Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 9/19/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Monday, September 19, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center Implements IBM Storage Solution to Help Transform Patient Care Monday, September 19, 2005 Health Center Displaces EMC Storage, Installs IBM Storage and Software to Support Move to Digital Health Records ... more Siemens Teams With 3M For Medical Necessity Content; 3M Content Will Help Siemens' Customers Maintain Medicare Compliance and Improve Reimbursement Monday, September 19, 2005 3M today announced that customers of Siemens Medical Solutions' Soarian health information solution will have access to the latest medical necessity intelligence through a strategic alliance with 3M Health Information Systems Division, a leading provider of advanced coding and compliance software and content. Siemens will embed 3M Medical Necessity Dictionaries in Soarian, enabling customers to detect coding and compliance issues during scheduling and registration, and to verify post-service cla... more IU Medical Librarians Link Hoosiers With Localized Health Care Resources Monday, September 19, 2005 Information on health-care services for Hoosiers is now readily available online county by county through INHealthConnect, a web site and database created by the librarians at the Indiana University School of Medicine Ruth Lilly Medical Library.... more Nightingale Informatix Corporation Signs Multi-Year Electronic Medical Record Contract with Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care Monday, September 19, 2005 Nightingale Informatix Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NGH) today announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with Mount Sinai Hospital's Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care (TLCPC) to provide physicians with wireless computer technology that will allow them to access the records of patients being treated in their homes. ... more Guidant Announces FDA Approval of Wireless Home Patient Management System; Innovative Technology Directed Toward Compliance in Heart Failure Patients at Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Monday, September 19, 2005 Guidant Corporation (NYSE:GDT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the LATITUDE(R) Communicator, and secure data storage system. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Ham to Lead Sentillion Health Data Management, US - Monday, September 19, 2005 Sentillion Inc., a vendor of identity management and data access software for health care organizations, has named Nancy Ham as president and board member. She succeeds Robert Seliger, who founded the company and will continue to serve as CEO. ... Comments (0) Hospice Vendor Selects McKesson Health Data Management, US - Monday, September 19, 2005 Odyssey HealthCare Inc., a Dallas-based operator of hospices, will implement enterprisewide technology from McKesson Corp., San Francisco. ... Comments (0) Study boosts digital mammography for certain cases Healthcare IT News, US - Monday, September 19, 2005 Digital mammography provides radiologists with advantages in diagnosing cancer for some women, a large study by the American College of Radiology concluded. ... Comments (0) What's Bubbling in Wisconsin's Biotech Businesses? RedNova.com, US - Monday, September 19, 2005 Biotech is big here and growing bigger. There are 248 life- sciences companies in Wisconsin that employ 20,000 people and generate more than $6 billion in annual revenue, according to the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association. ... Comments (0) NHS IT Kicks Off Information Campaign eGov monitor, UK - Monday, September 19, 2005 NHS Connecting for Health, the national IT programme, has begun a national communications blitz about the electronic care record service rolling out next year, with NHS staff its first targets. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Health Informatics News Why Data Management Needs a New Approach Computerworld - Monday, September 19, 2005 2:00:00 PM Opinion: Curt A. Monash gives a few examples of the need for what he calls database management system ... more Health Informatics News Patient's check records for errors EHI Primary Care - Monday, September 19, 2005 11:23:23 AM A practical exercise to find out how many errors patients can find in their records and how many entries they would wish to keep out of any shared record is underway at Hadfield, ... more Bioinformatics News ZymoGenetics to Highlight Development Programs at Delafield Hambrecht -- WBBA Biotechnology MedTech Forum Moreover - Monday, September 19, 2005 10:46:00 AM Seattle - SEATTLE -- Delafield Hambrecht -- WBBA Biotechnology MedTech Forum ZymoGenetics, Inc. ( NASDAQ:ZGEN) announced today that Douglas E. Williams, ... more Bioinformatics News GM plant in Moraine could dodge a bullet Moreover - Monday, September 19, 2005 10:39:00 AM The Moraine Assembly Plant might emerge unscathed from General Motors Corp.'s latest round of troubles, some industry experts ... more Bioinformatics News Genzyme tests treatment for rare genetic disease Moreover - Monday, September 19, 2005 9:55:00 AM Genzyme has initiated a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Myozyme in patients with late-onset Pompe ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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