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July 26, 2006

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In This Edition

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1. News: Computer Program Helps Reduce Drinking

2. News: Army Taps 3M for RFID Tracking of Medical Records

3. RFID Update: The Stuff Just Proliferates

4. News: All Prescriptions Should Be Electronic by 2010, Panel

Says

5. News: Could Microsoft Beat Google to the Health-Service Punch?

6. Great Minds in Development: Read Any Good Blogs Lately?

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Health Care Industry Center Update

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1. News: Computer Program Helps Reduce Drinking

By training users to deprioritize alcohol-related stimuli,

the program helps abusers of alcohol learn to drink less,

researchers say.

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2. News: Army Taps 3M for RFID Tracking of Medical Records

The Army will use RFID to track the medical records of

thousands of personnel stationed at Texas' Fort Hood and their

dependents.

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3. RFID Update: The Stuff Just Proliferates

VeriChip announced July 17 that Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield

in New Jersey is sponsoring a two-year study that will have 280

patients injecting VeriChip's chip under the skin of their arms.

The goal: to see if the chip is useful in managing long-term

health care conditions like epilepsy, diabetes, heart disease

and organ transplants.

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4. News: All Prescriptions Should Be Electronic by 2010, Panel

Says

Studies assessed by an Institute of Medicine panel found that

450,000 preventable errors occur each year in hospitals,

800,000 in long-term care facilities, and 530,000 during

outpatient care of Medicare recipients.

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5. News: Could Microsoft Beat Google to the Health-Service Punch?

Microsoft is thought to be readying a Windows Live Healthcare

service, as well as other new health-focused portal and content

wares. Will the Redmond software maker beat Google Health out

of the gate?

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6. Great Minds in Development: Read Any Good Blogs Lately?

Tantek Celik, the chief technologist at Technorati, talks

about working at Microsoft on a Macintosh Product, the W3C

(World Wide Web Consortium), microformats, developer wikis,

and the growth of blogging and social networks. This link

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