Biomedical Informatics Research Center

Current Events

BIRC Participates in the Biotechnology Vision Summit 2010, August 25, Madison, WI

BioForward is the member-driven state association that is the voice of Wisconsin’s biotechnology industry. They advocate actively on their members’ behalf to create investment and partnership opportunities, attract and retain people, and support public policy that fosters continued growth. They provide member-support services that include networking opportunities through a variety of conferences and events, online resources and group purchasing programs. Members include biotechnology companies, universities, non-profits, service providers, and state, regional and local government representatives.

Peggy Peissig, MBA, Associate Director will be participating in a panel session entitled, “Bench to Bedside: Leading the Personalized Health Care Revolution”

World Usability Day 2010 - November 11 - "Communication"

World Usability Day 2010 will serve as an impetus to creating greater awareness for designs, products and services that improve and facilitate communication around the world.

What is World Usability Day? - It's about making our world work better. It's about "Making Life Easy" and user friendly. Technology today is too hard to use. A cell phone should be as easy to access as a doorknob. In order to humanize a world that uses technology as an infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, government, communication, entertainment, work and other areas, we must develop these technologies in a way that serves people first.

BIRC Presents at the AMIA 2010 Annual Symposium, November 13-17, Washington, DC

The AMIA Annual Symposium is the world’s most comprehensive annual meeting on biomedical and health informatics. The Annual Symposium provides a wide range of formats for education and discussion. Papers and posters present peer-reviewed state-of-the-art scientific and technical work. Panels, keynote presentations, tutorials, and workshops bring together thought leaders for in-depth and active audience exchange about critical issues of the day.

Panel Session: “Adventures in Meaningful Use” – Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI; Scott Evans, MS, PhD, FACMI; Paul Tang, MD, MS, FACMI, George Hripcsak, MD, FACMI

Panel Session: “Usability at the Research-Production Interface: What in situ Testing Can Tell Us” – David S. Pieczkiewicz, PhD, Vimla L. Patel, PhD, DSc, David R. Kaufman, PhD, Andre W. Kushniruk, PhD, and Thankam P. Thyvalikakath, BDS, MDS, MS

Poster Session: “Streams of Consumer-Filtered Health Information on Twitter: A Web Trend Map Analysis” – Joseph Plasek, MS, and David S. Pieczkiewicz, PhD

Poster Session: “Simple Citation Creation Using the PubMed Citation Service” – Luke Rasmussen, Brian Pickering, MD, MS, Justin Starren, MD, PhD, and Vitaly Herasevich, MD, PhD

Poster Session: "Conceptual Clinical Information Model for a General Dental Record" – Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD, Thankam P. Thyvalikakath, BDS, MDS, MS and Titus K. Schleyer, DMD, PhD, MBA

Poster Session: "Hybrid Focus Group Methodology: Evaluation of the Usability of a Clinical Trials Management System on Tablet PCs" – Natalie Yoder, Valerie McManus, Scott Tischendorf, Justin Starren, MD, PhD