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5th Annual SAS® Health and Life Sciences Executive Conference »
 This year’s conference – scheduled for April 16-17 at SAS World Headquarters in Cary, NC – features a who’s who lineup of speakers, including: Andrew C. von Eschenbach, MD, Commissioner of the US FDA; John Halamka, MD, MS, CIO of Harvard Medical School; and Scott Murray, CIO, Canadian Institute for Health Information. An Executive Leadership Panel will discuss best practices and new technologies at this can't-miss event. Register to attend.

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Bridgepoint Makes Healthy Decisions with BI »
SAS, the leader in business intelligence and predictive analytics, announced that Bridgepoint Health, Canada’s first health care organization dedicated solely to the prevention and management of Complex Chronic Disease, has chosen its business intelligence software to help transform the way managers solve problems and make more informed decisions about the patients they serve.
SAS in Leaders quadrant for business intelligence platforms »
SAS, the leader in business intelligence, has been placed in the Leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008, by Gartner Inc.
SAS’ Helton named to HITSP board »
Edward Helton, PhD, SAS’ Chief Scientist for Regulatory and Biomedical Affairs in the Health and Life Sciences Global Practice, has been elected to serve as an open representative on the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel.
SAS acquires Teragram to strengthen industry-leading text mining, analytics »
SAS adds natural language processing, automatic categorization, and natural language enterprise search technology to analytical portfolio.

Calling All Healthcare Students! »
SAS is announcing its second annual Health Student Scholarship.

SAS Canada is looking to showcase SAS® use in epidemiology and biostatistics, and is offering a $1,000 scholarship to the best student proposal of research done, or to be done.

- Applicant must be a registered student in a Canadian university
- A panel of practicing epidemiologists will evaluate the abstracts to select the proposal that showcases:

• An innovative research idea.
• An applicable outcome to the field of epidemiology.
• A unique or advanced use of SAS software.

To receive details about this opportunity, e-mail Tim.Trussell@sas.com with the subject line “Health Student Scholarship.”

  Events


E-Clinical Trials In Canada »
March 31-April 1
Montreal


Premier Business Leadership Series (PBLS) »
April 28-30
London

Clinical Trails in Canada »
April 29-April 30
Calgary


HP Health & Life Sciences Symposium »
May 12-15
Orlando, FL

Statistical Methods for Event History Analysis »
May 15
Toronto

The SAS 3rd Annual Business Forecasting Conference »
June 2-3
Cary, NC
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Joseph Brant Hospital Supports Performance Reporting and Funding Decisions with SAS® »
Using SAS, Joseph Brant Hospital has been able to streamline and centralize the reporting function, eliminating the problem of having different versions of the data.

Healthways heads off increased costs with SAS® »
The US leader in health and care support for well and chronically ill populations relies on SAS to identify high-risk patients and implement preventative actions.

  Training

SAS® Enterprise Intelligence Platform customer training »
Learn how to manage your SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform with new customer training for business analysts and data integration developers. SAS offers multiple training styles; choose what works best for you.

E-Learning: SAS® Enterprise Guide® Courses »
SAS Enterprise Guide packs complex analyses and reporting tasks into an intuitive point-and-click application. Whether you are an experienced SAS user or a novice, discover how SAS Enterprise Guide can help you get your work done quickly and efficiently. SAS Enterprise Guide or SAS Learning Edition is required.

  Resource Updates

SAS® for Dummies »
Learn commonly used features of SAS®9 software and practical applications like working with the data, reporting, macros and more! (Listen to a podcast with author Chris Hemedinger.)

SAS Healthcare Discussion Forum »
Started at the end of 2006, the SAS Healthcare Discussion Forum is great opportunity to get and share support. Now with over 2,000 views and 109 messages, the forum has posted questions and discussed answers on troubling issues like “no valid observations in proc logistic” and “performing calculations with counts.” Check out the Discussion Forum.
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