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August-6-2010
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August 2010
US Airforce SNIM Contract Announcement
We are happy to announce a recent award on which Global CI is a named team mate on the SNIM vehicle. "This is another wonderful opportunity for Global CI to continue to grow our cyber-security group and contribute with our SMEs in Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Database Warehousing, Informatics, Infrastructure, Embedded Systems and Applications development." said Mike Ziman, Global CI's CEO.
Global CI as part of the team led by Battlelle has been chosen as one of a select number of teams given the chance to bid on computer software, network, information, modeling and simulation programs for the federal government under the SNIM contract.
Battelle’s selection by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) means we will be allowed to bid on up to $2 billion worth of task order contracts over the next five years covering cyber-security, networks, software design and other information-related programs in support of the departments of Defense, Homeland Security and other government agencies. Jeanette Miller, Global CI's lead Business Developer said "Our proprietary TOR (Task Order Review System), HCMT (Human Capital Management Tool) and Business Development style are made to order for this type of contract. We look forward to meeting the challenge everyday."
AFCEA Health IT Day
Right on the heels of HIMSS, Global CI is off to another Health IT event! Please join us at AFCEA Bethesda Chapter Health IT Day on April 6. More information can be found here -à http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=b1f75097-7adf-4da0-91b7-1f037ada28ab
March 2010
HIMSS 2010
Change is everywhere...Opportunity is here!
Transforming healthcare through IT.
Global CI is participating in the HIMSS conference again in 2010! We will be at booth 1162 to learn what is new and hot in Health ITand to continue to lead the way in developing the best applications of technology to solve the complexities of partnering government and industry for our clients and the benefit of all people.
Key Global CI consultants will also be speaking at the Interoperability Showcase representing SSA.
Please call us to arrange an on site visit at the conference...
Global CI...Your Partner for Building a Better Future!
For more info... http://www.himssconference.org
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The Journey
- Mary Oliver
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice-
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen branches and
stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do-
determined to save
the only life you could save.
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Thoughts for the New Year
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them
ourselves. The book is called "Opportunity" and its first chapter is
New Year's Day.
Sydney Smith
Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you
may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or
brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund
Aisha Elderwyn
Every new year people make resolutions to change aspects of themselves they
believe are negative. A majority of people revert back to how they were before
and feel like failures. This year I challenge you to a new resolution. I
challenge you to just be yourself.
Walter Scott
Each age has deemed the new born year
The fittest time for festal cheer Benjamin Franklin
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each
New Year find you a better man.
William Arthur Ward
This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!
Charles Lamb
Of all sound of all bells, the most solemn and touching is the peal which rings
out the Old Year
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Celebrating the Small Wins: Respite From a Feast of Grand Visions
-Thomas H. Lee M.D., iHealth Beat
As the turkey makes its way into sandwiches, casseroles and
tetrazzini, and as the family slowly revives itself from food coma,
it's perhaps a good time to digest and reflect upon the year.
And
what a year it has been. Economic crisis. Multi-billion dollar
stimulus for health IT. The contentious battle over health care
reform. And the persistent rhetoric proclaiming that health IT will
save the day.
Lost among the grand and hopeful visions for
health care reform and health IT subsidies, however, have also been the
small victories that occur daily on the ground. Accomplishments
unheralded. Challenges overcome.
As we digest on a feast
of grand visions, let's take a look back at a few notable milestones
and data points from the year and appreciate the fact that actual
progress is being made.
National Exchange Goes Live
In
February of this year, MedVirginia became the first regional health
information organization to go live with the Nationwide Health
Information Network. Using the NHIN CONNECT Gateway, the
labor-intensive process of determining Social Security disability
benefits was reduced from 84 days to 25 days.
Though it's
still relatively early, preliminary results suggest that a substantial
percent of requests (333 of 421 cases in one sample) include clinical
information used for determining eligibility. "That percentage is very
high as compared to what we would expect from the general population of
medical providers from whom we request medical information. It's a very
good response rate," said Jim Borland, special advisor for health IT at
the Social Security Administration.
Marty Prahl [Global Commerce & Information*]-- IT
architect for Lockheed Martin, a partner of SSA -- added "The medical
information coming back in the form of a Continuity of Care document
has provided tremendous value to disability examiners who review the
information for disability claims."
Though much work
remains to develop a vibrant national information exchange network,
RHIOs continue to gain traction locally with 57 of the 150 qualifying
exchanges categorized as operational, up 40% from last year --
certainly something to be proud of.
Adherence Text Messaging
Encouraging
patients to regularly take their medications for chronic illnesses is
no small task. Imagine how much more difficult it is to accomplish in
teenagers who may either perceive themselves as without illness or
react unpredictably to authority figures.
That's why the
results published in Pediatrics this November were so promising. In
the small prospective study, 41 pediatric liver transplant patients
with a median age of 15 were sent pre-programmed text message reminders
to take their immunosuppressant medications. Over the 13 month study
period, not only did patients take their medication more regularly, but
only two patients experienced rejection episodes as opposed to 12 the
prior year.
In the study, a text messaging adherence
program from CareSpeak was used. Clinicians first enter medication and
dosing schedules, and patients then modify the timing of the alerts to
fit their lifestyle. As described by lead author Tamir Miloh,
"Teenagers can have very busy or obscure lifestyles, so we thought it
was important that they choose whatever time they wanted to get their
reminders."
Importantly, after patients take the prescribed
medication, they're able to respond to the message and confirm receipt
and compliance -- providing a full feedback loop with data that can be
readily aggregated and studied. Though we're still in the early stages
of understanding how simple technologies can modify behavior, studies
such as this are sure to foster further innovation and work in this
important space.
E-Prescribing Adoption Curve
After
many tough years of developing and promoting an electronic prescription
infrastructure, it appears that the adoption of e-prescribing
applications is beginning to take hold. A recent press release by
SureScripts suggests that as many as 140,000 providers are now using an
application with electronic prescription capabilities. That's up from
about 74,000 providers last year. Part of that growth may also be
reflected in the now over 200 certified systems with e-prescribing
functionality.
Since 2001, Surescripts and RxHub have been
working diligently to promote a secure, electronic infrastructure. By
the end of 2005, the number of providers using e-prescribing was an
anemic 10,000. Over the last few years, however, that number has been
steadily growing -- to 35,000 at the end of 2007, 74,000 at the end of
2008 and now over 140,000. And the incentives to adopt such systems
are only increasing.
Not all is roses just yet however.
Missing from the press release was the actual number of electronic
prescriptions being written. In 2007, the number was estimated to be
about 30 million electronic prescriptions written annually, or just
0.8% of the 3.65 billion retail prescription total. How the actual
transaction volume improves over the upcoming years remains to be seen.
Internet Pervasiveness
Over
the last 10 years, we've seen a noticeable shift in the perceptions
about the Internet. Though concerns about security and privacy remain,
patients and physicians are using the Internet now for an increasingly
wide range of health care functions. A couple reports from this year
highlight that trend.
In a survey of 4,560 Kaiser
Permanente seniors, 87% of Medicare beneficiaries who were registered
for Kaiser's personal health record expressed being either satisfied or
very satisfied with the application.
"The extraordinarily
high satisfaction rate of the survey respondents -- all 65 and older --
reinforces what we are learning among the general population: When a
PHR like My Health Manager is thoughtfully designed for an easy and
convenient user experience, individuals will engage more fully in
managing their own health," said Jan Oldenburg of Kaiser.
At
the Connected Health Symposium, Mark Bard of Manhattan Research
reported that physicians have doubled their online use over the last
five years. Once a novelty, the Internet has become a necessity,
according to 90% of the physician respondents, 75% of who go online
daily for work-related functions. Given the growing functionality of
the Web, this number is likely to go up.
A Diet for Long-Lasting Success
Though
most headlines focus attention on the big dollars and launch of key
initiatives, it's helpful to remember that every day, many individuals
are working hard to make the system a little better. Progress, though
often slow and variable, is being made. Thanks to those who continue to
make those accomplishments possible and have a happy holiday season.
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IT Employment Posts Modest Decline in November
as Longer Term Trend Stabilizes
-TechServe
Alexandria, VA, December 7, 2009 - After experiencing consistent IT job losses earlier in the
year, IT employment appears to have stabilized in recent months, according to TechServe
Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers.
IT employment was 3,814,800 in November 2009, which was a decline of 0.3 percent from
October. IT jobs reached their peak in November 2008 almost a year after the recession officially started and are down 6 percent from that time.
"IT job metrics vary on a month-to-month basis, as with employment numbers across all
industries. However, we have clearly seen a trend over the past quarter suggesting IT
employment has stabilized," Roberts said. "This is further validated by the results of TechServe Alliance's recent Pulse Survey tracking performance of IT staffing and solutions firms which points to growth in client demand for the services of these companies. We see this as a positive harbinger for the overall IT employment picture, and a strong indicator that we will see growth in overall IT employment in the foreseeable future."
IT jobs are found in virtually every sector and industry in varying degrees. The following table presents information about the total number of jobs in certain sectors that provide a significant amount of employment for IT professionals as well as to the number of all jobs. | |
*Global Commerce & Information has been a named teammate with Lockheed Martin on consecutive SSA contracts since 1993
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