Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 8th September, 2012.

Here are a few I have come across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. ----- http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/canadian-software-suite-aims-improve-breast-health-management/2012-08-31 Open-source software suite aims to improve breast health management August 31, 2012 | By Susan D. Hall An open-source software suite to be rolled out across Nova Scotia early next year could improve breast health management worldwide, its creators say in a UICC research summary. The Breast Imaging Electronic Medical Record (BIEMR) comes from 20 years of work to fill voids in proprietary software offerings, according to Mohamed Abdolell, an associate professor in the radiology department at Dalhousie University. The Web-based cancer data management software Caisis, which was developed at the Memorial...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.