords back criminalisation of data breaches discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals

All News by Leading European eHealth Companies discuss this article
Source: eHealth News EU - April 29, 2008 Tags: News - Industry News Source Type: journals

Newcastle chooses Pittsburgh for EHR discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals

Scottish doctors angry over e-health cuts discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals

Automatic Classification Of Iberian Pig Meat In Spain Made Possible By New Computer Applications discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 29, 2008 Source Type: journals

BCS launches new NHS IT qualification discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals

European Doctors Catch the eHealth Bug discuss this article
Source: eHealth News EU - April 28, 2008 Tags: News - Research News Source Type: journals

Robot eliminates pharmacy errors discuss this article
Source: Hospital IT Europe - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals

CHKS Group award trusts for safety and quality discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals

Sectra PACS used in worldwide remote services discuss this article
Source: Hospital IT Europe - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals

In-Home Health Care Via Wireless Networks, NSF Awards $1.5M For Study discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 28, 2008 Source Type: journals

Computerizing medical records in Japan. discuss this article
Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics - April 28, 2008 Authors: Yasunaga H, Imamura T, Yamaki S, Endo H Tags: Int J Med Inform Source Type: journals

HL7 Comm V0.8 Released discuss this article
Source: HL7 Tools and Resources Update - April 27, 2008 Source Type: journals

CardOS HealthCare Connector from Siemens Healthcare discuss this article
Source: eHealth News EU - April 26, 2008 Tags: News - Industry News Source Type: journals

Measuring Saliency of Features Using Signal-to-noise Ratios for Detection of Electrocardiographic Changes in Partial Epileptic Patients discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Systems - April 26, 2008 Tags: Journal of Medical Systems Source Type: journals

CALENDAR. discuss this article
Source: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing - April 26, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (118 K) Source Type: journals

Implementing Computer-Based Patient Records in the Ugandan Healthcare System: Challenges and Opportunities. discuss this article
Source: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing - April 26, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (143 K) Source Type: journals

Wireless Communication Role in Patient Response Time: A Study of Vocera Integration With a Nurse Call System. discuss this article
Source: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing - April 26, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (988 K) Source Type: journals

Finding Common Ground for Information Technology Staff and Clinicians. discuss this article
Source: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing - April 26, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (143 K) Source Type: journals

From the Light Side. discuss this article
Source: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing - April 26, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (143 K) Source Type: journals

$1.5 Million Robot Cuts Risk Of Drug Errors discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 26, 2008 Source Type: journals

Deadly Dose: Heparin Expert Helps Uncover Source Of Lethal Contamination discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 26, 2008 Source Type: journals

Leavitt Calls On Successor To Continue Bush Administration's 'Four Cornerstones' Plan discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

Mutation Database Helps Personalized Treatment Of Lung Cancer - Online Compendium Matches EGFR Mutations With Clinical Outcomes discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

Europe Connectathon "a success" discuss this article
Source: Hospital IT Europe - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

3D animation aids chiropractor rehabilitation discuss this article
Source: Hospital IT Europe - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

European Light Research Opens Door For Optical Storage And Computing discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

Critical New Information Added To Nursing Home Compare Web Site discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

Node Status Algorithm for Load Balancing in Distributed Service Architectures at Paperless Medical Institutions discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Systems - April 25, 2008 Tags: Journal of Medical Systems Source Type: journals

A Study on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis Using Multilayer Neural Networks discuss this article
Source: Journal of Medical Systems - April 25, 2008 Tags: Journal of Medical Systems Source Type: journals

UH Prof Finds Geological Faults Threaten Houston discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

Victoria suffers Cerner and iSoft delays discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

Microsoft Explains HealthVault Strategy discuss this article
Source: eWeek Health Care - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

Simulating Surgery To Reduce Implant Complications discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: journals

New FP7 eHealth Project - COMOESTAS discuss this article
Source: eHealth News EU - April 24, 2008 Tags: News - Research News Source Type: journals

Southern trusts hit by CRS failure discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 24, 2008 Source Type: journals

Microsoft, AOI Track Hospital-Acquired Infections discuss this article
Source: eWeek Health Care - April 24, 2008 Source Type: journals

UK rolls out first "integrated" EPR discuss this article
Source: Hospital IT Europe - April 24, 2008 Source Type: journals

Road Signs Inspire A New Iconic Drug Information System discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 24, 2008 Source Type: journals

OpenClinica Community Surpasses 3,500 Members discuss this article
Source: GNU/Linux And Open Source Medical Software News - April 24, 2008 Source Type: journals

Costs Associated with Developing and Implementing a Computerized Clinical Decision Support System for Medication Dosing for Patients with Renal Insufficiency in the Long-term Care Setting. discuss this article
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - April 24, 2008 Authors: Field TS, Rochon P, Lee M, Gavendo L, Subramanian S, Hoover S, Baril J, Gurwitz J Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: journals

Preliminary Development of the Physician Documentation Quality Instrument. discuss this article
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - April 24, 2008 Authors: Stetson PD, Morrison FP, Bakken S, Johnson SB Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: journals

Developing IT Infrastructure for Rural Hospitals: a case study of benefits and challenges of hospital-to-hospital partnerships. discuss this article
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - April 24, 2008 Authors: Reddy MC, Purao S, Kelly M Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: journals

Optimal Training Sets for bayesian prediction of MeSH assignment. discuss this article
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - April 24, 2008 Authors: Sohn S, Kim W, Comeau DC, Wilbur WJ Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: journals

A Randomized Trial of the Effectiveness of On-Demand vs. Computer-Triggered Drug Decision-Support in Primary Care. discuss this article
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - April 24, 2008 Authors: Tamblyn R, Huang A, Taylor L, Kawasumi Y, Bartlett G, Grad R, Jacques A, Dawes M, Abrahamowicz M, Perreault R, Winslade N, Poissant L, Pinsonneault A Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: journals

Developing informatics tools and strategies for consumer-centered health communication. discuss this article
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - April 24, 2008 Authors: Keselman A, Logan R, Smith CA, Leroy G, Zeng-Treitler Q Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: journals

Workarounds to Barcode Medication Administration Systems: Their Occurrences, Causes, and Threats to Patient Safety. discuss this article
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - April 24, 2008 Authors: Koppel R, Wetterneck T, Telles JL, Karsh BT Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: journals

A Randomized Trial of Electronic Clinical Reminders to Improve Medication Laboratory Monitoring. discuss this article
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - April 24, 2008 Authors: Matheny ME, Sequist TD, Seger AC, Fiskio JM, Sperling M, Bugbee D, Bates DW, Gandhi TK Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: journals

Rapid Identification of Hospitalized Patients at High Risk for MRSA Carriage. discuss this article
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - April 24, 2008 Authors: Evans RS, Wallace CJ, Lloyd JF, Taylor CW, Abouzelof RH, Sumner S, Jonson KV, Wuthrich A, Harbarth S, Samore MH Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: journals

Standards-Based, Open-Source Electronic Health Record Systems: A Desirable Future for the U.S. Health Industry discuss this article
Source: Telemedicine and e-Health - April 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals

Multitasking a Telemedicine Training Unit in Earthquake Disaster Response: Paraplegic Rehabilitation Assessment discuss this article
Source: Telemedicine and e-Health - April 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals

The Feasibility of Using Ultrasound and Video Laryngoscopy in a Mobile Telemedicine Consult discuss this article
Source: Telemedicine and e-Health - April 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals

Software-Assisted Optic Nerve Assessment for Glaucoma Tele-Screening discuss this article
Source: Telemedicine and e-Health - April 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals

Microsoft Health Care to Focus on Horizontal Tech discuss this article
Source: eWeek Health Care - April 23, 2008 Source Type: journals

Drug safety: WellPoint, FDA team up for electronic surveillance of drug side-effects discuss this article
Source: Medical Economics - Technology - April 23, 2008 Source Type: journals

Wales extends use of emergency care record discuss this article
Source: E-Health-Insider - April 23, 2008 Source Type: journals

Call for Chapters - Digital Home Care discuss this article
Source: eHealth News EU - April 23, 2008 Tags: News - Research News Source Type: journals

2008 Conference On Lasers And Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics And Laser Science discuss this article
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - April 23, 2008 Source Type: journals