Announcement VMW December Issue 2006

Announcement VMW December Issue 2006


Dear All,

Please note that the December issue of the Virtual Medical Worlds
Magazine is now available on-line at http :// www .hoise,com /vmw.

This month's
edition features two contributions by guest authors Peter Groen, Douglas
Goldstein and Marc Wine on Emerging Innovative Solutions for eHealth and
EHRs, and on Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, and Health IT Systems;
and
articles on the EU-funded projects CASCOM, EPIST, InfoBioMed, Legally
eHealth, MammoGrid and Protocure II; Duke University's 3D ultrasound
scanner guiding robotic surgeries; the Haptica approach to surgical
simulation; and an overview of the MEDICA 2006 event.

Maybe, you prefer to use
the handy click-through menu below to learn more about the Dextrobeam VR
technology; robot-assisted laparoscopy at the University of Texas MC;
Cardinal Health's RFID pilot results; CyberKnife 4D imaging; the DICOM Grid
Interface Service in the Globus MEDICUS project; and many more.

Our
contact e-mail address is vmw@hoise,com . Please, feel welcome to send
us:

* news and contributions on telemedicine, Virtual Reality, Grid- and
HPCN-related medical applications,
E-health, health care compunetics, 3G
medicine, medically-applied RFID, and health care implemented
information technology;
* company or project stories;
* press releases;
*
conference announcements;
* requests for banner and job adds - (please, ask
about our friendly rates!)

VMW also offers a large number of practical
services for companies and
organisations at
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/monthly/dealvmw.html.

Do not hesitate to contact us for more
information.

Kind Regards and Pleasant Readings,

Ad Emmen
Leslie Versweyveld
The VMW
editorial team

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Click-through menu of the Virtual
Medical Worlds December Issue 2006:

Optio's Electronic Health Record
(EHR) solution provides Smith Northview's physicians with remote access to
lab
results
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-1.html

Ascension and Trig Medical to present new 3D Guidance tracking tool
at
RSNA
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-2.html

eHealth - Emerging Innovative Solutions and
EHRs
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-3.html

San Diego Supercomputer Center helps
speed high-tech drug
design
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-4.html

Cardinal Health releases RFID pilot
results
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-5.html

eHealth - making
clear the legal
context
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-6.html

Integris Health deploys MercuryMD MData Mobile to give
physicians access to patient information via BlackBerry
handsets
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-7.html

Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center research to improve patient
safety
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-8.html

Memorial Health gets
Electronic Medical Records booster shot from
IBM
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-9.html

Tangent announces product family
for health care
solutions
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-10.html

Informatics studentships available at
Kingston
University
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-11.html

Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, and Health IT
Systems
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-12.html

New software enables rapid
response to time-critical
emergencies
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-13.html

Genetic medicine - just over the
horizon?
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-14.html

Philips announces
new RFID asset tracking
solution
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-15.html

Joslin Diabetes Center launches Veraxa Health
to meet large unmet patient need for timely detection of diabetic
eye
disease
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-16.html

Baystate Health turns to SEPATON for critical back-up of patient
records
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-17.html

Haptica and
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to introduce new approaches to
surgical
education
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-18.html

Zargis awarded United States Army contract for telemedicine
pilot
version
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-19.html

Breaking the medical image communication barrier with Grid
computing
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-20.html

Telemedicine
company eNotes Systems changes name to
Veridigm
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-21.html

Opening European eHealth research
programmes to new
participants
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-22.html

Putting the smarts into your mobile
life
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-23.html

Integrated
approach to radiation therapy provides quality care for cancer
patients
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-24.html

Global Med
Technologies Inc.'s division, Wyndgate Technologies teams with Hospital
Partners of America and Indiana Blood Center
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-25.html

Kodak and NDMA collaborate on
product-integration initiatives to support mammography screening in
Europe
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-26.html

Interactive
virtual reality environment transforms surgical group collaboration
and
education
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-27.html

Acuo Technologies announces availability of Version 5.0 of DICOM Services
Grid medical
software
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-28.html

Accuray integrates in-room 4D imaging with the CyberKnife
robotic radiosurgery system and launches three new products for lung
cancer
treatment
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-29.html

MEDICA and ComPaMED 2006's position as global hub for the medical
sector impressively
confirmed
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-30.html

Columba bracelet permits localisation of Alzheimer
patients in the event of their getting lost or becoming
disoriented
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-31.html

IBA forms
Chinese joint venture to deliver health care through the internet and
TV
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-32.html

Surgeons
perform first robot-assisted procedures in weight loss, colon and
gastric
fields
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-33.html

ActivIdentity and InterComponentWare smart citizen health card technology
recognised as best electronic health card
system
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-34.html

Scientists use pixels to ease
amputees'
pain
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-35.html

Harnessing Grid computing to save women's
lives
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-36.html

Philips delivers new radiology
products that present clinicians with a clear view of patient data and a
clear path to patient
care
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-37.html

New software method for producing medical
guidelines
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-38.html

Cardiocom
introduces GlucoCom blood glucose telemonitoring system to help
diabetics improve glycemic
control
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-39.html

3D ultrasound scanner could guide robotic
surgeries
http :// www .hoise,com /vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-12-06-40.html