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Ghana Fashion Awards 2012

On saturday 24th November 2012 , the second edition of the Ghana Fashion Awards took place at the  Plaice Event Center, Trade Fair. The night was packed with glitz and glamour and fashion lovers across the industry. At the end, eleven winners emerged and are:POPULAR MAKE-UP ARTISTE OF THE YEAR: Lydia AshiteyFASHION RETAILER OF THE YEAR: FC Beauty KlinikCONTRIBUTION TO ...

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Reason for Optimism About Health Information Exchange

The stars seem to be aligned for rapid progress in health information exchange. We are fast approaching a point in the development of the Health Internet where ubiquitous exchange of health data to improve care coordination and health care quality and ultimately lower costs might be possible. We still face some problems, and standards and policies must be aligned, but there is some great synergy in play that will help ...

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Is “Meaningful Use” Delivering Meaningful Results?: An Examination of Health Information Technology Standards and Interoperability

On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing entitled "Is 'Meaningful Use' Delivering Meaningful Results?: An Examination of Health  Information Technology Standards and Interoperability" to examine progress on the development and implementation of interoperable technical standards ...

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Using Health IT to Support Population Management

At the Health Tech Council Semi-Annual Meeting Dr. Douglas (Doug) B. Fridsma, MD, Ph.D., Chief Scientist & Director of Science & Technology at the ONC was presented with the ‘Best of HealthTech Award.’ Dr. Fridsma led a session on using innovative analysis of data and information sharing with mobile technologies in healthcare organizations. The main focus of the keynote entitled “Using Health IT to Support ...