Medical Informatics News

“Informatics in Public Health,” this year’s Donald A.B. Lindberg Lecture and Symposium sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Biomedical Informatics and the GSPH, will discuss informatics in surveillance, epidemic models and other aspects of public health practice. Public Health Informatics >>

NorthPoint Domain and NYU Vascular Associates Partner to Develop New Generation of Care Delivery Informatics Instruments - May 5, 2008

NorthPoint Domain, an IC Sciences company, announced today a partnership with New York University Vascular Associates at NYU Langone Medical Center to develop a comprehensive suite of Internet informatics instruments for advanced specialty care delivery. Care Delivery Informatics >>

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Selects Cerner to Participate in Quality Reporting Initiative - May 2, 2008

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced it selected Cerner as one of six healthcare information technology suppliers to participate in a project that will test information technology solutions to facilitate the submission of PQRI measures data gathered from EMRs. Physician Quality Reporting >>

BK Medical and Varian Medical Systems Collaborate to Streamline Prostate Brachytherapy Treatments - April 30, 2008

BK Medical and Varian Medical Systems today announced a global collaboration to improve and streamline prostate brachytherapy procedures through a new, digital interface between BK Medical’s Pro Focus ultrasound scanner and Varian’s VariSeed 8.0 planning software. Streamlined Prostate Brachytherapy Treatments >>

Wireless Technology Needed To Build Recession Proof Health Services - April 23, 2008

Healthcare providers are increasingly using wireless technology to minimise the cost and disruption associated with the deployment of innovative ehealth and telecare services. Wireless Health Services >>

Immunicon Corporation Receives Grant to Develop Test for Residual Disease in Leukemia Patients - April 22, 2008

Immunicon Corporation announced today that the company received a four-year grant from the Center for Translational Molecular Medicine (CTMM) to develop a test to detect minimal residual disease in blood of Acute Myeloid Leukemia patients. Residual Disease Test >>

Elsevier Expands Procedures Consult™ with Emergency Medicine, Orthopedics and Anesthesia Procedures - April 15, 2008

Elsevier announced today that it has added three new modules to Procedures Consult™ in orthopedics, anesthesia and emergency medicine. Online Medical Training >>

SIIM 2008 invites attendee participation - April 15, 2008

Practice meets theory at the SIIM 2008 Annual Meeting, May 15-18, 2008, in Seattle, hosted by the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). The SIIM meeting has always provided a collegial environment for practical education and demonstration combined with the latest research and science in imaging informatics. Imaging Informatics in Medicine >>

Telemedicus’ DREAMS™ Shown in Telemedicine and e-Health Magazine - April 10, 2008

Telemedicus, Inc. announced today that Telemedicine and e-Health Magazine illustrated the DREAMS™ technology in their March 2008 issue. Telehealth Solution >>

AeroScout Launches Cost-Effective Wireless Temperature Monitoring Solution for Healthcare - April 3, 2008

AeroScout, Inc. today announced the launch of a wireless Temperature Monitoring application for the healthcare industry. The Temperature Monitoring application is a complete solution for logging and alerting staff of temperature fluctuations for critical healthcare items and products, over any standard Wi-Fi wireless network. Wireless Temperature Monitoring Solution >>

Indiana Health Information Exchange CEO and Association of American Medical Colleges CEO Present Keynotes at Spring Collaborative Communications Summit - March 24, 2008

The Spring Collaborative Communications Summit: Transforming Healthcare through Health Information Technology will take place May 5-7, 2008, at the Mandarin Oriental Washington DC. Keynote presentations from two of the most familiar and respected names in the healthcare industry highlight the Spring CCS HIT Health Information Summit >>

EFMI joins organizing committee of WoHIT conference - March 19, 2008

The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition (WoHIT) is an ermmerging event in Europe. EFMI the European Federation for Medical Informatics has joined the Organizing Committee as a new member for the 2008 Conference. The conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark on Nov. 4-6, 2008. Medical Informatics Europe >>

High-Tech Healthcare Headlines at Telemedicine Meeting in Seattle - March 18, 2008

The ATA announced today that it will host its Thirteenth Annual Meeting & Exhibition April 6-8, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. Thousands of health care professionals, high-tech companies and experts from around the world will be descending on Seattle to hear hundreds of presentations, new product announcements and the latest research by medical and technology experts. High-Tech Healthcare >>

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw launches 'Rad Gurukul'- first teleradiology training center by Teleradiology Solutions - March 18, 2008

Teleradiology Solutions today launched ‘Rad Gurukul’ the first ever teleradiology training center in India. Located in Whitefield, Bangalore, the facility will be dedicated towards training and refining the skills of radiologists, technologists and IT personnel involved in health care IT. Teleradiology Training >>

Mobile Software: PatientKeeper Announces Physician Information System Availability On BlackBerry - March 11, 2008

PatientKeeper(R), Inc. announced that its PatientKeeper applications will be available on the BlackBerry(R) platform from Research In Motion. Physician Information System >>

Scientists simulate pandemic influenza outbreak in Chicago - March 11, 2008

By using computer simulations and modeling, an international group of researchers including scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech’s Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory (NDSSL) have determined how a pandemic influenza outbreak might travel through a city similar in size to Chicago, Ill Pandemic Simulation >>

Physicians Get Help in Safe Medication Prescribing - March 3, 2008

To help increase the accuracy and safety of medication prescribing for high-risk, complex patients, McKesson Provider Technologies has announced the rollout of its new Advanced Dosing functionality for Horizon Expert Orders™, McKesson’s clinical decision support (CDS) and computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. Safe Medication Prescribing >>

Dolbey Announces the Release of Fusion CAC™, Computer-Assisted Coding Solution - March 3, 2008

Dolbey announces the release of Fusion CAC™ powered by EMscribeTM for the hospital coding market. By utilizing advanced coding technology, Fusion CAC™ increases the efficiency and consistency of coding for both inpatient and outpatient charts. Hospital Coding Market >>

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems Appoints Marc De Clerck to Serve on Board of Directors - February 28, 2008

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems announced today the appointment of Marc De Clerck to serve as an independent member on the Company’s Board of Directors, effective February 22. Ophthalmic Digital Imaging >>

t+ Medical, U.K. Leader of Mobile Phone Based Disease Management Telemedicine Solutions, Completes Expansion to U.S. - February 21, 2008

t+ Medical Inc., a privately funded medical software company that delivers clinically validated enterprise disease management, remote monitoring and wellness solutions, recently completed its expansion plans to North America. Disease Management Telemedicine Solutions >>

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