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Healthcare Uses Business Intelligence to do Extraordinary Things
Accurate data drives business intelligence decisions and gets results.
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Source: B-EYE-Network, US
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Broadband trial boon for doctors
Hobart suburbs New Town and South Hobart have been selected as the first sites for a ground-breaking optic-fibre ultra-broadband trial.
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Source: Hobart Mercury, Australia
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Queensland Health enlists Fujitsu in ICT revamp
Fujitsu Australia has announced a strategic partnership with Queensland Health to upgrade the department's information and communications technology (ICT) service management structure, processes and systems. The partnership will help the department improve its ability to deliver critical clinical applications to healthcare providers.
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Source: IDM.net.au, Australia
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Computer program helps explain how the same proteins can play different roles in a wide range of cellular processes
University of California, San Diego biochemists have developed a computer program that helps explain a long-standing mystery: how the same proteins can play different roles in a wide range of cellular processes, including those leading to immune responses and cancer. ... Comments (0)
Source: News-Medical.net, US
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Portal Links Docs to Labs
North Texas Specialty Physicians, an independent physician association, will offer its members use of the Care360 physician Web portal under a contract signed with the MedPlus division of Quest Diagnostics. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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New HRSA technology coordinator vows to unite IT pockets
In yet another sign that the government is serious about transforming the delivery of healthcare services, the Health Resources and Services Administration has named Cheryl Austein Casnoff to head its new office of Health Information Technology.
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Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Wellpoint launches suite of online tools for consumer decision support
Some 28.8 million Wellpoint members now have the ability to access more healthcare cost and quality information through the health benefits company’s new suite of consumer decision-support tools. ... Comments (0)
Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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USAID to award AIDS drug supply chain contract
Officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will soon award a multimillion-dollar contract to develop a global supply chain management system for purchasing, distributing and tracking drugs to treat people with HIV/AIDS and related infections.
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Source: Government Health IT, US
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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India and Sweden to cooperate in e-governance, telemedicine
India and Sweden have decided to cooperate and forge alliances in key areas of IT, namely e-governance, telemedicine and in improving software usage by small and medium businesses (SMBs), Union Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran, said today.
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Source: Hindu, India
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Telemedicine project cuts stays in hospital by half
Clinical evaluation of a new telemedicine initiative by Carlisle Housing Association and Carlisle and District Primary Care Trust has praised the success of telemedicine in providing proactive care and support and improving the quality of life for people with chronic diseases. ... Comments (0)
Source: PublicTechnology.net, UK
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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App Offers Dictation, Transcription
Tech S2 Inc., Lansing, N.Y., has released a hand-held computing system designed to enable medical dictation, transcription, storage and review via a PDA. The CaseScribe application can be used on PDAs or smart phones running the Windows Mobile operating system.
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Source: Mobile Health Data, US
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Market Failure and Health IT: the Need for Federal Intervention
Even after 9/11, the anthrax letters and Hurricane Katrina, we Americans still haven't learned to fully value universal health IT. Simply put, better planning and effective intervention at the federal level is necessary to protect the public's health and foster health IT adoption. ... Comments (0)
Source: iHealth Beat, US
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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JCAHO Adds I.T. Panel
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has created an advisory panel on information technology to help reengineer the delivery of care to improve safety, quality and efficiency. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Forum to Shape Attachments Comments
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange will hold a two-day meeting to gain industry consensus on responses to the government’s newly proposed rule establishing standards for electronic claims attachments. The rule is authorized under the HIPAA administrative simplification provisions. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Pay-for-performance tools evolve as market shifts
With more pay-for-performance programs being implemented, health plans are looking to deploy tools to help them gain transparency and track quality measures for hospitals and physicians. As the market evolves, the IT tools to maintain the programs are getting better.
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Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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CMS Tests E-Records System for Use By Physicians
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finally released the much anticipated beta version of its VistA-Office software, which it hopes will push physicians to adopt electronic health records ... Comments (0)
Source: RedNova.com, US
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Asian Hospitals Get RFID Wristbands
Precision Dynamics Corp. has partnered with Hewlett-Packard Co. to offer wristbands using radio frequency identification technology to hospitals in the Asia/Pacific region. San Fernando, Calif.-based Precision Dynamics manufacturers various types of wristbands--including some embedded with RFID chips--that can be used to identify patients.
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Source: Mobile Health Data, US
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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E-Health conference for patients and the public
The second annual Care Record Development Conference will give patients and carers the chance to contribute their views on the NHS Care Records Service and related matters.
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Source: eGov monitor, UK
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Feds Propose Attachments Standards
The Department of Health and Human Services on Sept. 23 published a proposed rule to establish national standards for electronic claims attachments. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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I.T. Certification Group to Grow
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology will expand to give greater representation to certain industry stakeholders. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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