Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 8/31/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News Integrated Healthcare Systems Names Patrick Jensen, Ph.D., as new Executive Vice President of Engineering Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Integrated Healthcare Systems, Inc. (IHS), a leading pharmacy technology company, has appointed Patrick Jensen, Ph.D., to the position of executive vice president of engineering. Jensen has more than 15 years of medical technology and commercialization experience in similar roles. ... more Health Information Exchange and HIT Policy Focus of National Health Information Technology Summit Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Health information technology thought leaders will converge on Washington, DC Sept. 7-9 to take part in the second annual Health Information Technology Summit (http://www.hitsummit.com/) hosted by the eHealth Initiative. ... more Eclipsys Sunrise Decision Support Manager(TM) Selected by Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville, Texas Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - Insight Expected to Improve Product Line and Profitability - ... more Biosystems Informatics Institute (Bii) Licenses Proteomics Software From Pattern Expert Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Leverages Expertise in North East England to Create Commercially Viable Product Offering... more New Medical Keyboard Helps Combat Hospital Super Bug MRSA Wednesday, August 31, 2005 IKEY, a leading manufacturer of waterproof industrial keyboards, announces the UK release of its SlimKey-MD(TM) line of medical keyboards.... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Hospital digitizes records with help from the feds Concord Monitor, US - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Patient records will be going digital at New London Hospital, thanks to a combination loan and grant from the federal government. The hospital is the first in New England to receive money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development program. It received $268,000 in grants and $2.6 million in low interest loans to fund a computerized system for patient records. ... Comments (0) Sun Microsystems to Provide a Physician-Based Electronic Health Record B-EYE-Network, US - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Sun Microsystems recently announced an initiative to jointly provide a revolutionary new physician-based electronic health record (EHR). This initiative is designed in support of the goals publicly declared by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to adopt a nationwide interoperable health information network to create electronic health records for all Americans. ... Comments (0) Mercy Medical Center implements electronic health record Sioux City Journal, US - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Mercy Medical Center -- Sioux City will take health care into the 21st century with "Project Genesis," which will convert paper patient medical histories, lab results and prescriptions to electronic medical records. ... Comments (0) Billing Service Gets Charge Capture Mobile Health Data, US - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Atlanta-based Ingenious Med Inc. has integrated its hand-held charge capture system with billing services from Praxis Medical Management. The San Antonio-based company offers billing services for health care organizations using the Centricity clinical information system from GE Healthcare, Milwaukee. ... Comments (0) Healthcare IT legislative push continues on Capitol Hill Healthcare IT News, US - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Lawmakers returning to Congress in September will continue a push for healthcare information technology legislation as a way to reduce healthcare costs and improve patient care. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Health Informatics News QoF results publication reveals quality of care E-Health-Insider - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:25:16 PM Practice by practice results for the Quality and Outcome Framework for England are being published today although technical problems have delayed the display of ... more Health Informatics News QoF results publication reveals quality of care EHI Primary Care - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:25:16 PM Practice by practice results for the Quality and Outcome Framework for England are being published today although technical problems are delaying the display of ... more Health Informatics News New London RID appointed E-Health-Insider - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:28:48 AM Kevin Jarrold, director of information management at University College London Hospital, has been appointed as the new regional implementation director (RID) for the London ... more Health Informatics News 'Passionate' GPs sought to inform Lorenzo development EHI Primary Care - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:00:00 AM Dr Gillian Braunold, one of the clinical leads for the NHS National Programme for IT has told EHI Primary Care that new arrangements will shortly be announced on how GPs can become involved in informing the overseas development of new clinical systems. A team of 10-15 GPs is currently being ... more Bioinformatics News Casinos, biotech on France's protected list Moreover - Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:33:00 AM PARIS, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Casinos, biotechnology and antidote production are on a list of 10 key industries that the French government wants to keep out of foreign hands, Les Echos newspaper reported on ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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