Health Information Technology: Indiana’s Role In The Development Of A National Model May 13,2011 Proponents have argued that the full utilization of electronic health records will serve to improve patient care, increase patient safety, simplify compliance and regulation of the US healthcare system and save money. All this may occur if the roadblocks to success… Read more »
Year: 2011
Connect with IU: Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
From the Regenstrief Institute website: Regenstrief Institute, Inc., an internationally recognized informatics and healthcare research organization, is dedicated to the improvement of health through research that enhances the quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare. Established in 1969 by philanthropist Sam Regenstrief on the campus of the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, the Institute is… Read more »
IU Life Sciences Collaboration Conference May 13 to focus on Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology: Indiana’s Role In The Development Of A National Model Proponents have argued that the full utilization of electronic health records will serve to improve patient care, increase patient safety, and simplify compliance and regulation of the US healthcare system and save money. All this may occur if the roadblocks to success are… Read more »
What Drives an Academic Entrepreneur?
Interesting new research recently summarized in The New York Academy of Sciences Magazine: “As the developed world continues its slow climb out of the financial crisis, policymakers and companies increasingly look to research universities to generate new ideas and to contribute to innovation and economic development. Academic entrepreneurship—the formation of companies based on intellectual property generated… Read more »
Connect with IU: The Public Policy Institute
From the Public Policy Website: Indiana University established the IU Public Policy Institute, a collaborative, multidisciplinary research institute within the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. John L. Krauss, director of the Institute, leads a team of experienced faculty and staff with expertise in policy analysis, program evaluation, facilitation, and planning. Our… Read more »
Connect with IU: Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research (CAEPR)
From the Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research (CAEPR) website: The overarching purpose of the Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research (CAEPR) is to enhance the intellectual environment in the Department of Economics by hosting short-term visitors to the department, bringing together faculty at IU-Bloomington who share research interests, issuing working papers by… Read more »
Leading biochemist explains ‘Miraculous Molecules’ in 2011 Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture
Richard DiMarchi, the Linda & Jack Gill Chair in biomolecular sciences and professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington, is at the forefront of developing new life-altering medicines for treatment of diabetes. A former group vice president at Eli Lilly and Co., DiMarchi is widely known for his discovery… Read more »
WSJ: A Nation of Takers, not Makers?
A compelling, and sobering, recent perspective from the opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal: More Americans work for the government than work in construction, farming, fishing, forestry, manufacturing, mining and utilities combined. Every state in America today except for two—Indiana and Wisconsin—has more government workers on the payroll than people manufacturing industrial goods. A… Read more »
Patent system reforms could squeeze out start-ups
From Technology Transfer Tactics: As the U.S. Congress moves closer to reforming a patent system that often has been perceived as an impediment to the innovation it is meant to inspire, many in America’s innovation community are worried that the reforms will only make matters worse. http://www.jsonline.com/business/118475979.html
IU Entrepreneurial Connection 2011
4th Annual Networking Event for IU Entrepreneurial Alumni & Students Keynote Speaker: Dane Miller, Ph.D., Biomet founder & maverick CEO Medical device pioneer Dane Miller will speak about his jouney from start-up company to billion dollar corporation This event is organized by the current MBA students in the Entrepreneurship Program, is designed to bring… Read more »