Future of Health IT: Trends and Scenarios: March 2009

CDE Browser

caDSR Web-hosted browser for Common Data Elements.

(tags: ontology standards caBIG caDSR)
NCICB: Cancer Data Standards Registry and Repository (caDSR)

'The caDSR is a database and a set of APIs and tools used to create, edit, control, deploy and find common data elements (CDEs) for metadata consumers and for UML model development. The common data elements are developed by the NCI, together with caBIG® Opens in New Window: ALT TEXT partners in the research community, to be used as metadata descriptors for research and for caCORE-like applications. The UML models are developed by research partners in collaboration with CBIIT, where the UML models are loaded into the caDSR database as administered components.'

(tags: ontology standards caBIG caDSR)

SourceForge.net: Ultimate EMR (Electronic Medical Record): Ultimate EMR (Electronic Medical Record)

'A feature rich Open Source Core Electronic Medical Record for small medical providers developed with Plone/ Python/ Zope. Core EMR functionalities: Patient History, Past Visits, Rx, Health Maint., Allergies, Labs, Vitals, Notes, and Procedures. AKA EHR '

(tags: EHR EMR python CieloMedSolutions)
Seattle-owned hospital company expands rapidly in Asia

'Entrepreneurs Daniel Baty and Rick Evans during the past decade have been quietly building hospitals catering to the growing middle-income market in Malaysia, India and Vietnam, and they plan to build many more. Their company, Columbia Asia, now owns and runs 11 hospitals, but by the end of next year Baty and Evans expect to have 33 in operation, with more than half of them in India. Evans chairs Columbia Asia and Baty is a major investor. Columbia Asia is investing $110 million to build six more midsize hospitals in Malaysia, adding to the five it already runs there.'

(tags: healthcare+policy)

Single Google Query uses 1000 Machines in 0.2 seconds

'...while both [Google] search queries and processing power have gone up by a factor of 1000, latency has gone down from around 1000ms to 200ms. Crawler updates now take minutes compared to months in 1999.'

(tags: search seo)

Required Reading for Interactive Designers | Design & Innovation | Fast Company

'The storied School of Visual Arts, in New York, just published a list of required reading for the incoming class of students in its MFA interaction-design program. Here's a chance to get SVA MFA education for $58,000 off (not including expenses)! Or, at the very least, a look at the books you should have read (but probably haven't).'

(tags: hci usability interaction+design)

Future of Health IT: Trends and Scenarios