Healthcare Technology and Informatics

Stephanie ‘Stevie’ Davidson of Health Informatics Consulting Named to New Jersey Health Information Technology … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Stephanie “Stevie” Davidson, president and CEO of Health Informatics Consulting, www.hi-consulting.net has been appointed by New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine to serve on the state Health Information Technology Commission, a new body created to jump-start the much-needed conversion to computerized patient records by doctors.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals to Present at the JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference on October 6, 2008 (Centre Daily Times)
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:ACAD), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative technology to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders, today announced that it will present at the JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference on Monday, October 6, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time at Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York City.

A.D.A.M., Inc. to Present at JMP Securities’ Third Annual Healthcare Focus Conference on October 6, 2008 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA—-A.D.A.M., Inc. , a leading provider of health information and benefits technology solutions, today announced that it will present at the Third Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference on October 6, 2008 at 8:30 a.m.

GE Healthcare Forms Strategic Relationship with Living Independently Group (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHALFONT ST. GILES, England & NEW YORK—-GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company , announced today that it has entered into a distribution and technology collaboration agreement with Living Independently Group, Inc. a leading provider of telecare and passive monitoring systems used to assist in the care of seniors.

Mount Kisco Medical Group, PC, Uses NEC to Bring a Personal Touch to its Growing Healthcare Business (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
IRVING, Texas—-NEC Unified Solutions, Inc., a leader in enterprise business communications, today announced that a unique deployment of voice over IP and Automatic Call Distribution technology at 15 Mount Kisco Medical Group, PC, locations is enabling medical staff to provide patients with quality and timely healthcare.

West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation surpasses $15 million (BizJournals)
Jackson, Tenn.-based West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation announced it has raised more than $15 million for community outreach thanks to a record setting year.

Health Informatics is a career for the future (E-Health-Media)
A report on the future of health informatics as a career will be published by E-Health Media at its Healthcare IM&T Careers 2008 forum in London next week.

Halogen Advances its Leadership in Healthcare Market With Record Number of New Customers (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Halogen Software’s talent management technology is now used in over 500 healthcare facilities across North America. So far this year, Halogen has signed a record number of new healthcare customers including community and larger hospitals, multi-center health networks, long-term care facilities and medical groups.

California Healthcare Institute to Host Forum on Molecular Diagnostics Regulation and Reimbursement Keeping Pace with … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO—-The California Healthcare Institute will host “Keeping Pace with Technology: Molecular Diagnostics Regulation and Reimbursement,” Wednesday, Sept. 17, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Gen-Probe Incorporated in San Diego - located at 10210 Genetic Center Drive, San Diego, Calif. 92121.

Broadlane Introduces New Version Of OnRamp Client Portal (SupplyChainSolutions - SupplyChainMarket)
Broadlane, the leading technology-oriented healthcare supply chain services company, is pleased to announce the newest version of its client portal, OnRamp.