News For: Medical InformationIn Emergency Situations: Getting Health Information Where It Needs To Go Instantly Investigators from the Regenstrief Institute have led a demonstration of how health information exchange technologies developed and tested regionally can be used to securely share patient information across the nation during an emergency. This work builds on decades of experience in medical informatics and comes less than a year after the Indiana University School of Medicine received a $2. Combining advanced medical and information technologies offers pathway to lower health care costs Kureczka/Martin Associates Integrating sophisticated medical technologies for patient monitoring with advanced information systems and clinical expertise has the potential to significantly improve medical care while lowering treatment costs. This is especially true for patients with chronic illnesses like diabetes, where early detection and treatment of potentially costly complications can ... US/North Carolina: MedCenter Air parent ranks among national Magazine's top information technology innovators Boardman, OH, September 23, 2008���InformationWeek magazine, one of the nation's leading information systems publications, has ranked one of ThinkThroughTools' clients, Carolinas Healthcare Systems CHS���which includes its air medical and ground transport program, MedCenter Air���among the top 200 in its annual listing of the nation's Top 500 Innovators of Information Technology. States, medical groups oppose abortion rule Several medical associations and 13 state attorneys general voiced their opposition Wednesday to a proposed federal rule that they fear would open the door for hospitals and physicians to deny access to contraception. In late August, the Bush administration proposed stronger job protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or ... States, medical groups oppose abortion rule Wed, Sep 24, 2008 10:12 a.m. Several medical associations and 13 state attorneys general voiced their opposition Wednesday to a proposed federal rule that they fear would open the door for hospitals and physicians to deny access to contraception. Patient-Specific Botox Rules Are "Common Sense", Says Medical And Dental Defence Union Of Scotland New GMC guidance that warns GPs to prescribe Botox to named patients only is common sense and errs appropriately on the side of caution, says the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland MDDUS today Wednesday, 24 September 2008. Bottomline Technologies Introduces Expanded Functionality for Medical Forms Automation Bottomline Technologies NASDAQ: EPAY, a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced the release of MedEx 2.0, the next generation of its medical forms automation solution for addressing the efficient capture and exchange of accurate data between patients, providers, payers, suppliers and systems. Oakland County creates program to market medical systems PONTIAC -- Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson announced the creation of a medical branding initiative among major hospital systems, medical device manufacturers and higher education in Oakland County that could lead to billions of dollars in new investment and thousands of new jobs. Education officials support UCR medical school proposal SACRAMENTO - California's higher-education panel rallied behind UC Riverside's medical school proposal Tuesday, with officials saying the school's importance outweighs any concerns about the state's troubled finances. Medical calendar Blood drives BLOOD DRIVES: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 17 and 18 in the blood donor room of the Mercy Medical Building, 851 E. Fifth St., Washington, Mo. Walk-ins welcome. Donors will receive a T-shirt. |


