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Matchmaking 2.0

Although many social networks have abandoned disease-specific groupings to solicit clinical trial candidates, the concept (patient-to-trial matchmaking service) is being resurrected with some new twists. Read about it in this article from eCliniqua.

Added by Clymer/JR on March 2, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Your Invited Medical Device Exclusive

HELP US CELEBRATE: The Official Launch of e-ZASSI – A DNA Powered Life Science Community

RSVP- Please Join our Network (Free) by Friday, March 31th 2009

WHO: e-Zassi – A global organization that specializes in medical device networking and innovation assessment

WHY: If you desire clients in the life-science community in a business network exclusively for the medical device professionals and key members

WHAT: e-Zassi is a medical device exclusive… Continue

Added by James Quinn on March 4, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

1st Annual Biomedical Science and Engineering Conference at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

BSEC_09_Flyer.pdf

Dear Colleagues;

Note the following changes to the Biomedical Science and Engineering Conference announncement:

1. Call for papers is now closed.

2. Registration for foreign nationals has been extended to February 28.

3. Registration for US citizens closes March 13.

Please keep checking the conference website regualrly for program updates and… Continue

Added by Barbara Beckerman on February 17, 2009 at 3:36pm — No Comments

Server in a wall wort

Check out this new linux server in a wall plug
http://www.slashgear.com/marvell-sheevaplug-99-linux-pc-hidden-in-a-wall-wart-2435556/

Added by Mary Kratz on February 25, 2009 at 9:53am — No Comments

Intelligent Healthcare Information Integration 3/2/09

Colleagues,

As recommended by MedTechIQ member, Ron Pion, MD, an excellent post from Dr. Gregg Alexander, a grunt-in-the-trenches pediatrician and geek.

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U.S. Healthcare Overhaul? Sure … in 5 Easy Steps!

The unfettered free market system has done about as well for Healthcare as it did for its cousin, Finance. I personally believe in capitalism, but perhaps guided capitalism is necessary… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 4, 2009 at 6:56am — No Comments

HHS Policy Debate

AP reports on a considered change by the Dept of Health & Human Services (DHHS) in the "conscience" clause, which as implemented by the Bush administration, expanded protection for medical providers refusing to perform procedures on "moral grounds". There has been a heated debate between abortion opponents who favor these new rules, and advocates who fear a wholesale denial of services. The Obama… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on March 3, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Newspeak!!!

SCREED ALERT!!! (Not a typo, although 'SCREWED' may be equally appropriate)

Orwell called it 'newspeak' and 'doublethink', and I'm beginning to feel like "1984"'s Winston Smith. MedTechIQ recently revealed a freshly minted OMB instrument entitled A New Era of Responsibility-Renewing America’s Promise. Is anyone really swallowing whole this offensive drivel? Sadly, I know the answer, and it… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on March 2, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Linux Under Assault (By Guess Whom)

It had been at least 24 hours without a new Microsoft law suit. Well, they're at it again in classic Microsoft fashion with minions of attorneys trying legal intimidation to suppress anything NIH (not invented here). This time, they're suing Tom-Tom. The case is interesting, because it calls a lie to company efforts to coexist with the Linux open-source community. Read commentary from open source experts in this… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on March 3, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Safer Browsing

Though somewhat technical, this paper addresses growing concerns over browser insecurity. It describes the current climate well: as web sites (have) evolved into dynamic web applications composing content from various sources, browsers have become multi-principal operating environments with resources shared among mutually distrusting web site principals. The paper introduces readers to a Microsoft Research/Univ of… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on March 2, 2009 at 10:58am — No Comments

A long but thoughtful essay on 'fixing' the ship, or rather flotilla, of US Healthcare

Atul Gawande writes in the New Yorker:

American health care is an appallingly patched-together ship, with rotting timbers, water leaking in, mercenaries on board, and fifteen per cent of the passengers thrown over the rails just to keep it afloat. But hundreds of millions of people depend on it. The system provides more than thirty-five million hospital stays a year, sixty-four million surgical procedures, nine hundred million office visits, three and a half billion prescriptions. It… Continue

Added by Greg on February 2, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Think Virtual

If you think cloud, think virtualization, think large cap companies investing in data center delivery services, think Intel 'Nehalem™' processors, and now think… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on March 2, 2009 at 10:20am — No Comments

U.S. Economic Stimulus Bill Online Resources

Colleagues,

As reported in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal...Here is a list of online resources that you may find useful in sorting thru information on the economic stimulus bill.

General

* Recovery.gov White House backed with information on where funds are being spent: http://www.recovery.gov/

* Recovery act overview: http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Recovery_Act_Overview_2-17.pdf

* StimulusWatch.org interactive site… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 27, 2009 at 8:01pm — No Comments

Letter from the Center for Connected Health to the MedTechIQ Community

From: Kvedar, Joseph Charles,M.D.

To: cc@clymergroup.com

Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:47 PM

Subject: Recommendations Sent to Obama Healthcare Team

Dear Conrad,

President Obama and Secretary of Health and Human Services Nominee Tom Daschle asked Americans – and we delivered – to give feedback and recommendations on ways to improve quality and expand access to care.

Per my earlier email, in late 2008, I hosted an… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on January 26, 2009 at 9:19pm — No Comments

Social networking sites becoming more popular among adults

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

As reported in the Pacific Business News...A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds more people are embracing social networking, but those Web sites remain most popular among the young.

Roughly three-quarters of U.S. adults go online, and 35 percent of those use social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn, according to the report. Only 8 percent of adult Web users… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on January 17, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

LA Times Interview with Obama Social Networking Guru...Scott Goodstein

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name the nation’s first-ever federal chief technology officer sometime soon. It’s not surprising that Obama plans a major emphasis on technology. His presidential campaign relied heavily on the latest forms of communication -– Internet Social Networks and Text-Messaging -– to organize volunteers, raise funds and get voters to the polls. Scott Goodstein ran the mobile communications for the president-elect's campaign. While most of this article focuses… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on January 9, 2009 at 3:55pm — No Comments

250k+ in Medical Equipment Delivered to Rural Clinics in the Philippines

(photo)- Medical staff at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University School of Medicine unloading supplies provided through a cooperative effort of HELP, Kingtsbridge International and US PACOM Forces.

Payson, Arizona. January 6, 2009:… Continue

Added by Randy Roberson on December 29, 2008 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

eGov (For Real???)

The new Obama administration used Web2.0 with great success during the presidential campaign, and has committed to utilizing this social infrastructure to enhance the value of eGov. A report analyzes the incumbent hurdles (many of which are cultural rather than technical) to achieve this laudable goal.

Added by Clymer/JR on December 23, 2008 at 12:44pm — No Comments

MedTechIQ Selected as "Referring Entity" to NextTechs Technology Marketplace!!!

The Clymer Group™, LLC is proud to announce that it has been formally approved as a “Qualified Referring Entity” by NextTechs Technologies, LLC, for its technology & intellectual property (IP) marketplace. Commercialization is achieved through securing a consistent customer base. This requires capital.

The largest, most ignored, source of investment capital for emerging technology is corporate. It exceeds Angel & early stage venture funds combined. NextTechs secures capital… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 3, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

"They're H-eeee-re"

Apple finally released its new line of laptop computers. Rumors of "Blue-ray" drive and $800 Macs were baseless; after announcement, the stock market was clearly disappointed, and punished equity shares. The price on entry-level… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on October 15, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Windows on a Cloud

If you thought the "cloudy" skies were getting crowded, make way for Microsoft. The company announced that it is introducing Windows Azure, a web based services platform that will reside on its distributed data centers, and will be available in CY'09. Read a preliminary… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on October 28, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments