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Featured Blog Posts – September 2009 Archive (26)

Emerging M&A activities in eHealth Industry

Dear All,

Does anybody have information on ongoing and emerging eHealth merger and acquisition within the IT industry and related others?

Added by Adesina Iluyemi on September 28, 2009 at 12:31pm — No Comments

California Healthcare Institute (CHI) Podcast Helps Entrepreneurs Find New Sources of Funding ... Features MedTech-IQ, Co-Founder, Conrad Clyburn

Colleagues,



I recently had an opportunity to participate in a podcast produced by the California Healthcare Institute (CHI). CHI is an independent organization devoted to researching and advocating policy to forward the interests of California’s biomedical community. CHI has built a membership of over 250 leading biomedical companies, academic and research institutions and companies involved in supporting the biomedical community. See links below to the podcast, information on CHI,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 28, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Healthcare Boards of Directors: Realizing Returns on Information Technology Investments

We live in a culture that predicates what’s important on its ability to generate a healthy return on investment. It’s highly likely that if we can predict the return, and if it’s great, the investment however large pays for itself. In terms of business, generating profit is the bottom line. In order to understand an organization, you must understand its parts and how they coexist. Within that hierarchy, every one must be comfortable in their own realm to make the whole… Continue

Added by Dr Clarence Nixon on September 25, 2009 at 9:25pm — 2 Comments

Free 1 Year Subscription to Website Magazine

This was forwarded to me yesterday, and I thought I would share this with all of my friends since most of you have a website of your own. This is the top magazine for people with a website, and they are giving away subscriptions to boost their readership. The free subscription is the one on the right side of the web page below:



http://tinyurl.com/yeaqe7o



Feel free to pass it along to your friends… Continue

Added by Trinity Cook on September 25, 2009 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Blogging from 30,000 feet ... Enroute to ATA Mid-Year, Palm Springs, California

Colleagues,



This is my first in-flight email to the MedTech-IQ communuty, and I like it! I am on a Delta Airlines flight, currently passing Las Vegas on our right, on the way to California. The new in-flight Internet Service, "GoGo", seems to work well, and is free during this introductory period. Later it will be $9.95 per flight, or $12.95 for unlimited 24 hour access.



The ATA (American Telemedicine Association) Mid-Year meeting will feature talks on the changing… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 22, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

China's new medical reform adhere to the "public welfare"

We start in China right now, with FABA Beijing Red Cross Foundation, the National Health Fiberhome Action Fund (referred to as the “war fund”) is by the Beijing Municipal Red Cross Foundation and the Chinese Association for International Science and Technology National Health Fiberhome action set up the organizing committee, and special financing of the development of national health public funds



please see :… Continue

Added by Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerhard Lingg PhD on September 22, 2009 at 10:26am — No Comments

Congrats to Ning!

Today's Lifehacker post identified Ning as one of the top 10 underhyped apps out there today.

http://lifehacker.com/342765/top-10-underhyped-webapps/

Karen

Added by Karen Detweiler on September 20, 2009 at 5:09pm — 1 Comment

Guest Blog: Luke Timmerman...How Did Calypso Medical Raise $50M? The Story Behind Seattle’s Biggest VC Deal of 2009

Colleagues,



Interesting blog from Luke Timmerman of Xconomy Venture Capital. Luke Timmerman is the National Biotechnology Editor for Xconomy. You can e-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com, call 206-624-2374, or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ldtimmerman. ...

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Word out of Calypso Medical Technologies the past year hasn’t been what most… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 18, 2009 at 5:17pm — 1 Comment

Seven Great Applications for IP-PBXs in the Medical Practice

At Software Advice, we just finished implementing a new phone system. It’s great! It got us thinking of how medical practices can take advantage of Asterisk-based Internet Protocol – Private Branch Exchange (IP-PBX) phone systems to be more efficient and provide better patient care.



First, let’s get some definitions out of the way. A PBX is the system that routes phone calls to appropriate extensions within an organization. Actually, it can do a whole lot more (e.g. voicemail, auto… Continue

Added by Software Advice on September 18, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Top 15 U.S. Hospitals by Gross Revenues

Colleagues,



As reported by FireceHealthcare ... the top 15 U.S. hospitals based on 2008 statistics compiled from the American Hospital Directory...





1. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Gross Patient Revenue: $9,293,788,259

Total Staffed Beds: 1,602

Total Patient Days: 462,228



2. The Cleveland Clinic

Location: Cleveland, OH

Gross Patient Revenue: $7,743,079,051

Total Staffed… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 18, 2009 at 11:42am — No Comments

Standards panel gets into nitty-gritty of quality reporting

September 15, 2009 | Bernie Monegain, Editor



WASHIINGTON – The heads of the federal Health IT Standards Committee, Jonathan Perlin and John Halamka, moved the panel at its meeting this morning to the next phase of work – guidance for implementation.



In a nod to the work the panel had already accomplished, Perlin, of the Hospital Corporation of America, thanked those who had felt a "heavy lift." But, he warned, the work done so far is merely "the end of the… Continue

Added by Bari Shein on September 15, 2009 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Tech Companies Push to Digitize Patients’ Records

By STEVE LOHR

Published: September 10, 2009



On one proposal for health care reform at least, there is a rare bipartisan consensus: the push to computerize patient records.





The goal of moving paper medical records into the digital age has been championed for years by health care policy makers across the political spectrum, from Hillary Rodham Clinton to Newt Gingrich. As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama, too, was an advocate, and the economic crisis opened… Continue

Added by Bari Shein on September 14, 2009 at 5:31pm — No Comments

Top 10 Government Social Networking Sites to Keep You in the Loop!

Colleagues,



As reported in Federal Computer Week ... these are the government IT social-networking sites that will do a good job of keeping you in the loop & on the cutting edge!



1. GovLoop -- GovLoop has rapidly established itself as the pre-eminent location on the Web where government people can meet and interact with like-minded souls.



2. Gov… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 14, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Harrisburg Health Information Exchange Submits ARRA Health IT Grant

Harrisburg Health Information Exchange Submits ARRA Grant

Broad coalition seeks regional Health IT extension center status





(HARRISBURG, PA) – The Harrisburg Health Information Exchange and TechQuest Pennsylvania, operated by the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania, announced the submission of a preliminary grant application totaling under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The preliminary grant application will be vigorously reviewed under… Continue

Added by Kelly Lewis on September 13, 2009 at 11:08am — 1 Comment

U.S. Medical Automation Technology Market Poised to Double by 2014

Colleagues,



As reported by Telemedicine and e-Health News Alert ... The market for medical automation technology is expected to grow by almost 80% from this year to 2014, according to a report by BCC Research. “Medical Automation Technologies, Products and Markets” forecasts an annual growth rate of 12.2%, increasing the market from $13.1 billion in 2009 to $23.2 billion in five years. The greatest degree of growth will be seen in the logistic and training segment, which will rise… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 11, 2009 at 10:34am — No Comments

Lessons on Social Neworks From the Pentagon ... Benefits & Risks

Colleagues,



In an interesting, and thought provoking article from Government Computer News, they have assembled a team of experts to describe both the advantages and risks of social networks.



The article analyzes these benefits & costs within the context of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). But many of these lessons apply to any social network, including ours here at MedTech-IQ.



Social networks are a great development. They vastly improve our… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 11, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments

Good Example of public-private-university partnership to tackle major public health crisis

Here is the original article that the editorial from Military Medicine referenced.



This is one of the best examples I've seen of a public-private-foundation-university partnership to tackle a major public health problem. Actually, a potential global crisis -- pandemic influenza. The collaborators of this study were from Google.org, Centers for Disease Control, Google.com and Stanford.



See below for… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on September 10, 2009 at 7:34pm — 1 Comment

Early influenza detection -- High Marks for Google Search engine query data

Excellent editorial in this month's Military Medicine

Click link below to access PDF file

EditorialPublicHealthRoleSearchEnginePattieMilMedAug09Short.pdf

Eric K. Noji, M.D.
NGH&S LLC
Washington, D.C.

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on September 10, 2009 at 4:42pm — No Comments

Intriguing Job Opportunity ... Media Relations Director ... Health Related Organization

Colleagues,



Thank you to MedTech-IQ member, Adrian, for this posting ...



Please contact me (click my link to follow) if you, or a referral you would like to make, is interested. My link is: CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 10, 2009 at 2:25pm — 1 Comment

HEALTHCARE MEETS SOCIAL MEDIA

The Mayo Clinic wasn’t sure what to expect from social media when it gave it a test run four years ago.



Things like iPods, MySpace and blogs had exploded onto the social scene, and businesses were looking to cash in. But the health care industry had other considerations, and more rules to play by.



The interest was not exclusively marketing and advertising, but rather how to use the technology to transform the access, delivery and dissemination of health information. And… Continue

Added by Bari Shein on September 8, 2009 at 10:44am — No Comments

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