Yeah, nauseating isn't it? The award that asks the question what Physician can prostitute themselves the most to Microsoft. That's why there is the alternative Medical Open Source Achievement award: http://www.linuxmednews.com/linuxmednews/999737185/index_html.
-- -- Ignacio Valdes, Editor: Linux Medical News http://www.linuxmednews.com 'Revolutionizing Medical Education and Practice' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Subject: [PhysicianPracticeASP] Microsoft Recognizes Physician Leaders >Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 06:18:16 -0000 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Microsoft Announces Finalists For the 2001 Microsoft Physician of >the Year Award > >Recognizing Excellence in Using Pocket PC to Improve the Quality of >Care > >REDMOND, Wash. -- Oct. 5, 2001 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced >four physician leaders as finalists for the 2001 Microsoft� >Physician of the Year Award. The 2001 Award, sponsored by >Microsoft's Mobile Devices Division, recognizes excellence among >physicians in using Pocket PC-based mobile devices to improve the >quality of patient care. > >This year's finalists are the following: > >Bryan Bogner, M.D., F.A.C.P., director of clinical information >systems, University of South Florida Health Sciences Center, Tampa, >Fla. >Eric Mankin, M.D., chief medical officer, Temple Physicians Inc., >Temple University Health System, Bryn Mawr, Pa. >Scott M. Strayer, M.D., director of handheld computers, Saint Louis >University Family Practice University, Belleville, Ill. >David Trager, M.D., physician, San Jose Medical Group, Good >Samaritan, San Jose, Calif. > >According to Forrester Research Inc., physician adoption of personal >digital assistants (PDAs) is increasing rapidly, with 41 percent of >physicians projected to own a PDA by the end of 2001. > >A judging panel of five industry experts and analysts selected the >four physician finalists from approximately 40 entries. The winner >will be announced by Jeff Raikes, group vice president of the >Productivity and Business Services Group at Microsoft, at Windows on >Healthcare 2001, http://www.windowsonhealthcare.com/, during his >keynote address, "Microsoft's Vision and Strategies for Healthcare: >A View From the Top," Oct. 30 at 9 a.m. in the San Diego Convention >Center in San Diego. > >"We are pleased to recognize these physicians for their leadership >role in innovatively applying technology to improve the quality of >patient care," said Ahmad Hashem, M.D., Ph.D., global industry >manager for Healthcare at Microsoft. "The demanding clinical >environment requires a robust mobile platform, and Pocket PCs >provide the security, robustness and expandability that physicians >need in their efforts to improve quality and reduce cost." > >"The breadth of innovative solutions offered for the Pocket PC made >it a challenge to select the finalists," said Terry Clark, M.D., >F.A.C.S. and president of Global eMedicine LLC, coordinator of the >award's judging panel. "Having more than 40 entries indicates that >physicians in the trenches are rapidly adopting this technology to >improve patient care. The physician leaders that were selected >exemplify the best of the best in how Pocket PC is becoming an >indispensable tool in the hands of practicing physicians." > >The judging panel was made up of Terry Clark; Josh Fisher, equity >healthcare analyst for Dresdner RCM Global Investors LLC; C. Martin >Harris, M.D., executive director of the e-Cleveland Clinic and CIO >of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Randolph Miller, M.D., professor >and chair of the department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt >University; and Edward Zabrek, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., medical editor of >Pocket PC Magazine. > >http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/Oct01/10- >05PhysicianFinalistsPR.asp > > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> >FREE COLLEGE MONEY >CLICK HERE to search >600,000 scholarships! >http://us.click.yahoo.com/Pv4pGD/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/5uSolB/TM >---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
