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Archives for April, 2011

Voalté’s Connectivity Enables Hospitals to Leverage Infrastructure

As tablets and smart phones evolve and make their way into hospitals, many health care executives are working to develop a successful mobile-integration strategy. St. Joseph, Mo.-based Heartland Regional Medical Center recently implemented Voalté’s iPhone [+]

Time for a smile! You need a zombie proof home

It seems that the unique fellows of a Polish architecture firm have come up with a zombie proof, all concrete, completely enclosed home for surviving the apocolypse or next tornado alley assault.  See more pictures here [+]

5 Open Source EMRs Worth Reviewing

There is a continuing demand for electronic medical records (EMR) everywhere today and this is mainly due to the advancements made in the field of health care. One of the highly acknowledged   means in the [+]

Mega storage would be nice for Radiology, Ortho, and several other areas

College Park, MD (April 19, 2011) -- Using well-known patterned media, a team of researchers in France has figured out a way to double the areal density of information by essentially cutting the magnetic media [+]

HealthcareITCentral wants you to know about the annual Informatics Conference

From the HealthcareITCentral.com newsletter (run by the awesome Gwen Darling Next week, Duke University is hosting its Second Annual Informatics Conference entitled,"Business Intelligence in the Health Care Age." This year’s conference will focus on the ever [+]

Agenda for Upcoming HIMSS Virtual Conference Announced

The HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo on June 8-9 will bring strategies and solutions for successful conversion to 5010/ICD-10, and compliance with the Phase 1 Meaningful Use requirements and beyond to thousands of attendees through [+]

Streamling ICD-10 Transition Process with Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation

  Concerning the partnership between Nuance and 3M Health Information Systems for computer-assisted physician documentation, Joan Scully, President/CEO, Scully Healthcare Consulting, says: "The reason this is so groundbreaking is you've got a technology leader on the [+]

Texas Health Medical Minute: Cryoablation

Being "cold-hearted" can lead to a more active lifestyle for some heart patients. A new technique uses cold to treat irregular heartbeats. Traditional treatment uses heat energy to treat irregular heartbeats. At Texas Health Harris Methodist [+]

New Test Spots Infections in Hours, Rather than Days

A startup called T2 Biosystems is developing a test that uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect blood-borne infections in hours—compared to the days it now takes using conventional lab methods. The company's first device—about the size [+]

Safety Technology for Blood Transfusion

Blood transfusion is highly important procedure in medical industry, especially during emergencies. Most of the times, the hazards concerned with blood transfusion include diseases transmitted through blood transfusion-. These include prior diseases, HIV and emerging [+]

Public Hearing for Health Information Exchange Service Provider Certification

Ability Network (formerly VisionShare) has filed an Application for Certificate of Authority to Operate as a Health Data Intermediary (HDI) in Minnesota, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes section 62J.4981. A Public Hearing will be held on [+]

Community College Discusses EHR Training Program

Kelly Patterson, a representative from Hinds Community College in Raymond, MS discusses the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC) Community College Consortia Program. Patterson talks about how the program will train [+]

Military health care is more up to date than you might expect

An overview of Force Health Protection and Readiness Deployment Technologies and Support Programs. DT&SP provides oversight for theater health-related technology programs to ensure that DoD maximizes the use of technology and information systems to improve mission [+]

Tampa Bay gets 3D mammography

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Phrazer Honored Alongside Apple iPad, Chevrolet Volt as a 2011 Best New Product

Phrazer™ was honored with a Gold award in the internationally renowned Edison Best New Product Awards™ competition last night.  The Edison Awards is a yearly competition honoring innovation and excellence in the development, marketing [+]

New Type of Drug Kills Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Researchers at IBM are designing nanoparticles that kill bacteria by poking holes in them. The scientists hope that the microbes are less likely to develop resistance to this type of drug, which means it could [+]

Emerging Biotechnology Trends

Biotechnology plays a very vital role in our lives and in our daily affairs. It is referred as a field of biology that requires the use of living organisms and it’s by products for modifications [+]

First confirmed case of Wookie Space AIDS identified in New Mexico, USA

Today the United States Center for Disease Control confirmed the first case of human bound WS-AIDS (Wookie Space Aquired Intelligence Deterioration Syndrome).  While the well known human disease, AIDS, is a significant immuno disorder, the newly identified [+]