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Milken Ranking of Top High Tech Metro Clusters in North America

Colleagues,

As reported by the Milken Institute ... Almost ten-years ago, the Milken Institute first released America’s High-Tech Economy which cataloged technology’s central role in propelling economic growth in high-wage jobs and value-added economic activity.

In this new study, they rank metro areas in the U.S., Canada and Mexico according to their performance as “tech poles.” The entire study and a complete explanation of their methodology can be found in the full… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 18, 2009 at 7:07am — 1 Comment

IBM Taps Social Network to Link Business Partners

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As noted in SmartBrief on Social Media & IT Jungle ... IBM is rolling out a social-networking site aimed at accelerating tech collaborations and facilitating sales among its members. PartnerWorld Communities will link the chip maker's 100,000 business partners based on shared technological expertise, geographic area and market reach.

Rich Hume, the general manager for IBM Global Business Partners, sees the new network as a giant leap for partner… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 17, 2009 at 1:24pm — No Comments

Stanford University Medical School Captures $6.9m in NIH "Stimulus" Supplemental & Not Previously Awarded Grants

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As reported in the San Francisco Business Journal ... Stanford University’s School of Medicine announced that it has been awarded $6.9 million in 18 projects related to federal economic stimulus funding.

Eleven of the newly funded projects had been peer-reviewed and approved but hadn’t received money yet. Another six involved supplemental grants to existing projects. In 1 case, the NIH awarded $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photon microscopes that will be… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 17, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Toshiba Ranks #1 in Annual KLAS Top 20 Medical Equipment Companies

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As reported in Healthcare IT News ... Toshiba leads a small group of top-performing medical equipment companies ranked by research firm KLAS in its annual report.

Top-ranked companies in seven key market categories - including computed tomography (CT), digital mammography, smart pumps and ultrasound - have earned the 2009 Best in KLAS distinction, signifying their leadership in meeting customer expectations.

While Toshiba snagged top ranking overall,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 16, 2009 at 4:37pm — No Comments

Joe Kvedar & Center for Connected Health ... Launch New Company - "Connected Health"!

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As reported in Healthcare IT News ... The Center for Connected Health, led by MedTech-IQ Member Dr. Joseph Kvedar, MD, a part of Partners Healthcare system in Boston, is launching a new company to allow self-insured employers to help employees manage their own health.

The mission of the new business is to give patients the tools to be their own doctor ... In this case, the tool is a wireless blood pressure cuff that allows employees with high blood pressure to… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 16, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Fast Weight Loss Tips

Fast Weight Loss Tips

When it comes to successful weight loss you want to follow a route that is stress free and painless, which is why being able to find a weight loss supplement that can offer you long term weight loss results is so important.

Especially when the other common alternative is surgery.

Look on the web and you will commonly find 4 types of weight loss… Continue

Added by Kaylee John on June 14, 2009 at 1:22pm — No Comments

America Has a Sick Care Not a Health Care System

We Americans like to pride ourselves as having the best healthcare system the world but unfortunately that is not the case. We have a medical care system, not a healthcare system. We give lip service to prevention and spend only about 3% of our $2 trillion in medical expenditures on public health. By many measures we do not rate favorably compared to many of the other industrialized societies. As citizens we have behaviors that are driving more and more illness, illnesses that at chronic,… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on June 14, 2009 at 8:04am — 3 Comments

U.S. NIST seeks proposals for $35 million in grants for measurement science

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The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to award up to $35 million in grants and cooperative agreements for measurement science and engineering research. Twenty to 60 awards lasting from one to three years and ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million will be funded by the grants, which are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, i.e., "Stimulus" funding.

NIST is looking for proposals that advance the state of… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 10, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Annual Life Science Salary Review...GenomeWeb

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Curious about your salary, and how it stands in relation to colleagues in your field and region? Do you know what percentage of your colleagues have grant funding and are applying for "Stimulus" funding?

In the continuing effort to bring you the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration", please see the following highlights from the 7th Annual Genome Technology Life Science Salary Survey of compensation, benefits, funding sources and expectations for the… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 7, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Need Database Developer

We are looking for in individual interested in developing for and with databases. Tasks include creation and maintenance of table structures, implementation of data access components in C++, implementation of object-relational layer for our software. You should also have experience with translating business requirements into data and object structures. Experience with optimizing database access from C++ and data replication is highly desirable. You will need to take over some tasks that an… Continue

Added by Paul Cashman on June 5, 2009 at 11:45am — No Comments

Need Software Engineer

This person will be responsible for developing the next version of our Surface Wound Analysis Tool. This involves designing a GUI to enable users to select from a very rich set of query criteria and output formats, implementing the functionality that translates user query criteria into SQL, and manages the execution of the SQL on a database server. We are looking for a self-motivated and creative individual with a minimum of three years’ experience developing C++… Continue

Added by Paul Cashman on June 5, 2009 at 11:44am — 3 Comments

Need Software Engineer with 3D graphics experience

This person will be responsible for extending SimQuest’s Surface Wound Mapping™ Software Suite to enable detailed recording and display of facial injuries, including 3D editing of graphical representations of internal injuries. We are looking for a self-motivated and creative individual with a minimum of three years’ experience developing C++ code.

Required:

Strong C++ development experience

3D Graphics, database, and/or GUI experience

Experience developing graphics… Continue

Added by Paul Cashman on June 5, 2009 at 11:42am — No Comments

From MedTech-IQ member...Bertalan Meskó ...Offers "Webicina's" Cancer 2.0!

Colleagues,

MedTech-IQ Member, Bertalan (Berci) Mesko, leading international expert in Web 2.0 healthcare delivery, offers as a part of his Webicina line of online products, "Cancer 2.0".

Cancer is a class of diseases resulting from uncontrolled growth of any groups of our cells. It is the 4th cause of death globally as more than 8 million people die from cancer year by year.

The Medical Web 2.0… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 2, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

From MedTech-IQ member...Bertalan Meskó ...Offers "Webicina" Rheumatology 2.0!

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MedTech-IQ Member, Bertalan (Berci) Mesko, leading international expert of Web 2.0 healthcare delivery, offers as a part of his Webicina line of online products, "Rheumatology 2.0". Rheumatology is a rapidly evolving medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis and other diseases of the joints, muscles and bones.

The Medical Web 2.0 Guidance Package… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 1, 2009 at 9:24pm — No Comments

From MedTech-IQ member...Bertalan Meskó ...How to create and manage a quality medical blog?

Colleagues,

As part of his "Webicina" line of products, MedTech-IQ member Bertalan (Berci) Mesko, an international leader in Web 2.0 delivered healthcare, offers "How to create and manage a quality medical blog? ".

This e-course contains several step-by-step tutorials and introductions into the realm of medical blogging and microblogging.

The Table of contents… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 1, 2009 at 8:10pm — No Comments

Have you read Innovator's Prescription?

A book review:

In Innovator's Prescription, the authors spend less time reviewing the failures of the past, as was the case in Innovator's Dilemma. Exhaustive examination of failed technology business models is replaced by more of what the future of the health… Continue

Added by Lance M. on May 29, 2009 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Washington Post: Russian Firm Invests $200 Million in Facebook

Colleagues, As reported in today's Washington Post, ... Washington Post: Russian Firm Invests $200 Million in Facebook

Russian Firm Invests $200 Million in Facebook

By Mike Musgrove

Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Facebook has gotten $200 million from a Russian investment group… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on May 27, 2009 at 3:04pm — No Comments

MedTech-IQ Member, Dr Luis Kun, Organizes National Academies Meeting..."Health-Care Reform, or Transformation?"

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On June 1-2, 2009, Dr Luis Kun, an early member of MedTech-IQ, is Co-Organizing at the National Academies of Science in Washington, D.C., the first scientific community interoperability summit ... Health-Care Reform, or Transformation? "Establishing the Infrastructure for Health Assurance & Disease Prevention".

This event, which is by invitation only, is co-sponsored by American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and will produce a… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 27, 2009 at 7:09am — No Comments

U.S. Career Opportunities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dear Friends,

We have recently posted several opportunities for biomedical research positions in the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Please help us get the word out to potentially qualified candidates. We are looking for both a senior and early career researcher, as well as a strategic position as the new Director of the Biomedical Science and Engineering Center. I have attached copies of the positions and would appreciate it if you… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 26, 2009 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Francis Collins reported to be "the leading candidate" for U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Post

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According to Bloomberg News ... Francis S. Collins, the scientist who led the U.S. government drive to map the human genetic code, is the leading candidate to run the National Institutes of Health ... According to the report, screening for Collins, 59, is in the final stages...

Collins would take over an agency that President Obama has made key to his plans for reviving the U.S. economy and overhauling healthcare. The 27 institutes and centers under the NIH… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 25, 2009 at 8:12pm — No Comments