Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 8/29/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Monday, August 29, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News Smart Document Solutions Signs National Contract With The Social Security Administration Monday, August 29, 2005 Smart Document Solutions ("SDS"), the world's largest healthcare document processor, has signed a national service contract with the United States Social Security Administration.... more ACS Wins Multi-Million Dollar IT Outsourcing Contract With GlaxoSmithKline Monday, August 29, 2005 Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE:ACS) , a premier provider of business process and information technology outsourcing solutions, announced today that it has been awarded an additional information technology (IT) outsourcing contract with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the second-largest pharmaceutical company in the world. The contract is valued at $100.5 million over five years. ... more University of Leeds Embraces Virtual Microscopy with Aperio ScanScope Systems; Network of ScanScope Systems Supports Multiple Initiatives, Including Primary Diagnosis Monday, August 29, 2005 Aperio Technologies, the leading provider of virtual microscopy systems, announced today another successful ScanScope(R) System implementation at the University of Leeds, one of the top research universities in the UK. ... more Wolters Kluwer Health Unveils Integrated MedFacts Module for Medi-Span; Significant Enhancement Brings FDA-approved and 'Action Plan'-compliant Medication Information to Consumers and Their Caregivers Monday, August 29, 2005 Wolters Kluwer Health (WKHealth), the leading drug and health information provider, today unveiled its new Integrated MedFacts Module for the Medi-Span product line, which will provide pharmacists and other healthcare professionals with the tools they need to help consumers understand their medications. ... more Wolters Kluwer Health Releases Facts & Comparisons 4.0; New Version of Drug Reference Library Provides Customized Content and Expanded Features Monday, August 29, 2005 Wolters Kluwer Health (WKHealth), the leading drug and health information provider, today announced the release of Facts & Comparisons 4.0, a new version of its extensive drug reference library. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines $50m test seeks to end doctors' paper chase Boston Globe, US - Monday, August 29, 2005 Blue Cross funds effort to computerize records ... Comments (0) Hospitals Reap Wireless Benefits RedNova.com, US - Monday, August 29, 2005 Hospitals are spending big money on wirelesscomputer networks .and applications. Health-care facilities around the country have been heavily investing in wireless technology in recent years, local information- technology officials say. ... Comments (0) Kentucky Governor Fletcher Begins to Form e-Health Board Government Technology, CA - Monday, August 29, 2005 Last week, Gov. Ernie Fletcher announced the first appointments to the Kentucky e-Health Network Board. The board was created to help develop a secure statewide electronic network through which patients, physicians and other health care providers can access and transfer medical information. ... Comments (0) A shot of Hospital Information Systems Financial Express, India - Monday, August 29, 2005 Cut-throat competition has forced hospitals to adopt technology, and private sector hospitals are taking the lead. ... Comments (0) Consultants snare e-Health spend Australian IT, Australia - Monday, August 29, 2005 E-Health consultancies have snared most of the Department of Health and Ageing's IT spending in the past financial year. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Health Informatics News NDCHealth Sold to Per-Se, Wolters Kluwer for $1 Billion histalk.blog-city.com - Monday, August 29, 2005 3:38:00 PM NDCHealth's business will be parceled out to two companies. Dutch information company Wolters Kluwer will buy their pharmaceutical information business for $382 million, while rival Per-Se will take everything else for $665 million. Shares in ... more Health Informatics News Network Effect Computerworld - Monday, August 29, 2005 2:00:00 PM Frankly Speaking: Many rural and small hospitals won't be able to adopt electronic health records (EHR), readers tell Frank Hayes. And that could undermine the benefit to those health care centers that do embrace ... more Bioinformatics News Oracle, University of Tokyo Pen IT Alliance to Analyze Bioinformatic, Genomic Data Moreover - Monday, August 29, 2005 1:46:00 PM Oracle, University of Tokyo Pen IT Alliance to Analyze Bioinformatic, Genomic Data By a GenomeWeb News reporter NEW YORK, ... more Bioinformatics News Lee Hood's Cancer Genome Project Reproach Tops Most-Read GenomeWeb News Stories Last Week Moreover - Monday, August 29, 2005 1:45:00 PM By a GenomeWeb News editor NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (GenomeWeb News) - What are GenomeWeb News subscribers reading? Below are the five most-read articles for the five-day period ended Friday, Aug. 26. 1. ( from Aug. 22) 2. ... more Bioinformatics News Morning-After Pill: Politics and the FDA Bio-IT World - Monday, August 29, 2005 12:01:52 PM Bio-IT World | Federal drug officials have insisted that repeated delays in deciding whether to approve over-the-counter sales of Plan B have nothing to do with abortion politics. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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