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========================================================= Sponsored by Proofpoint Free Report: Outbound Email Security and Content Compliance Everyone is familiar with inbound e-mail threats such as spam and viruses, but little attention has been paid to the risks posed by outbound email. Learn how IT execs are meeting HIPAA and other challenges in this free report from Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1300-16-30-98670-143907-1 ========================================================= October 27, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Is Lack of Coordination Hurting Health IT? 2. News: Siemens Medical Garners Health IT Award 3. News: Teranode Aims to Ease Data Modeling 4. News: Flu Shot Shortage Could Cost Businesses in Productivity 5. News: EDS Choosing Favorites 6. News: Handheld Technology Improves Third World Health Visit the Health Care Industry Center: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1300-16-30-98670-143910-1 ========================================================= Health Care Industry Center Update ========================================================= 1. News: Is Lack of Coordination Hurting Health IT? Attendees of the Health Information Technology Summit contacted by eWEEK.com said they came away convinced that efforts to implement widespread health IT are getting off to a solid start. They also agreed on some chief barriers to implementing health IT: misaligned financial incentives and a lack of integrated, easy-to-use products. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1300-16-30-98670-143913-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Siemens Medical Garners Health IT Award One of the most profitable subsidiaries of the German conglomerate Siemans AG, Siemans Medical Solutions, was awarded top honors for its health IT products and services. Get the details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1300-16-30-98670-143916-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Teranode Aims to Ease Data Modeling Teranode, an informatics software company in Seattle, launched updated versions of software and new equipment, promising to tear down data silos and help companies turn data into information. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1300-16-30-98670-143919-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Flu Shot Shortage Could Cost Businesses in Productivity This year's flu vaccine shortage could cost the nation up to $20 billion in lost productivity--almost twice as much as in a typical year--depending on the severity of the outbreak, according to one estimate. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1300-16-30-98670-143922-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: EDS Choosing Favorites In an announcement from the Gartner ITxpo, the $20 billion a year computer systems integrator said that it is forming an "agility" alliance that will create a computing platform based on products from Dell, Cisco Systems, EMC, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Xerox. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1300-16-30-98670-143925-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Handheld Technology Improves Third World Health An MD, PhD graduate from Harvard and MIT has created a mobile computer systems that health workers can use to manage diseases like diabetes and AIDS in rural areas. 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