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Gateway has signed on the American Diabetes
Association as the first customer for its Grid computing service

The ADA will use Gateway's
Processing On Demand solution, backed by United Device's Grid MP
Alliance platform, to accelerate diabetes research. The platform will
run software to help the ADA analyze clinical programs and treatments,
develop clinical practice guidelines, study the efficiency of care
processes, set priorities and plan diabetes research. To process its
data on the Grid, the ADA runs  the Archimedes software
application developed by Kaiser Permanente.



ISABEL: a web-based differential diagnostic
aid for paediatrics: results from an initial performance evaluation

To test the clinical accuracy of a web based differential diagnostic
tool (ISABEL) for a set of case
histories collected during a two stage evaluation. A total of 99
hypothetical cases from stage I and 100 real life cases from stage II
were included in the study. Cases from stage II covered a range of
paediatric specialties (n = 14) and final diagnoses (n = 55). ISABEL
displayed the diagnosis expected by the clinician in 90/99 hypothetical
cases (91%). In stage II evaluation, ISABEL displayed the final
diagnosis in 83/87 real cases (95%).



A Consensus Statement on Considerations for
a Successful CPOE Implementation

In May of 2001, thirteen experts on computerized provider order entry
(CPOE) from around the world gathered at a 2-day conference to develop a
consensus statement on successful CPOE implementation. A qualitative
research approach was used to generate and validate a list of categories
and considerations to guide CPOE implementation.



Medtronic to Provide Internet-Based Medical
Device Monitoring System to Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Centers

In a move that promises greater freedom and flexibility for many of the
nation's veterans with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs),
Medtronic announced today it has reached an agreement with the
Department of Veterans Affairs to equip its medical centers with the
Medtronic CareLink(TM) Network, the first Internet-based service that
connects cardiac device patients and physicians for "virtual office
visits."



Determinants of Success of Inpatient
Clinical Information Systems: A Literature Review

The framework includes 6 dimensions or success factors: system quality,
information quality, usage, user satisfaction, individual impact, and
organizational impact. A variety of relevant attributes could be
assigned to the 6 dimensions in the Delone and McLean framework, but
some attributes, predominantly in cases of failure, did not fit any of
the categories. They related to contingent factors, such as
organizational culture. Our review points out the need for more thorough
evaluations of patient care information systems that look at a wide
range of factors that can affect the relative success or failure of
these systems.



Kaiser Permanente outsourcing costly
computer operations to companies in India 

Garry Hurlbut, Kaiser's vice president of information technology,
stressed that the company's data will remain in Kaiser's own computers.
But he acknowledged that nearly a half-dozen Indian outsourcing firms
will have remote access. He added that overseas technicians are granted
only limited access to systems depending on maintenance required.
However, access will increase in the future as more of Kaiser's tech
operations are transferred abroad.



eHealth in Latin America and the Caribbean:
Development and Policy Issues

This paper reviews trends and issues in health and in the information
and communication technologies (ICT) market as they relate to the
deployment of eHealth solutions in Latin America and the
Caribbean.  The authors examine those developments
vis-à-vis the characteristics of the Latin American and the
Caribbean health-sector organizational preparedness and technological
infrastructure, and propose policy and organizational actions to foster
the development of eHealth solutions in the region.



Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and
Other Pacific Islanders have 2 new US Government sponsored websites

Help yourself, your family, or your community be healthier with
reliable health information in English, as well as Chinese, Hmong,
Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Samoan, Thai, Tongan, Vietnamese, and other
languages.  NLM's Asian American Health site



STATISTICAL
APPLICATIONS IN GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology seeks to
publish significant research on the application of statistical ideas to
problems arising from computational biology.



Microsoft Honors Healthcare Professionals
for Innovative Uses Of Microsoft Office

The president of a family practice clinic, a physician and a nursing
informatics specialist are each first-place winners in a Microsoft
Corp.-sponsored competition to honor healthcare professionals making
innovative use of the Microsoft® Office family of products. An ear,
nose and throat specialist in solo practice uses Microsoft Word to
create office notes and letters on personalized templates. He uses
Microsoft Excel to prepare, track and record employee payroll and taxes,
and to track and record the number and types of office visits. Milewski
uses Microsoft Outlook® to create and follow his daily business and
personal schedules, and to store business information on the referring
physicians and organizations he does business with. (Ed. Who needs
Epic, Cerner, Eclipsys etc. when you have Office?)

 

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