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North Shore–Long Island Jewish Health System Selects TheraDoc® for Infection Control and Disease Surveillance – February 27, 2007 Building on its technical expertise in healthcare emergency preparedness, the Great Neck, NY-based North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System received, through … Continued

USDA Awards Over $25.8 Million for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Projects – October 2, 2006 Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas Dorr today announced the award of 103 Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants totaling $25,853,991 to provide improved educational … Continued

Bio-Rad Wins Awards for Spectroscopy and Chemistry Software – August 22, 2006 Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. announced today that its Informatics Division received a Gold Award for its KnowItAll® Informatics System spectroscopy software and a Silver Award for its KnowItAll Cheminformatics … Continued

CONCLUSION: Completion of computerized clinical reminders was not affected by a variety of provider characteristics, including professional training, demographics and provider attitude, although was lower among residents than staff providers. However incorporation of support staff into clinic processes and individualized … Continued

CONCLUSION: The indications are that SA GPs will reap the benefits of the Internet as it continues to evolve, and translate these into improved health care delivery in South Africa. PMID: 18619896 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: International … Continued

CONCLUSIONS: To be able to measure usability issues that go beyond what can be found by a traditional stationary user interface evaluation, it is necessary to conduct usability tests of mobile EPR systems in physical environments that simulate the conditions … Continued