Nominations for Executive Board
Nominations for 2004-05 President-elect will close on June 14, 2004 at Midnight. If you would like to nominate a member, send an email to pittenger@aol.com. Since no one was initially nominated or elected to the President-elect at the end of the last election cycle, the current President will serve another term.
Annual Meeting - July 24, 2004
Nominations Deadline: June
14, 2004 @ Midnight
Ballots mailed out by: June 21,
2004
Ballots due back by July 19, 2004
The annual meeting will occur on July 24, 2004 in Philadelphia in conjunction with the 9th Annual Talbot Symposium. We will plan on holding a meeting in the afternoon (location TBA, but most likely in the same room that the Talbot was held in the morning). Please offer your feedback if you have any ideas.
The AVI luncheon has been scheduled for Sunday, July 25 from
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel
Marriott
Courtyard
21 N. Juniper Street at Filbert Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19107
The final details on the luncheon will be included in the next AVI Newsletter (proposed menu, cost, etc.)
Feedback
Please let us know if you have any suggestions or comments about AVI.
Welcome to the May 2004 edition of the AVI HTML Newsletter.
The 2004 Talbot Symposium will be coming up soon. We will have a morning filled with speakers on Sunday July 24, 2004. Our Luncheon is scheduled from 12:00 - 1:00pm at the Marriott Courtyard. The afternoon session will consist of our Annual Meeting, as called for in the Bylaws. As is mentioned above, we will include final details on the luncheon in the next newsletter.
The Call for Papers for the 2006 AVMA Convention has been posted. The deadline for submissions will be February 2005. Please plan to join us in Hawaii in 2006!
We have several important
deadlines approaching. Nominations Deadline is June
14, 2004 @ Midnight. We need to fill the position of
President-elect. In addition, we will be selecting a Newsletter
Editor/Webmaster to serve on the Executive Board for 2004-2005 as
well (this is an appointed position).
Ballots will be mailed
out by: June 21, 2004 and are due back by July 19, 2004. If
you would like to serve or would like to nominate a colleague,
please gets these names to us by the June 14th deadline - you may
email them to pittenger@aol.com
or valerie_ball@ncsu.edu.
If you have a colleague that may be interested in informatics, please pass along the information!
Respectfully,
Stephen T. Pittenger, D.V.M.
About AVI
Joining
the AVI
You
may renew or apply for membership in the AVI by completing an
application and paying the annual dues. An application is also
included in each issue of the AVI Newsletter. Membership is
for the calendar year, expiring December 31 each year. You
may select from several membership categories, work groups, and
newsletter formats as described in the application. All
member categories share the privileges of the newsletter and the
communication services of the society. Full and corporate
members have voting privileges. If you share AVI's
interests, please join us.
Mission
The AVI, formerly the American Veterinary Computer Society,
was formed to expand the use of the computer as a tool in
veterinary medicine. This includes serving as an educational
resource, promoting the use of information technology and
electronic communications, and developing and promoting standards
in veterinary information management.
Benefits
Membership
benefits include the monthly AVI
newsletter, participation in work
groups , the AVI-L listserv
discussion list, and an annual membership directory.
Levels
Membership
incorporates a range of levels to encourage participation from all
segments of the profession, veterinarians and non-veterinarians,
as well as its supporting organizations. This includes veterinary
practitioners and their staff, faculty and staff of veterinary
colleges, diagnostic laboratories, medical records personnel,
medical librarians, students, software and hardware developers,
and corporations supplying veterinary products and services.
Over one third of the members are individuals working in the field
of clinical veterinary medicine, one third are in academia, and
the remainder are in industry, government, and other veterinary
medicine. Membership is international, including Australia,
Brazil, Canada, Israel, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia, as well as
the United States.
Meeting
The
annual membership meeting is held in conjunction with the AVMA
Annual Convention and includes the one-day Richard
B. Talbot Symposium on Veterinary Informatics and two days of
general information on computer usage. The members of the
Association are encouraged to write articles and/or make
presentations regarding their experiences, as these are valuable
to establish veterinary informatics as a legitimate discipline and
to encourage individuals in the veterinary community to become
more involved in the information age.
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Summer Integrated Program in Food Safety Risk Analysis
The
Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is launching
a Summer Integrated Program in Food Safety Risk Analysis on the
University of Maryland College Park campus. The Summer
Integrated Program offers you the opportunity to take from one to
seven courses in a single trip. You can enroll in individual
courses or in course clusters at a significant discount.
Whether you join us as a cluster resident or just for specific
classes, you will meet and interact with food safety professionals
from around the world. For more information please visit
http://www.jifsan.umd.edu/sip2004/sipgovaca.cfm
For
questions contact: Judy Quigley, JIFSAN Conference and
Communications Coordinator, jquigley@umd.edu,
301-405-1696.
Continuing Education
MEDINFO2004
The
Triennial Meeting of the International Medical Informatics
Association
September 7-11, 2004
San Francisco, CA, USA
More about
MEDINFO2004
2004
Philadelphia,
PA
July
24-28
News, continued
NHS
Rolls Out Digital X-rays
May
11, 2004
NHS
staff will soon be able to email patient scans and X-rays between
departments and institutions. As part of the National Program for
IT, the NHS is rolling out a digital picture archiving and
communications system (PACS). Complete Register article available
at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/11/nhs_pacs_roll_out/
Brown
& Toland Gives 700 S.F. Doctors a High-tech Booster Shot
May
10, 2004
A
medical group is spending $10 million to implement a set of
electronic practice-management and electronic medical record tools
for its 700 San Francisco area community physicians. Complete San
Francisco Business Times article available at:
http://www.bizjournals.com…
How
Patients Can Use the New Access to Their Medical Records
May
11, 2004
Since
last April, federal law has required that doctors, clinics, and
hospitals provide patients with access to their records on demand.
As the New York Times reports in this article - many people what
to see them. Complete article available at:
http://query.nytimes.com…
Librarian
Protects Digital Artifacts - Preserving the Information Age for
the Future
May
3, 2004
Federal
Computer Week highlights the Library of Congress "National
Digital Infrastructure and Preservation Program" for which
Congress has appropriated $100 million. Complete article available
at:
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/
2004/0503/mgt-campbell-05-03-04.asp
High-tech
Sensors, HP Pocket PCs Enhance Fire-rescue Response
May
5, 2004
In
the race to save precious minutes, paramedics of the Brevard
County Fire-Rescue (FL) have started carrying pocket PCs, the
better to collect vital information and quickly download it into
hospital computers. Complete Florida Today article available at:
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/
localstoryN506EMSTECH.htm
Reality
EMRs
May
8, 2004
Healthcare
Informatics lead story this month revolves around successful
electronic medical record systems implementations at hospitals
around the nation. Complete article available at:
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/issues/2004/05_04/cover.htm
IT
Helps Battle "The Big C"
May
8, 2004
Oncology
information systems help track potentially toxic treatment
regimens, capture substantial lost charges and mine data. Complete
Health Data Management article available at:
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/html/
current/CurrentIssueStory.cfm?PostID=17517
Getting
Started in the Electronic Records Game
May
8, 2004
Health
Data Management cover article for May reviews many electronic
medical record system implementations around the country and
offers information that is useful for those embarking on the
process. Complete article available at:
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/html/
current/CurrentIssueStory.cfm?PostID=17510
Panel:
IT Not the Final Answer May
7, 2004
Information technology will be able to
resolve many future health care quality and efficiency issues, but
it won't be enough to fix an ailing industry. That message was
delivered by a panel of health care industry experts at the 2004
National Managed Health Care Congress in Washington. Complete
Health Data Management article available at:
MedStar
Project will Provide Real-time View of an Entire Region's Health
Status
May
10, 2004
Information
Week highlights a technology project under way at MedStar Health
to show a dynamic, real-time view of an entire region's health
status - something similar in nature to a weather map, but where
the clouds may represent a virus. Complete article is available
at:
http://www.informationweek.com/show
Article.jhtml?articleID=20000166
Newt
Gingrich: Getting Healthcare Online
May
9, 2004
Healthleaders
focus their "Speak Out" column on Newt Gingrich and his
work on national healthcare issues. Complete article available at:
http://www.healthleaders.com/news/
feature1.php?contentid=53510
Health
On the Net wins eEurope Award for eHealth
May
7, 2004
David
Byrne, European Commissioner and Michael Martin, Irish Minister
for Health and Children, presented the eEurope Awards for
eHealth-2004 at the conference in Cork, Ireland on May 6, 2004.
Health On the Net Foundation was named the winner for "eHealth
information tools and services for citizens" A full list of
winners is available at:
http://www.e-europeawards.org/index.html
A
Carrot for the Right Prescription
May
7, 2004
The
Wall Street Journal reports on evidence-based guidelines, and the
many programs that currently exist, or are being tested that
reward adherence to "evidence-based medicine." Complete
article is only available with subscription by searching (using
the article title provided) at the WSJ online at: http://wsj.com
Maximizing
IT in Smaller Hospitals
May
5, 2004
Benefits
of combined clinical information and cost accounting systems
exceed those of either one alone - an indepth article by
Healthcare Informatics available at:
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/issues/2004/05_04/reynolds.htm
Recommendations
for the Future of Family Medicine
April
26, 2004
An
article from Family Practice Management found at:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/473689?src=mp
URAC
Exploring New Quality Benchmarks for Health Information Technology
Systems
May
4, 2004
URAC
announced it will be convening a research and focus group to
explore new quality benchmarks for health information technology
(HIT), including the possibility of developing standards
addressing electronic health records (EHRs) and/or the
infrastructure of HIT systems. Complete URAC press release
available at:
http://www.urac.org/news_release.asp?navid=
news&pagename=news_releases&id=1058
US
Patients Spend More but Don't Get More, Study Finds
May
5, 2004
The
Washington Post highlights recent study by the Rand Corp. that
finds that even in advantaged areas, Americans often receive
inadequate health care. Complete Washington Post article available
at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
ac2/wp-dyn/A1875-2004May4
Study
Finds Widespread Problem of Inadequate Health Care
May
5, 2004
Americans
get substandard care for their ailments about half of the time,
even if they live near a major teaching hospital, the first
comprehensive study of health care provided in metropolitan areas
has found. Complete NY Times article available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/05/health/05CARE.html
How Do
You Make a Better Doctor?
May
2, 2004
For
the first time in 20 years, Harvard is reforming the way it molds
medical students into doctors. The training includes technology.
Complete Boston Globe Magazine article available at:
http://www.boston.com…
In
Battle Against Health-care Inflation, Online Access to Patient
Info Offers Incremental Savings
May
3, 2004
Insurers
have invested billions of dollars increasing their electronic
capabilities, including the development of physician portals. The
portals should lower administrative costs for doctors by
streamlining the claims process. Complete Business First of
Columbus article available at: http://www.bizjournals.com…
White
Paper: Wireless Opportunities in the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical
Industries
May
2, 2004
Article
available through the HealthLeaders Web site at:
http://www.healthleaders.com/news/wp1.php?contentid=54624
The
Case for Computerizing Health Care Now, Not Later
April
30, 2004
A
recent IOM report calls for the federal government to lead the
charge toward computerization in health care. Complete ACP
Observer article available at:
http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/apr04/computer.htm
Reports
on Electronic Medical Records
April
29, 2004
iHealthBeat
is reporting on three reports that came out at the end of 2003 on
Electronic Medical Records. "Electronic Medical Records:
Lessons from Small Physician Practices" (written by three
AMIA members) is available
http://www.chcf.org/topics/view.cfm?itemID=21521