Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 9/12/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Monday, September 12, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News Wyeth Selected for Eighth Consecutive Year as One of Working Mother Magazine's '100 Best Companies for Working Mothers' Monday, September 12, 2005 Wyeth (NYSE:WYE) announced today that it has been selected as one of Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers." This is the eighth consecutive year that Wyeth has received this honor. ... more Good Samaritan Hospital Upgrades HALO(R) Infant Protection System Provided by VeriChip Corporation; Halo's Patented Skin-Sensing Technology Combined with New Ergonomic Tag Design Enhances System's Infant Abduction Preven Monday, September 12, 2005 VeriChip Corporation, the world's premier RFID company for people and a subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), announced today that Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, OH has upgraded its HALO(R) infant protection system to deploy HALO's new generation of infant protection tag. ... more University of Utah Health Care Standardizes on Softricity Virtualization Platform; SoftGrid Sets Foundation for Dynamic Computing Infrastructure Monday, September 12, 2005 Softricity(R), the Application Virtualization Company, today announced that University of Utah Health Care ("University Health Care") is expanding its use of the company's SoftGrid application management platform.... more Commitment to IT Brings Rewards to NCH Healthcare System Monday, September 12, 2005 Long-time dedication to technology nets record nursing satisfaction rates... more Picis Adds Broselow-Luten Color Coding Kids to Ibex PulseCheck; First and only EDIS to incorporate well-known standard for pediatric safety Monday, September 12, 2005 Picis, Inc. has signed an exclusive agreement to embed the Broselow-Luten color-coded pediatric system into the company's Ibex PulseCheck emergency department information system (EDIS) to standardize and simplify decisions around patient care in the ED.... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Opearation health IT GCN.com, US - Monday, September 12, 2005 A consumer in the not-too-distant future will go to a drug store and pick up a prescribed medicine, knowing that the pharmacist has received an electronic order from a physician. The prescription will have been checked against the patient's record for dosage, drug interaction and allergies, all without paperwork. ... Comments (0) Towards `Connected Healthcare' RedNova.com, US - Monday, September 12, 2005 The healthcare industry in general, despite its advances in the use of medical technologies, is actually lagging other industries in terms of information and communications technology (ICT) usage in running daily business activities. ... Comments (0) Networking Hospitals RedNova.com, US - Monday, September 12, 2005 Kumpulan Perubatan Johor Healthcare Berhad (KPJ Healthcare) plans to network all of its 13 hospitals as part of its ongoing consolidation efforts of hospital operations. The group has set aside a preliminary budget of RM1.3 million to RM1.8 million per annum for the project. ... Comments (0) Genetic data under fire Australian IT, Australia - Monday, September 12, 2005 Researchers in Western Australia have created a vast population database containing 17.5 million records of highly sensitive personal information about 3.6 million of the state's residents. ... Comments (0) Progress Is Slow on HIPAA Security Rules ComputerWorld, US - Monday, September 12, 2005 Almost five months after the data security rules mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act went into effect, many health care companies still aren't fully compliant with them, according to IT managers and analysts. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Health Informatics News Red Cross Works to Better Protect Its Networks From Attacks, Scams Computerworld - Monday, September 12, 2005 2:00:00 PM The American Red Cross' CISO speaks about what he is doing to keep the organization's network safe amid Hurricane Katrina-related ... more Health Informatics News Progress Is Slow on HIPAA Security Rules Computerworld - Monday, September 12, 2005 2:00:00 PM The data security rules mandated as part of HIPAA took effect in April, but many health care companies don't appear to be making full compliance a big priority. And the government isn't taking fast action to enforce the ... more Bioinformatics News Nanohelix structure provides new building block for nanoscale piezoelectric devices Bioinfo Online - Monday, September 12, 2005 11:52:12 AM A previously-unknown zinc oxide nanostructure that resembles the helical configuration of DNA could provide engineers with a new building block for creating nanometer-scale sensors, transducers, resonators and other devices that rely ... more Bioinformatics News Cephalon technology now used in new formulation of Clarinex Moreover - Monday, September 12, 2005 9:10:00 AM Schering-Plough Corp. has started marketing an orally disintegrating version of Clarinex, its prescription antihistamine product, using a drug-delivery technology developed by a division of Cephalon ... more Bioinformatics News Biotech hat trick Moreover - Monday, September 12, 2005 9:09:00 AM A Los Alamos company that says it can help big pharma develop new drugs faster and safer is the third New Mexico biotechnology company this year to receive venture capital funding worth at least $7 ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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