IEEE and Personalized Health Informatics Standard

IEEE KICKS OFF WORK ON PERSONALIZED HEALTH INFOMATICS STANDARD WITH MEETING IN LONDON

http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_P2407_wg.html

"PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 3 January 2007 The IEEE has begun work on a standard to create a comprehensive personalized health informatics system that will give individuals a set of easy-to-use Internet tools to can help them stay healthy and improve their health. The working group creating this standard will hold a workshop in London, UK, on 24 and 25 January 2007 to form an action plan for developing the standard. ...

...The workshop is open to all professionals interested in helping to develop IEEE P2407™, “Architecture and Framework Reference Implementation for Personalized Health Informatics (PHI)”. IEEE P2407 will create an Internet-based system that places the individual at the center of a broad set of services designed to enhance health. This health-improvement system will encompass nutrition, environmental issues and other health information and help individuals manage all relationships that influence their health."


Information about the standard is available at http://www.ieee2407.org/.

Into the New Year

Hospital CIOs across country tackle demanding projects in 2007

"As 2007 dawns, CIOs at healthcare organizations across the country are gearing up for major IT revamps. They run the gamut from rolling out new clinical systems, installing new servers, and boosting wireless capacity. Some organizations are planning new facilities, and the new construction, in turn, is spurring new IT – across campus."

There's talk of "the need to leverage information systems to automate paper-based processes to reduce the risk of medical errors and improve patient care and safety, while simultaneously improving department workflows to reduce costs."

2007. Year of change, year of more costly migrations, or a year of true innovation?