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A core benefit of electronic health records (EHRs) is the ability to capture data related to patient care and then sift through that data for patterns and trends. Searchable data is a necessity for generating best practices and improving existing workflows. Of course, the benefits to a single hospital are greatly expanded when data is collected among several facilities, including clinics. Regional health information exchanges (HIEs) enable administrators, care providers, and other personnel to make decisions with a knowledge of what works, thereby improving patient care. Join us for the monthly community call to hear about how to create an HIE. Come prepared to talk about past experiences and share questions about future projects. What: Creating a Health Information Exchange Welcome (Edmund Billings - Medsphere)The Importance of HIEs in Achieving Meaningful Use (Edmund Billings)What is an HIE? (Kelley Malott - Vangent)Best Practices in Creating an HIE (Kelley Malott)Roadblocks: What you should be aware of (Kelley Malott)A Practical HIE Example (Kelley Malott, Bernie Thuman, Eric Pupo - Vangent)What does CCHIT mean to an open source HIE? (Eric Pupo)HIE Funding sources (Kelley Malott)Q&A Work group/Project Updates: Behavioral Health WG (Debbie Daspit, Medsphere)OpenVista/GT.M Integration Project (Jon Tai, Medsphere)CCR/CCD Gateway Project (George Lilly/Fay Struble, Medsphere)

The 2009 Nobel Prize in physics goes to Charles Kao of Standard Communications Labs in England and the Chinese University of Hong Kong for the invention of practical optical fiber communication, and George Smith and Willard Boyle of Bell Labs in New Jersey, for inventing the charge-coupled device, the CCD, making digital cameras possible. Steve Mirsky reports

As many know, "Go-live" is merely a single, albeit big event, in the life of an IT project. With EMRs and hospital systems, it is no different. A key differentiator in success is what has happened before and what will come after the big day. Join us for the monthly community call to hear about "five ways to go-live", lessons learned and experiences from the field. Come prepared to talk about your past experiences or your questions about future projects. We will also provide an update on the status of Meaningful Use with recent news and discussions from DC.Note: the agenda changed between publication and the actual call -- the agenda below is correct. What: Achieving Go Live Success Achieving Go Live Success (Janine Powell, Medsphere)OverviewFive+ ways to slice itRecent case studiesParticipants experienceDiscussion and QuestionsRespiratory Care Solutions via OpenVista (Troy Ward, RRT, MMH)Successful Go-live: A Client Perspective (Dr. Matt King, MD)Open Source Project UpdatesCCR/CCD GatewayOV/GT.M IntegrationWhen: September 24, 12:30 - 2pm Pacific Where: http://medsphere.org/blogs/events/2009/09/24/community-call-achieving-go-live-success

For several years we've heard the bad news about honeybees. They're disappearing. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has ravaged bee colonies throughout the world and is likely due to a perfect storm of factors?habitat loss, industrial agriculture, the heavy use of pesticides, global warming, etc. Over the weekend the 41st world apiculture congress met in France to assess the state of the honeybee and noted that the situation is pretty grim. If current trends continue the European bee keeping industry will be wiped out in the next decade. An average of 300,00 colonies a year have disappeared from France since 1995, the same year that Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin published their book, The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind, and in which they noted that 17,000 to 100,00 species vanish from our planet every year. Today, right now, we are living through the sixth great extinction and some estimate that by the end of the century half of all species will have disappeared. ?The golden frogs of Panama are gone,? reads a recent poem by Mark Strand. Now we learn that it is not only the honeybee but also bumblebees that are fighting for survival. A report in Earth Island Journal reveals that a North American bumblebee found only in northern California and southern Oregon has disappeared, last seen in 2006. Several other species have also experienced alarming declines. These are insects that have been around for millions of years and on which plants, animals, and, yes, humans rely for their pollination. As one of the scientists quoted in the article says, ?It would be like if you went out one day and there were no cardinals or mockingbirds anymore. It?s that obvious to bee people.? The cause: well, this time global warming is not high on the list. Rather, the spread of disease from commercially reared bumblebees used to pollinate greenhouse tomatoes is the leading culprit. As a result America's native pollinators may be in danger. If there is a thread that connects the honeybee and bumblebee declines it is our system of industrial agriculture that depends on the bees for pollination and has at the same time accelerated habitat loss and the widespread use of pesticides. Rachel Carson warned of a silent spring way back in 1962. It seems we still haven't gotten the message.

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At Fruitwood Orchards in Monroeville, making honey is serious business. The orchard can produce up to 60,000 lbs of honey in a year. The bees are also essential to the pollination process for the fruit trees at the orchard and with the arrival of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) the health of the bees is very important. Although there is no specific cause of CCD, beekeepers around the country are doing their best to keep their bees healthy so that we can enjoy all of the fruits and vegetables we have become accustom to. (Video by Adya Beasley /The Star-Ledger)

Bee-Boy dance crew drops dead. It is a fact of nature: When a honey bee returns to the hive after finding a good source of nectar, it will perform a unique dance for its hive mates, detailing the distance, quality and quantity of the new food supply. Sadly, honey bees are mysteriously vanishing in staggering numbers - a crisis known as Colony Collapse disorder - which is alarming considering honey bees are responsible for pollinating one-third of our natural food supply. Learn more at http://www.helpthehoneybees.com