Record-keeping system manages medical data

Record-keeping system manages medical data: "Like many senior citizens, 82-year-old Phyllis Buddine takes a variety of medications.

Remembering each prescription and her long medical history used to be a source of stress for the Marlton woman, especially when she visited a new doctor or the hospital.

Now her medical appointments are easier. Her daughter, Wendy Buddine of Haddon Heights, developed a computer-based medical record-keeping system, transferring her mother's information onto a neat, wallet-sized card. During medical appointments, Phyllis simply presents her card."

Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 10/4/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News Evolutions Adds Three New States by Signing Multiple Radiology Groups Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Tom Long, President and CEO of Evolutions, a leading practice management and medical billing solutions provider, announced recently the company has signed contracts to provide billing services to seven new radiology groups, including those in three new states.... more Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center Selects Next-Generation Revenue Cycle Solution From Keane Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Browser-based EZ-Access Patcom to Streamline and Improve Financial Operations ... more Implementation of the Data Protection Directive in Relation to Medical Research in Europe Tuesday, October 04, 2005 The Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe: PRIVIREAL series focuses on the Privacy in Research Ethics and Law EC-funded project examining the implementation of Directive 95/46/EC on data protection in relation to medical research and the role of ethics committees in European countries. The series consists of five separate volumes following the complete development of the PRIVIREAL project. ... more University of Texas Medical Branch Selects COPAN Systems Revolution 200T to Deliver Faster, More Reliable Backup and Disaster Recovery for Mission-Critical Medical Data Tuesday, October 04, 2005 MAID-Based Platform Enables Organization with More than 12,000 Employees to Reduce Nightly Backups to less than 5 Hours and Reduce Administration Costs by More than 50% ... more RNAi Research Races From The Stalls With IDT's New TriFECTa(TM) Kit Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Integrated DNA Technologies' Kit Uses Dicer-Substrate RNAi To Achieve Knockdown Rates Superior to Traditional 21-mer Kits.... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Mobile Carts Donated to Disaster Relief Mobile Health Data, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Hatboro, Pa.-based InfoLogix has donated 15 mobile PC carts to a Louisiana clinic trying to handle an influx of patients due to Hurricane Katrina. ... Comments (0) HL7 Launches Task Force To Aid Katrina Evacuees iHealth Beat, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 The Health Level Seven standards developing organization last week announced the formation of a task force to help provide electronic medical records for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. The task force first will work to provide evacuees with medical records that are either printed on paper or saved to a disk and eventually will help create a central data repository for all participating Katrina evacuees. ... Comments (0) Sun Gets San Diego RHIO Business Health Data Management, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Sun Microsystems Inc. will provide the information technology infrastructure for an emerging regional health information organization in San Diego. ... Comments (0) Dominator Rings Up Two Sales Health Data Management, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Two small hospitals have signed contracts totaling more than $1 million to buy the Dominator picture archiving and communication system from DR Systems Inc., San Diego. ... Comments (0) IT part of plan to improve care, hospital leaders say Healthcare IT News, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Information technology is a key part of plans to improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of healthcare, healthcare system leaders on Monday told congressional staff. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Bioinformatics News Researchers find defects in adult stem cell niche may cause breast cancer Bioinfo Online - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:35:07 PM Researchers at Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that the onset of breast cancer may be due to defects in somatic adult stem cell niches that exist long before tumors develop. The research, published in the ... more Health Informatics News Fuji upgrades Synapse PACS to latest version of Barco's 3D medical imaging software PACS Central - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:56:07 PM Distribution Source: BARCO Barco and Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. , Stamford, CT, USA, have renewed their agreement to integrate Barco's 3D medical imaging software with Fuji's Synapse ... more Bioinformatics News Rush for biotechs Moreover - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:17:00 PM The rises in Alchemia and Starpharma came amid gloom in the sector -- although Starpharma shares jumped early last ... more Bioinformatics News China to develop biotechnology sector Moreover - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:03:00 PM China aims to become a leading player in the fast-growing biotechnology sector by capitalizing on research costs that are one-fifth those of Europe or the United States, a top official said ... more Bioinformatics News IT and Informatics New Product Roundup Bio-IT World - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:35:34 AM Bio-IT World | An overview of major IT and informatics product announcements made the week of September 26 to 30. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 10/4/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News Evolutions Adds Three New States by Signing Multiple Radiology Groups Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Tom Long, President and CEO of Evolutions, a leading practice management and medical billing solutions provider, announced recently the company has signed contracts to provide billing services to seven new radiology groups, including those in three new states.... more Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center Selects Next-Generation Revenue Cycle Solution From Keane Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Browser-based EZ-Access Patcom to Streamline and Improve Financial Operations ... more Implementation of the Data Protection Directive in Relation to Medical Research in Europe Tuesday, October 04, 2005 The Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe: PRIVIREAL series focuses on the Privacy in Research Ethics and Law EC-funded project examining the implementation of Directive 95/46/EC on data protection in relation to medical research and the role of ethics committees in European countries. The series consists of five separate volumes following the complete development of the PRIVIREAL project. ... more University of Texas Medical Branch Selects COPAN Systems Revolution 200T to Deliver Faster, More Reliable Backup and Disaster Recovery for Mission-Critical Medical Data Tuesday, October 04, 2005 MAID-Based Platform Enables Organization with More than 12,000 Employees to Reduce Nightly Backups to less than 5 Hours and Reduce Administration Costs by More than 50% ... more RNAi Research Races From The Stalls With IDT's New TriFECTa(TM) Kit Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Integrated DNA Technologies' Kit Uses Dicer-Substrate RNAi To Achieve Knockdown Rates Superior to Traditional 21-mer Kits.... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Mobile Carts Donated to Disaster Relief Mobile Health Data, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Hatboro, Pa.-based InfoLogix has donated 15 mobile PC carts to a Louisiana clinic trying to handle an influx of patients due to Hurricane Katrina. ... Comments (0) HL7 Launches Task Force To Aid Katrina Evacuees iHealth Beat, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 The Health Level Seven standards developing organization last week announced the formation of a task force to help provide electronic medical records for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. The task force first will work to provide evacuees with medical records that are either printed on paper or saved to a disk and eventually will help create a central data repository for all participating Katrina evacuees. ... Comments (0) Sun Gets San Diego RHIO Business Health Data Management, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Sun Microsystems Inc. will provide the information technology infrastructure for an emerging regional health information organization in San Diego. ... Comments (0) Dominator Rings Up Two Sales Health Data Management, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Two small hospitals have signed contracts totaling more than $1 million to buy the Dominator picture archiving and communication system from DR Systems Inc., San Diego. ... Comments (0) IT part of plan to improve care, hospital leaders say Healthcare IT News, US - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Information technology is a key part of plans to improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of healthcare, healthcare system leaders on Monday told congressional staff. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Bioinformatics News Researchers find defects in adult stem cell niche may cause breast cancer Bioinfo Online - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:35:07 PM Researchers at Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that the onset of breast cancer may be due to defects in somatic adult stem cell niches that exist long before tumors develop. The research, published in the ... more Health Informatics News Fuji upgrades Synapse PACS to latest version of Barco's 3D medical imaging software PACS Central - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:56:07 PM Distribution Source: BARCO Barco and Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. , Stamford, CT, USA, have renewed their agreement to integrate Barco's 3D medical imaging software with Fuji's Synapse ... more Bioinformatics News Rush for biotechs Moreover - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:17:00 PM The rises in Alchemia and Starpharma came amid gloom in the sector -- although Starpharma shares jumped early last ... more Bioinformatics News China to develop biotechnology sector Moreover - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:03:00 PM China aims to become a leading player in the fast-growing biotechnology sector by capitalizing on research costs that are one-fifth those of Europe or the United States, a top official said ... more Bioinformatics News IT and Informatics New Product Roundup Bio-IT World - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:35:34 AM Bio-IT World | An overview of major IT and informatics product announcements made the week of September 26 to 30. ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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Biohealthmatics.com News Digest - 10/3/2005

Biohealthmatics.com's Daily News Digest The latest health informatics news from Biohealthmatics.com Date: Monday, October 03, 2005 Biohealtmatics News Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Syndicated Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians Selects InteGreat's IC-Chart EMR to Provide Real-Time Physician Access to Charts Across Its 31 Locations Monday, October 03, 2005 InteGreat Inc., a leading provider of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, announced today that Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians (COPCP) has selected InteGreat's IC-Chart® EMR system to provide real-time access to patient information and charting to their 131 physicians across 31 locations throughout Central Ohio.... more MedRisk's ECB Presents 2005 International Symposium on Evidenced-Based Medicine for Physical Therapists, Chiropractors and Physical Medicine Providers Monday, October 03, 2005 Expert Clinical Benchmarks®, LLC (ECB) the academic and research arm of MedRisk, Inc., will present its 2005 International Symposium on Evidence-Based Medicine from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the University of California, San Francisco. ... more A-Life Medical Announces Automated Interventional Radiology Coding Monday, October 03, 2005 A-Life Medical Inc., the leading provider of Natural Language Processing (NLP) based solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the release of automated coding for interventional radiology procedures through A-Life's Actus(TM) Application Suite. ... more Blood Systems Selects IDM's Prelude Donor Room Management System Monday, October 03, 2005 Blood Systems, one of the nation's oldest and largest non-profit community blood providers, has signed an agreement with Information Data Management, Inc. (IDM), a leader in medical software development and support, for their new Donor Room Management system, Prelude. ... more Eclipsys Completes Activation of New Release of Sunrise ED Manager(TM) at Springhill Medical Center, Mobile, AL Monday, October 03, 2005 Advanced Emergency Department Software Streamlines Workflows and Improves Patient Care ... more Click here for more news Back to top

Editor's Pick of Health Informatics Headlines Why MDs Are IT-Phobic BusinessWeek, US - Monday, October 03, 2005 Info tech promises savings for patients and health-care companies, but going electronic can be a bitter pill for the MDs footing the bill. ... Comments (0) Choosing healthcare IT vendors - the inside story itWorldCanada.com, Canada - Monday, October 03, 2005 Innovation, reliability and accountability are three sought after qualities in healthcare IT vendors, a recent panel discussion in Toronto revealed. ... Comments (0) Philips Medical Systems Selected Partner for PACS Jobwerx, US - Monday, October 03, 2005 Philips Medical to provide web-based distribution solution iSite, with Picture Archive and Communications System to MedAssets member hospitals. ... Comments (0) Digital Health Records Still Elusive PC World, US - Monday, October 03, 2005 Experts note benefits in easier information-sharing, but cite technological, social challenges. ... Comments (0) Survey: RFID Better than Bar Codes Mobile Health Data, US - Monday, October 03, 2005 Radio frequency identification outperforms bar coding technologies for identifying patients during medication administration, according to the results of the September 2005 Mobile Opinions survey conducted by Mobile Health Data. ... Comments (0) Click here for more news Back to top

Syndicated Health Informatics News Bioinformatics News Human Genome wins anthrax treatment supply contract Moreover - Monday, October 03, 2005 1:02:00 PM NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Human Genome Sciences Inc. ( HGSI.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it has won a contract to supply ABthrax, its treatment of anthrax disease, to the U.S. ... more Bioinformatics News Human Genome to get U.S. govt anthrax drug deal Moreover - Monday, October 03, 2005 12:28:00 PM Mon Oct 3, 2005 1:32 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human Genome Sciences Inc. plans to announce a deal with the ... more Bioinformatics News Microarray technology for tailoring breast cancer therapy Bioinfo Online - Monday, October 03, 2005 12:26:38 PM Microarray technology could be used to tailor therapy according to the individual, and prevent breast cancer patients from having to undergo painful unsuccessful therapies. In a study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research, researchers ... more Bioinformatics News GenoMed's WNV Treatment May Work for Avian Influenza Moreover - Monday, October 03, 2005 11:55:00 AM GenoMed announced today that the course of action announced recently by President Bush to combat avian influenza is likely to be an expensive mistake, and that the company has a safe, low-cost ... more Bioinformatics News Schaeffer's Daily Market Blog Features Micron Technology, Affymetrix, AMEX Airline Index, PHLX Semiconductor I Moreover - Monday, October 03, 2005 11:53:00 AM The Market Blog is written throughout every trading day by Schaeffer's financial analysts and traders. They are quick insights to the day's most notable market activity from an options ... more Click here for more news Back to top

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