March 1, 2007 - Preventing the spread of disease in a hospital may be as simple as opening a window, an international team of researchers reported on Monday.

The low-tech solution could help prevent the spread of airborne infections such as tuberculosis — and ironically, old-fashioned hospitals with high ceilings and big windows may offer the best design for this, they reported.

They worked better than modern "negative pressure" rooms, with expensive design aimed at pumping out infected air, the researchers report in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Medicine.

March 1, 2007 – Hewlett Packard (HP) highlighted its new GIGPAD (Gateway for Integrated Genomics Proteomics Applications and Data) infrastructure, an initiative that bridges the laboratory information system, EMR systems and genetic information for personalized medicine.

HP is developing GIGPAD in collaboration with Harvard Medical School-Partners HealthCare Center for Genetics and Genomics Partners HealthCare Information Systems in its aim to provide clinical decision support with genetics and genomics information.

March 1, 2007 � Microsoft Corporation presented a guideline for e-health software solutions entitled �Connected Health Framework Architecture and Design Blueprint,� which lays the foundation for an architectural approach to developing health information networks with common business and technical design definitions for public and private organizations.

March 1, 2007 - Nuance Communication, Inc. introduced its DragonConnect in conjunction with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical, a dictation solution created to allow healthcare providers to directly dictate into third party clinical information and electronic medical record (EMR) applications, apparently reducing the cost of transaction, improving report turnaround time and increasing overall adoption rates of clinical information systems.

March 1, 2007 - Acuo Technologies recently announced its new software component, the PACS Aggregation Engine, that can be licensed and used with any third party DICOM-compliant application, such as DICOM workstations and traditional department PACS, enabling a number of advanced features that can help healthcare organizations leverage their IT resources and improve patient care.