October 2009 - News - emrupdate.com

29.10.2009 Gelre Ziekenhuizen complete their implementation of MetaVision

Gelre Ziekenhuizen, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, have implemented MetaVision across their entire perioperative and critical care environment, including ORs, PACUs, medium care units, and ICUs at both their Apeldoorn and Zutphen locations. The hospitals...

Published Sat, Oct 31 2009 8:01 PM by iMDsoft Clinical Information Systems – News

Gleeman’s Daily News—10/30

Swine flu vaccine should be allocated by need, experts say A young boy looks at a sign as he and his mother arrive to wait in line with several thousand other people at the Utah County Health Department to get H1N1 vaccine shots in this October...

Published Fri, Oct 30 2009 2:33 AM by Robert Gleeman

Inhibitor of Heat Shock Protein is a Potential Anticancer Drug, Penn Study Finds

Heat, lack of nutrients, oxygen radicals – all can wreak havoc on the delicate internal components of a cell. Proteins called HSPs (heat shock proteins) allow cells to survive stress-induced damage. Scientists have long studied how HSPs work in order...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 11:00 AM by Penn Medicine News

Gleeman’s Daily News—10/29

Some blame government for shortages of flu vaccine Tim Sloan/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, at a news conference on the government's...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 2:35 AM by Robert Gleeman

New Research Study Targets Tinnitus with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Chronic tinnitus, noise or ringing in the ears, is a symptom associated with many forms of hearing loss or other health problems. There are no effective treatments for this condition, which can become so severe that it may be difficult to hear, work,...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 3:00 PM by Penn Medicine News

Gleeman’s Daily News—10/28

Los Angeles, CA: Long lines at free H1N1 vaccine clinics With long lines and long waits to get H1N1 vaccines at the Pomona Fairplex, people pass the time in various ways. Free vaccine clinics have been overwhelmed by the numbers of people showing...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 1:45 AM by Robert Gleeman

Partners May Help African-Americans Shed More Pounds

Enrolling in a weight loss program with a family member or friend appears to enhance weight loss among African Americans, but only if the involved partner attends sessions frequently or also loses weight, according to a report in the October 26 issue...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 4:30 PM by Penn Medicine News

Gleeman’s Daily News—10/27

Q&A information set for patients with questions on swine flu (Bounds/Bloomberg) There are two swine flu vaccines -- one is given via injection, the other via nasal spray. Above, a young girl receives H1N1 vaccine at Wake County Human...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 2:06 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—10/26

Swine flu emergency declared by Obama as clinics ration vaccines (Tribune file photo) Syringes filled with the seasonal flu vaccine await clinics this fall. President Obama declared a H1N1 flu emergency Friday night, and local swine flu vaccine...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 12:56 AM by Robert Gleeman

Ordering/Referring Provider Case Sensitive Edits

National Government Services, one of the largest Medicare contractors in the country, released the following information to avoid unnecessary claim rejections. They will reject claims when lower case characters are submitted in the ordering/referring...

Published Sun, Oct 25 2009 8:00 PM by MediSYS, Inc. News

Filed under: practice management software, Medical Billing Services - Outsource Options

Gene Therapy Restores Vision in Children with Congenital Blindness

After a single injection of genes that produce light-sensitive pigments in the back of his eye, a nine-year-old boy born with a retinal disease that made him legally blind, and would eventually leave him totally sightless, now participates in class without...

Published Sat, Oct 24 2009 3:00 PM by Penn Medicine News

Mobile medicine

Some weeks ago, I met Mr. Marc Van Anderlecht, representing the company Uni-Com Medical based in Belgium. Uni-Com is distributing in Belgium the products of QRS based in US and has managed to spread its products on numerous sites across Europe and Africa...

Published Sat, Oct 24 2009 8:40 AM by Microsoft EMEA Health Blog

Filed under: ekg, Health IT, eHealth, mobile devices, emergency telemedicine, oximetry, spirometry

Nao – the friendly robot

Walking through the exhibition in the AAL Forum in Vienna, I was impressed by a new robot development performed by a French company called Aldebaran Robotics . After 3 years of research, Aldebaran Robotics has developed NAO - a 58-cm biped robot. It is...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 10:12 AM by Microsoft EMEA Health Blog

Filed under: Health IT, Compliance, eHealth, diabetes, robotics, adherence

Vienna – Ambient Assisted Living Forum

From 29 September to 1 October 2009 the first AAL FORUM took place in the Vienna Hofburg. This kick-off event of the international conference series of the Ambient Assisted Living - Joint Programmes (AAL-JP) served as an information and discussion platform...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 9:50 AM by Microsoft EMEA Health Blog

Filed under: Health IT, eHealth, empowerment, disease management, eHealth Health IT, surface computing, Business Intelligence, WHO

EHTEL – A decade of dedicated support to eHealth in Europe

Microsoft was one of the sponsors of the symposium organized by the European Health Telematics Association ( EHTEL ) in Brussels on the 21st, 22nd of October 2009. EHTEL mission is to be the "grid" which creates trust, coherence and consensus...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 9:17 AM by Microsoft EMEA Health Blog

Filed under: Health IT, Health insurance, eHealth, trust, empowerment, disease management, eHealth Health IT, HealthVault, Health Portals, Personal Health Record, Amalga UIS, Business Intelligence

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