Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 9/23/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Friday, September 23, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News Emdeon to Webcast Annual Meeting of Stockholders Friday, September 23, 2005 As previously announced, Emdeon Corporation (NASDAQ:HLTH) will be holding its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 29, 2005. ... more QuadraMed Presents Three Hospitals $5,000 Grants for Excellence in Healthcare Information Technology Friday, September 23, 2005 QuadraMed(R) Corporation (Amex:QD) today announced the winners in the first annual, company-sponsored "Quest Award" program. The program recognizes innovative uses of the company's healthcare information technology in three categories - Revenue Cycle Improvement, Patient Safety Improvement, and Efficiency Improvement. ... more GE Healthcare Invests US$37.5 Million in Chinese Bio-Sciences Manufacturing Facility Friday, September 23, 2005 GE Healthcare, a unit of the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced a $37.5 million investment to extend its production facility in Shanghai in order to meet increasing customer demand for its products in the People's Republic of China and as well as throughout the globe. ... more State of Delaware to Promote Electronic Prescribing; Pilot Program Will Provide 100 Physicians with DrFirst Rcopia Electronic Prescribing Technology to Improve Patient Safety and Physician Efficiency Friday, September 23, 2005 DrFirst's award-winning Rcopia(R) electronic prescribing solution has been chosen by the State of Delaware for a collaborative pilot program that will target 100 physicians to promote the adoption and use of electronic prescribing technology. ... more Breakthrough in Medical Imaging May Be Only a Fingertip Away Friday, September 23, 2005 Former Soviet Scientists Publish Findings on Technique for Capturing Internal Images Using a Person's Fingertips. The High Accuracy and Cost-Effectiveness of This Technology May Revolutionize Medical Imaging. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Asian Hospitals Get RFID Wristbands Mobile Health Data, US - Friday, September 23, 2005 Precision Dynamics Corp. has partnered with Hewlett-Packard Co. to offer wristbands using radio frequency identification technology to hospitals in the Asia/Pacific region. San Fernando, Calif.-based Precision Dynamics manufacturers various types of wristbands--including some embedded with RFID chips--that can be used to identify patients. ... Comments (0) E-Health conference for patients and the public eGov monitor, UK - Friday, September 23, 2005 The second annual Care Record Development Conference will give patients and carers the chance to contribute their views on the NHS Care Records Service and related matters. ... Comments (0) Feds Propose Attachments Standards Health Data Management, US - Friday, September 23, 2005 The Department of Health and Human Services on Sept. 23 published a proposed rule to establish national standards for electronic claims attachments. ... Comments (0) I.T. Certification Group to Grow Health Data Management, US - Friday, September 23, 2005 The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology will expand to give greater representation to certain industry stakeholders. ... Comments (0) Drug data for Katrina evacuees now online Government Health IT, US - Friday, September 23, 2005 Prescription pill data for evacuees fleeing the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina is now available on a single Web site. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Bioinformatics News Transgene makes scent that attracts bodyguards Moreover - Friday, September 23, 2005 11:11:00 AM Transgene makes scent that attracts bodyguardsScent-producing gene could one day help protect crops from parasites.Andreas von BubnoffA predatory bug preys on a spider mite, keeping the plant ... more Bioinformatics News Waterford set to get 100 new biotechnology jobs Moreover - Friday, September 23, 2005 10:41:00 AM More than 100 new jobs are set to be announced this morning at a biothechnology plant in Waterford. Multinational biotech firm Genzyme will take on the extra staff at its facility in the city's IDA industrial ... more Bioinformatics News Report Stresses Comprehensive Approach to Biotechnology Decisions: Public Participation Among Keys to Effectiv Moreover - Friday, September 23, 2005 10:11:00 AM For more information, journalists can contact: Nate Kommers, Media Officer, +1(202)729-7736, nkommers@wri.org WASHINGTON, ... more Bioinformatics News Biotechnology firm to create 120 jobs in Waterford Moreover - Friday, September 23, 2005 10:07:00 AM Biotechnology firm to create 120 jobs in Waterford 23/09/2005 - 10:40:57 AM A biotechnology company is planning to create 120 new jobs as part of an expansion of its factory in ... more Health Informatics News NHS chief executive calls for investment in IT E-Health-Insider - Friday, September 23, 2005 9:56:19 AM NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp has called on trusts to make greater use of shared back office functions such as IT, HR and finance to help deliver services more efficiently and avoid some trusts slipping into the ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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