2004 Noblis in the News Archive
Law & Health Weekly, Obesity, Fitness and Wellness Week, Healthcare Finance, Tax & Law Weekly, Life Science Weekly, Science Letter, Managed Care Weekly Digest,October 30, 2004, Personnel Section featured Alan F. Dowling to serve as executive director of Mitretek Healthcare.
Pioneer Press
October, 28, 2004 article, “Governor Visits to get Security Award,” featured the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
Chicago Tribune
October 27, 2004 article, “State Weapons Response Team Wins Award for its Readiness,” featured the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
The News-Gazette
October 27, 2004 article, “Illinois Security Program Wins Honor,” featured the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
USA Today
October 26, 2004 announcement, “State of Illinois Weapons of Mass Destruction Teams – Winner of the First Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.”
Tester – News and information for Naval Air Station Patuxent River
October 21, 2004 article, “Navy Disaster Preparedness Program selected as finalist for security award,” featured the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
The Washington Post
October 18, 2004, Business in Brief featured Mitretek Systems of Falls Church acquired Jennings Ryan & Kolb and Gill/Balsano Consulting from Cross Country Consulting. The acquisition is part of Mitretek Systems' expansion of its health care division. Mitretek Systems is a nonprofit company that works to solve complex problems of public interest.
The Capital
October 12, 2004, Business Digest featured Mitretek Systems, a nonprofit public interest corporation, has opened a 2,500-square-foot facility at Linthicum, Maryland, to provide information and security-related support for the National Security Agency.
The Washington Times
October 11, 2004 article, “Dowling heading Mitretek Health Care,” featured Alan Dowling, head of Mitretek Healthcare, and Mitretek's recent acquisition of two health care companies.
Federal Computer Week
September 27, 2004 article, “The Next Big Thing for Government,” featured Mitretek’s Corporate Vice President Craig Janus, who said, “We see the next big thing as a convergence of disparate technologies, such as radio frequency identification, or RFID. We're doing a lot of research in biometric fusion. But it's all going to be wireless in the end. In five years, you'll walk through Wal-Mart, you'll fill your cart, you'll go to your car. You won't need a credit card, you won't need an ATM card, you won't need a debit card. You'll need money in the bank, and it will be deducted, and you'll get a statement. Government inventories will be tracked that way. Government people will likely be tracked that way. All of this has to converge, and the technologies exist today. But they have to become mature and integrated in a way that we haven't seen yet.”
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0927/feat-bigthing-09-27-04.asp
The News-Gazette
September 21, 2004 article, “Program Recognizes Efforts and Innovations in Homeland Security,” featured the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
Navy Newstand
September 17, 2004 article, “Navy Disaster Preparedness Program Selected as Finalist for National Homeland Security Award,” featured the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
The News-Gazette
September 9, 2004 article, “State Security Program Wins National Praise,” featured the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
TECH b.e.a.t
Summer 2004 article, “Ballistic Fingerprints on File,” featured Mitretek’s Center for Criminal Justice Technology as developer of the criminal ballistic image database model.
Health Management Technology
August 2, 2004 article, “Taming the Tiger,” featured Johns Hopkins Health Systems employing Mitretek’s Risk and Safety Management Alert System (RASMAS) to tackle the organizational management of thousands of annual alerts and recall notices.
(excerpt) “In 2002, we were approached by Mitretek Systems, a nonprofit science, engineering and information technology company in Falls Church, Va. Mitretek executives had also recognized the problem hospitals face in handling alerts, and they were exploring advanced system solutions to address the problem.
They suggested that we work with them to develop a solution that could meet the needs of all three hospitals in the Johns Hopkins Health System and also be used nationally by any hospital or healthcare system. Our decision to work with Mitretek on developing RASMAS (Risk and Safety Management Alert System) was made, in part, because we saw no other solutions available in the marketplace, and because we wanted to influence the final product. We acted as both the alpha and one of three beta organizations to develop, test and recommend adjustments to the system.
IMPLEMENTATION
The "installation" of RASMAS within Johns Hopkins Hospital was simple and painless. Because the solution runs as an ASP on a subscription basis, there was no extraordinary outlay for technology or installation of new hardware or software. Most of our PCs were already operating with Internet Explorer 5.0 and could access the system. Any standard browser will work.
Here is how the system operates. An alert-processing subsystem in RASMAS collects alerts from a variety of sources including manufacturers and federal sources, and also allows subscribers to send information they have received. When we scan and send information to RASMAS, it is accessible within a 24-hour turnaround.
Then the system initially de-dupes all the collected information. Next, Mitretek clinical staff review and research the data before releasing it to their RASMAS subscribers. The de-duping and clinical readiness review occurs on an ongoing basis, so information is available to subscribers as soon as possible.”
Hospitalconnect.com
August 2, 2004 article, "The AHA-Endorsed Risk and Safety Management Alert System - RASMAS," featured the reasons the American Hospital Association (AHA) endorses Mitretek's Web-based system (RASMAS) to report, track, and manage alerts and recalls.
Falls Church News-Press
July 8, 2004, “Falls Church News and Notes” featured Mitretek named among the top 50 Best Small and Medium Companies to Work for in America.
Mass High Tech
June 14, 2004 article, “Incentive to Innovate,” featured Mitretek -- Only a minority of IT companies have created a defined R&D framework. Take the example of Mitretek Systems, a Virginia based scientific research and systems engineering company that was spun off from MITRE in the mid-1990s. Mitretek's innovation rewards infrastructure has two main elements: First a nomination-oriented incentive compensation program that rewards preferred behaviors including scientific and technological innovation - from a segregated pool of money, usually a percentage of the employee population's salary base. The awards, very public within the company and eagerly anticipated by all employees, range from $500 to as much as $10,000.
Second, it has an internally sponsored and funded research grants program. Teams of employees compete for a slice of an annual fund, which averages a little more than 1 percent of revenue. It is set aside for the purpose of meeting the emerging technological needs of Mitretek's clients. Past research projects have been funded in the areas of telecommunications and networking, biometrics, toxicology, public key infrastructure security and transportation systems.
Devices & Diagnostics Letter
June 14, 2004 article, “Experts Call for National Recall and Alert Database,” featured Mitretek’s Risk and Safety Alert Management System (RASMAS), a Web-based subscription tool that provides an information-dissemination system to filter alerts and provides those most vital to the user.
Healthcare Review Northeast Network
June 8, 2004 article, “Board Oversight of the Organization’s Human Resource Strategy,” was authored by Mitretek employee Bob McGowan.
Healthcare Informatics Online
June 2004, Healthcare Informatics Online News & Trends article, "Patient safety's neglected sibling," featured Mitretek's Risk and Safety Management Alert System (RASMAS).
National Geographic
June 7, 2004 television program, “Return to Titanic,” featured Mitretek employee Justin Manley who was on the NOAA research ship Ron Brown.
Government Computer News
May 4, 2004 article, “Agencies take notice of continuity planning,” featured Mitretek employee Craig Janus, “Craig Janus, corporate vice president for Mitretek Systems, Inc., a nonprofit research organization in Falls Church, Va., said agencies need to train essential employees to bring home their notebook PCs and chargers, and how to deploy and maintain some basic technologies.”
The Courier Journal
May 2, 2004 article, “Switch to hydrogen presents challenges; Coal-mining states could reap benefits,” featured Mitretek employee David Gray, “We’ve certainly got to reduce the cost if it’s going to be competitive, even with gasoline today at $2 per gallon,” said David Gray, director of new energy system analysis for Mitretek Systems, a nonprofit scientific research and system engineering organization in Virginia.
Healthcare Financial Management
May 1, 2004 article, “The Cost of Staying Young,” was written by Mitretek employee Wendy Weitzner.
PM Network
April 2004 article, “Express Delivery – Project Managers on this infrastructure upgrade for the U.S. Postal Service overcame budgetary issues to deliver exceptional ROI,” featured Mitretek as the project management consultant on modernization of the USPS IT infrastructure project.
Washington Post
April 29, 2004, “Names in the News,” The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors will honor recipients of Loudoun Volunteer Services' 2004 outstanding volunteer awards at its meeting May 4.
The recipients are: Adam Fuhrmann of Heritage High School won Mitretek Systems' best project in sustainable development, "Comparison of Solar Power System Cost to Utility Power Cost for Home Use." Seebeck and Fuhrmann will advance to the Intel International Science Fair in Portland, Ore., on May 9-15.
USA Today
April 28, 2004, featured announcement of the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
Congressional Quarterly
April 27, 2004, article “Best in Show: Award Will Recognize Most Effective Homeland Security Program,” featured the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
US Black Engineer & Information Technology
March/April 2004, article, “The Modern-Day Technology Leaders – People to Watch as they Rise,” featured April Cunningham software engineer in Mitretek’s Center for Information and Telecommunications Technologies
US Black Engineer & Information Technology
March/April 2004, article, “Professionals on the Move,” featured Temitayo “Tayo” Chestnut’s promotion to senior staff in Mitretek’s Center for Information and Telecommunications Technologies.
The News Journal – www.delawareonline.com
March 31, 2004, article “Army disputes risk of DuPont VX plan – Earlier report posed possibility nerve gas agent could re-form in wastewater,” featured Mitretek as the scientific research company whose analysis concluded that neutralization standards set by the Army ensure constituent compounds produced in the destruction of chemical weapons cannot be recovered for potential reuse.
Courier Post Online - www.courierpostonline.com
March 31, 2004, article “Remixed nerve agent a long shot, Army study,” featured Mitretek as the scientific research company whose analysis concluded that neutralization standards set by the Army ensure constituent compounds produced in the destruction of chemical weapons cannot be recovered for potential reuse.
Chambersburg Public Opinion
March 15, 2004, article “Red Light Runners Growing Locally,” featured Mitretek 2001 study on impact of red light cameras on reducing crashes.
Briefings on Hospital Safety
March 2004, "Briefings on Hospital Safety," the newsletter for Hospital Safety Committees, featured an article about Mitretek's Risk and Safety Management Alert System (RASMAS).
Wired News
January 23, 2004 article, “Biometrics Enters Third Dimension,” featured Mitretek’s Donald D’Amato from the Center for Information and Telecommunications Technologies.
The Daily BAMS
January 15, 2004 article, "Forecasters Debate Their Future in a World Made by Machines," featured Mitretek's Ken Carey from the Center for Science and Technology leading a group discussion about the future role of humans in weather forecasting.
ITS America
January 15, 2004 article, “Transportation Users the Focus at American Meteorological society Conference,” featured Andy Stern, from Mitretek’s Center for Science and Technology, and his presentation on the work of the Federal Highway Administration’s Road Weather Management Program.
Healthcare Informatics Online
January 15, 2004 news, “National Patient Safety System Launched by Mitretek Systems,” featured Mitretek’s news release on RASMAS – Risk and Safety Management Alert System.
US Newswire
January 13, 2004 article, “First Comprehensive National Patient Safety System for Product and Safety Alerts Launched by Mitretek Systems,” featured Mitretek’s news release on RASMAS – Risk and Safety Management Alert System.
Medicine on the Net
January 2004 article, “Can you trust it? What are the hallmarks of a reliable patient education Web site?” featured Mitretek Systems criteria for evaluating Internet health information.
Contact
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Corporate Communications
edavis@mitretek.org
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Mitretek Systems
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