Ministry investigates polio in Ghanzi area 29 June, 2006
GHANZI - Two children have been admitted to the Ghanzi Primary Hospital on suspicion that they might have contracted polio which recently broke out in Namibia, says Emang Gower, a health official.

That report is from the Botswana Press Agency (BOPA), via The Daily News website.
Only a few [...]

Leading health-care IT companies are lining up to bid for a South African government contract to provide an electronic health record (EHR) system for patients using public hospitals and clinics.
As in the U.S. most patient records in South Africa are paper-based, and hospitals that already use electronic records employ systems that are not integrated [...]

The Wisconsin Health Information Exchange has been awarded a contract worth $110,000 from the State of Wisconsin for calendar year 2006.  WHIE intends to use the funds to develop its governance structure and administrative staff.
WHIE’s stated mission is to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare and the organization’s initial efforts will be aimed [...]

The Department of Veterans Affairs has recovered the stolen laptop and hard drive containing personal information on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel.  According to the FBI, there is no evidence that anyone has accessed the data, which includes Social Security numbers. Reportedly, to date there have been no reports of identity theft [...]

If you are someone who spends time in wilderness or remote settings for work or play, you might already know that wilderness medicine is categorically different from urban care. The major differences are that remote medicine typically happens two or more hours from a hospital whereas urban care has timely access to medical facilities, remote [...]

Half of all Americans have a chronic disease. We also are more numerous among the uninsured, and chronic illnesses are responsible for 7 out of 10 health-related deaths. Our health care is incredibly expensive, and we can’t live without it.
Every day, a family comes to me in crisis. Two year old Hunter [...]

For a long time we have been waiting for a worthwhile hemostatic agent/tool worth including in our Equipment & Supply Division, and at last CELOX™ is here. I recently saw this stuff at the Wilderness Medicine National Conference with our friends at SAM Medical Products, and have been eagerly awaiting FDA approval.
The unusual [...]

The nine-county Rochester area of New York recently cleared a major hurdle in starting a regional electronic data-sharing network. A group that includes hospitals, health insurers and businesses won a $4.4 million state grant to begin the Rochester Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO). Leaders from the business and health care sectors of the area are [...]

The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) is launching a new learning tool that will allow any pathologist or clinician computer access to a wide range of content. The system provides information on cases from the AFIP Central Repository complete with radiographic imagery, articles published by the staff, and access to AFIP Tumor Pathology published [...]

Obtaining clear diagnostic images during MRI scanning is essential for diagnosing certain medical conditions, and critical for surgeons who use imaging during surgical procedures. However, motion can cause blurring and obtaining clear images is difficult if the patient is moving–think patients with Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, or fidgety children.
Now there is a new technology, called the [...]

Epic Systems Corporation of Madison Wisconsin has won a $40 million contract to consolidate data from multiple software programs across the West Virginia University (WVU) Hospitals and University Health Associates systems.
The new IT system will streamline record keeping and record sharing at three sites: Physicians Office Center, WVU Cheat Lake Physicians office and the WVU [...]

Warts are caused by a virus..and some people are more susceptible to it actually causing warts than others.Many of my patients have concerns about the chemicals offered to get rid of warts, both because of toxicity issues (many patients are children)and the fact the warts return.Homeopathy is a home remedy..removing warts successfully and once and [...]