Current Grand Rounds

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November 13, 2009, 12:15

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November 20, 2009, 12:15

"Information Technologies for Smarter Healthcare"

Dr. Joseph M. Jasinski, IBM Distinguished Engineer, Program Director, Healthcare and Lifesciences Institute, IBM Research

Link to Abstract

OBJECTIVES: 1. Provide a global perspective on the status of information technology enabled healthcare transformation. 2. Discuss the role of open standards based infrastructure and open source projects in developing interoperable health information exchange 3. Describe the potential for incorporating unstructured and streaming data into healthcare information technology platforms 4. Provide insight into continuing challenges and new possibilities for information technology in healthcare transformation

November 27, 2009, 12:15

THANKSGIVING: CANCELLED

CANCELLED

December 4, 2009, 12:15

"Providing Information Prescriptions (IRx) in Two Clinical Populations: Two Randomized Controlled Trials"

Nancy K. Roderer, MLS,Professor and Director, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University & Kathleen O. Oliver, MLS, Associate Director for the Regional Medical Library, New York University

Objectives: 1. Articulate the motivation for an information prescription service 2. Describe how a test of IRx was designed and implemented 3. Describe the results of the test 4. Identify further research and operational potential

December 11, 2009, 12:15

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