Court Case Asks if ‘Big Brother’ Is Spelled GPS

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/us/11gps.html

Increased stress causing hospital CIOs to rethink their job situations

http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/increased-stress-causing-hospital-cios-rethink-their-job-situations/2011-08-28

Health IT Leads to 29% Drop in ICU Mortality

A 2010 study found that using health information technology (IT) led to a 29.5 percent drop in mortality rates in intensive care units. As developments such as this in science and technology continue to advance by leaps and bounds, a new chapter in the AMA's Health Care Trends report helps physicians stay abreast of the latest trends shaping medicine and patients' personal approaches to health care. 

The report details such findings as:

Automating notes and records just 10 percent can decrease the adjusted odds of fatal hospitalizations by 15 percent, according to a 2009 study.

Physicians' use of tablet-style computers is five times greater than the general public, and an estimated 81 percent of physicians use smartphones—up 9 percent from last year.

Fifty-nine percent of all adults look online for information about specific diseases and/or treatments.


http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/amawire/2011-august-17/2011-august-17.shtml

Senator Mark Warner - IT Healthcare Roundtable Discussion

Just attended Healthcare IT Roundtable Discussion hosted by Senator Mark Warner. The legislative staff present were interested and engaged. It was a pleasure to be discussing how Federal and State policies interact with the operational realities of healthcare information technology.


Many thanks to the folks from DC for spending time with us in Richmond today! We look forward to ongoing dialogue on this vital topic.

http://warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=health-it-roundtable-discussion


Health IT Roundtable
Thursday, April 28th from 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
919 East Main Street (SunTrust Building)
Piedmont Room, 4th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219

Just attended The Second Annual Virginia Telehealth Summit

Great event!  These folks are paving the way for VA to continue to be a leader in Telehealth. I look forward to connecting with folks I met.  This is real progress...

http://ehealthvirginia.org/index.asp

Have Not Had an Update in Recent Months from Kanas Regional Extension Center

Mr. Mike Aldridge (Regional Extension Center Director) and his team are doing some very innovative things in that region of the country...my old stomping grounds.

http://www.kfmc.org/rec/

The Virginia Regional Extension Center is Alive and Well

I met with the leadership of the VHIT organization a number of weeks ago and they are a group that is on the ball and ready to roll...very talented folks!

http://vhitrec.org/

HCA Capital Division is looking for a Director of Project Management

HCA Capital Division is looking for a Director of Project Management.

To apply for Division Project Director – Capital Division position please click on this link http://hca.rightjobonline.com and enter in job # 25475-3942. 

Please complete an online application and upload a current Word version of your resume.

HCA: The Biggest PE-Backed IPO Evah, and Other Stats

By Stephen Grocer
The launch of the largest private-equity backed IPO in the U.S. history got off to a good start.  HCA went public today and hospital operator’s stock opened at $31.20 a share on the New York Stock Exchange, up 4% from the initial public offering price of $30.

– The three largest private equity-backed IPOs on record have happened this year. After HCA, Kinder Morgan raised $3.3 billion last month and Nielsen raised $1.9 billion in January, according to Dealogic.

– HCA joins General Motors as the only two IPOs to have nine bookrunners since Thomson Reuters began tracking the data in 1985.

– Goldman Sachs Group leads the year-to-date ranking of U.S. IPO underwriters by the dollar volume of deals handed with $2.7 billion, or 21.9% of the market, according to Thomson Reuters.

– Carlyle Group is behind three of the top four IPOs to date, for a combined $9.4 billion. KKR has backed two that have raised a combined $5.7 billion, according to Dealogic.

– So far this year the U.S. accounts 92% of PE-backed IPOs. It held a 51% market share through the same period last year.

– U.S. IPO activity totals $12.5 billion for the year to date, the strongest start for U.S. IPOs since 2000 and six times IPO activity last year at this time.

–Five of the top 10 U.S. IPOs this year are private-equity backed. PE-backed IPOs have raised $10.4 billion–accounting for 83% overall activity this year.

– By proceeds raised, the NYSE has claimed 94% of the U.S. market this year. By number of deals, NYSE has 11 listings, while Nasdaq has 10, according to Thomson Reuters.

Below is a list of the largest PE-backed IPOs both globally and in the U.S.