Please be informed that CHIU has been ‘decommission’ as an entity and merged with ClubPACS to form CHITR – Community of Health IT Research.

CHITR can be accessed via www.ClubPACS.com

Note: CHIU’s url of www.DoYouCHIU.asia will be deactivated soon but the existing web portal (this web portal) will be retained for archival purposes.

For more information, please contact us via www.binaryHealthCare.com

Details of the lecture are as follows;

This article takes a look at DICOM SR and its intended features. While it is does not cover all aspects of this supplement standard, it does look at the pro and cons of its implementation and why it has not been adopted rapidly in clinical use despite it’s intended design.

Enjoy the article here.
]]> http://chiu.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/article-taking-a-look-at-dicom-structured-reporting/feed/ 0 binaryhealthcare http://chiu.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/our-main-sponsor-is-ranked-top-10-ranked-european-software-companies/ http://chiu.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/our-main-sponsor-is-ranked-top-10-ranked-european-software-companies/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:17:00 +0000 Adam Chee http://chiu.wordpress.com/?p=116 ]]> Thats right ladies and gentlemen, our main sponsor – Agfa HealthCare has been ranked within the top ten European software company.

The inaugural listing of Europe’s top 100 software companies as compiled by representatives of the following European software associations (European Software Association, AFDEL, BASDA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Accordingly to the report, the European market (In 2008) represented approximately 30 per cent of the overall worldwide software market generating revenues of approximately €56,000 million.

It is indeed a proud moment not only for Agfa HealthCare and their clientele but also for CHIU (and partners) as we bask in their moment of fame and glory.

We wish Agfa HealthCare all the best in 2009 and may we all progress forward, improving patient care while lowering cost, achieving better healthcare for all.

For more details about the report (free download), surf on to http://www.eurosoftware100.com.

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Health Informatics user community launched

By Jianggan Li | 14 November 2008

The Committee of Healthcare Informatics User (CHIU) for Asia was officially launched in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

Chee also reveals that CHIU’s mission statement is to ‘raise the bar’ in the adoption and implementation of healthcare informatics through active intellectual participation, collaboration as well as the promotion of knowledge exchange and ongoing vendor neutral educational activities of our members via its online platform.

CHIU’s upcoming activities include educational initiatives such as whitepapers and web conferencing sessions.

Initiated by Agfa healthCare, the event was co-sponsor by IBM, CHIU’s technology partner for Vietnam and attended by delegates from Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Vietnam

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Check out the original article here.

As CHIU’s Ambassador, it is both my honor and pleasure to share with you, CHIU’s first major success (since the official launch).

Through the interactive feedback platform provided by CHU, Singapore National Heart Center (NHC) has successful incorporate local product and service requirements into Agfa HealthCare’s industry leading cardiology informatics suite – IMPAX Cardiovascular.

This gesture has not only enabled NHC to incorporate their requirements into the Agfa’s offering but also regional clinical best practices into the solution, resulting not only a more robust cardiology informatics solution from Agfa Healthcare and a satisfied customer but the ability for adopters of IMPAX Cardiovascular (both globally and within Asia Pacific) to provide better patient care while achieving clinical effectiveness while saving cost.

Again, I applaud both NHC and Agfa HealthCare on their success. May CHIU continues to help ‘raise the bar’ in the adoption and implementation of Healthcare Informatics in the region.

About National Heart Center, Singapore
The national referral centre for cardiovascular disease in Singapore, NHC provides comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative cardiac services to local and overseas patients. NHC has a 186-bed capacity, with more than 9,000 inpatient admissions annually. Its multi-disciplinary team of professionals carry out approximately 80,000 outpatient consultations, 75,000 cardiac investigative procedures and over 1,700 operations annually.

As the ambassador of CHIU, it is my pleasure to announce our official media partner – FutureGov.

Some of you might ask, why FutureGov, well if you take a look at their about page, a lot of similarities can be found. E.g. the community philosophy. In addition, their magazine is a fantastic read (as a member of CHIU, you will get a copy of the e-version

So what are some of the exciting stuff that will happen with FutureGov jumping onto the bandwagon? For starters, FutureGov will run an official article on CHIU’s launch back in Hanoi, Vietnam (so stay tune to that) and we have lots of other exciting plans in the pipeline

So lets put our hands together and welcome the region’s largest community of government, education and healthcare officials in Asia Pacific – FutureGov to our family!

Aimed at representing Physicians, Paramedical Professionals, IT professionals, Biomedical Engineers and professionals in related disciplines, CHIU’s mission statement is to ‘raise the bar’ in the adoption and implementation of Healthcare Informatics through active intellectual participation, collaboration as well as the promotion of knowledge exchange and ongoing vendor neutral educational activities of our members via its online platform.

The inaugural launch was co-sponsor by IBM, our technology partner for Vietnam and graced with delegates from Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Vietnam, including representatives from both the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defense.

The successful launch symbolizes only the start of a great initiative and to ensure its continuous success, we have organized a series of educational initiatives like articles, whitepapers, webex session from both Agfa HealthCare as well as our technology partners.

Interested to find out more? Surf on to www.DoYouCHIU.Asia now!

Some physicians actually asked me what is so special about CHIU and how is it different from any other Healthcare Informatics User Group.

For starters, we are vendor neutral. That’s right, in addition to having Agfa HealthCare as the main sponsor, we have a line of industry partners / co-sponsor, all eager to share their technology, knowledge and innovation with our members (both clinical and technical)

For the upcoming inaugural launch, we are please to announce that IBM will be co-sponsoring the official launch dinner on the 19th Oct 2008.  IBM is driving innovation in the healthcare industries in many regions and we are please to have them working with us to ‘raise the bar’ in Asia.

Interested to find out more about the official launch? Contact us now

The management of IT or medicine itself is both an art, hence, it is of little wonder that the management of healthcare informatics is equally delicate if not more intricate.

The main motivation for healthcare facilities to implement healthcare / clinical information systems has always been somewhat similar; to reduce healthcare cost and human errors while maximizing productivity.”

Interested in reading the rest of this ‘article’ and curious what it has to do with CHIU?

Well, click on the thumbnail below to find out more!