Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 9/20/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News CMS Delivers Electronic Health Record Software to Physician Offices Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Evaluation Version of VISTA-Office Expected to Improve Quality of Care and Stem Costs... more The University of Kansas Hospital Selects NetScout's nGenius Solution to Assure Delivery of Mission-Critical Applications Tuesday, September 20, 2005 New nGenius Performance Manager 3.0 Provides Hospital System with Centralized Management for Safeguarding Vital Application Performance and Rapid Troubleshooting ... more Cerner Corporation and RxHub Partner to Deliver Innovative Solutions That Will Improve Patient Care Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Delivering Electronic Prescribing Solutions Through Leading Applications Will Improve Clinical Outcomes, Efficiency and Cost Savings ... more CompuMed, Inc. Announces Latest Statewide Contract to Provide Remote ECG Screening Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Company Joins Forces With Prison Health Services, Inc. to Screen Wyoming Department of Corrections Inmates ... more MedQuest DOJ Matter Settled as an Overpayment Tuesday, September 20, 2005 MedQuest Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates announced today that they have reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve the previously disclosed investigation into MedQuest's billing practices. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Per-Se to Offer Tracking Application Mobile Health Data, US - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Alpharetta, Ga.-based Per-Se Technologies will begin selling patient tracking software from Pittsburgh-based PeriOptimum. Per-Se will offer PeriOptimum's PathFinder system as an integrated module to its ORSOS One-Call surgical scheduling software. ... Comments (0) MDanywhere Embeds Mobile Apps Mobile Health Data, US - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Baltimore-based MDanywhere Technologies Inc. has embedded a number of mobile applications into a new version of its MDAOrbit practice management/electronic records system. ... Comments (0) Feds Ready to Test Records Software Health Data Management, US - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking for small physician practices to test its VistA-Office Electronic Health Record. The software is a low-cost adaptation of the Department of Veterans Affairs' VistA electronic medical records system. ... Comments (0) Houston Hospitals to Use Speech App Health Data Management, US - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston will implement physician dictation and editing software that includes speech recognition technology. ... Comments (0) Feds seek test of e-prescribing standards Healthcare IT News, US - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 The federal government is seeking applicants to test standards for electronic prescribing under Medicare's new prescription drug benefit. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Bioinformatics News Columbia scientists develop cancer terminator viruses Bioinfo Online - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:13:46 PM Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center continue to make strides in their work to develop the next generation of effective viral-based therapies for cancer. Two papers about promising research with genetically engineered viruses studied ... more Bioinformatics News Breakthrough in micro-device fabrication combines biology and synthetic chemistry Bioinfo Online - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:10:50 PM Nanostructured micro-devices may be mass produced at a lower cost, and with a wider variety of shapes and compositions than ever before, for dramatic improvements in device performance by utilizing very small biologically produced structures. ... more Health Informatics News Trials of 'summary spine record' to begin in 2006 E-Health-Insider - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:24:21 AM Summaries of GP records from a small number of practices are to be loaded onto the NHS spine from August 2006 as part of a new evolutionary 'pilot', intended to test the basic concepts around shared summary care ... more Health Informatics News Trials of 'summary spine record' to begin in 2006 EHI Primary Care - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:24:21 AM Summaries of GP records from a small number of practices are to be loaded onto the NHS spine from August 2006 as part of a new evolutionary 'pilot', intended to test the basic concepts around shared summary care ... more Bioinformatics News Novartis committed to Chiron investment, won't overpay for control Moreover - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:35:00 AM Novartis committed to Chiron investment, won't overpay for controlLast Update: 9/20/2005 06:07:43 AM ZURICH (MarketWatch) -- Novartis (NVS) has no intention of overpaying to take control of Chiron Corp. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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