Archive for the ‘IT / Internet / E-mail’ Category

Data On Haitian Creole Released By Carnegie Mellon To Hasten Development Of Translation Tools

Friday, January 29th, 2010
In response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute (LTI) have publicly released spoken and textual data they've compiled on Haitian Creole so that translation tools desperately needed by doctors, nurses and other relief workers on the earthquake-ravaged island can be rapidly developed...

CWRU To Develop Technologies For Virtual Coaching To Help Patient-Doctor Communications

Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Millions of people suffer from chronic ailments like heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, and need critical information from their healthcare providers to manage those diseases. Sometimes patients find it uncomfortable asking a doctor of another age, gender or race for information...

Can Pen And Paper Help Make Electronic Medical Records Better?

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The results of a new study of the pen and paper workarounds employed by healthcare providers who use an electronic medical record system may help make electronic medical records even more useful to health-care providers and the patients they serve. "Exploring the Persistence of Paper with the Electronic Health Record" appears in the September 2009 issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics.

TIGER Moves Into Phase III: Implementation

Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) is working to help the United States realize its 10-year goal of electronic health records for all its citizens. TIGER, which started as a grass-roots initiative, now involves over 70 professional nursing organizations, vendors, and governmental entities. The TIGER Initiative aims to enable practicing nurses and nursing students to fully engage in the unfolding digital electronic era in healthcare.

Designing The Care-Planning Process To Guide Evidence-Based Practice

Saturday, April 4th, 2009
CentraState and Pinnacle health systems will demonstrate and discuss how to leverage information technology to improve nursing practice as part of the Siemens Healthcare (http://www.siemens.com/healthcare) experience at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2009 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago.

$500,000 In Grants For Nursing, Libraries And Diversity In Academia Announced By Elsevier Foundation

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
The Elsevier Foundation has announced that it has committed a total of $555,000 in grants to ten institutions from around the world in support of initiatives that promote the work of libraries and scholars in science, technology and medicine. The winning proposals were selected from over 165 applicants worldwide for their innovation and potential for impact in the developing world, nursing community and academic workplace.

New Mothers Benefit From Community-Based Internet Forums But Fathers Could Be Marginalized

Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Researchers believe that local online forums could play a key role in helping new mothers to share experiences and concerns, according to a study published in the January issue of the UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing.