Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 8/16/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News SourceOne Healthcare Technologies, Inc. Renews and Expands Agreement With National Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Amerinet, Inc. Tuesday, August 16, 2005 New Distribution Agreement Includes an Amendment Giving Amerinet Access to SourceOne's Extensive Medical Imaging Systems Portfolio ... more Healthcare Teaching Institutions Introduce a New Level of Convenience in Learning with Mobile Solutions from Skyscape Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Skyscape(R) today announced that leading Medical, Nursing and Allied Health teaching institutions including Vanderbilt University, Drexel University and the University of Texas Medical Branch have incorporated Skyscape's mobile solutions to provide a new level of convenience in learning as their students head back to school.... more Tyco Healthcare Turns to Visual Networks to Manage Network and Application Performance Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Visual Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNWK) , a leading provider of network and application performance management solutions, today announced that longtime customer Tyco Healthcare has licensed Visual Networks' application performance management software modules and new Ethernet appliances for use in its Mallinckrodt business unit. Tyco Healthcare manufactures, distributes and services an extensive product line including disposable medical supplies, monitoring equipment, innovative wound closure product... more Virginia Mason Medical Center Selects MPV for Claims Auditing and Contract Management; Use of MPV Phynance Will Allow Leading Medical Group to Monitor Its Reimbursement and Increase Revenue Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Medical Present Value, Inc. (MPV), the leading provider of contract modeling services and claims auditing software to maximize reimbursement for medical groups, today announced a multi-year agreement with Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC) for payor contract management and payment verification. The 390-physician multi-specialty group will partner with MPV to fully define the complex terms of its payor contracts for all of its 18 departments. ... more MZI Healthcare Acquires Healthcare Software Business Tuesday, August 16, 2005 MZI Healthcare, LLC, an affiliate of MZI International, LLC, has acquired the EZ-CAP software business of OAO Healthcare Systems. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Chaplin to Chair Wi-Fi Alliance Mobile Health Data, UK - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Clint Chaplin has been elected chairman of the Wi-Fi Alliance, an Austin, Texas-based organization promoting Wi-Fi technologies. Chaplin replaces Bill Carney, who had been chairman since June 2004. ... Comments (0) Alliance Targets Consumer Directed I.T. Health Data Management, US - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 A consulting firm and health information technology vendor have teamed up to offer services to payers wishing to enhance their consumer-directed health care offerings. ... Comments (0) CHIME Readies for Fall Events Health Data Management, US - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives has scheduled its Fall CIO Boot Camp and 2005 Fall CIO Forum for mid-October in Boca Raton, Fla. ... Comments (0) Health IT leaders congregate Government Health IT, US - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 The number of policy changes on tap that relate to quality and health information technology are at an all-time high, both within the Bush administration and in Congress. The eHealth Initiative will host the second annual Health Information Technology Summit (www.hitsummit.com) Sept. 7- 9, 2005, in Washington, D.C. ... Comments (0) Opinions sought on EHRs in informatics survey E-Health Insider, UK - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Clinicians and support staff are being invited to comment on their experiences of electronic health records in a survey being undertaken by students at the Yorkshire Centre for Health Informatics (YCHI). ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Health Informatics News Patient-based web mapping system piloted EHI Primary Care - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:06:21 PM A mapping and feedback system that allows patients to flag up problems with their journey through the NHS system is being tested in a GP's surgery in Whitechapel, east ... more Bioinformatics News No small feat: First ever gene therapy success for muscular dystrophy achieved Moreover - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:28:00 PM CMD is a group of some 20 inherited muscular dystrophies characterized by progressive and severe muscle wasting and weakness first noticed soon after birth. No effective treatments exist and children usually die quite ... more Bioinformatics News Ionizing radiation: a genetic switch for cancer therapy Moreover - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:16:00 PM ...extract ... more Bioinformatics News Biotech Firm In Line For US Deal Moreover - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:01:00 PM Biotech Firm In Line For US DealBiotechnology group Acambis is one of the front runners for a smallpox vaccine order for the ... more Bioinformatics News Biotech Firm In Line For US Deal Moreover - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:57:00 AM Biotechnology group Acambis is one of the front runners for a smallpox vaccine order for the US. The deal is worth more than ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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