Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 8/15/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Monday, August 15, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News CTGHS Launches Exemplar(R) Clinical Transformation Methodology Suite Monday, August 15, 2005 CTG HealthCare Solutions, Inc. (CTGHS), a leading information technology (IT) consulting firm serving the healthcare industry, today announced it has developed an innovative new suite of methodologies to support its clinical transformation services. ... more McKesson Completes Acquisition of Medcon Ltd. Monday, August 15, 2005 McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) and Medcon Ltd., an Israeli company, today announced that McKesson has completed its acquisition of Medcon. McKesson paid US$3.05 per share for Medcon, or approximately US$105 million on a fully diluted basis. ... more Greenway Medical Technologies Consolidates Executive Roles to Harness Escalating Government and Industry Market Forces; Greenway Expands Executive Scope to Focus Marketing Efforts on Government and Industry Relations Monday, August 15, 2005 Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of integrated electronic health record (EHR) and practice management software solutions for physicians' practices, announced today that Justin T. Barnes will serve as Vice President of Marketing and Government Affairs. In a move signaling the company's commitment to physician leadership, Greenway(R) has elected to position government and industry relations as the flagship of marketing efforts.... more ProxyMed, Inc. Announces Appointment of Doug O'Dowd as Interim CFO; Gregg Eisenhauer to Pursue New Business Opportunity Monday, August 15, 2005 ProxyMed (Nasdaq:PILL), a leading provider of healthcare transaction processing and medical cost containment services, today announced that Douglas O'Dowd, ProxyMed's Vice-President and Corporate Controller, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer to replace Gregg Eisenhauer. Mr. Eisenhauer is resigning as ProxyMed's CFO to pursue a new business opportunity. ... more Pfizer Wins Bio-IT Best Practices Grand Prize Award Using Pharsight's Model-Based Visualization Software Monday, August 15, 2005 Pfizer's Use of Quantitative Modeling and DMX(TM) In The Drug Development Process Supports More Confident Decision-Making ... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Doctors log on for patients' records News & Star, UK - Monday, August 15, 2005 Tens of thousands of patient medical records in Cumbria have been placed on a new computer system so they can be accessed by doctors anywhere in the UK. ... Comments (0) Planning healthy systems Australian IT, Australia - Monday, August 15, 2005 Like most technology vendors, Hewlett-Packard is sizing up the health information sector in anticipation of a swag of state-based contracts sparked by the HealthConnect agreement. ... Comments (0) BCS Launches National Search for ECDL Tales of Success NHS Informatics, UK - Monday, August 15, 2005 The British Computer Society (BCS) is to embark on a global search to unearth the most inspirational tale of success achieved by a candidate of their ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) IT literacy qualification. ... Comments (0) New hospital to use technology to connect parents, babies in ICU Healthcare IT News, US - Monday, August 15, 2005 When St. Francis Medical Center opens on Sept. 1, it will offer parents with infants receiving intensive care the chance to watch their premature or sick babies over the Internet. ... Comments (0) Healthcare IT product certification group moves closer to testing Healthcare IT News, US - Monday, August 15, 2005 A group that is developing ways to certify healthcare information technology products is moving closer to testing electronic health records and will create a series of use cases to fit a requirement of an upcoming federal contract. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Health Informatics News So You Think Your Data Is Secure? Computerworld - Monday, August 15, 2005 2:00:00 PM Opinion: Dan Verton is shocked by the lax controls that companies have for employees who handle sensitive ... more Bioinformatics News Ciphergen Confirming Restructuring Tops Most-Read GenomeWeb News Stories for Week Ended Aug. 12 Moreover - Monday, August 15, 2005 1:42:00 PM Ciphergen Confirming Restructuring Tops Most-Read GenomeWeb News Stories for Week Ended Aug. 12 By a GenomeWeb News editor NEW YORK, Aug. - ... more Health Informatics News 18,000 GPs registered for care records EHI Primary Care - Monday, August 15, 2005 1:01:56 PM The number of NHS staff registered to eventually use the national NHS Care Records Service, when it becomes available, has trebled in the past two months and by the beginning of August stood at ... more Bioinformatics News Researchers find that combined gene therapy eliminates glioblastoma multiforme in lab studies Moreover - Monday, August 15, 2005 11:39:00 AM Despite aggressive treatment, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) - the most common and deadly of brain cancers - usually claims the lives of its victims within six to 12 months of ... more Bioinformatics News Technology Visions Group Announces Reverse Stock Split, Merger, and Name Change LifeSciencesWorld.com - Monday, August 15, 2005 11:25:29 AM FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Technology Visions Group, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: TVGR) (the "Company") announced today that the Board of Directors has determined the effective date for the twelve for one reverse stock split of the Company's outstanding common stock ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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