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========================================================= Sponsored by Microsoft Microsoft solutions for Healthcare. See how top healthcare organizations are improving their quality of patient care with Microsoft-based EMR solutions. Get the Sutter Healthcare Case Study. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154083-1 ========================================================= November 17, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Standing Orders Put Flu Shots on Radar 2. News: Radio Tags to Vouch for Drugs' Legitimacy 3. Analysis: Vertex: The Write Stuff 4. News: CVS: The Fire This Time 5. News: EHR Vendors Unite for Interoperability 6. News: HIPAA Help for Medical Devices Visit the Health Care Industry Center: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154086-1 ========================================================= Health Care Industry Center Update ========================================================= 1. News: Standing Orders Put Flu Shots on Radar When health care providers issue standing orders rather than relying on reminders to physicians, more patients receive the vaccinations that they should, a new study finds. Take a closer look at this study from the Journal of the American Medical Association. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154089-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Radio Tags to Vouch for Drugs' Legitimacy The technology will allow medications to be tracked electronically from production plant to pharmacy, a development the Food and Drug Administration said is an important tool to combat the small but growing problem of drug counterfeiting. Will it work? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154092-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Analysis: Vertex: The Write Stuff A biotech company ditched its scientists' paper notebooks for a digital research system that speeds development of money-making drugs. Find out more about Vertex Pharmaceuticals' high-tech strategy. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154095-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: CVS: The Fire This Time CVS said there was only one way to deal with Eckerd's information systems: Burn 'em down. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154098-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: EHR Vendors Unite for Interoperability Twenty-one vendors of electronic health records form an alliance to figure out how to make systems interoperable and to encourage physicians to adopt the technology. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154101-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: HIPAA Help for Medical Devices As the date for compliance with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Security Rule moves closer, health care providers can check up on medical devices with a common form. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154104-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154107-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154110-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154113-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=82&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154116-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154119-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1404-16-30-98670-154122-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
