|
|
|
|
Cerner Incorporates Genomics Into EMR
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Molecular diagnostics laboratories that are doing clinical genomics “try to fit a round peg into a square hole, especially when it comes to workflow,” says Mark Hoffman, director of translational medicine at Cerner, the Kansas City-based health-IT player which has been targeting this market since 2005. “They try to use systems that were designed for traditional pathology and shoehorn those into a very unique and contemporary workflow, going into contortions to do that within their information system, especially with infectious disease testing.”
|
|
Google Health Manager Discusses User Feedback
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Google Health product manager Roni Zeiger remains highly optimistic about the fledgling but high-profile personal health record (PHR) service and data-aggregation platform, but is trying to assuage concerns about consumer privacy and tamp down expectations that the Internet search leader might be able to cure all that ails health care.
|
|
Building Wireless Connectivity for Health Care
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | BOSTON—Over the next three years, wireless mobile networks will evolve from today’s technology to next-generation capabilities, with open access allowing the use of any device or application on national bandwidths. But adoption will be slow until a standardized infrastructure is created, instead of every mobile company acting as a little fiefdom.
|
|
E-Prescribing Vendors Talk Back
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | A month ago, acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Kerry Weems said that physicians can no longer use cost as an excuse for not switching to electronic prescribing. “The business case is turned around,” Weems said citing the affordability of the technology and reasonably small workflow changes it requires.
|
|
Kolodner et al. Remain Optimistic for Health 2.0
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | SAN FRANCISCO—In a session about online clinician social networks, moderator Enoch Choi remarked that more than half the companies that presented on a similar panel a year ago were no longer in business. And yet the Palo Alto, Calif., urgent care physician and medical project manager at online health community MedHelp.org, remained optimistic that user-generated health care has a bright future.
|
|
MGMA Meeting Pushes High Tech Patient ID Cards
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | SAN DIEGO—The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) will push the health insurance industry to standardize patient identification cards with magnetic stripes, bar codes, or embedded chips and has commissioned a study to quantify the potential savings for payers and providers alike.
|
|
e-Prescribing Crash Course
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Kerry Weems called last week’s national conference on electronic prescribing a “crash course in e-prescribing.” The Oct. 7 event brought more than 1,400 physicians, pharmacists, practice administrators, health-IT professionals, vendors, and government representatives to Boston for an intensive study of the technology ahead of a Medicare incentive program that begins in January.
|
|
HPC Harvard’s Way
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | High performance computing (HPC) at Harvard Medical School isn’t just about IT, It’s about bridging clinical and research needs to support research, applications, and storage across the enterprise. John Halamka, Chief Information Officer at Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center painted a picture of collaboration and growth around HPC that he believes will be transformative for Harvard Medical School.
|
|
Computer-Based Tools to Help Use Genetic Tests
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | In a new federal project to develop computer-based tools that will use gene-based tests for breast cancer, there is some uncertainty as to when the tools will be ready for prime time, or clinical practice. The $1 million project, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), aims to create four computer-based clinical decision-support tools (CDS) to help clinicians and patients use genetic tests to evaluate and treat breast cancer.
|
|
CMS Focuses on E-Prescribing
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | BOSTON—With less than three months to go before Medicare starts paying incentives to physicians for electronic prescribing, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is working frantically to get the word out about the benefits of such technology.
|
eClinical Visions - Clinical Trial Management: Enabling Operational Efficiency Read how contributors from Genzyme, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Accenture, Oracle Health Sciences and others address some of the most pertinent challenges facing the biopharmaceutical industry including... Globalization of clinical trials driven by the need to reduce costs and recruit participants; greater outsourcing; escalating regulatory demands; increased trial complexity; and post-marketing studies. Download this paper to gain new insight into: - Recent progress made in addressing these challenges
- Expert opinion on clinical trial management systems (CTMS) for improving trial efficiencies
- How to cut trial costs and enhance the productivity of trial participants
Remote Data Capture – Acquisition and Analysis Today nearly half of all clinical trials are conducted electronically, and rising! Electronic Data Capture (EDC) technology provides industry-wide opportunities, along with challenges, that are being addressed. In this informative report industry experts and users from Pfizer, PPD, C3i and Oracle Health Sciences discuss the impact of EDC and its newest zero footprint; online iteration. It can used anywhere, world-wide, where the Internet is available while placing greater onus on global trial support. The critical focus of this new technology is that it must support the work of the person at the heart of the clinical trial system– the investigator. Download this report to learn more about: - Trends and Issues in an Electronic Clinical Data Management World
- The New Remote Data Capture Paradigm
- Improving and Monitoring Clinical Data Management in the eClinical Age
- Optimizing and Supporting Remote Data Capture
Technology Video Report: A Day in the Life with Remote Data Capture (Next-Gen EDC) See why Oracle Remote Data Capture (RDC) Onsite is the next generation in electronic data capture with its user-friendly method to collect, clean, review, and verify clinical trial data. Providing unprecedented performance with real-time data capture, Oracle RDC Onsite simplifies source data verification. With a clear, consistent view of study data across all sites, the benefits include reduced monitoring time, decreased queries and discrepancies, and less time to database lock.
Predict or Perish! Shaping the Practices of Clinical Trials
 Sponsored by: DecisionView
Predictive Analytics are a key differentiator in running your clinical trials successfully through 2010 and beyond. They will help you to optimize your patient enrollment, reduce your clinical operations costs and minimize your financial liability in the clinical supply chain. In this session, you will:
• Learn what predictive analytics are and what they are not
• Understand why you need predictive analytics to run your clinical trials, and
• Explore how predictive analytics will shape the future of clinical trials
Download Now.
More Podcasts
The University of Washington Department of Genome Sciences is seeking a LINUX SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGER to lead a team in a diverse scientific computing environment that includes multiple HPC systems, petascale storage, and custom application servers. Apply online at UW Hires for req number 61505. http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/
|
|
|