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Is This the Year of the CMIO Break-out?
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Many health care organizations are well into the second or third phase of technology roll-out programs, and that is causing a profound transformation in some health-IT leadership positions.
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The VistA Question
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Responding to an upcoming deadline set by Congress, the Military Health System announced last week that the Department of Defense (DoD) is looking at both VistA, used by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, and its own AHLTA, developed by Northrop Grumman, in an effort to link the two and make them interoperable.
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Mobile Medicine for the Developing World
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | BELLAGIO, Italy—In the developing world, telemedicine and mobile health care are as simple as a cell phone. “The growth that took place in mobile phones was because we were responding to a basic need to communicate,” suggests Strive Masiyiwa, founder and chairman of Econet Wireless Group.
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Storing the Data Deluge
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | If two trillion filing cabinets—or one billion terabytes—sounds like too much data to deal with, brace yourself. This exponential growth of data is straining storage and long-term archiving resources, says IBM's Dr. Richard Bakalar, chief medical officer.
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Lessons from GWU’s 30-Day EHR Rollout
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | It can take years to roll out a fully functional EHR system, yet The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) did it in 30 days and continues to reap “stunning” ROI and “dramatic efficiencies."
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CMS Director Friedman Discusses MITA Progress
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Bringing Medicaid into the digital age isn’t easy agrees CMS’ Rick Friedman. As the federal government teams with the states to incorporate health IT into Medicaid programs, “the biggest challenge is not the silicon but the carbon; that is to say, it’s the people, not the technology,” says Friedman.
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16 Non-Fed Hospitals Reach Stage 6 HIT Status, Says HIMSS Analytics
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Just 16 non-federal hospitals nationwide have proven to have the powerful combination of electronic clinician documentation, full clinical decision support, and full picture archiving and communication systems for radiology through last April.
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Frank Talk from Peter Waegemann
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | For health care organizations, cost and return on investment are major stumbling blocks on the road to electronic medical records. Add to these the high cost of certification, says chief executive C. Peter Waegemann of the annual TEPR.
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Will Wi-Fi Energize the Asset Tracking Market?
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | Can Wi-Fi push RFID into mainstream health care? Yes, argues Gabi Daniely, AeroScout vice president of product strategy, because Wi-Fi networks can be used to deploy RFID on infrastructure that’s already in place.
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Wal-Mart Strives to Engage Health Care Consumers
Digital HealthCare & Productivity | In the realm of health IT, Wal-Mart Stores is aiming far beyond its participation in the Dossia personal health records project. The retail behemoth seeks to become a catalyst for interoperability by paying attention to customer convenience.
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“Storage for Science – Methods for Managing Large and Rapidly Growing Data Stores in Life Science Research Environments” sponsored by Isilon
Large and rapidly growing stores of file-based and other data are a hallmark of life science research and bioinformatics. Determining how best to manage those data stores has become a significant challenge for Researchers and IT Pros alike.
This paper is intended to:
- Provide guidance on the many storage requirements common to Life Science research;
- Explain the evolution of modern storage architectures;
- Summarize the major data storage architectures currently in use.
Additionally, it will present the Isilon IQ clustered storage product as a strong and flexible solution to those needs. Download now
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 Next-Generation Technologies Revolutionizing Oncology and Diagnostics
underwritten by Definiens
This “Briefing On” collection of Bio-IT World features, commentaries and analysis, presents some of the latest thinking on high-throughput technologies that are being applied to the fields of research and drug discovery, with particular emphasis on oncology, diagnostics and imaging technologies. Download now at no charge compliments of the underwriting sponsor, Definiens. Download This Free Paper
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This Bio•IT World Briefing On “Next-Generation Sequencing,” underwritten by GenomeQuest, Inc.,
presents a selection of feature stories, interviews,commentaries, conference reports, and editorials on the emergence, opportunities, and challenges posed by high-throughput sequencing. Covered in this collection: the launch of new platforms from Applied Biosystems and Helicos; new applications of nextgen sequencing; the rise of personal genomics; and informatics solutions to vexing problem of managing the vast volumes of next-gen data. Download now
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Storage for Science
Methods for Managing Large and Rapidly Growing Data Stores in Life Science Research Environments
Sponsored by Isilon
Large and rapidly growing stores of file-based and other data are a hallmark of life science research and bioinformatics environments. Determining how best to manage those data stores has become a significant challenge for the Researchers and IT Professionals that support them.
This webcast is intended to:
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Isilon Systems ~ Senior Marketing Communications Manager
Isilon Systems is the worldwide leader in clustered storage systems and software for digital content and unstructured data. We seek an experienced marketing communications professional/writer expert in creating and delivering effective and persuasive business communications. The ideal candidate can think at the strategic and conceptual level and act, simultaneously, as a highly-effective and productive individual contributor. The position is based in Seattle, WA. For additional information click here: Lilly Singapore Center for Drug Discovery (LSCDD) - Associate Director of Informatics
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