Incidental Findings on Brain MRI in the General Population Nov 1, 2007
From the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (M.W.V., M.A.I., A.H., M.M.B.B.), Radiology (M.W.V., H.L.T., G.P.K., W.J.N., A.L.), Neurosurgery (A.J.P.E.V.), and Medical Informatics (W.J.N.), Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Address reprint requests to Dr. van der Lugt at the Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, Rotterdam 3015 CE, the Netherlands, or at a.vanderlugt{at}erasmusmc. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Molecular condom may be commercialized under Utah-India deal Oct 30, 2007
Globerians resources will help medical and bioinformatics researchers and students at the University of Utah identify emerging opportunities for the development and commercialization of the Us medical informatics expertise. Future collaborative efforts may include advancing health information research and data management technologies to provide individuals and institutions global access to health information. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Microsoft offers free HealthVault for patients' records Oct 5, 2007
Microsoft teamed with more than 40 companies and organizations, including the American Heart Association, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc., a Johnson on diabetes management program called LifeScan Inc., softwaremaker Kryptiq Corp., Home Diagnostics Inc., New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Medical Informatics Engineering, which provides electronic medical records. The true potential of HealthVault will take time to develop, said Steve Shihadeh, general manager of the company's Health... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Unanticipated consequences of health-care information technology Sep 19, 2007
This study appears in the September issue of the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association JAMIA.. Use of sophisticated HIT in hospitals is increasing dramatically. (EurekAlert!)
Developing a web-based information resource for palliative care: an action-research inspired approach Sep 14, 2007
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2007, 7:26 doi:10. 1186/1472-6947-7-26. (BioMed Central)
Kaiser considers tech to care for patients at home Sep 4, 2007
"My personal dream," said Karita Ilvonen, a researcher on loan to Kaiser's Garfield Center from Stanford Medical Informatics, "If I could have one thing, it would be the scale locking the fridge door.". a Carlsbad company, makes a device that transmits data recorded using some 40 different biometric measurement devices, such as blood pressure cuffs, glucose monitors and insulin pumps, representing major conditions from chronic heart failure to diabetes and asthma. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
New survey documents the headaches of computerized medicine Aug 3, 2007
The survey results were described in a research paper published in the July/August issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ... D., M.L.S., M.S., M.B.A., the lead investigator, who is an associate professor and vice chair, department of medical informatics and clinical epidemiology, OHSU School of Medicine ... Sittig also serves as director of applied research in medical informatics for Northwest Permanente, PC. The research was supported by a grant from... (EurekAlert!)
W-B medical firm gets boost from county Jul 27, 2007
United Medical Informatics is the first Wyoming Valley business to take advantage of this new loan program, said John Augustine of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry. UMI is one of the newest tenants of the Innovation Center, a business incubator on South Main Street run by the chamber to foster the development of start-up companies. (Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice, PA)
No contract yet for court-related employees Jul 21, 2007
The commissioner approved a $50,000 business development loan to Loan Unified Medical Informatics for a $1. 8 million project in Wilkes-Barre. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Traffic Pollution May Raise Heart Risks by Hardening Arteries Jul 17, 2007
Coronary atherosclerosis is the underlying pathology for the events people suffer from, like sudden cardiac death,'' said Barbara Hoffmann, the study's lead author and a researcher at the Institute for Medical Informatics at the University of Duisburg- Essen in Essen, Germany. Coronary atherosclerosis causes complications when plaque on artery walls blocks blood flow. (Bloomberg)
Elsevier's 'Procedures Consult' first to blend clinical information Jul 12, 2007
Procedures Consult allows physicians, residents and students to customize their online educational experiences, says Dr. Jonathan Teich, an attending physician in emergency medicine at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Elsevier. Physicians, and other clinicians who perform procedures can access the full details for an upcoming procedure or settle on quick review summaries for emergencies. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Predicting Survivability For Cancer Patients Jun 29, 2007
D., director, Applied Research in Medical Informatics Northwest Permanente; John Holland, M.D., associate professor of radiation medicine, OHSU School of Medicine, a member of the OHSU Cancer Institute; and Charles Thomas Jr., M.D., chairman, Department of Radiation Medicine, OHSU School of Medicine and a member of the OHSU Cancer Institute. The research was funded by a National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine post-doctoral fellowship in biomedical informatics. (Science Daily)
OHSU Cancer Institute researchers get closer to predict survivability for some cancer patients Jun 28, 2007
D., director, Applied Research in Medical Informatics Northwest Permanente; John Holland, M.D., associate professor of radiation medicine, OHSU School of Medicine, a member of the OHSU Cancer Institute; and Charles Thomas Jr., M.D., chairman, Department of Radiation Medicine, OHSU School of Medicine and a member of the OHSU Cancer Institute. Wang is also a post-doctoral fellow in the Department Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, OHSU School of Medicine ... The research was funded by... (EurekAlert!)
First 4D Virtual Human Created, Dubbed CAVEman May 29, 2007
This project is a major breakthrough in medical informatics and systems biology, says Dr. Grant Gall, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary. My congratulations to Christoph Sensen and his team for building a tool that will be useful not only to researchers studying disease, but also to physicians exploring new pathways in surgical planning. (Science Daily)
Confidentiality and privacy of personal health information is critical to acceptance of NHIN Apr 18, 2007
Dr. Zaroukian is a member of ACPs Medical Informatics Subcommittee and Medical Director of the Michigan State University (MSU) Internal Medicine Clinic and the Universitys Chief Medical Information Officer. He spoke with the subcommittee by phone. (EurekAlert!)
Desi immigrants in US: 'No sex before marriage' Apr 9, 2007
The survey was conducted by Neeti Joshi and her colleagues from the Department of Medical Informatics at the Columbia University under the overall supervision of Vimla L Patel among New Yorkers. It was published in the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal and the results were reported by IndoLink, an ethnic portal for Asian Indians. (India Times)
Tackling autism online Apr 2, 2007
"So far, the biggest complaint was that we are not asking enough questions," said Paul Law, director of medical informatics at the Maryland institute. He also directs the interactive autism network. (Newsday -- Health)
Internet Use Can Boost Breast Cancer Patients' Faith in Docs Mar 30, 2007
The study, funded by the U.S. National Cancer Institute, is in the April issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics. More information. (Health-Finder)
Global Computer Grid To Analyze Bird Flu Mar 26, 2007
Added Arzberger: Fighting a pandemic will also be easier if we put in place the infrastructure to replicate data, support medical informatics, and even assist in remote diagnosis. UC San Diego will lead the one-year project, with more than 350,000 in funding from the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC). (Science Daily)
Study: Online information may improve cancer patients' opinions about doctors Mar 21, 2007
The results of the study are published in the April 2007 issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics. The Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research was funded by the National Cancer Institute to improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families, particularly those from underserved populations. (EurekAlert!)
BlueCross taps BlueCare vet to lead Medicare Advantage program Mar 16, 2007
In that job, she oversaw the start of a medical informatics and medical management division. Most recently she serviced as director of health care services operations. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Hole poked in hospital cellphone shroud Mar 14, 2007
Chris O'Connor, director of medical informatics in the ICU, said the hospital needed to get beyond a paper-based system, which often relied on notes jotted on pieces of paper towel. Having seen first-hand the dangers posed by communication lapses, he has championed the hospital's testing of the BlackBerry in the ICU.. (Globe and Mail)
Jazz musician enjoys Kendo Mar 14, 2007
He attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City where he got his bachelor s in biology and his master s in medical informatics. While at U of U he also studied karate. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
University receives informatics program funding Feb 20, 2007
as medical informatics training site; Engineering, Medical Schools to collaborate ... The University will become one of the National Library for Medicine's sites for medical informatics training in June after having successfully filed a proposal for funding from the organization last March ... The practice of medical informatics deals with applying "computer and communications technology to the field of health," according to a NLM press release. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Israeli medical IT mission checks potential local ties Feb 3, 2007
DbMotion Ltd., a medical informatics company based in Ra anana, has experience building regional health information networks in Israel. Clalit Health Services, Israel s largest healthcare organization, used dbMotion to link healthcare providers at Israeli hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, labs and imaging centers. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Marshfield Clinic's electronic health record first to receive CCHIT certification Jan 30, 2007
D., FACMI, director, Marshfield Clinic Biomedical Informatics Research Center and associate medical director, Medical Informatics ... Recognized as a national leader in health care information technology, Marshfield Clinic was honored in 2006 by the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems for excellence and achievement in applied medical informatics. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Health data goes high tech Jan 7, 2007
The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, using information provided by the American Health Information Management Association and American Medical Informatics Association. Technology helps patients take charge of health records. (USA Today -- News)
Surgery in 3-D Jan 5, 2007
Meanwhile, it has the capacity to add medical informatics, allowing for the screen-in-screen viewing, he said. In the future, Tucker thinks the informatics will allow surgeons to call up a patient's medical records and other data on command. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Hospital-acquired infections -- Inevitable? Nov 21, 2006
The American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) is the national medial specialty society educationg physicians and other health professionals in the filed of medical quality management, including clinical quality improvement, cost containment, utilization management, organization design, medical informatics, and legal/ethical/regulatory issues. The mission of the American College of Medical Quality is to provide leadership and education in healthcare quality management. (EurekAlert!)
Asia Must Use Internet to Cut Health-Care Costs Oct 23, 2006
Conferences paint rosy scenarios for the impending onslaught of ``medical informatics'' or ``health IT'' in Asia. Yet if Singapore, with its world-class communications infrastructure and reputation for efficiency and data security, has still to make full use of technology in patient care, what hope is there for poorer nations. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Age Not Only Factor In Down Syndrome: Number And Age Of Existing Siblings Are Also Influential Oct 17, 2006
user and Sven Krackow, from the Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology at University Hospital Essen, in Germany, the risk of a child being born with Down Syndrome is also dependent on how many existing siblings the child has and how big the gap is between the child and his immediate preceding sibling. The research is published in Springer s journal Naturwissenschaften this week. (Science Daily)
How Do You Secure 100 Million Laptops? Oct 13, 2006
A former director of research at the Medical Informatics Laboratory at Zagreb Children's Hospital, in Croatia, Krsti said he is well aware of the dangers of the monoculture. "If this succeeds, we'll have created the largest monoculture in the computer industry. To answer whether that's scary or not is a nontrivial question. The security implications are deeply frightening," he said. (eWeek)
$248 million eyed for D.C. health care (Amy Doolittle) Sep 27, 2006
The new plan will devote $112 million for the construction of the "healthplex" and care centers; $10 million for cancer prevention; $10 million to help residents quit smoking; $10 million for chronic disease prevention; $6 million for a partnership between the National Institute for Medical Informatics and the D.C. Primary Care Association; $3 million to improve the city's ambulance system, with $2 million for the purchase of new ambulances; and $1 million for the D.C. Hospital Association to... (Washington Times, DC)
New MET chair focuses on changes Sep 16, 2006
Since it was created in 1979, the department has evolved from what Chitkushev called a classical computer science program -- which offered fundamental courses -- to a department invested in state-of-the-art areas including information assurance, telecommunications, medical informatics, computer information systems, biometrics, digital forensics and more ... These include Information Assurance graduate programs, Medical Informatics, Interactive Multimedia and Project Management of Globally... (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Gun issue is irrelevant Sep 13, 2006
Medical Informatics Page 1 of 1. Article Tools. (Daily Utah Chronicle, UT)
Health Data for Sale Sep 13, 2006
The transfer and sale of personal health information is proceeding largely unregulated, according to an expert panel assembled by the American Medical Informatics Association in a newly issued report. Despite the requirements of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) that health care insurers and providers protect the personal information of their patients, health care information is routinely being exchanged that is not anonymous, according to a report from the AMIA.. (eWeek)
Storage to Go Sep 9, 2006
Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) needed an affordable and reliable storage subsystem to put together a cost-effective, turnkey Radiology Information System/Picture Archiving and Communications (RIS/PACS) product that it could market to smaller healthcare organizations. The digital records management company found exactly what it needed in Infortrend's EonStor product line. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Texas lab buys Cognoscenti Health Sep 3, 2006
Over the next three years, more satellite offices will open in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeast, said Chen, who as of Friday is vice president and chief medical informatics officer for CPL. The number of satellite offices will depend on future acquisitions, he said, but "it will be in the double digits.". Chen, who had been president and medical director of Cognoscenti, will retain the latter title and continue to work at the Orlando headquarters. (Orlando Sentinel)
Clinical Pathology Laboratories acquires Cognoscenti Health Institute Sep 3, 2006
Chen will remain as medical director at Cognoscenti and also will be appointed as vice president and chief medical informatics officer for the CPL network. Cognoscenti was founded in 2002 to deliver evidence-based laboratory medicine with advanced diagnostic and information technologies. (Orlando Business Journal)
Web-exclusive comment Aug 17, 2006
David Zitner is director of medical informatics at Dalhousie University and a fellow in health-care policy with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, a Halifax-based public policy think tank. Search. (Globe and Mail)
Sterling Bancshares taps former astronaut for board of directors Aug 4, 2006
Harris is president and CEO of , a Houston-based venture capital firm specializing in telemedicine, medical informatics and technology. Harris logged more than 438 hours and traveled over 7. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
MedStar selling its data system Jul 27, 2006
It was developed by Dr. Mark Smith, head of the emergency department at Washington Hospital Center; Dr. Craig Feied, director of the Institute for Medical Informatics at the hospital; and Fidrik Iskandar, the lead programmer. (The name was chosen to avoid duplication with any existing product, Smith said, although he joked that he likes to tell people that "it's a word from ancient Phoenician meaning 'he or she who sees widely.' "). (SunSpot.net)
Microsoft purchases patient-data tracker (Jacqueline Palank) Jul 27, 2006
Dr. Smith worked with Fidrik Iskandar, a Microsoft software developer, and Craig Feied, director of the Institute for Medical Informatics at Washington Hospital Center, to develop such a program for the emergency department. Dr. Smith said clinicians from other departments, such as intensive care, started using emergency's system and requested it for their own departments. (Washington Times)
Computer Solitaire May Screen for Dementia Jul 20, 2006
Jimison is an associate professor in the medical informatics and clinical epidemiology department. Pavel is a professor of biomedical engineering. (Fox News)
University of Pittsburgh, Waynesburg to offer advanced nursing degrees Jul 17, 2006
Making that difference will begin with an educational emphasis on quality improvement in hospitals and other clinical settings, evidence-based medicine and medical informatics, the linking of health care data and treatment protocols with bedside care, said Nancy Mosser, chair of Waynesburg's department of nursing. The Washington D.C.-based has set 2015 as the date when a doctorate degree will be the minimum educational requirement for specialty nurses, including nurse practitioner and nurse... (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
JRRD tipsheet: Focus on multiple sclerosis Jul 11, 2006
Use of medical informatics for management of multiple sclerosis using a chronic-care model, pg. 1. (EurekAlert!)
Special Report: Getting down to business intelligence May 12, 2006
In the area of medical informatics, powerful tools such as Oracle Discoverer and Oracle Data Mining are improving the quality of health care and helping scientists to save lives. What is OLAP, and what are its uses in the present day business environment. (SearchOracle.com)
Medical Web Site Attracts Porn Fans May 7, 2006
Meanwhile, personal curiosity was drawing him into medical informatics, the study of how information technology can improve medical education and practice. At one point, he worked up a model for storing and sharing thousands of online images when he met Cohen, a dermatologist down the hall who had amassed a sizable collection of digital photos. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
National report identifies Regenstrief Institute as health care information leader Apr 14, 2006
Regenstrief informatics studies have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association and numerous other peer reviewed journals. . (EurekAlert!)
Second AMIA 10X10 Program Partner - University of Alabama at Birmingham Apr 12, 2006
April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is pleased to announce the formal partnership of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the AMIA 10x10 program ... The goal of the 10x10 program at UAB is to provide a broad survey of biomedical informatics, aiming to impart a detailed understanding of the use of information technology in health and biomedicine ... Complete course description and registration is available on the AMIA Web site at: The American... (PR Newswire)
First Clinical Guidelines Issued For Treatment Of 'Swimmer's Ear' Mar 30, 2006
An expert panel representing the fields of otolaryngology head and neck surgery, pediatrics, family medicine, infectious disease, internal medicine, emergency medicine, and medical informatics, has issued new guidelines providing evidence-based recommendations for management of acute otitis externa (AOE), or swimmer s ear. This condition, affecting one in every 100-250 Americans each year, is characterized by inflammation of the external ear canal and is caused by water trapped in the ear canal,... (Science Daily)
Launch Of New Peer-to-peer Technology For Television Mar 24, 2006
(May 5, 1999) -- A team of medical informatics and child life specialists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center has met the challenge of providing peer support to seriously ill teenagers with an Internet service. . (Science Daily)
Origami May Fold into Vertical Markets Mar 10, 2006
Cucina, who is an assistant professor at the University of California at San Francisco working in its Medical Informatics research group, believes the Origami platform could prove itself as a useful form factor somewhere between the PDA and the laptop, based on its small footprint and powerful software underpinnings built on Microsoft's Windows platforms. "I do think there's a lot of interest by physicians and nurses for ultraportable PCs, especially for physicians who split their time between... (eWeek)
Ironman study redefines fine-tuned: Balance training time with blood pressure variability Mar 6, 2006
" Historical perspectives on Gratze-Skrabal et al. Gratze and Skrabal studied the 2003 Austria Ironman in which there were about 1,500 competitors. Of their 25 subjects (all volunteers from Austrian running clubs), their top finisher in fifth place was Werner Leitner of TC Union Graz in 8 hours 25 minutes and 41 seconds, a personal best; their second-best subject came in 115th, and their last subject came in 1,367th. To the running public, the 2003 Austria Ironman was most notable because the... (EurekAlert!)
New open-source software to remove ID from patient reports Mar 6, 2006
In a study published today in the open access journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, researchers report on a new open-source computer programme able to remove 98 ... Bruce A Beckwith, Rajeshwarri Mahaadevan, Ulysses J Balis and Frank Kuo BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (in press). (EurekAlert!)
Development and evaluation of an open source software tool for deidentification of pathology reports Mar 6, 2006
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2006, 6:12 doi:10. 1186/1472-6947-6-12. (BioMed Central)
ASU and Mayo lead 'MAC Attack' to accelerate cancer research Feb 17, 2006
This includes the new School of Computing and Informatics and the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, led by Sethuraman Panchanathan, and three centers at the Biodesign Institute: the Center for Applied NanoBioscience, directed by Frederic Zenhausern; the Center for Cancer Research, directed by Mike Tracy; and the Center for Innovations in Medicine, directed by Stephen A. Johnston ... The first occupants will be CLIMDx, the Mayo Clinic... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
FBI probes hacking incident at Indiana clinic Feb 11, 2006
The case involves Orthopaedics Northeast, which last month suddenly began experiencing serious performance slowdowns with Webchart, a clinical document management system supplied to the clinic by Medical Informatics Engineering Inc., a health care software developer that's also based in Fort Wayne. MIE, which no longer supports the clinic's Webchart installation, last week confirmed that it is part of the FBI's investigation. (ComputerWorld)
Sequence-based Early Warning System For The Detection Of MRSA Outbreaks In Hospitals Jan 26, 2006
The combination of medical informatics and molecular laboratory techniques could help clinicians prevent limited clusters of MRSA expanding into large-scale outbreaks. The rising global incidence of MRSA outbreaks in hospitals is a major concern because of the high mortality rate and the stringent hygiene requirements needed for patients who become infected. (Science Daily)
Utah researchers confirm chromosome may harbor autism gene Jan 18, 2006
D., assistant professor of medical informatics; Alun Thomas, Ph. D., professor of medical informatics; Janet E. Lainhart, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry; Mark F. Leppert, professor and chair of Human Genetics; and William M. McMahon, M.D., professor of psychiatry and principal investigator of the Utah Autism Research Project. (EurekAlert!)
