THE MONTHLY TECHNOLOGY COLUMN FEATURING TIMELY TECH TRENDS, TIPS AND UPDATES Compiled by Bill Beggs Jr. For inclusion in tech talk: Please e-mail your tech information as a press release to: meg@sggdesign.com Inventor of Roundup To Be Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame In 1970, John Franz, Ph.D., discovered that a chemical, later named glyphosate, could block the growth of vegetation. Glyphosphate became the active ingredient in Roundup herbicides. Franz’ discovery will be formally recognized on May 5, when he is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio, joining agricultural innovators including Eli Whitney, John Deere, and George Washington Carver. Quick Study Radiology Closes on $3.3 Million in Financing Quick Study Radiology—which provides hospitals, imaging centers and physician groups an integrated solution for storing, viewing and tracking digital radiology images—has closed on a $3.3 million Series D financing round led by Advantage Capital. QSR will use the funds for working capital as it increases market share in radiology information systems. Advantage also led QSR’s $2 million round of financing in 2005, investing with funds raised through the federal New Markets Tax Credits program. Diagnostix Enhances Software for Pharmacy Billing Diagnostix, an Amerinet Inc. subsidiary, has released an enhanced version of AccuPrice, a price-auditing tool designed to help control pharmacy supply spend. As pharmaceuticals represent approximately 23 percent of a hospital’s total supply chain spend, company officials say, pharmacy directors are able to reduce credits and rebills. Enhancements include statistical, variance and frequency options, all designed to reduce price discrepancies. Since its May 2005 premiere, officials say AccuPrice has reduced price variances 65 percent. Eberlein Receives Sheen Award for Contributions to Medicine Timothy J. Eberlein, M.D., received the 2006 Dr. Rodman L. Sheen and Thomas G. Sheen Award, given each year for outstanding contributions to medicine. Eberlein is a professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery, director of the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and surgeon-in-chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Since 1968, 39 of the foremost members of the nation’s medical community have been honored with the $25,000 award.

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