Announcement VMW October Issue 2003

Dear All,

Please note that the October issue of the Virtual Medical Worlds
Magazine is now available on-line at http://www.hoise.com/vmw.

This month's edition features contributions on the EC-funded MobiHealth
project; an immersive 3D simulation environment for radiotherapists; the
EYESI training simulator for ophthalmic surgery; the augmented reality
based liverplanner; and a virtual reality system to detect navigation
specialized brain cells.

Maybe, you prefer to use the handy click-through menu below to learn
more about the Virtual Cardiac Rehab Programme;  supercomputing power
for melanoma diagnosis tools; a smart card programme for hospitals;
wireless data storage in a veterinary telemedicine project; the
integration of speech recognition with a hospital CPR system; and many
more.

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send us:

* news and contributions on telemedicine, Virtual Reality and
HPCN-related medical applications,
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technology;
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* conference announcements;
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Kind Regards and Pleasant Readings,

Ad Emmen
Leslie Versweyveld
The VMW editorial team

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Click-through menu of the Virtual Medical Worlds October Issue 2003:

Misys Healthcare Systems signs agreement with New York City Health &
Hospitals Corporation
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-1.html

Health care IT companies prospect exciting potential of disease
management, shows Frost & Sullivan study
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-2.html

MobiHealth Body Area Networks new promise to meet mobile health care
challenges
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-3.html

Vodafone Netherlands starts 3G pilots within the MobiHealth project
framework
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-4.html

EC project MobiHealth launches field trial phase in four European
countries
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-5.html

TDS Telemedicine starts Texas operations and receives inquiries from two
new States and Canada
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-6.html

Web-based virtual textbook on pain management deals with problem of
untreated pain
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-7.html

UCLA researchers use virtual reality to locate brain cells responsible
for human navigation
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-8.html

Park City Solutions partners with PatientKeeper to deliver advanced
mobile solutions to clients
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-9.html

Rogan-Delft introduces new product Suite and "PACS in a box"
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-10.html

IBM Supercomputer powers testing of Elecro-Optical Sciences' melanoma
diagnosis tools
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-11.html

Cardiff University selects Foundry Networks to enhance e-Science centre
applications
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-12.html

TeleHealth's TigrNet brings Internet access to hospital patients
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-13.html

Cardima's Surgical Ablation System breakthrough for patients with heart
disease
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-14.html

Zix signs three-year contracts with MemorialCare and John C. Lincoln
Health Network for secure e-messaging
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-15.html

Eighteen sites selected to evaluate effectiveness of eHealth
technologies
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-16.html

American TeleCare teams up with Partners Home Care and Partners
Telemedicine
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-17.html

Liverplanner from Austrian research team wins EG2003 Medical Prize at
Eurographics 2003
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-18.html

MedCath selects QuadraMed to implement advanced clinical and financial
information system solutions
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-19.html

Skyscape provides five new psychiatric references on handhelds for
better mental care
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-20.html

Over 50.000 computers from 93 countries come together to combat SARS
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-21.html

IDX deployment across eight London hospitals and new facility supports
NHS Integrated Care Record System initiative
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-22.html

North Bronx Healthcare Network integrates speech recognition with Misys
CPR system
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-23.html

Immersive 3D simulation environment helps radiotherapists visualize
cancer treatment plans
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-24.html

Canon debuts software system for medical digital imaging and information
management
  http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-25.html

eMagin supplies OLED displays as 3D imaging source for VRmagic surgical
training simulator
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-26.html

Burntsand and Providence Health Care bring Healthy Heart Virtual Cardiac
Rehab Programme to Internet
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-27.html

Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals launch Health Card Technologies'
smart card programme
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-28.html

University of Utah's biomedical research cluster planned to include 1000
AMD Opteron processors
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-29.html

Lancaster General Hospital uses Motion Tablet PCs to increase patient
safety
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-30.html

Kansas State scientists use livestock health sensors and wireless data
storage in veterinary telemedicine project
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-31.html

UCSD-TCAG collaboration to focus on transformation of genome-based
knowledge into health benefits
 http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-10-03-32.html