Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 9/30/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Friday, September 30, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News Independence Blue Cross Selects Allscripts for e-Prescribing Initiative; Philadelphia's Largest Health Insurer to Promote Physician Adoption of Electronic Prescribing Friday, September 30, 2005 Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that Independence Blue Cross has selected the Allscripts e-prescribing solution, along with a second vendor, for a pilot program that will bring clinical automation to more than 500 physicians.... more NIH Awards Grant to Stanford to Launch Biomedical Computation Center Friday, September 30, 2005 The National Institutes of Health announced Sept. 29 that it has awarded the Stanford University School of Medicine a grant of $18.8 million to develop a National Center for Biomedical Ontology along with several other collaborating institutions. ... more Lanvision Systems, Inc. Reacts to the Announced Proposed Acquisition of IDX by GE Friday, September 30, 2005 LanVision Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:LANV) d\b\a Streamline Health today announced that it is in the process of assessing the potential impact of the proposed acquisition of IDX Systems Corp. by the Healthcare Information Technologies division of the General Electric Company, as announced on September 29. ... more The Military Healthcare System Resource Information Technology Program Office Selects Park City Solutions-Government Services Group for TRICARE Reserve Select, Tobacco Cessation and Weight Management Implementation in cr Friday, September 30, 2005 Park City Solutions, Inc. (PCS) Government Services Group - a leading provider of eHealth solutions within the Military HealthCare System (MHS) today announced an award of $1.8 million to implement the necessary changes in mission critical medical systems to accommodate TRICARE Reserves, Tobacco Cessation and Weight Management initiatives. ... more Surgical Information Systems Selected by BJC HealthCare to Improve Surgical Business Operations Friday, September 30, 2005 One of the largest nonprofit health-care organizations in the United States, BJC HealthCare, has partnered with Alpharetta-based Surgical Information Systems (SIS) to improve operational efficiency, patient safety, quality of care and financial outcomes at three of its facilities. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Patient online booking in disarray Computing, UK - Friday, September 30, 2005 Leaked email reveals widespread problems with Choose and Book system. ... Comments (0) HHS set to award health IT contracts GCN.com, US - Friday, September 30, 2005 The Health and Human Services Department will award contracts next week in the next step in its efforts to pave the way for adoption of health IT. The contracts are intended to develop standards harmonization, standards compliance certification and assessments of the variations in state privacy laws. ... Comments (0) Experts: U.S. electronic health records still a way off IT World, US - Friday, September 30, 2005 U.S. President George Bush's administration gets high marks for its vision in pushing electronic health records, but the U.S. is far from implementing a national health IT system, according to an author of a government report released Thursday. ... Comments (0) Payer Brings Allscripts on Board for E-Rx Mobile Health Data, US - Friday, September 30, 2005 Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross has chosen Allscripts Healthcare Solutions as a vendor for its initiative to offer physicians free PDAs and e-prescribing applications. ... Comments (0) Oak Valley Picks Kodak for Imaging Health Data Management, US - Friday, September 30, 2005 Oak Valley Hospital in Oakdale, Calif., will implement a suite of medical imaging technology from Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Health Informatics News Products launched with too little testing, say IT heads E-Health-Insider - Friday, September 30, 2005 3:08:33 PM More than two thirds (68%) of IT managers around Europe think too many products and services are launched with insufficient testing, according to research by the IT services company, Logica ... more Bioinformatics News Novel mechanism for DNA replication discovered Bioinfo Online - Friday, September 30, 2005 1:28:48 PM Since the discovery of the structure of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, the paradigm for DNA replication has stated that the DNA itself codes for the appropriate pairings for replication. In other words, if a guanine base is on ... more Bioinformatics News MedImmune to collaborate with NIAID on vaccine development Moreover - Friday, September 30, 2005 12:21:00 PM MedImmune has entered into an agreement with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop investigational pandemic influenza ... more Bioinformatics News Mighty Mice Regrow Organs Bio-IT World - Friday, September 30, 2005 11:35:30 AM Wired News | Genetically altered mice discovered accidentally at the Wistar Institute in Pennsylvania have the seemingly miraculous ability to regenerate like a salamander, and even regrow vital organs. ... more Bioinformatics News Two Teams Identify Chinese Bat as SARS Virus Hiding Place Bio-IT World - Friday, September 30, 2005 11:35:30 AM The New York Times | The finding is important in preventing outbreaks of SARS and similar viruses carried by bats because it provides an opportunity for scientists to break the transmission chain. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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