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HiMSS08 wrap up: Transition time for health IT

Well, as expected, the HiMSS08 show was a sprawling affair, attended by 27,000 seemingly happy party-goers. Without a doubt, it was an impressive display of professional knowledge and technical... Read more...

Live from HiMSS08: A Covert operation, online

What if, when you planned out a new hospital, you built the entire thing on Second Life first and let your staff explore and critique the design?... Read more...

Live from HiMSS08: Mike Leavitt touts local health exchanges

Today at HiMSS, audiences were treated to a speech from Mike Leavitt, head of almighty HHS. Leavitt, who comes across as far more relaxed and informal than you might expect from a guy with his... Read more...

Editor's Corner



After an extremely stimulating (and overwhelming) few days, it's time to ring the curtain down on HIMSS '07. Though I did my best to take it all in, I feel a bit like someone who was trying to drink the ocean with a straw. …

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So, HIMSS is already beginning to slow down, even though the show doesn't officially end until tomorrow. (It could be that people are exhausted after walking the exhibit hall floor--we're talking a brightly colored, …

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Pick a project and stick to it--or national health IT adoption may never happen. That's the message Gov. Phil Bredesen (D-TN) had for attendees at today's HIMSS morning keynote session. Bredesen, who co-chairs the State …

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Editor's Corner

Welcome to the first day of our HiMSS '07 coverage!  Over the next few days, we'll be bringing you updates on the technology, personalities and events here at the Morial Convention Center in downtown New Orleans, and …

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Late this month the industry will make its annual pilgrimage to the giant HIMSS '07 show, which, for the non-technical reader, is the must-attend annual event for health IT types. Our sister …

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SPOTLIGHT: National Health IT Week kicks off in D.C.

Monday marks the start of National Health IT Week, which runs from June 5 through 9 in Washington D.C. Expect a steady trickle of health IT related stories in the news as the official conference gets underway. Headliners include the usual suspects: Dr. McClellan, the Center for Health Transformation's Newt Gingrich and Carolyn Clancy. Meanwhile, a decent number of HIMSS members will be swarming Capitol Hill, perhaps suggesting that a little more money might be found for healthcare IT projects. Web site

PDA makers targets healthcare

As smartphones with PDA capacity get more common, there's a major push from both Microsoft and Palm to get them into healthcare. Palm released its Treo 700W, which runs Windows Mobile, earlier this year. The PDA goes after healthcare applications that are not written for the Palm OS and was featured at the HIMSS show. Yesterday Palm released the Treo 700P, a new Palmsource-OS based smartphone. The 700P is on the EvDO broadband network, which will help it compete with RIM's Blackberry for …

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