I’m attending a few Health Informatics conferences in the next couple of months. I’m planning on blogging the sessions and writing about interesting new developments in health informatics. Here are the conferences I’m going to: 1. Medicine 2.0 in Toronto. September 17-18. I’m going to be presenting about our new
Continue readingJohns Hopkins Offers New Health Informatics Degree
An indication that Health Informatics is really taking off as a profession and research area: BALTIMORE – The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine will offer a new degree program in informatics this September. The one-year Master’s degree program is designed to prepare graduates for informatics leadership positions in clinical, public
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Gwen Darling has set up a great new resource for Health IT professionals called Healthcare IT Central. The site is an expansion of her Healthcare IT Jobs website and in addition to the Job Board, it also features content, news, and a blog roll.
Continue readingEpiSurveyor Used for Polio Containment in East Africa
EpiSurveyor is being used to investigate and contain a polio outbreak in East Africa. Handheld devices or mobile phones are used to log symptoms of patients and the treatment they receive. It’s an open source application funded by the United Nations and teh Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership. The project is
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LinkEHR has uploaded a number of education videos to YouTube: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3BWI4LYEMo] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-x9Zmr3vrY]
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