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Idtechex Case Study: Massachusetts General Hospital Blood, USA
White Papers A pilot study of RFID has been carried out in Massachusetts General Hospital, the client, using a Precision Dynamics Product with the support of Lattice Corp. A bedside ID check is made and checks are envisaged in the operating room.
[December 23, 2004, 23:00]
Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
News Massachusetts state officials have criticised a decision to adopt OpenDocument as a standard, casting doubt over a closely watched initiative. Information Technology Division, which is part of Massachusetts' Office of Administration and Finance.
[November 2, 2005, 9:25]
Massachusetts CIO steps down
News The chief information officer of Massachusetts is stepping down, complaining about a lack of funding for the commonwealth's technology initiatives. His departure, effective in 30 days, will not derail the state's policy of adopting OpenDocument as...
[October 5, 2006, 10:05]
Massachusetts stands by its standards
News Massachusetts remains committed to using desktop software based on open standards despite the departure of Peter Quinn, the state's chief information officer and main architect of the policy. A spokesperson for Massachusetts Governot Mitt Romney's...
[January 5, 2006, 8:05]
Massachusetts continues OpenDocument debate
News Massachusetts legislators assembled some of the IT industry's most powerful companies on Wednesday to discuss the state's electronic document standards, a closely watched decision with significance that has stretched far beyond state boundaries.
[December 15, 2005, 9:05]
Massachusetts CIO quits amid OpenDocument furore
News Peter Quinn has resigned from his post as chief information officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to avoid further mudslinging over the state's controversial move to OpenDocument. Quinn claimed that he was resigning to avoid being the...
[December 28, 2005, 12:30]
Massachusetts may embrace Microsoft Office
News Massachusetts has proposed changing its standards policy to make room for Microsoft Office document formats. Massachusetts caused a stir among governments and the technology industry nearly two years ago when it mandated the use of "open formats...
[July 3, 2007, 8:48]
Massachusetts picks new CIO
News Massachusetts has named a permanent chief information officer, who will be in charge of carrying out the state's OpenDocument policy. The appointment of Massachusetts technology managers has taken on international significance because of the state...
[January 31, 2006, 16:10]
Massachusetts ODF plan will use Office plug-in
News Massachusetts will begin using OpenDocument as the default document format later this year as planned, but it will be sticking with Microsoft Office in the near term, the state's top technology executive said.
[August 25, 2006, 17:35]
Massachusetts to use both Open XML and ODF
News The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is to adopt both OpenDocument Format and Microsoft's rival Office Open XML document format. At the beginning of July, Massachusetts proposed using both ODF, which is an open International Organization for...
[August 2, 2007, 18:20]
Massachusetts finalises open standards proposal
News The commonwealth of Massachusetts has finalised its decision to standardise desktop applications on OpenDocument, a format not supported by Microsoft Office. Massachusetts residents, rather than any one vendor, now control their own information.
[September 26, 2005, 11:50]
Achieving Compliance with Massachusetts Data Protection Law
White Papers By January 1, 2010, all organizations with operations and/or customers in the state of Massachusetts will be required to follow comprehensive information security requirements regarding both paper and electronic records containing personal...
[October 29, 2009, 15:53]
Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 6th Ed
Downloads The best-selling handbook, Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Sixth Edition, is now available in PDA format. This easy-to-navigate handheld reference provides instant access to current, comprehensive, concise...
[November 15, 2005, 7:00]
Pocket Medicine - The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine
Downloads Pocket Medicine - The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine, 2nd Ed.powered by Skyscape Author(s): Marc S Sabatine MD, MPHPublisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Prepared by residents and attending physicians at...
[November 14, 2002, 6:00]
University of Massachusetts-Boston: Meeting the Needs of Higher Education
White Papers Over a period of two years, University of Massachusetts-Boston found itself facing two messaging-related challenges: a growing spam problem and an aging messaging infrastructure. In August 2003, the school's two Microsoft Exchange 2000 messaging...
[February 21, 2009, 0:24]
The Town of Burlington, Massachusetts Turns to Siemens HiPath
White Papers Magazine in the 1990s as the second best place in America to locate a business, the town of Burlington, Massachusetts is a community of approximately 23,000 people located in the northeastern part of the state, just 13 miles from Boston.
[August 3, 2006, 0:00]
OpenDocument threat emerges in Massachusetts
News The Massachusetts Senate has introduced a provision to an economic stimulus bill that endangers a state decision to standardise on the OpenDocument format. The introduction of the amendment follows a hearing on Monday where the chair of a state...
[November 3, 2005, 16:05]
Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 7th Ed. (MghAnes7™)
Downloads Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 7th Ed.powered by Skyscape Author(s): Peter F Dunn MD, Theodore Alston MD, Keith Baker MD, PhD, J. It provides current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically...
[September 12, 2007, 8:00]
Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards
News The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has cited legal concerns over Microsoft's software as a factor behind its decision to only use document formats based on open standards. Eric Kriss, Secretary of Administration & Finance for the Commonwealth of...
[September 5, 2005, 17:40]
Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
Talkback Massachusetts is the winner by going with OD. Isn't it true that MS 12 will only work with VISTA? What will the cost be to upgrade? Does MS 12 support ALL of the older versions of office? MS has alread bragged they support OD, to a degree.
[November 2, 2005, 13:05]
