- Medical Training Could Be Improved By Digital Surgery With Touch Feedback
Combining the sense of touch with 3-D computer models of organs, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing a new approach to training surgeons, much as pilots learn to fly on flight simulators. With collaborators at Harvard Medical School, Albany Medical Center, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the team is developing a virtual simulator that will allow surgeons to touch, feel. - Doctors Warn Of The Dangers Of Internet-bought Drugs
UK doctors highlight the problems surrounding internet bought drugs in a Case Report in this week's Lancet. Philip Severn and Scott Fraser from the Sunderland Eye Infirmary, UK, detail the case of a patient who severely damaged her vision by taking a drug she bought on the internet for four years. - WuXi PharmaTech Named As One Of The Top 103 National Innovative Companies
WuXi PharmaTech, China's leading pharmaceutical R&D service company is proud to announce today that it, along with Lenovo, Haier, and SinoPec, has been named one of the top 103 National Innovative Companies awarded by the Ministry of Science and Technology. - Health Site Guide Offers Free Custom Links To Its Unique Search Engine
Organizations, businesses, and schools, who want to provide their members, employees, and students with fast, easy-to-access, thorough healthcare information, now have a free, but valuable resource. Health Site Guide, http://www.healthsiteguide.com, a unique heath information search engine, will create a customized link that will open the Health Site Guide engine on the viewer's current site. - Blue Cross Blue Shield Association To Create Database Of Member Claims
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association on Friday announced the creation of Blue Health Intelligence, a database of claims on 79 million enrollees that will provide "a treasure trove of information that employers working with health plans can use to extract greater value for their health care dollars," CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 8/4). - Bill Would Prohibit Online Sale Of Medications, Controlled Substances Without Valid Prescription
Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday introduced legislation (S 3834) that would prohibit the online sale of prescription drugs and controlled substances without a valid prescription, CQ HealthBeat reports. The Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2006 would, among other provisions, establish criminal penalties for the unlawful dispensation of prescription drugs and permit the federal government to seize property used illegally by online pharmacies. - President Bush To Sign Executive Order Establishing Health IT Standards
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Sunday told the nation's governors that the Bush administration will soon require all health care providers who receive federal funds to adopt quality-measurement tools and uniform information technology standards, the Washington Post reports. Speaking at a session of the National Governors Association's annual meeting, Leavitt said President Bush "in a matter of weeks" plans to sign an executive order to create the standards. - University Of Cincinnati's Online Health Information Management Degree Program ReceivesAccreditation
The University of Cincinnati's (UC) distance-learning Health Information Management degree program ( http://www.HIMonline.uc.edu) was recently accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). - Kaiser Permanente Expands Electronic Medical Record System
As part of a new movement towards cutting- edge online access, members of Kaiser Permanente of Georgia can now access portions of their medical records online at kp.org. - PPD Launches PPD GlobalView EventNet(TM)
PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) today launched PPD GlobalView EventNet(TM), a customizable global event management and adjudication system for expeditious review of safety and endpoint-driven data from large-scale clinical trials or registries. - Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Joins Blue Plans Nationwide To Launch Largest Private Database
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield announced today that it is collaborating with 19 other Blue Plans nationwide to launch Blue Health Intelligence (BHI), a unique resource that will help improve health care quality by providing the most detailed view available of health care trends, best practices and comparative costs through a claims database of 79 million people. - Bioponic Phytoceuticals' Chairman & CEO Steven M. Schorr Discusses Corporate Plans And Strategies
Bioponic Phytoceuticals, Inc. ("Bioponic" or "the Company") (OTC: BPYT) today announced that its Chairman and CEO Steven M. Schorr is featured on both the CEOCast.com and WallstreetReporter.com investor relations web sites. - Glycology Acquires The Stevenson Group
Glycology, Inc. (OTC: GYLG) makers of the new and improved anti aging food supplement Celsync(TM), today announced the acquisition of The Stevenson Group (TSG), a full service fulfillment and distribution company. - Disabled Technologies Pave The Way For Next Generation Mobile Web
Scientists at The University of Manchester have a launched a new project which seeks to combine web accessibility with cutting-edge mobile phone technologies - BSD Medical Launches Award-Winning Website As Part Of Direct To Consumer Communications Strategy
BSD Medical Corp. (Amex: BSM) today announced that its newly launched website http://www.flowersforhope.com has already been chosen as a "People's Choice Winner" as well as being nominated for a "Flash Forward Award," which is one of the highest website awards possible. The new website, "The Hope Garden," provides an innovative virtual flower garden experience intended to offer hope and encouragement for those struggling with cancer. - WPP'S Grey Healthcare Group Acquires Catalyst On-Line
Grey Healthcare Group (GHG), a WPP company and one of the world's largest healthcare communications companies, announced today that it has acquired Boston-based Catalyst on-line (Catalyst), a specialized advertising, marketing, and consulting firm with targeted expertise in the fast growing internet search marketplace. Catalyst has 8 years of experience in search-engine optimization, working primarily for companies in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. - EDiets.com(R) Announces The Completion Of The Sale Of Primary And Founder Shares
eDiets.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIET), leveraging the power of the Internet to bring diet, fitness and healthy lifestyle solutions to everyone, today announced the completion, on August 1, 2006, of the sale of 297,030 of the Company's primary shares to Prides Capital Partners, LLC ("Prides Capital"). Also on August 1, 2006, the sale by eDiets.com's Founder and Chairman, David R. Humble, of 4.3 million shares to Prides Capital was completed and Mr. Humble resigned from eDiets.com's Board of Directors. - CQ's Carey Addresses Health IT Legislation, Medicare Payments, Abortion Bill
Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses the House's passage of health information technology legislation, Medicare physician payments and an abortion-related bill passed last week by the Senate that would allow federal charges to be filed against individuals violating parental consent and notification laws in this week's "Health on the Hill from kaisernetwork.org and CQ." - Systems Xcellence To Provide Pharmacy Transaction Services To Omnicare
Systems Xcellence Inc. ("SXC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:SXCI, TSX:SXC), a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions throughout the pharmaceutical supply chain, announces a three-year agreement with Omnicare, Inc. ("Omnicare") (NYSE:OCR) to provide certain pharmacy transaction services. - New Regulations To Facilitate Adoption Of Health Information Technology
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced final regulations that will support physician adoption of electronic prescribing and electronic health records technology. - Harris Poll Shows Number Of 'Cyberchondriacs' - Adults Who Have Ever Gone Online For Health
Searching the Internet for health care information has become more widespread in the past year after three years of little growth. Use of the Internet to search for health-related information by online U.S. adults has increased markedly both in terms of percentages (from 72% in 2005 to 80% now) and in numbers. - House Approves Legislation To Expand Use Of Electronic Health Records
The House on Thursday voted 270-148 to approve an amended version of a Senate bill (S 1418) passed last November that would promote the use of health care information technology, CQ Today reports. Prior to the vote, lawmakers inserted into the legislation the text of a House bill (HR 4157) (Crowely, CQ Today, 7/27). - More Companies Offering Telehealth Monitors As Way To Improve Access, Decrease Costs
The Boston Globe on Wednesday examined how an increased number of medical device companies -- such as Honeywell International, Philips Electronics and Viterion TeleHealthcare -- have begun to compete in the market for "telehealth" monitors, which allow physicians and nurses to track the health of patients from remote locations. According to the Globe, use of telehealth monitors "can keep patients comfortably at home" and allow physicians and nurses to focus on the most serious cases. - Microsoft To Purchase Health Care IT Software From MedStar
Microsoft on Wednesday announced "its first foray into the health care industry," with plans to purchase clinical health care information technology software from MedStar Health, a not-for-profit organization that operates seven hospitals, the Washington Post reports (Hart, Washington Post, 7/27). - Fingertip Device Helps Computers Read Hand Gestures
With the tap of a single finger, computer users soon may be drawn deeper into the virtual world using a new device developed in the University at Buffalo's Virtual Reality Lab. - "Price Transparency" Provision Removed From House Health Care Information Technology Bill
House leaders on Wednesday removed a provision that would have required hospitals to make public some price information from a health care information technology bill (HR 4157), CQ Today reports (Crowley, CQ Today, 7/26). The legislation, sponsored by Reps. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) and Nathan Deal (R-Ga.), would codify the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology within HHS and would establish a committee to make recommendations on national standards. - Real-time Decision-support System Can Save Lives
This is the background to the AMIRA IST project, which aimed to develop a more sophisticated version of the platform first seen in the IST project RIMSAT. The partners in AMIRA aimed to develop a decision-support system which responded fast and flexibly enough to be useful in real life when critical decisions need to be made, especially in life-threatening or mission-critical situations. - UCI Researchers "text Mine" The New York Times, Demonstrating Ease Of New Technology
Performing what a team of dedicated and bleary-eyed newspaper librarians would need months to do, scientists at UC Irvine have used an up-and-coming technology to complete in hours a complex topic analysis of 330,000 stories published primarily by The New York Times. - Google-like Process For Mammogram Images Speeds Up Computer's Second Opinions
To help computers provide faster "second opinions" on mammogram images showing suspicious-looking breast masses, medical physicists at Duke University are employing a Google-like approach that retrieves useful information from an existing mammogram database within three seconds. Rather than comparing the mammogram image in question to every image of breast cancer in a computer database. - New Online Resource Provides Organ Transplant Recipients With Information To Help Them Achieve Long
HealthyTransplant.com, a new, user- friendly online resource designed to provide comprehensive information and ongoing support for transplant recipients was introduced today at the World Transplant Congress (WTC). Healthy Transplant was developed for the American Society of Transplantation (AST) by a panel of leading transplant professionals as a set of health and life tools for transplant recipients and their caregivers to enhance post-transplant care and long-term well-being for transplant. - Send Word Now Launches Industry's First Pandemic Management And Notification Service
Send Word Now(TM) ( http://www.sendwordnow.com ) today launched its Pandemic Management andNotification Service, a fully integrated incident management and notification service specifically designed to handle crisis communication and coordination during a pandemic outbreak. - NIST Can Help You 'MBARK' Onto Better Biometric Systems
Once a tool primarily used by law enforcement to help identify criminals, biometric technologies increasingly are being used by government and the private sector to authenticate a person's identity, provide security at the nation's borders and restrict access to secure sites--both buildings and computer networks. New software and other tools that can be used to help build improved biometric applications are now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). - Industry, Academia, Medicine And Government Leaders Team Up To Tackle Personal Health Records
To tackle the privacy, business, societal, and technical issues surrounding personal health records - an integral part of the national debate on healthcare reform - 100 key leaders from industry, academia, medicine and government will team up October 10-11 for the first meeting on Personally Controlled Health Records Infrastructure (PCHRI 2006), hosted by the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Center for Biomedical Informatics. - Minister Announces Taskforce For Electronic Records, UK
Lord Warner today confirmed the arrangements for the NHS Summary Care Record Taskforce. - A New Generation Of EHealth Services Are Set To Disrupt The Healthcare Market
The market for wireless based ehealth monitoring and diagnostics services is currently being driven by the incumbent healthcare provider desire to push key elements of the care process out towards the edge of their healthcare network. - HHS Announces First 20 Electronic Health Record Products To Gain Federal Approval
The federally funded, not-for-profit Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology on Tuesday certified the first electronic health record products from 19 companies, USA Today reports. The certified products this year must be able to allow doctors to enter orders for electronic prescriptions and record laboratory results and next year must be able to transmit the data to pharmacies or receive results electronically from labs.
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