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US News Announces 2008 Best Hospitals

US News announced its rankings of the top US hospitals. No major surprises. Job well done!

# 1 Johns Hopkins Hospital

# 2 Mayo Clinic

# 3 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

# 4 Cleveland Clinic

# 5 Massachusetts General Hospital

# 6 New York-Presbyterian Univ. Hosp.

# 7 UCSF Medical Center

# 8 Brigham and Women's Hospital

# 8 Duke University Medical Center

# 10… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 22, 2008 at 1:57am — No Comments

Military Health System to assess alternative strategies to electronic health record - AHLTA

In a recent edition of the Government Health IT, "What's Brewin", JULY 21, 2008, Bob Brewin reports that the Military Health System (MHS) plans to make a decision in the next week on developing an alternative for its electronic health record system, the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA). In an interview with Dr. S. Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of Defense for health affairs, Brewin notes that the… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 21, 2008 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Pension funds & university endowments put more money into venture capital than a year ago

Despite dismal IPO market for VC backed start-ups, big buck investors (limited partners) continue to pour money into venture capital funds. As reported in the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's hometown newspaper, 71 VC funds raised $9.1 billion nationwide in the second quarter of 2008 - a 3 percent increase over the $8.8 million raised in the second quarter of 2007. What is most interesting about this report, to me, is that… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 15, 2008 at 7:41pm — No Comments

iPhones At $199 Today -- New Competition, Cheaper In Days Ahead?

From Tech Observer, Condé Nast Portfolio Today is a big-day for the iPhone, sure. Block-long lines of customers outside of Apple stores. All kinds of "man-on-the-street" reports on the evening news. Etc. Etc. And while sales of the device are probably going to be great, Apple's price-drop and pre-emptive move to grab market share is occurring on a calm sea. In the months… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 11, 2008 at 1:08pm — No Comments

Who are the Technology Rich States - in the US?

The Milken Institute State Technology and Science Index, which ranks states based on their technology and science capacity to contribute to economic development, placed: 1) Massachusetts, 2) Maryland, 3) Colorado, 4) California, 5) Washington, 6) Virginia, 7) Connecticut, 8) Utah, 9) New Hampshire, 10) Rhode Island.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 9, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center — Gets new Name, Mission

The Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center on Wednesday, 2 July 2008, took on a new name and mission as the National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI). As the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center, the center focused on medical threats to the nation's deployed military units. That will remain a key mission, but as a national center, it will also provide intelligence for domestic… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 7, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

IPEEX Venture Capital Platform Demo in Rockville, Maryland

IPEEX, the new venture capital platform that intends to streamline the capital acquisition process for early stage companies will be offering a free demo July 09, 2008 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am at the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, 111 Rockville Pike Suite 800, Rockville, MD 20850.

As part of the process of helping local companies achieve their funding objectives, the event is being sponsored by the… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 5, 2008 at 2:35pm — No Comments

Pfizer & Glaxo Ink Multi-Million Dollar R&D Deals with Academia

Biotech Transfer Week reports that Pfizer and Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) are continuing the trend toward the pharmaceutical industry funding large partnerships with academic research institutions to invigorate their innovation pipelines. The full Ben Butkus article is an excellent overview of recent initiatives by industry to leverage academic discovery.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 4, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Uniformed Services University & Henry Jackson Foundation Convene 1st Annual Symposium

Got a chance to attend an excellent & unique day long symposium earlier this week. Attended by key thought leaders in military medicine, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) teamed up to host their 1st Annual Symposium on how vital advances achieved by military medicine improve the care and treatment of our nation’s soldiers, as well as its… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 3, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

German firm & Johns Hopkins University team up to develop new surgical tools

A new partnership forged between Johns Hopkins University and a German biomedical engineering firm, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, brings together experts in the field to develop minimally invasive surgical tools.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 3, 2008 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Cloud Computing - Morgan Stanley is Banking on the Cloud

Interesting article on "Cloud Computing" written by Reuven Cohen. Totally consistent with the comments of Dan Reed, Director of Scalable and Multicore Computing Strategy at Microsoft, at the recent HealthGRID US Alliance Conference organized by Ian… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 29, 2008 at 10:09am — No Comments

Webinar + Powerpoint featuring Col Claude Hines, Jr, New DOD Program Manager for Defense Health Information Management Systems

Excellent overview on DOD efforts to provide comprehensive health information management systems from the battlefield thru veterans care. Sponsored by Government Health IT. Just click launch presentation at the bottom of page to access the latest in military health… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 29, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

The imperative to pursue academic, government, industry collaboration in accelerating advanced medical technology translation

To sustain competitiveness recent studies indicate that we need to apply new models of life science collaboration between academic generators of innovation & IP, industry colonizers that take the risk out of innovation, consolidators that have global reach in distribution, marketing & access to public capital, and government for the funding of basic research/applied research and the regulation of new technology to the market.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 19, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments