While it may not be a medgadget per se, the award winning M-Dash may have far reaching effects on information management at some medical schools. Here’s more from the University of Michigan:
M-Dash, a web-based system of tools that allows for quick data analyses and financial, space, clinical, and faculty planning many years into the future, is a winner of a U-M Business Intelligence Data-Into-Action Award. The Advisors on Information Management Strategy and Michigan Administrative Information Services presented the M-Dash team with the award during the Business Intelligence Community of Experts luncheon on March 13…
M-Dash, short for M-Dashboard, pulls together a wide variety of statistical data about the Medical School and turns it into easy-to-understand and useful charts, graphs and projections. As an example, it can be used to evaluate productivity of faculty members and departments, which can be critical when trying to forecast future research needs, such as when a new research building may be required. M-Dash received national attention last year in Academic Medicine and Business Week. Locally, it was featured in the Ann Arbor Business Review.
More at U of M…