ASSIST attacks GP boycott of electronic records

ASSIST attacks GP boycott of electronic records

The chairman of the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has condemned GPs for voting not to co-operate with the Care Records System to be implemented by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT).

Picis Files Infringement Lawsuit Against Surgical Information Systems and Capsule Technologie

Picis Files Infringement Lawsuit Against Surgical Information Systems and Capsule Technologie; Patented Invention Tied to Medical Device Connectivity

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2004--Picis, Inc., a leading provider of integrated operating room, anesthesia and critical care information solutions, today announced it filed suit June 28 in the U.S. District Court of Georgia, Atlanta Division against Surgical Information Systems, LLC (SIS) and Capsule Technologie for infringement of Picis' U.S. Patent No. 5,161,222.


The Picis patent protects and covers a software engine and drivers that capture vital signs data from a broad variety of medical devices. The patented invention, Click n'Link connectivity engine enables software systems to capture data from physiological monitors, ventilators and anesthesia machines for automated patient charting and storage in a database to assist nurses and physicians in their review and analysis of a patient's condition.

BBC NEWS | Health | Scans uncover secrets of the womb

BBC NEWS | Health | Scans uncover secrets of the womb: "A new type of ultrasound scan has produced the vivid pictures of a 12 week-old foetus 'walking' in the womb. "

AMNews: Editorial - July 5, 2004. Doctors need to take a leading role on electronic medical records ... American Medical News

AMNews: Editorial - July 5, 2004. Doctors need to take a leading role on electronic medical records ... American Medical News: "With EMRs becoming an inevitability, it's essential for the physician's voice to be heard in how the technology gets implemented."

BBC NEWS: Boy inspires cancer video game

BBC NEWS | Technology | Boy inspires cancer video game



A nine-year-old boy with leukaemia has inspired a video game to help children understand and deal with cancer.

In many ways, Ben Duskin is a typical American nine-year-old, playing video games whenever time, or his mother, will allow.

But Ben is also unusual, because he is able to say he has designed one of his very own.

When Ben was five, he was diagnosed with leukaemia, and his mother tried to explain his treatment by likening it to the classic Pac Man video game, gobbling up the bad cancer cells.

The Mercury: Medi-cards get smart [28jun04]

The Mercury: Medi-cards get smart [28jun04]

ABOUT 75,000 Tasmanians can apply for the new Medicare smartcard to be introduced in mid-July.

The card, which is voluntary, is being launched in Tasmania ahead of other states and will provide potentially life-saving information.

Health Insurance Commission state manager Peter Sexton said the smartcard would allow individuals and health care providers access to health records.

First Digital Practice in Alabama

Physicians switch to digital
By Tom Bassing
Birmingham Business Journal
Updated: 8:00 p.m. ET June 27, 2004

A Birmingham orthopedic group has launched what is believed to be Alabama's first all-digital physician practice.

The move comes as more and more health care facilities, primarily hospitals, have begun embracing technology to improve operating efficiencies and patient care and safety.

With the changeover, Baptist Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Specialists PC - on the Baptist Montclair campus - has moved from paper patient records and diagnostic images on film to all electronic applications.