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Harvard Business School...Upcoming Healthcare Delivery Programs

Colleagues,



Thanks to Clymer...JIR for bringing this too our attention...



As part of its mission to bring together the School's extensive research, thought leadership, and interest in the business and management of healthcare, Harvard Business School (HBS) has collaborated with the HBS Healthcare Initiative to offer two innovative programs geared toward improving the performance of the healthcare delivery system. If appropriate, I encourage you to apply for participation… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 21, 2009 at 9:12pm — No Comments

Kenya's project

Randy, please contact Maureen Levy Jones, MD, MBA, MHA at mmlevyjones@yahoo.com. I am interested. We can discuss the details and options. Thanks.

Added by Maureen Levy Jones, MD, MBA, MHA on February 20, 2009 at 12:56pm — No Comments

Interview with MedTechIQ member, John Wilbanks; Meshing Science with the New Web Order

Colleagues,



As reported in GenomeWeb ... O'Reilly Radar has a Q&A with John Wilbanks, who is VP of science at Creative Commons and runs the Science Commons (SC) project. He talks about SC, what gets in the way of open science, the role of SC in improving communication between scientists, and lowering the barriers to sharing information, which includes the formality of science-speak. "We think that the innate nature of science, which is publishing, which is community-based, which… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 20, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

More Lawyers Anyone?

It was bound to happen. The dominant position of Google's search engine is now being challenged in the courts, not simply in the marketplace. The allegation is anything but frivolous; SourceTool.com claims that Google has engaged in anti-competitive activities, illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act.… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on February 20, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Eli Lilly, Cornell, and Kauffman Foundation Unveil New Web-Based Tech Transfer Initiatives

Colleagues,



As reported in GenomeWeb Biotech Transfer Week...Eli Lilly, Cornell University, and the Kauffman Foundation's iBridge Network each unveiled separate web-based initiatives last week designed to bolster university technology commercialization by making it easier for academic and industrial researchers to partner.



The Eli Lilly tool will allow external researchers at academic institutions or small biotech companies to submit their compounds free of charge via a… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 19, 2009 at 7:54am — No Comments

Medpedia.com - check it out

The Medpedia Project is a long term, worldwide project to evolve a new model for sharing and advancing knowledge about health, medicine and the body among medical professionals and the general public. The Project provides a free online technology platform to any individual or organization that can benefit from its use, available at www.medpedia.com. Users of the platform include medical and scientific journals, medical schools, research institutes, medical associations, physicians, hospitals,… Continue

Added by Cheryl on February 18, 2009 at 10:48am — 3 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

Change of guard at DARPA

Colleagues,



As reported in HS Daily Wire...After eight years at the helm of the Pentagon's advanced research arm, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), Tony Tether has been asked by the Obama administration to leave office by 20 February...The new parlor game in Washington, DC these past couple of days has been the guessing game about who will succeed Tether at DARPA. Noah Shachtman, a maven in this business, says several different names keep coming up. In no particular… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 17, 2009 at 2:58pm — No Comments

iPhones (For the Rest of Us)

TheStreet.com reports that Apple™ may be scheduling a Jun'09 release of an 'iPhone light' at the sweet entry price of $99. If so, predictions call for the iPhone to account for nearly 20% of the 'smartphone' market. If that alone isn't enticing, rumors suggest that Apple is also considering unlocking its exclusive AT+T arrangement… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on February 13, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

$10B Marked for NIH (National Institutes of Health) in Final U.S. Stimulus Bill for Full Vote

Colleagues,



As reported by GenomeWeb News...The House of Representatives will soon vote on the latest draft of a $789.5 billion stimulus package that contains $10 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health. A conference agreement between the members of the House and Senate yesterday to forward a trimmed-down draft of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $8.5 billion to fund research at NIH, and $1.5 billion to the NIH for renovations.

The $1.5 billion would… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 12, 2009 at 10:49pm — No Comments

More Clouds

A late, but formidable entry into the Cloud Computing space, IBM announced yesterday that it, too, is making a substantial business commitment to providing virtual data centers for its clients. Previously services were buried deep inside the "Big-Blue" labyrinth. The importance IBM attaches to this business area is now evident through a new Blue Cloud… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on February 11, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

USC Completes Purchase of Hospitals

http://is.gd/j8h0

Added by Greg on February 11, 2009 at 12:56am — No Comments

Kenya Collaborations Sought

HELP will be performing field needs assessments in rual and metro locations in Kenya in March and/or April 2009. We are looking to establish a network of telemed clinics connecting rural under-served populations to metro hospitals in Nairobi. Special focus on disease migration/mitigation, general clinic and disaster/emergency response and situational awareness/understanding systems.



We are looking for collaborations on biomedical informatics, telemed devices, satellite, cellular and… Continue

Added by Randy Roberson on February 9, 2009 at 11:41am — 2 Comments

9 Web sites IT pros should master in 2009

A message to all members of MedTechIQ



Colleagues,



As reported in the New York Times...Here's a time-saver...9 Web sites you need to study during the next 12 months. Master these sites, and you’ll be able to innovate with the best of them.



1. Linked In



Forget Facebook. LinkedIn has become the de rigueur Web 2.0 site for IT professionals.



2. Google Apps for Business



Call it what you like - software-as-a-service or cloud computing -… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 9, 2009 at 10:54am — 4 Comments

Into the Abyss, Into the Light: Innovation at a crossroads in America

Colleagues,



A message from Rohit Shukla, CEO, Larta Institute & MedTechIQ member, in LARTA VOX...To subscribe to LARTA Vox: http://www.larta.org/VOX/SubscribeToVOX.aspx

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Things are not as bad as they seem, nor as good as they should be.



By Rohit K. Shukla, CEO, Larta Institute



Much of our collective energy has gone into discussing, arguing about, fretting and… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 7, 2009 at 7:51pm — 1 Comment

Google & IBM launches Google Health, where users can manage their medical history information and connect to their medical devices

Google Health is a site where users can store and track information about their medical history, and connect to and stream data from medical devices. In demonstrations, IBM and Google fitted Wi-Fi radios to gadgets like heart rate monitors, blood pressure cuffs, scales and blood-sugar measurement meters, allowing the devices to communicate with a PC and feed real-time medical information directly into Google's online records.

Hooking up those devices to the Web, IBM argues, will offer a… Continue

Added by Viil on February 5, 2009 at 2:31am — No Comments

$20B for the EHR in the current congressional appropriations bill cut to $5B

Probably just of passing interest to those interested in clinical informatics...

Gerry Higgins
Chief Innovation Officer
MedStar Health

Added by Gerry Higgins on February 4, 2009 at 1:35pm — No Comments

Natural orifice surgery--kidney removed through vagina

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7867837.stm

Added by Greg on February 4, 2009 at 11:33am — No Comments

$252 million - Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NS CTA)

Colleagues,



There is a significant funding opportunity to bring to your attention.





1. Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NS CTA)

U.S. Army Research Laboratory.



Basic information is as follows:

- Estimated Total Program Funding: $252,000,000 (ceiling)

- Programmed Funding: $162,000,000

- Title#: W911NF-08-R-0013

- Initial Proposals due: 23 February 2009

- Evaluation and Negotiations: March-May 2009

- Final… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 2, 2009 at 11:35pm — No Comments

January 2009 OnBioVC | Life Science Venture Capital Trend Analysis Now Available

Colleagues,



Hot off the press! The January 2009 OnBioVC | Trend Analysis study is now available for download (HERE). The free .pdf works hand-in-hand with OnBioVC.com to identify what entities have received funding, where they are located, what technologies and indications are attracting investment and who provided the funding, the data is then aggregated and base-lined against prior… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 2, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

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