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2010 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare ... Now Accepting Letters of Intent

Colleagues,

Please see message below from MedTech-IQ members at CIMIT (Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology) in Boston...

The 2010 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare online submission site is now open to accept completed letters of intent.

Deadline to submit a letter of intent is January 17,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 1, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Cancer Survivor

On April 2009, my sister's belly seemed to grow larger and larger by the day. She could feel sharp pains on her stomach. So we recommended her to go see a doctor. And when the tests were finished she was diagnosed with stage 2 ovarian cancer. We were so shocked. The doctor told us to prepare quite a lefty amount of money for the 6-month chemotherapy. We did all we could for my sister. When her chemo session started, she experienced nausea, headaches, lack of appetite, and more. It was… Continue

Added by Lacey Cormier on December 3, 2009 at 9:19pm — No Comments

What Intel "Really" Wants in the Healthcare Market?

Colleagues,

See this link to excerpts of a fascinating article written by veteran health information and technology analyst,

Dana Blankenhorn, in ZDNet Healthcare ... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

... the Intel Digital Health Group is as serious as a heart attack, and the Intel Reader is part of it. The device is actually a specialized… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 3, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Which Investors and Licensees Are On Your Wish List?

The WBTshowcase is the only event that allows you, the presenter, to invite up to 10 investors and licensees to attend the WBT2010 as your guest, at No Cost

Get selected to present at the WBTshowcase and you may invite up to ten investors and licensees to receive a complimentary registration. Our team will help you to connect with your top 10. Only know the organization? Don't have complete contact information? We'll help fill in the blanks.

Past invitees who attended… Continue

Added by Amanda Radovic on December 2, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army

BOOK OF THE WEEK

The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army

by Gregg Jaffe and David Cloud.

The book is a fascinating insight into today's Army, written by Gregg Jaffe and David Cloud. Jaffe is the Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post and… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on November 30, 2009 at 10:53am — 1 Comment

Is Peer Review Broken?

Colleagues,

As published in GenomeWeb News please see excerpts from this provocative and thoughtful essay on the counter intuitive nature of using a "subjective" peer review system to judge the most important elements of an "objective" field such as science ...

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.... It is a fundamental irony of science that a field created for and by people who… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 30, 2009 at 4:28pm — No Comments

The AllHumanity Group: A Global Humanitarian Network

AllHumanity Video

The AllHumanity Group is leveraging state-of-the-art social networking technology to achieve significantly improved connectivity…

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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on November 30, 2009 at 7:22pm — No Comments

BfA blog: Broadband Adoption is Critical for Healthcare Advances

While most of the discussion over public health these days surrounds the Congressional debate over health care reform, there are a number of advances in health care that have already been made, and could be further implemented with an increase in broadband access and adoption.

High-speed Internet access creates several advantages for both doctors and their patients. Patients can create a personal health file online that can be accessed by their primary doctors, specialists or… Continue

Added by Christine Stineman on November 30, 2009 at 11:44am — No Comments

New Recommended Reading ... Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges

Colleagues,

Please see below a video review by John Caddell, author of the "Customers Are Talking" blog, on Andrew McAfee's new book (November 2009) "Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools For Your Organization's Toughest Challenges." I think this is one of the best of a new genre of books on "Web 2.0", and how it can be interactively used to advance business "Global Brand Identification, "Thought Leadership", Collaboration and Communication.…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 26, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

How to Quantify Connectivity & Networking “Success”

Please see the link below for one example of how to measure the impact of an individuals publications, scientific collaborations, partnerships, scholarly output, quality of work, etc. The criteria used here is based on the network of collaborations that result, how many people one works with or brings into his or her specific arena of research (“Integrated semantic community platform). Clearly, the impact of a scientist’s work is more than simply the number of Google “hits”!.…

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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on November 28, 2009 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Happy Thanksgiving ... From MedTech-IQ to You & Yours

Colleagues,

As the U.S. members of MedTech-IQ enter the Thanksgiving season, please accept our best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous year ahead. This past year has been one of serious challenges. But, we are all still here and kicking.

Continue to fight the good fight ... Don't let "them" get you down ... Do let your family and friends know how much you appreciate them ... Eat Food ... Not too much .... Mostly plants… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 25, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

How to improve healthcare services with Visual Communication Technology

Mirial, the company providing visual communication software platforms I work for, recently released a whitepaper called "An interactive Visual Communication Architecture for Telehealth", focusing on how to design, engineer and deploy a best-practice interactive visual communication architecture for Telehealth services.

I think this document is quite interesting because it describes not only the technical aspects but also many evaluation and planning activities needed… Continue

Added by Cristoforo Mione on November 25, 2009 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

It was 20 years ago today....

Yes indeed. I remember it well. 22 November 1989 (10:15 AM). My first of six Congressional testimonies. Waxing poetic on the sorry state of Federal preparedness and response to disasters (this was just after both the catastrophic earthquakes in Armenia and San Francisco (Loma Prieta or "World Series" quake). If I had to give the same testimony today, there would be very little that I would change. Sad. But true. But it was the first real break in my "disastrous" career:…

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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on November 23, 2009 at 2:12pm — No Comments

For Younger Members of MedTech-IQ ... White House Fellowship Applications Available 1 January 2010.

Colleagues,

Thank you to MedTech-IQ member, Elihu El El, for the link...

Founded in 1964, the White House Fellows program is one of America's most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.

Selected individuals typically spend a year working as a full-time, paid Fellow to senior White House Staff, Cabinet… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 22, 2009 at 12:53pm — 2 Comments

Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips

Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips. [Science Daily]

New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University researchers say. The researchers linked many powerful computer systems together to analyze enormous amounts of genetic data collected from all publicly available isolated strains of the H5N1 virus --… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on November 19, 2009 at 9:26pm — No Comments

Congressional Hearing Investigates H1N1 Preparedness, Vaccine Production

Congressional Hearing Investigates H1N1 Preparedness, Vaccine Production and ...[ABC News]

It is a very complicated process," Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie said at the House Energy and…http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/h1n1-virus-congress-examines-response-vaccine-distribution/story?id=9115167… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on November 19, 2009 at 9:19pm — No Comments

Interactive e-learning in Medicine - A study.

Small study on use of interactive e-learning in Medicine

Technology used- live interactive webcasting using a scan converter, mixer, and…

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Added by Dr.Neelesh Bhandari on November 20, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

Call for Papers: CARS 2010 ... Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 24th International Congress & Exhibition

Colleagues,

See the following message from MedTech-IQ members at the CARS Conference Office ...

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline for abstract / paper submissions: 11th January 2010

http://www.cars-int.org/

Goals

The CARS congress with its associated journal is a facilitator of innovation and an… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 10, 2009 at 6:09pm — 1 Comment

For MedTech-IQ Members ... Free GoGo Inflight Internet Service

Colleagues,

You may recall that a couple of months ago I blogged to you over the Internet while I was on a flight from Washington, D.C. to California. It was a marvelously liberating experience.

Well guess what? The company that offers the service, GoGo, has just sent me a code that will allow me to offer to any first timer user, access to the Gogo Inflight Internet service for free.

If you've never used… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 8, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

7 YouTube Healthcare Videos Worth Watching - "Laughter is the Best Medicine"!

If you still think YouTube is just for those durned kids, you're really missing out. We at FierceHealthcare have decided to present seven of our favorite healthcare videos, with topics ranging from the serious (a critique of U.S. public health efforts in controlling H1N1) to the purely silly (an anesthesiologist singing about his duty to "sit and listen to the beep.")

For their creativity, educational value and pure passion, we hereby deem these videos Fierce! Have fun checking them… Continue

Added by Bari Shein on November 2, 2009 at 5:17pm — No Comments