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Executive
Board
Your officers for 2004-05 are:
President - Dr. Stephen Pittenger
President-elect - Dr.
Michael Martin
Secretary/Treasurer - Ms. Valerie Ball
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President's
Letter
Welcome to the
September/October 2004 edition of the AVI HTML Newsletter.
The Official Call for Papers
for the 2006 Talbot Symposium is almost available. We are
planning to make this Talbot one to remember. There will be 8
tracks of information available to us for programming (Sun-Wed, AM
& PM) and we will be assigning broad topics to those
sessions. Of course, if you have a submission that is
definitely worthy, yet doesn't fit neatly into the broad topics,
we will still consider it! The travel costs for the AVMA
related to this Hawaii conference will be staggering. As
such, the ability to speak for multiple sessions and even cross
into other disciplines (i.e. technician program) will be heavily
considered.
The submission process will
move to the web this year to make it a little easier to collect
the submissions. Please look for the form in about 7-10 days
to be posted at
http://www.avinformatics.org/symposia/talbot2006.htm
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
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the AVI
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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
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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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In
the News
Medical
Records Go Online
October
14, 2004
The
Arizona Republic discusses electronic record initiatives in its
area. Complete article available at:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/
articles/1014integreat14.html
Goal:
Teach IT to Future Clinicians
October
12, 2004
This
fall, 150 student clinicians at The College of St. Scholastica in
Duluth, Minn., are using electronic medical records, decision
support and other clinical information systems. The college in
2002 embarked on the Athens Project to incorporate information
technology as a core component of its students' educational
curriculum. Complete Health Data Management article available at:
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/html/Portal
Story.cfm?type=trend&DID=12037
Cerner
to Provide Records for Juvenile Diabetes
October
11, 2004
Kansas
City, Mo.-based Cerner Corp. will spend $25 million over 10 years
to provide personal health records to up to 1.3 million children
with juvenile diabetes, enabling them to connect with their
physicians to transmit test results, improve care management and
reduce physician visits and hospital admissions. Complete Modern
Healthcare article available at:
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/news.cms?newsId=2997
Docs'
Offices Tap Technology During Vioxx Recall
October
8, 2004
iHealthBeat
reports on one doctor's office that used its electronic medical
record system to assist with notifying all their patients who were
using Vioxx. Complete article available at:
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/index.cfm?action=dspItem
&itemID=106245&changedID=106132
Doc:
Electronic Records Not a Choice
October
5, 2004
Health
Data Management highlights one physician office story behind their
implementation of an electronic medical records system two years
ago. Complete article available at:
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/html/PortalStory
.cfm?type=trend&DID=12024
Pediatricians
Say Using PDAs Helps Them Practice Safer Medicine - survey sheds
light on eating behaviors as source of childhood obesity
October
9, 2004
Results
from a recent vendor survey show that seventy-five percent of
survey respondents use their PDA more than six times per day, most
often to access drug information (96%). Most significantly, 80% of
respondents said they practice safer medicine using a PDA, while
nearly two-thirds said that using their PDA had decreased the
number of potential medical errors. These results are comparable
to findings in previous studies among other physician PDA users,
including a study conducted by Harvard Medical School. Complete
Epocrates press release available at:
http://www2.epocrates.com/headlines/story/10189.html
VA
Technology: A Federal Threat to Private Sector Health Care IT?
October
7, 2004
Commentary
from iHealthBeat on this issue available at:
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/index.cfm?Action=dspItem
&itemid=106102
HealthPartners
to Hold Payment for Errors
October
6, 2004
A
Minnesota health insurer says it won't pay the bill when doctors
make serious mistakes - apparently the first time an insurer has
taken such a hard-line stand against medical errors. Complete
AP/Washington Post article available at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12661-2004Oct6.html
Clinical
Systems vs. Bottom Line
October
5, 2004
Although
computer-based provider order entry (CPOE) can be a valuable
investment, it is perhaps not a wise one for organizations
burdened by shaky finances. Complete Health-IT World News article
available at:
http://tmlr.net/jump/?c=10476&a=296&m=2682&p=
1086588&t=164
Should
I Buy My EMR Now? The Experts Weigh In
October
11, 2004
Doctors
have many questions about electronic medical records, especially
now that the federal government is pushing for their use. Complete
American Medical News article available at:
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/10/11/bisa1011.htm
National
Database Can Raise the Bar at Children's Hospitals
October
4, 2004
A
US national database on children's hospitals can help reduce the
length, cost, and frequency of stays, says a University of
Michigan study in the October issue of Pediatrics. Complete
article available at: http://story.news.yahoo…
Vioxx
Recall Seen as Victory for Patient Safety
October
4, 2004
Healthcare
IT news article shows how Health IT companies are using the recent
Vioxx scare to reinforce the need for their products. Complete
article available at:
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/NewsArticle
View.aspx?ContentID=1668
Brailer,
Vendors to Talk IT Plan
October
4, 2004
About
300 vendors of health care information technology have been
invited to meet at the AHIMA meeting on Monday to meeting with
David Brailer. Complete Health Data Management article available
at:
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/html/
PortalStory.cfm?type=gov&DID=12015
Internet
Health Advice Can Bring on 'Cyberchondria', Study Shows
October
3, 2004
Browsing
medical sites on the Internet can bring on a condition dubbed
"cyberchondria", in which patients diagnose themselves
incorrectly and seek treatment they do not need, a British study
said. Researchers from the University of Derby spent 18 months
browsing Internet health sites which offer advice on the common
symptoms and treatment of a huge range of illnesses, from colds to
cancer. They found that misleading or vague advice could easily
lead people to incorrectly diagnose their symptoms. Complete
AFP/Yahoo! News article available at: http://story.news.yahoo.com…
UPMC's
Romoff Sees Miniature 'Manhattan Projects' With Vendors
September
30, 2004
The
president of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center plans to
hold discussions with Siemens, General Electric and other major
technology vendors "to see if we can put together
mini-Manhattan projects" that generate new products and new
sources of revenue for UPMC. Jeffrey Romoff, who made the remark
yesterday during a lecture at the University of Pittsburgh's
Graduate School of Public Health, said big technology vendors must
replenish their product lines and have dim prospects for doing so
without collaboration with major academic medical centers such as
his. Complete Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article available at:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04274/387806.stm
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Continuing Education
American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP)
55th Annual Meeting
and the 39th Annual Meeting of the
American Society for Veterinary
Clinical Pathology
(ASVCP)
November 13-17, 2004
Disney¹s Coronado Springs
Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA
Telephone: 608-833-8725,
Ext. 145
Fax:
608-831-5485
Email: meetings@acvp.org
Website:
http://www.acvp.org/meeting
ACVP is approved
to conduct educational programs by the American
Association of
Veterinary State Boards¹ RACE.
For more
information, please contact the American College of Veterinary
Pathologists at 7600 Terrace Ave., Suite 203, Middleton, WI
53562
News,
continued
UK to
Put Biometric Readers in all Hospitals, Blears says
September
29, 2004
The
U.K. will install biometric-reading technology in every hospital
and doctor's surgery as part of its identity card project, Home
Office minister Hazel Blears said. ``We also want to make sure
that only the people who're entitled to use our public services
like the National Health Service, making sure that people who
contribute to it can use it and those who don't, can't,'' Blears
told Bloomberg TV. ``So, where it is necessary, then we will have
to have the technology in place to read the cards.'' Complete
Bloomberg article available at:
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102
&sid=adIU._FV1Wnw&refer=uk
The
Doctor's In - and Online
September
30, 2004
Empire
Blue Cross and Blue Shield is piloting a new program this fall
that will reimburse doctors for visits made over the Web. The
system uses a clinical algorithm to elicit information about the
patient's complaint and medical history in a structured way, with
each answer provided by the patient triggering a new pull-down
menu of more specific questions about symptoms, duration, and so
on. Complete Newsday article available at: http://www.newsday.com…
Limited
Information Technology for Patient Care in Physician Offices
September
30, 2004
New
findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change(HSC)
show wide variation in IT adoption across physician practices,
particulary by physician practice size. Complete report available
at: http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/708/
IBM
and The Cleveland Clinic Usher in the Future of Medicine, Bridging
the Gap Between Medical Research and Treatment
September
30, 2004
IBM
and The Cleveland Clinic announced an agreement to develop a
translational medicine platform at the Cleveland Clinic that will
use information from medical records to support basic and genetic
research. Complete IBM press release available at:
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1
?release_id=73303&
Wireless
Means Better Care, Faster Response
September
27, 2004
Health
IT World News provides an article by Carl Christensen on the
implementation of health IT at Marshfield Clinic, one of the
largest private medical group practices in the nation. Complete
article available at:
http://tmlr.net/jump/?c=10344&a=296&m=2676&
p=1086588&t=164
E-H-R
Collaborative: Working Together for Record Standards
September
28, 2004
Health
IT World reviews the E-H-R Collaborative's work to assist HL7 with
their medical record standard. AMIA is a participating member of
the Collaborative. Complete article available at:
http://tmlr.net/jump/?c=10342&a=296&m=2676&p
=1086588&t=164
Georgia
Healthcare Adopts an Electronic 'Companion'
September
28, 2004
Georgia
Healthcare System (GHS), a statewide organization comprised of 78
community health centers, has signed a $1.47-million contract to
provide electronic medical record software to 14 GHS locations.
Complete Health IT World News article available at:
http://tmlr.net/jump/?c=10341&a=296&m=2676&p=
1086588&t=164
Duke
University Implements Mobile Computing Initiative
September
27, 2004
Duke
University has completed the first phase of its mobile computing
initiative with its deployment of Patient Keeper Platform.
Complete Healthcare IT News article available at:
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/NewsArticle
View.aspx?ContentID=1606
BSSH
Becomes First State Hospital to Implement Paperless Records
September
25, 2004
Big
Spring State Hospital is the first state hospital in Texas to move
to paperless medical records. Complete Big Spring Herald article
available at:
http://www.bigspringherald.com/articles/2004/09/
25/news/news01.txt
Data
Mining Sifts the Gems from Digital Ore
September
27, 2004
Government
Computer News illustrates the recent uses of data mining in
biosurveillance and beyond. Complete article available at:
http://www.gcn.com/23_29/news/27420-1.html
Medicine
Lags Far Behind in Use of Electronic Information Technology
September
25, 2004
The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch provides a "good read" on health
information technology in a recent article stating "(it)
remains one of the last bastions of paper" in the United
States. Complete article available at: http://www.stltoday.com…
Saint
Luke's System Pushes Toward Paperless Records
September
27, 2004
Saint
Luke's Health System in Missouri has been working to develop a
paperless record. Complete Kansas City Business Journal article
available at:
http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/
2004/09/27/story5.html
Going
Digital: Health systems implement electronic medical records
September
22, 2004
Appleton
Medical Center in Wisconsin moves facilities to electronic medical
records. Complete Post-Crescent article available at:
http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/
biz_17918795.shtml
Overhage
Heads Indiana Records Plan
September
21, 2004
The
Indiana Health Information Exchange, an initiative to create a
regional health information infrastrucutre for Indianapolis and
central Indiana, has named J. Marc Overhage, MD as president and
CEO. Complete Health Data Management article available at:
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/html/
PortalStory.cfm?type=trend&DID=11969
Moving
Health Information Technology to the Next Level: The Electronic
Health Record
September
20, 2004
New
Capgemini white paper addresses how healthcare industry can
overcome barriers to adoption. Complete press release with links
to free white paper available at:
http://www.us.capgemini.com/news/
current_news.asp?ID=412
Regional
Health Information Exchanges Could Help Shape Policy
September
23, 2004
Regional
health information networks are an early first step toward the
government's goal of interconnecting the health care system on an
nation level. State and regional demonstration projects that are
now underway will help inform future government policies. Complete
iHealthBeat article available at:
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/index.cfm?Action=
dspItem&itemid=105854
Pitt's
Medical Record System on Display for US Official
September
23, 2004
David
Brailer examined the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's
electronic health record project called the "eRecord".
The project is 'similar to what the federal government wants to
see more health care providers adopt.' Complete Post-Gazette
article available at:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04267/383974.stm
Poor
Medical Treatment Kills Thousands
September
23, 2004
Requiring
doctors and hospitals to report publicly on their performance and
tying their pay to the results would dramatically reduce avoidable
deaths and costs attributable to poor medical care, says a new
report from an organization that works to improve health care
quality. Complete AP/Yahoo!Health article available at:
http://story.news.yahoo.com…
Fox
Patients' Records to Go Electronic
September
21, 2004
How
providers use and maintain charts at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital
will soon change with the implementation of a new electronic
medical records project, administrators said Monday. Complete
Daily Star article available at:
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2004/
09/21/fox.html
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