eNews November 11 - December 7, 2005

New CDC Campus Includes Wireless Tech
December 7, 2005 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has deployed wireless technology from MobileAccess Networks, Vienna , Va. , across its newly renovated Atlanta campus. The organization spent $1.5 billion to redesign its three buildings, which reopened in October. Full Text Article
Source: http://www.mobilehealthdata.com/article.cfm?articleId=1739&banner=p4

Breast Cancer Portal to Help Patients, Doctors
December 06, 2005 - Secure patient portal that accesses a digital image repository is being welcomed by both doctors and U.S. breast cancer patients, who often have to carry heavy films and CDs to appointments. The portal further ensures that those appointments can proceed as planned with necessary data about patients easily accessible and enables patients and their families to be more involved in their treatment. Full Text Article
Source: http://tmlr.net/jump/?c=16841&a=296&m=3454&p=1766754&t=164

NY Hospitals to Offer Smart Cards
December 05, 2005 - At least nine hospitals serving the New York City metropolitan region will offer smart cards to patients.The rollout will start with about 100,000 patients at nine hospitals, but could eventually include 36 other hospitals and treatment facilities in the region. Full Text Article
Source: http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/html/news/NewsStory.cfm?DID=13296

Computer Models Demo Bird Flu Migration
December 05, 2005 - Computer simulation public health experts preparing for a feared avian flu pandemic are using computer models to get a glimpse of how the disease
might spread if the bird virus were to start passing between people. Full Text Article
Source: http://www.bio-itworld.com/newsitems/2005/dec2005/12-05-05-news-avian-flu

Network Security: Protecting Patients and Patient Data
December 05, 2005 - The challenges of implementing IT in healthcare organizations are explored in consideration of storage of confidential patient data and how to prevent security risks in HealthLeaders EXTRA! Full Text Article
Source: http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/view_feature.cfm?content_id=74163

Hospital Plays Santa with PDA
December 1, 2005 - Children's Hospital Boston has given more than 1,400 physicians PDAs equipped with clinical reference software from Marlborough, Mass.-based Skyscape Inc. and other vendors. The giveaway is part of the hospital's Physician's PDA Project to evaluate various clinical uses of hand-helds. Full Text Article
Source:http://www.mobilehealthdata.com/article.cfm?articleId=1732&banner=p1

Indiana Health Net Breaks New Ground on E-Records
November 29, 2005 - While many regional health data exchanges struggle to snare startup funds, Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) is already building a set of IT services based on a mature electronic medical record (EMR) system used by five healthcare operators here. Full Text Article Source:http://tmlr.net/jump/?c=16715&a=296&m=3442&p=1766754&t=164

IT Vendors Join for U.S. Healthcare Network Prototype
November 22, 2005 - Accenture, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Oracle, and Sun are among a wide range of technology and consulting companies tapped recently to design a $18.6 million Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) for the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department. Full Text Article
Source:http://tmlr.net/jump/?c=16633&a=296&m=3389&p=1766754&t=164

Health Care Should Accelerate Adoption of Technology
November 21, 2005 - The use of technology in health care is propelling the practice of medicine toward new levels of clinical excellence and patient care quality. Today, health care organizations are slowly adopting systems that bring evidence-based, clinical information to the point of care when it's needed. Full Text Article Source:http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2005/11/21/focus3.html

Clinicians Praise Mobile Access
November 11, 2005 - Wireless software from NetMotion Wireless Inc., Seattle, has helped clinicians at St. Luke's Hospital maintain network access while moving between departments and buildings. Several years ago clinicians often were bothered by dropped signals when roaming because the Houston-based delivery system's wireless network required mobile devices to acquire a new IP address when they moved to different buildings or departments. Full Text Article Source:http://www.mobilehealthdata.com/article.cfm?articleId=1704&banner=p4