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E x t r a: O t h e r N e w s: A s i d e s: F a v o r i t e s: LEAD STORIES XML-based SPL drug labeling standard makes for safer medicationMarch 21st, 2005, DCLnews
Tele-maintenance for Army Apaches and ChinooksMarch 22nd, 2005, DCLnews
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OTHER NEWS Grass roots patient-care databank could help trim $140 billion from U.S. health tab - and save livesMarch 8th, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle
A Santa Barbara County network of hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and doctors is pioneering new technology that will allow medical professionals, with different computers systems, to share clinical information. It is hoped the initiative will be a first step towards the creation of a national patient-care data bank. The project is one of hundreds of grass roots efforts nationwide carried out by regional health consortiums. "[The] movement ... started with the idea that a community could build a secure way to share health care information across all the healthcare institutions in that county," explains Sam Karp of the California Healthcare Foundation, a health philanthropy body that contributed $10 million to the project. "We believe we are pioneering the development of a workable model for the rest of the country." The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimated last year that improved health information technology could trim $140 billion a year from the total U.S. health tab, which reached $1.7 trillion in 2003.
Army picks BlackberriesFeb 28th, 2005, Business Wire
The devices, which are primarily used for email (but can also be used as cell phones), keep senior Army officials connected worldwide through secure data access and voice communications. There is also a good chance that handhelds will soon be able to receive data from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), such as Predator B and Global Hawk. A recent demonstration connected a Global Hawk, a surrogate for a Fire Scout, and a user on the ground with a PDA-like device.
Oregon City puts all its public records onlineMarch 17th, 2005, The Register-Guard
The City of Ashland in Oregon is posting all its public records online. Many years' worth of material, including contracts, minutes, policies, ordinances and other documents tracing the inner workings of the city's government, will now be just a mouse click away. "It's all public information anyway," says Ashland City Recorder Barbara Christensen, who has worked on the project for nine years. "What's changed is that now it's available to anyone without having to walk down here, ask someone to dig through files, then make copies, all of which can take a lot of staff time and money."
The documents, estimated in the hundreds of thousands, or 4.2 gigabytes' worth, are searchable on the city web site (www.ashland.or.us). Keywords can be used to search for a document by subject or department. Since 1996, Christensen has put all new records into a digital database. She also digitizes any existing legacy records when they are used by employees.
New police wireless network will have "astronomical" ability to share data
March 4th, 2005, Free Lance-Star
According to Sheriff Howard Smith, a big advantage of the network is that it "keeps deputies and officers on the street where we want them [and] should also help solve crimes faster." Sheriff Charlie Jett is equally enthusiastic, saying the new network will have an "astronomical" ability to carry information. Not only will it mean long-term cost savings "in the millions of dollars," but the network will have so much space that law enforcement officials have invited other government agencies to consider using it to improve their information flow. On seeing this story DCL's president Mark Gross commented: "Whats interesting here is this is all being done at grass-roots level with relatively small amounts of money."
Random House to put educational materials on cellphones
Feb 18th, 2005, News Target
Responding to the huge popularity of cell phones, Random House is to offer foreign language courses and video game strategy guides as cell phone text. Last month, the publishing firm announced it had reached licensing arrangements with a San Diego-based firm to provide cell phone access to its Living Language foreign-language study programs and Prima Games video game strategy guides. "You have a whole generation of consumers, perhaps more than a generation, who are never more than 10 feet from their cell phones, including when they shower," said Richard Sarnoff, president of Random House Ventures, an investment subsidiary of Random House, Inc. "Increasingly, cell phones are becoming an appliance for entertainment and education." Some predict that popular novels may one day be released on cell phones. But industry experts agree that the small screens are much better for providing simple information, such as words translated into foreign languages, rather than longer works. ASIDES Are you an IT fashion victim?March 22nd, 2005, DCLnews
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