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Axolotl unveiled its Elysium Open Access web services-based platform at the HIMSS10 show in Atlanta last week. In addition, the company demonstrated its integration capabilities with a variety of other vendors’ systems at the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase.
ATLANTA–At HIMSS 2010 this week, Motorola’s enterprise mobility solutions division introduced its DS6878-HC cordless 2D imager, designed to withstand the rigors of everyday use in healthcare environments.
Written by Mary Tierney
ATLANTA--GE Healthcare this week at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2010 Annual Conference & Exhibition rolled out a new clinical knowledge platform and announced the launch of its next-generation eHealth Solutions platform.
Written by Jeff Byers
ATLANTA--Clinicians, heathcare executives, as well as the IT tools they utilize to improve direct patient care will truly revolutionize the U.S. healthcare system, stated Barry Chaiken, MD, chairman of the board of directors for HIMSS, at Monday''s opening address and keynote session at HIMSS10.
Loss of patient data and prescription errors are just two potential safety risks associated with health IT (HIT) adoption. As the FDA examines these issues, the agency is questioning how to better regulate this new electronic field and which branch of government oversight is best suited to monitor such safety concerns.
Written by Gina Narcisi
ATLANTA--The healthcare industry workforce in 2010 is composed of baby boomers who are unable to retire, counting for approximately 35 percent of the employees, said Marilyn Moats Kennedy, MSJ, CEO of Moats/Kennedy during the 2010 CHIME/HIMSS CIO Forum.
Written by Jeff Byers
ATLANTA--Make sure you clarify and quantify your project management objectives as early as possible to avoid misinterpretation, said Dan Furlong, MBA, project management officer at the Charleston, S.C.,-based Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Health Professions during a pre-conference workshop at HIMSS10 today.
Technology company Zanett (Booth # 5451) and St. Vincent Health will present the new, jointly developed Clinical Online Delivery System (CODS) software at the Microsoft Health Users Group Exchange during HIMSS10 in Atlanta on Feb. 28.
Written by Jeff Byers
ATLANTA--The prevalence of immediate information combined with connectivity created by technology and the clinical workforce expectation of better time management is a perfect storm for better mobile applications and delivery of medical care including telehealth, said William F. Bria, MD, CMIO for Shriners Hospitals for Children in Tampa, Fla., yesterday at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.
Health IT company Medhost (Booth #6303) will demonstrate OpCenter, its new executive decision support software, at HIMSS10 in Atlanta March 1-3.
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The annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2010 Conference & Exhibition in Atlanta March 1-4 attracted more health IT professionals, more vendors and more Interoperability Showcase activities than last year, according to HIMSS' preliminary figures.
ATLANTA--At HIMSS10 this week, Philips unveiled IntelliSphere, a new identity for its portfolio of healthcare informatics products.
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is collaborating with Microsoft to build on Philips Healthcare’s foundation of healthcare informatics and advanced clinical decision support offerings.
Written by Gina Narcisi
ATLANTA--“Information technologies (IT) shouldn’t be the focal point of what’s making [image consolidation solution] decisions. Instead, it should be the users of the system driving the decisions, and the system should be operational 24/7, 365 days a year,” said Jill Wojcik of the nonprofit Continued Health Partners in New York City during a presentation today at HIMSS10.
ATLANTA—Meaningful use—a concept introduced one year ago—appears to be spurring an increase in health IT spending along with a brightening economy, according to the 21 annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) leadership survey, released today during the society’s conference.
Written by Justine Cadet
ATLANTA—Whether enough is being done to protect the rights of patient data, while simultaneously allowing for health information to be exchanged amongst care providers under the proposed meaningful use definitions, became an area of contention during today's Meaningful Use Town Hall discussion during the CIO Forum, co-hosted by CHIME and HIMSS, at the HIMSS10 conference.
At the HIMSS10 conference in Atlanta next week, Acuo Technologies (Booth #2257) will be unveiling AcuoVision, a Web-enabled system and performance monitoring dashboard that offers one click access to enterprise image management status.
Health IT company Clinical Architecture (Booth #812) will introduce Symedical Recognize and new healthcare content integration services during HIMSS10 in Atlanta from March 1-4.
JAOtech (Booth #6051) is debuting a range of new patient bedside Smart Terminals at HIMSS10 in Atlanta on March 1-4. JAOtech's 2010 Zivo, Jima and Obie terminals and Wyki wireless medical keyboards will be on display.
Agfa HealthCare (Booth #1633) will offer the healthcare community systems for clinical consolidation, results distribution and improved communication between care providers at the HIMSS10 conference in Atlanta in early March.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.