People In Places
People In Places
• David Bond has been named vice president of sales and marketing for a4health Systems (Cary NC), a developer of clinical data repository-based solutions for healthcare. Previously Bond was vice president of Specialized Data Systems, which he co-founded.
• Mary Franz has been named vice president and managing director of the Health Plans Consulting Practice of First Consulting Group (Long Beach, CA), a provider of information management services and operations improvement systems. She will be based at the company’s Chicago office. Franz was previously a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
• Bruce Campbell, PhD, MD, has been named to the board of directors of qmed (Laurence Harbor, NJ), which, through its wholly owned subsidiary Interactive Heart Management, develops systems which risk-stratify patients and modify risk factors for coronary artery disease.
• Pro Business Systems has unveiled a new HealthWare5 software rental program. Renting software can be beneficial for companies that do not want to spend large amounts of money up front on purchasing systems. The new system is a client/server application that users Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 as its network foundation, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 or 7.0 for database management, and Microsoft Systems Management Server for software distribution.
• Verus (Bellevue, WA) has released an Internet index that makes it easier for healthcare professionals to access more than 2,000 pre-qualified medical web sites, yet avoid problems stemming from Net surfing and accessing inappropriate web sites. The service includes a weekly update service with content and link changes, online modules to guide new users, and a search center that offers 30 general and medical Internet search engines at one location.
• Issues affecting electronic medical records and information systems are being addressed at a new web site, www.hin.com. The site contains information on privacy standards, requirements and best practices for information in home care, ambulatory care, physicians’ offices, long-term care facilities, sub-acute care, and rehabilitation units. Several publications also are available at the web site.
• GE Medical Systems (Waukesha, WI) and the Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) have launched a 24-hour satellite programming service to deliver accredited continuing education for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals directly to hospitals. Called The Health Channel, the service is directed by Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, and is available through GE Medical Systems’ TiP-TV satellite broadcast network. About 1,600 healthcare facilities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe provide TiP-TV programming to their staffs. The company says more than 650 additional facilities are scheduled to receive the service in 1999.
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