October 1, 2007 - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has named recipients of the 2007 Nicholas E. Davies Awards of Excellence in the organizational, ambulatory and public health categories.
The Davies awards recognize excellence in the implementation of the electronic health record. Originally created by CPRI-HOST in 1994, the program is named in honor of Dr. Nicholas E. Davies, a practicing physician who believed that the computer-based patient record was needed to improve patient care.
The recipients of the 2007 Davies awards are:

October 1, 2007 - A consortium of experts in the field of human virus research and vaccine development have joined forces to develop a novel pandemic influenza vaccine as a potential emergency vaccination.
The four-year project has been awarded a grant of EUR3.5 million from the European Union to help fund the research and the development of the new vaccine. The so-called FluVac project will be coordinated by Nobilon International BV, which is part of Organon, the human healthcare business unit of Akzo Nobel.

InDex Archive solution has been upgraded, enabling immediate access to relevant prior exams through temporary onsite storage called the InDex Archive ExamReady feature.

InSiteOne Inc., a manufacturer of digital medical image archiving, storage and disaster recovery services for the healthcare industry, announced on Friday a contract extension with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems. InSiteOne’s pricing model of a one-time fee-per-study with no additional maintenance costs and the InDex suite of fully managed services are among the factors that provide benefits for MedAssets’ customers.

October 1, 2007 - Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Siemens K.K. Japan have agreed to change the ownership interest both companies hold in their joint venture Mochida Siemens Medical Systems Co. Ltd., due to the fact that the collaboration has steadily expanded its business in the diagnostic ultrasound market in Japan, especially in the obstetrics and gynecology market where it holds a significant market share.

October 1, 2007 - The board of the eHealth Vulnerability Reporting Program recently reported the results of a fifteen-month study assessing the security risks associated with electronic health record (EHR) systems, evaluating current industry information security practices and assessing level of risk related to EHR systems, finding that commercial EHR systems are vulnerable to exploitation given existing industry development and disclosure practices.

CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions provide lifecycle management of data, while enabling access to images and information stored in many platforms and locations across a healthcare enterprise or regional community. The portfolio includes enterprise information management (EIM), hosted information management (HIM) and regional information management (RIM).

In today’s healthcare environment, most patients have multiple diagnostic tests with multiple clinicians. The medical challenge is to provide continuity to the information workflow while upholding protection of each provider’s information systems. Diagnostic imaging is an example of the challenge in this environment.

September 28, 2007 - Medication errors continue to rank high in the number of reports (23 percent) submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS), according its 2007 September Patient Safety Advisory.

Unclear and confusing labeling and packaging, as well as look-alike or sound-alike drug names, significantly contribute to medication errors, according to data received by the Patient Safety Authority.

September 28, 2007 — Varian Medical Systems and Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology (CCO), one of Europe's leading oncology centers, are jointly hosting Europe's first IGRT (image guided radiotherapy) training school, enabling hospitals across Europe to be trained in the latest and most precise radiotherapy technologies available.

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