|
Association for
|
|
Practice Management Systems |
24 |
|
Communications and Networking |
16 |
|
Computerized Patient Records |
49 |
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Data and Messaging Standards |
2 |
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Computer-Aided Instruction |
35 |
|
No selection |
28 |
The Newsletter Editor's report was
accepted.
The Nominating Committee's report was
accepted.
Education Committee's report
The budget from
the AVMA for the 1997 Talbot Symposium was $3,000 of which
approximately $2,400 was expended. For next year the AVMA has
moved up the publication date. Attendance at the Symposium was
good, with between 125-150 people attending. There were a low
percentage of attendees who were practitioners.
Working
group reports
Internet: Dr. Ken Boschert, chair of the Internet
working group recommended that the AVI look into obtaining a
domain name (AVI.org). He will make a formal proposal to the
executive committee to look into it. Dr. Boschert expressed a need
to increase cross communication with other groups that have
computer and informatics related activities.
Note: Reports
from other working groups have been or will be published in the
AVI Newsletter.
Old Business
At last year's meeting it
was suggested that the VISO group be incorporated into the AVI.
There was a recommendation from the executive committee that this
be accomplished over the coming year. This will require some
by-laws changes. It was proposed that those changes be made and
that the draft be available for vote by the general membership
during the next ballot (to be held within two months of the 1998
annual meeting).
New Business
Bylaws changes
The
following changes to the bylaws were suggested: Increase the term
of the secretary/treasurer to 3 years. Form a new standing
committee - membership to address the current needs and future
growth of the Association. Recommended formalizing the working
groups. The bylaws do not address them. It was also recommended
that the bylaws as they currently exist be posted on the web site
as well as being published in the newsletter.
1998 Talbot
Symposium
Dr. Duane Steward announced that the Hills and Bayer
Companies have donated approximately $6 million for enhancement of
the AVMA annual meeting. He them presented a preview for
consideration of the 1998 Richard Talbot Symposium for Veterinary
Informatics. The presentation is available from the AVI web site.
Dr. Rogers mentioned that the program for the Symposium must be in
to AVMA by September of this year. Dr. Steward was confident that
with help from members of the Association that this could be
accomplished.
Presentation to Dr. Ken Boschert
Dr.
Janver Krehbiel, chairman of the AVMA Informatics Committee and
Dr. J. Karl Wise, director of the AVMA Center for Information
Management presented a plaque to Dr. Ken Boschert recognizing his
donation of the NETVET/Electronic Zoo internet resources on the
World Wide Web to the AVMA.
The meeting was adjourned at
1:55pm.
Respectfully submitted,
James T. Case D.V.M.,
Ph.D.
Secretary/Treasurer
Computer-Based
Guides to Vector Identification and Control
From: "LTC Daniel Strickman at WRAIR3"
<WASHDC@wrsmtp-ccmail.army.mil>
We are the Walter
Reed Biosystematics Unit, a part of the Dept. of Entomology,
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. We are located at the
Smithsonian Institution's Museum Support Center in Silver Hill,
Maryland, where we have access to the U.S. National Museum's
collections of biting arthropods.
Most of our work during
the last 15 years has concerned malaria vectors, though there have
also been significant projects on other groups of mosquitoes.
Currently, we have active projects on DNA-based identification of
Anopheles, taxonomy of the Leucosphyrus group (An. dirus and
related species), computer-based guides to vector identification
and control, and identification of mosquito vectors of viruses in
Peru. See our web page at http://wrbu.si.edu/ for more information
and a sample computerized key.
We welcome proposals for
mutual research and training.
Daniel Strickman
LTC, MS,
US Army
Manager
tel: 301-238-3165; fax: 301-238-3168
email: LTC_Daniel_Strickman@wrsmtp-ccmail.army.mil
Palm Pilot Formulary
Posted
to: AVI-L Association of Veterinary Informatics Discussion List
<AVI-L@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU>
By: "Jeff Wilcke"
<jwilcke%VT.EDU@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU>
Duane Steward
forwarded a message about a free veterinary formulary for a palm
pilot. The url for the software was
http://www.pilotgear.com/index.html
I helped a
Palm Pilot-owning friend download the software and the $20
shareware database that he needed to run it (an application for
databases in a general sense not something specific to this
formulary). Gave it a very brief tour.
Works nicely. Seems
to be a pretty good list of drugs. Perhaps the nicest part is that
you can add to the list yourself. Can't vouch for the therapeutic
accuracy of all the doses (that would take a bit longer to
review). All-in-all I was impressed.
Jeff R. Wilcke, DVM,
MS, Diplomate ACVCP <jwilcke@vt.edu>
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Office: 540231-4819,
Lab: 540-231-4427, Fax: 540-231-2798
Looking
for Veterinary Medicine Dictionary for the Novice
From:
"Ken Boschert, DVM" <KEN@WUDCM.WUSTL.EDU>
On
5 Sep 97 at 15:59, Harriet_Mermes@NCSU.EDU wrote:
"...we
are looking for a veterinary medicine dictionary for the novice or
a glossary that might be available via the Web."
Ken
Boschert responded:
It would be nice if there were such a
thing, but I'm not aware of any form of electronic veterinary
dictionary, online or not. There are medical dictionaries like
Dorland's, Black's etc. for sale on CDROM, but about the closest
thing I'm aware of to what you're looking for is a page at the
University of Illinois CVM on Veterinary Abbreviations and
Acronyms at
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/vex/vetdocs/abbs.htm
by
James T. Case
D.V.M., Ph.D
Secretary/ Treasurer
Approved 7/19/82
Amended
9/1/84
Amended 9/15/95
Article I: Name
Section 1
The name of this organization shall be the ASSOCIATION FOR
VETERINARY INFORMATICS (AVI).
Section 2 The AVI is defined
as a non-profit organization whose purpose is to extend the
applications of computers in veterinary medicine.
Section
3 The organization shall be incorporated under the laws of the
State of Illinois as a not-for-profit corporation operated
exclusively for one of the purposes specified in the Section 501
(c) (6) of the Internal Revenue Code 1954 (or the corresponding
provision of any future United States Internal Revenue
Law).
Section 4 The term for which it is organized shall be
perpetual; however, in the event of the dissolution of the
corporation, its property shall become the property of the
American Veterinary Medical Foundation.
Article II:
Objectives
Section 1 To extend the uses of computers in
veterinary medicine.
Section 2 To provide a forum for the
exchange of ideas about the uses of computers in veterinary
medicine.
Section 3 To provide educational material about
the uses of computers in veterinary medicine.
Article
III: Membership
Section 1 Membership in the AVCS shall be
by submission of application and payment of the first year dues.
Members shall be considered ineligible to vote until their dues
are paid and shall be dropped from the membership roster after six
(6) months of nonpayment.
Section 2 The classes,
qualifications and rights of members shall be:
Full
Individuals
interested in the field of veterinary informatics. Dues paying;
Full voting rights; receipt of newsletter; eligible for membership
on standing committees; participation in Working Groups
Corporate
Corporations that support the goals of the
Society. Dues paying; Full voting rights (one per corporation);
receipt of newsletter; not eligible for membership on standing
committees; participation in Working
Groups.
Associate
Individuals who support the mission
and goals of the Society. Dues paying; No voting rights; receipt
of newsletter; not eligible for membership on standing committees;
participation in Working Groups. Limited to two
years
Student
Students enrolled in any academic program
who are interested in the field of veterinary informatics.
Dues
paying; No voting rights; receipt of newsletter; not eligible for
membership on standing committees; participation in Working Groups
Article IV: Officers
Section 1 The officers of
the organization shall be a president, president- elect, and
secretary-treasurer.
Section 2 Officers shall be elected
from among the voting membership.
Section 3 Officers shall
be elected by the voting membership.
Article V:
Executive Board
Section 1 The business and affairs of the
organization shall be managed by an Executive Board consisting of
the president, immediate past president, president-elect ,
secretary-treasurer, editor of the newsletter, and chairs of the
standing committees.
Section 2 The Executive Board shall
report on its activities at the annual meeting of the
organization.
Article VI: Annual Meeting
Section
1 The Annual meeting shall denote the convening of the members to
conduct business in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws
of the organization.
Article VII: Amendments
Section
1 The voting membership may amend this Constitution by a
two-thirds majority of the votes cast at a regular or special
meeting of the organization, provided that the proposed amendment
or amendments have been mailed to the voting membership at least
30 days prior to such meeting. Those voting members unable to
attend the meeting may cast their ballots by mail, provided the
ballot is received by the secretary-treasurer no later than ten
(10) days prior to the meeting.
BYLAWS
Article I: Members
Section
1 The charter members shall be those veterinarians and
professional staff of colleges of veterinary medicine and
veterinary diagnostic laboratories on the newsletter mailing list
at the time the Constitution and Bylaws are adopted.
Section
2 Additional members shall be admitted to appropriate membership
upon submission of an application form and payment of the first
year dues.
Section 3 Membership in the organization may be
withdrawn should any member use the AVCS in advertising. Included
would be the use of the organization name on letterheads, business
forms, business cards, and advertising copy.
Article
II: Meetings
Section 1 The annual meeting shall be
conducted at a time, date and place designated at the preceding
annual meeting (or, in the case of the first meeting at a time,
place and date designated by those elected to form this
corporation) for the purpose of installing officers and for the
transaction of such other business as may come before the
meeting.
Section 2 Special meetings of the membership may
be called by the President, secretary-treasurer or by the written
request of 10% or more of the voting members.
Section 3
Meetings of the membership may be held at such place either within
or without the State of Illinois as may be designated by the
officers or members calling such meetings.
Section 4
Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the annual
meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose for
which the meeting is called shall be delivered to each member not
less than thirty (30) days before the date of the meeting either
personally or by mail or telegraph by or at the direction of the
president, secretary-treasurer, or other officers or persons
calling the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be
delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to
the member at his/her address as it appears on the records of the
organization with postage therein prepaid. If notice is given by
telegrams, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the
telegraph is delivered to the telegraph company.
Section 5
A quorum shall consist of the voting members present. A majority
of the votes entitled to be cast by members present shall be
required for the determination of any issue properly brought
before the meeting, unless a greater proportion is required by
statute, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws.
Section
6 At any meeting of members, no member shall be allowed to vote by
proxy.
Section 7 Any member may invite a person or persons
interested in the organization to a meeting of the members.
Article III: Election of Officers
Section 1 The
reports of the nominating committee and a call for nominations
from the membership shall be mailed to all members by the
secretary-treasurer at least 60 days prior to the beginning of the
annual meeting.
Section 2 Nominations will close at
midnight 40 days prior to the beginning of the annual
meeting.
Section 3 Ballots shall be mailed by the
secretary-treasurer at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the
annual meeting and must be received back by the
secretary-treasurer at least 5 days prior to the annual
meeting.
Section 4 The nominee receiving the most votes
shall be considered elected. Tie votes will be resolved at the
annual meeting.
Section 5 The terms of the president and
president-elect shall be one (1) year and until he/she is
succeeded in office. The term of the secretary-treasurer shall be
two (2) years, with elections in even numbered years, and he/she
shall serve until succeeded in office.
Section 6 Officers
shall take office at the conclusion of the annual business
meeting.
Section 7 In the case of the death or written
resignation of an officer, the Executive Board shall appoint a
replacement for the remaining term of office.
Article
IV: Duties of Officers
Section 1 The president shall : a)
preside over all meetings of the membership and the Executive
Board, b) be the chief representative of the organization, c)
appoint members to various committees
Section 2 The
president-elect shall: a)have such duties as are assigned to him
by the president of the Executive Board, b) automatically become
president at the termination of the president's term of office, c)
accept duties of the president if that person is unable to perform
the duties of his/her office.
Section 3 The
secretary-treasurer shall:
a) Maintain the general records
of the organization and fill all required reports pertaining
thereto;
b) Attend all meetings of the Executive Board;
c)
Keep all original notes and records of all official meetings and
sessions until the Executive Board approves of their disposal;
d)
Conduct balloting as required;
e) Maintain the financial
records of the organization;
f) Be the custodian of the assets
of the organization;
g) Pay all expenses of the organization
as directed by the Executive Board;
h) Maintain a file of all
vouchers and invoices accompanying them for a period of not less
than five (5) years;
i) Deposit all moneys in the name of the
organization in a federally insured bank approved by the
Executive
Board;
j) Turn over all funds, properties and records to his
successor;
k) Present a report of the activities of his office
and of the financial status of the organization at
each annual
meeting of the Executive Board and membership and at such other
times as the
Executive Board may request.
Section 4 The
immediate past president shall have such duties as assigned by the
president and the Executive Board.
Article V: Executive
Board
Section 1 A meeting of the Executive Board shall be
held just prior to the time and immediately after and at the place
designated for the annual meeting of the membership.
Section
2 Special meetings of the Executive Board may be called at any
time by the president and shall be called by him/her at the
written request of not less than two (2) Executive Board members.
Section 3 Not less than ten (10) days notice of the time
and place of any meeting of the Executive Board shall be given in
person, by mail or by telegram addressed to each member at his/her
address as it appears on the books of the organization. If mailed,
such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the
Untied States mail so addressed with postage therein prepaid. If
notice is given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be
given when the telegram is delivered to the telegram
office.
Section 4 Three (3) members on the Executive board
shall constitute a quorum. The majority vote of the Executive
Board members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be necessary for the adoption of any matter voted upon by
the Executive Board unless a greater proportion is required by
statue, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws.
Section
5 Without limiting the generality of its powers and duties, the
Executive Board shall have the following powers and duties:
a)
It shall receive and consider for approval all applications for
voting membership and make recommendations on such to the
membership prior to voting on it at the annual meeting.
b) It
shall select the time and place and make the necessary
arrangements for the annual meeting.
c) It shall direct the
management of funds held by the organization.
Article
VI: Committees
Section 1 The organization shall have the
following standing committees and such additional committees as
may be specified by the Executive Board: Nominating, Newsletter,
and Education.
Section 2 The president, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Board, shall annually appoint from the
membership the Chairman and members of each committee.
Article
VII: Fiscal Year and Dues
Section 1 The fiscal and
membership year of the organization shall begin August 1 and end
on July 31 of each calendar year.
Section 2 All dues and
fees shall be determined by the Executive Board and approved by
the voting membership.
Article VIII: Procedure
Section
1 Robert's Rules of Order Revised shall govern the conduct of all
meetings of representatives and of the Executive Board when not
covered by the statute of the bylaws.
Article IX:
Amendments
Section 1 These bylaws may be altered or amended
by a majority vote of those present at any meeting at which a
quorum is present, provided that a detailed description of the
alterations or amendments shall have been submitted to the
membership at least 30 days prior to the meeting of the Executive
Board preceding such meetings of the membership. The Executive
Board shall submit the proposed alterations or amendments, with
their recommendations, to the meeting which next follows the
meeting of the Board.
HCFA
Releases MedQuest 4.0
Excerpted
From: Access AMIA - Issue 4
The Health Care Financing
Administration has just released version 4.0 of the MedQuest suite
of clinical data collection design tools. The MedQuest components
were extensively revised and have a number of major enhancements.
A review of the new features can be found at:
http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/hsqb/medquest/medq1.htm
PAHO
Book/CD-ROM - Internet, Telematics & Health
From:
"Ms. Shana Vickers" <vickerss@paho.org>
The
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office of the
World Health Organization, is announcing the release of a new
publication and accompanying CD-ROM: "Internet, Telematics,
and Health." This ground-breaking review of health care in
the information age is offered at a discount to hmatrix list
subscribers.
This new release contains contributions from
over 80 of the most eminently qualified specialists in medical
informatics from more than 20 countries in North America, Latin
America, and Europe. Their papers provide a global view of the
potential of the Internet and the role of informatics in health
care. This ground-breaking publication offers rigorous academic,
political, and professional approaches to the health-related
impact of informatics, from first-hand experiences around the
world to practical guidance on how to begin using the Internet or
enhance its use in the health care field.
The book also
presents a range of informatics and telematics applications
available nowadays to medicine and examples of how people with a
health concern are using the Internet in both industrialized and
developing countries. A CD-ROM, containing a directory of
health-related sites on the World Wide Web is also included.
Produced with the resources of such institutions as the
PAHO, the Medical Informatics Foundation of Argentina, and the
European Commission, this book is an essential reference for
doctors, other health professionals, planners, managers, teachers,
and students. It also provides valuable information for patients
and members of the general public who want to know more about
their own health maintenance and protection.
PAHO is
offering hmatrix list subscibers a 10% discount off the list price
of $79.00 for the book and CD-ROM set, plus $6.00 shipping and
handling within the U.S. and $7.00 outside the U.S. Additional
discounts are available for purchases of ten or more copies. For
more information or to order, mention promotion INTE01 and
contact:
Shana Vickers <vickerss@paho.org>
PAHO Publications Program
525 Twenty-third Street, NW
Washington DC 20037
Tel: (202) 974-3056, Fax: (202)
338-0869
New Informatics
Book
From: "Enrico
Coiera" <ewc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Readers of the
aim list might be interested in looking at the web site for my new
textbook 'Guide to Medical Informatics, the Internet and
Telemedicine' at
I'd like the
web site to develop into a set of resources for those who want to
use the book for teaching - so I would be particularly interested
to hear suggestions from those of you currently teaching classes
for material and exercises that could be included there.
E-Mail
Appointment Reminder Service
From:
"Craig A. Wacker" <cwacker@clientremind.com>
ClientRemind.com, L.L.C. introduces e-mail appointment
reminder service
BALTIMORE, MD December 1,
1997/PRNewswire/-- Veterinary practitioners can now send fully
customized appointment reminders via e-mail. With the release of
its e-mail appointment reminder service, ClientRemind.com provides
the veterinary community with its first practical, cost effective
and easy to use internet based client communications tool.
At
its business site, www.ClientRemind.com,
a series of menus are presented in a simple and easy to use
format. Appointment reminders, newsletters, and special notices
may be customized and personalized by the veterinary practitioner
and sent to their clients. "The number of people who use
e-mail has risen dramatically, and expectations are for it to
continue" states Craig A. Wacker, President of the Baltimore,
MD, based company. "E-mail is everywhere, it is now
commonplace to see it on business cards, product advertisements
and directories."
E-mail is an improvement over
traditional mail. Pet owners can instantly confirm scheduled
appointment, make inquiries, and reply to notifications with the
click of a button. The portability of e-mail makes it a great way
to reach clients who travel out of town. Reminder notices are
delivered to where people make their schedules, not lost on the
kitchen table. "Our veterinary practice customers spend a
significant amount of money on traditional appointment reminders
and these costs have a real effect on the bottom line" says
Mr. Wacker. " We provide a service that not only lowers
practice operating costs, it is an improvement over the state of
the art."
ClientRemind.com is a web-based computing
solution. All data is processed by a secure remote server. This
allows veterinary practices to utilize their current computers,
without making additional investments in computer hardware.
Improvements and innovations to the service will not force a
subscriber to buy up to keep up, as is the case with so many
installed software products. Hardware and software conflicts are
virtually eliminated.
ClientRemind.com is offered on a
subscription basis, far below the cost of paper post cards. The
website for ClientRemind.com, www.clientremind.com, will not only
focus on the processing of e-mail reminders, but will continually
provide materials on effective client communications, effective
e-mail and internet tools.
For more information contact,
Craig A. Wacker, ClientRemind.com,
L.L.C., 1933 Blue Mount
Rd., Monkton, MD 21111, phone/fax (410)357-4703.
E-mail
cwacker@clientremind.com, Website www.clientremind.com
Craig
A. Wacker <cwacker@clientremind.com>
President , CEO
ClientRemind.com, L.L.C.
www.clientremind.com
EDU-ONLINE:
Distance Education via the Internet
From:
"EDU-ONLINE Moderator" <moderator@learnskills.com>
If you are currently involved in delivering distance
education via the Internet, or plan to do so within the coming
year, we invite you to participate in EDU-ONLINE, a discussion
group dedicated to issues pertaining to Distance Education via the
Internet.
EDU-ONLINE is an open, moderated discussion list
for professionals actively involved in delivering training and
education via the Internet.
Topics discussed
include:
emerging technologies,
online training
methodologies,
online curriculum development,
other aspects
of the challenge of exploiting the online medium to deliver
quality distance
education and training.
To SUBSCRIBE
send any message to join-edu-online@sparklist.com
WEBSITE:
http://www.learnskills.com/edu-online/
ARCHIVES:
http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/listarch?list=edu-online@lofcom.com
Owner: Yoel Ben-Avraham
<edu-online-owner@sparklist.com>
Federation of American
Societies for Experimental Biology Newsletter
From:
"Steve Heinig" <sheinig@opa.faseb.org>
http://www.faseb.org/opar/fnews.html
This
newsletter is a publication of the FASEB Office of Public Affairs.
The newsletter is available as downloadable PDF files. Some back
issues (1994-5) are available via gopher.
Recent
Contents:
* Graduate Education Conference Report Released *
Yount Begins Term as FASEB President
* FASEB Send Alert on
House Tuition Tax proposal * The Year Ahead: The New FASEB
President Discusses the Issues * "Balenced Budget Agreement"
Ignores biomedical Research
* Tax Bill Created Problems for
Scientists and Science Students * FASEB Begins Major Expansion of
MARC Programs
Free Web
Translation Service - Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and
Italian
Forwarded by: "Ken
Boschert" <ken@DCM.WUSTL.EDU>
MAYNARD, Mass.,
December 9, 1997
AltaVista Search Services Delivers Free
Web Translation Service between English, Spanish, French, German,
Portuguese and Italian.
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate?
Digital Equipment Corporation today
announced it has broken the Internet language barrier, with the
first European language translation service for Web content. For
the first time, non-English speaking Web surfers can translate
information on the predominantly English speaking Web in real
time. The new free service, provided on Digital's AltaVista Search
service, also gives English only Web surfers the ability to
understand information in five of the world's most popular
languages.
Palm-Med
Listserv-- Palmtops in Medicine
From:
"Mike Kramer" <jmkramer@ umich.edu>
This
is an announcement of a new listserv group called palm-med. The
subject of discussion shall be the use of handheld devices and
their medical applications. Devices such as the newton,
palm-pilot, windows-ce, psion and others are becoming more and
more useful in the medical field. These devices increasingly
assist care at the bedside and in the collection and management of
enormous amounts of scientific and medical information. It is the
purpose of the group to advance this field and provide a resource
for the users of these devices and their software. Also, we would
like to advance collaboration in the use of these devices, share
in resources that members have created for their own use, and
provide direction for the industry.
To subscribe simply
send an email to "palm-med@umich.edu"
and in the subject header include the word subscribe and your
name. Contributions to the conversation should be addressed to the
same but avoid command words in the subject. Detailed instructions
are below.
Please feel welcome to join our
discussion.
Sincerely,
Mike Kramer, MD
List
Owner
Resident, Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Michigan
DOGTALES
(TM) ListServ List
From:
"PeaceDog" <peacedog@enteract.com>
DOGTALES
Animal-Facilitated Therapy/Pet Loss List
DOGTALES is a
private positive-mood list based on the desire of the members to
see growth in the field of Animal-Facilitated Therapy and
Activities. It is also a list where members can get support about
pet loss issues.
If you would like to contribute as a
*positive force* on DOGTALES, send an e-mail
to:
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
and
in the body of the note, type:
SUB DOGTALES <e-mail address>
<Your Name> (leave out the brackets)
Mary K. R.
Jacobs, LCPC, NCC [peacedog@enteract.com]
DVM News Online December
Update
From: "Lynne
Brakeman" <lbrakeman%ADVANSTAR.COM@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU>
The December update of the DVM Newsmagazine web site is
now online at:
http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com
The online news briefs, links page, new
products and calendar pages have all been refreshed. Please stop
by for a visit and let us know what you think.
Sincerely,
Lynne
Brakeman <lbrakeman@advanstar.com>
Web
Editor, DVM Newsmagazine
University Of Missouri Medical School to
Offer New Masters Program in Informatics
Excerpted
From: Access AMIA - Issue 4
The University of Missouri has
announced formation of a Department of Health Management and
Informatics in the School of Medicine. The department is formed by
a merger of the Medical Informatics Group and the Program in
Health Services Management. It is planned to offer a Master's
degree in Informatics starting in 1998 to complement the existing
Masters degree in Health Administration.
National
Food Safety Educator's Network Mailing List
From:
"Robyn Douglas" <RGB@VM.CFSAN.FDA.GOV>
Friday,
October 24, 1997: The Launching of EdNet
This is the first
update sent out on the new National Food Safety Educator's Network
mailing list, EdNet-L <EdNet-L@foodsafety.gov>.
NEW SAFE FOOD HANDLING CAMPAIGN URGES AMERICANS TO "FIGHT
BAC!"(tm)
The "Fight BAC!" Web Site
The
campaign also features a new web site -- www.fightbac.org
-- where consumers, health professionals, educators and the media
can learn the latest news about preventing foodborne illness.
Grassroots consumer educators will appreciate the web site's
special links allowing them to access a variety of
consumer-friendly food safety information.
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Technology,
Health Services Figure Prominently in Labor Forecasts
From:
"Ken Boschert" <ken@DCM.WUSTL.EDU>
Excerpted
from AMIA Newsletter
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
this month released its employment projections for the period 1996
to 2006. Among the projected 10 fastest growing industries,
computer and data processing ranks first and health services ranks
second. The number of people employed in computer and data
processing is expected to increase from 1.2 million to more than
2.5 million; the number of people employed in health services is
expected to increase from 1.17 million to 1.97 million. Among the
projected ten fastest growing occupations, those in computer and
data processing and health services account for nine:
database/computer administrators, computer engineers, and systems
analysts are forecasted to be the three fastest growing, and the
following six are also included in the top ten: personal care
aides; physical therapy assistants; home health aides; medical
assistants; physical therapists; and occupational therapy
assistants.
Beware Diploma
Mills on the Net
From: "EDUCOM
Edupage Mailing List" <edupage@educom.unc.edu>
A
number of would-be students have fallen victim to the dark side of
distance learning on the Internet -- fraudulent schemes that claim
to offer accredited degrees in as little as 27 days. In many of
these cases, a Web site is about all these "institutions"
have to offer, says the co-author of "Bears' Guide to Earning
College Degrees Nontraditionally." And while some people
assume that a ".edu" suffix guarantees the authenticity
of an educational institution, Network Solutions (the company that
registers Internet domain names) says it gives a ".edu"
name to anyone who requests it. So far, the Accrediting Commission
of the Distance Education and Training Council is the only
nationally recognized accrediting body for distance-learning
programs, while the Global Alliance for Transnational Education
focuses on evaluating and certifying international institutions.
(Chronicle of Higher Education 19 Dec 97)
Netscape
Offers "Customer Choice" in Latest Browser Battle
From:
"EDUCOM Edupage Mailing List" <edupage@educom.unc.edu>
Netscape Communications has launched its "Customer
Choice" program, an initiative that invites consumers to
access software that will switch their default browser to Netscape
Communicator and uninstall Microsoft's Internet Explorer software.
Netscape currently has some 35,000 Web sites that include icons
that can be clicked on to download free browser software.
(InternetWeek 24 Dec 97)
Society
for the Internet in Medicine Online Newsletter
From:
"Bruce C. McKenzie" <bruce@CYBERTAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Here is the cover page for the Society for the Internet in
Medicine's newsletter, SIM Quarterly Issue 3 (December 1997).
Please see:
http://www.cybertas.demon.co.uk/simq/home.html
The closing date for submission of
content to Issue 4 is February 28 1998. Submissions are encouraged
from anyone with an interest in utilizing the Internet for
medicine.
Regards,
Bruce McKenzie (Editor)
Issue
3, December 1997
ISSN 1368-1591
Contents
In this
Issue...
Editorial:
* Quality Standards for
Health Information on the Internet (Bruce C. McKenzie) Columns:
*
Annual Report of the Society for the Internet in Medicine (Clive
Baldock and Ramsey Badawi)
* Minutes of the 1st SIM AGM
(Stephen Keevil)
* SIM Annual Accounts 1997 (Stephen Keevil)
Reviews:
* Health on the Internet (Anne Weist)
* Medicine
and the Internet (Little, Brown and Co.) (Donald Mackay)
*
Medicine and the Internet (OUP) (Anne Hicks)
* Free Medline:
PubMed and Internet Grateful Med (Frank Norman)
* The Virtual
Hospital (Frank Norman) Short papers:
* In-flight Continuous
Vital Signs Telemetry via the Internet (Alex Gandsas and Kevin
Montgomery)
Meeting reports:
* MEDNET 97 review
(Trevor Cradduck)
Announcements:
* Internet, Telematics
and Health (Trevor Cradduck)
See the informatics section of NetVet for a more complete and current list of informatics-related activities at <http://netvet.wustl.edu/info.htm>
Richard B. Talbot Symposium on Veterinary
Informatics
July 25 - 27,
1998; Baltimore, MD
http://hahn.lcs.mit.edu/98talbot/schedule.htm
The complete schedule and a
forward by the Symposium organizer, Dr. Duane Steward, will appear
in the Mar - Apr 98 AVI newsletter.
Posters
for 1998 Richard Talbot Veterinary Informatics Symposium
1998
AVI, AVMA Convention Richard Talbot Veterinary Informatics
Symposium
(See the November-December, 1997 AVI Newsletter for
details)
Pittsburgh Medical
Informatics Training Program
Deadline:
February 1, 1998
(See the November-Decenber, 1997 AVI
Newsletter for details)
Make
the Link Workshop (World Wide Web
for Everyone)
February 2 - March 27, 1998
(See the November
- December, 1997 AVI Newsletter for details)
1998
AMIA Spring Congress Call for Participation
May
27-30, 1998; Philadelphia, PA
From: "1998 AMIA Spring
Congress" <spring98@mail.amia.org>
"Bringing
Knowledge to the Point of Use"
The Wyndham Franklin
Plaza Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
The American Medical
Informatics Association (AMIA) announces the availability of the
Call for Participation for its Spring Congress. Those interested
in submitting an abstract for a paper, panel, or theater-style
demonstration may access the call in one of two ways: on the AMIA
Web site at
http://www.amia.org/s98call.htm
or via AMIA's
Document-on-Request service at 800-819-2334 (document # 101).
Questions? Contact the AMIA office at 301-657-1291.
Stanford
Medical Informatics Short Course
June
or August, 1998; Stanford, CA
From: "Larry Fagan"
<fagan@SMI.STANFORD.EDU>
The Section on Medical
Informatics at Stanford University is pleased to announce the
fifth year of its well-received Short Course on Medical
Informatics. This course provides an introductory overview of the
key issues and topics in the field of medical informatics.
Lectures are augmented by hands-on labs and overviews of major
research projects at Stanford. This material is presented from the
academic perspective.
*Enrollment in the course is
limited--previous sessions have been full.
*Videotapes
Available: We videotaped the August, 1997 version of the course
and the videotapes are available for purchase.
*Medical School
Elective: A small number of positions are available as a 2-week
4th year medical student elective (starting August 31st).
Dates:
Monday, June 15, 1998 to Friday, June 19, 1998 and again from
Monday, August 31, 1998 to September 4, 1998.
Location:
Stanford University Campus
A brochure for the course is
available on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.smi.stanford.edu/shortcourse.html
To
obtain the course description automatically via email, send a
message with the word help in the subject line to:
short-course-request@smi.stanford.edu
or
contact course staff at: shortcourse@smi.stanford.edu
(650)723-6979
Medical
Informatics Degree Program at UC-Davis
From:
"Leah Estberg" <lestberg@ucdavis.edu>
(Editor:
Although the deadline for applications for the Fellowship program
has passed, this medical informatics program specifically targets
DVMs as well as MDs. A non-thesis Master's degree program may be
offered later in 1998. See the Web site for further
information.)
Applications are currently being accepted for
a Fellowship training program in Medical Informatics at UC Davis.
A short description of the program follows, and more extensive
program description and contact information is available
at:
http://www-informatics.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/Informatics
/GradProgram.htm
Please note
that the deadline for receipt of application materials is Dec.
31st.
Leah Estberg, DVM, MPVM, PhD
2nd year Medical
Informatics Fellow
UC Davis, School of Vet Med
lestberg@cvdls.ucdavis.edu
office: (530) 752-7088
Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) in Public Health - Third National
Conference
August 17-21,
1998; San Diego, CA
From: "Henriques, William"
<wdh2@cdc.gov>
Town and Country Resort &
Convention Center, San Diego, California
Pre-Conference
Workshops: August 17
Commemorating the US Public Health
Service's 200 years of Public Health Protection.
Preliminary
Announcement and Call for Papers
For centuries, health
professionals have relied on the use of drawn maps in efforts to
locate and identify changes in human disease. Recent advances in
the development and applications of Geographic Information System
(GIS) technology have modernized the spatial analysis of diseases
and environmental contaminants in the environment. GIS provides a
relatively easy tool for the overlay and analysis of disparate
data sets that relate to one another by location on the earth's
surface. The growing availability and access to local, regional,
national, and international health, demographic, and environmental
databases is propelling major advances in computerized spatial and
spatial statistical analyses. The developments offer unprecedented
opportunities for health professionals as we enter the 21st
century.
For further information, see:
http://www.atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/
International
Health Geographics Conference
October
16-18 1998; Baltimore, MD
From: "Omar Khan"
<okhan@jhuccp.org>
First International Health
Geographics Conference
Venue: The Maritime Institute of
Technology, Baltimore, Maryland
Sponsors:
The Johns
Hopkins School of Public Health ESRI
(Additional
Sponsors/Supporters Invited)
Purpose of Conference: The
First International Health Geographics Conference (IHGC) will
comprehensively bring together for the first time people from many
different disciplines who share a common foundation: the
geographic aspects of health. The IHGC will foster dialogue
between: doctors, medical researchers, epidemiologists,
environmental scientists, geographers, geologists, computer
scientists, statisticians, hydrologists, entomologists,
toxicologists, ecologists, business managers, regulators, and
indeed, all those appreciative of the links between GIS and
health.
Address for correspondence, paper submission and
general inquiries:
International Health Geographics
Conference Committee C/o Omar A. Khan, Co-Chair
1600 Ruxton
Road, Suite B7
Baltimore, Maryland 21204
USA
Email:
okhan@jhuccp.org
PH:
410-659-6149
FAX: 410-659-6266
Evaluation of Computer Programs Used in
Teaching Veterinary Medicine: A Proposed Model.
Wingfield, W.E. 1997. J Vet Med Educ. 24(2): 43-47.
Revised
Edition of the Computer-Based Patient Record
Excerpted
From: Access AMIA - Issue 4
The Institute of Medicine has
just published a revised edition of The Computer-Based Patient
Record: An Essential Technology for Health Care. Several AMIA
members are on the committee that authors this work. To view the
publication online or to order it, visit the book's Web site at:
http://www.nap.edu/bookstore/isbn/0309055326.html#qu
Warner / Knowledge
Engineering in Health Informatics
Springer-Verlag New York Inc, 1997, $59.00.
Journal of
Irreproducible Results
The
Journal of Irreproducible Results is a partial electronic version
of the print journal of the same title published by Reuters Health
Information Services Limited.
In its 41st year, The Journal
Of Irreproducible Results presents timeless satirical and critique
articles emanating from and about the scientific and medical
community that have enraged, confounded, amused, and fascinated
thousands of subscribers throughout the world.
Free online
at...
http://www.reutershealth.com/jir/
January-February
1998 AVI Newsletter <http://netvet.wustl.edu/avi.htm>
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