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NewsReluctant prescribers are the biggest barrier to e-prescribing adoption
After the DEA officially lifted the restrictions against the use of electronic prescribing for controlled substances in June, it eliminated the single greatest barrier to e-prescribing in a decade. Read more...
CMS takes first shot at defining 'meaningful use'
The long wait is finally over--well, sort of. On Tuesday, a first draft of the standard definition for "meaningful use"--a definition that will help determine whether or not providers will receive Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: How health IT group helped push IT investment in stimulus
For anyone who works on the health IT side of the profession, it's hard to miss the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a large, powerful trade group that throws the Read more...
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
Editor's Corner
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, … Read more...Editor's Corner
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 … Read more...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 … Read more... | Press ReleasesMedicomp Systems Hosts Quipstar, World's Favorite HIT Quiz Show, at HIMSS12CHANTILLY, Va., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medicomp Systems will premiere Quipstar, World's Favorite HIT Quiz Show, on Tuesday, February 21 at HIMSS12. The interactive health information technology Read more >> IDS to Debut Latest Mobile Apps at HIMSS 2012Apps Improve Physician Mobility with Unified Worklists, End-to-End Solutions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Integrated Document Solutions (IDS), a pioneer in delivering healthcare Read more >> Fulcrum Methods to Exhibit at the HIMSS12 Health IT Conference in Las Vegas at the Venetian Sands Expo Center February 20th ThroOAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fulcrum Methods, the leading developer of toolkits to assist health care providers with program management and meaningful use, announced today that it Read more >> AUXILIO to Exhibit at HIMSS12 Knowledge Center in Las VegasSpecial seminar scheduled to educate and demonstrate how some of the nation’s most prestigious hospitals are accelerating Electronic Health Records readiness through Managed Print Services MISSION Read more >> Rubbermaid Medical Solutions Names New Chief Nursing Informatics OfficerCheryl D. Parker, PhD, RN-BC, FHIMSS, joins the RMS team to serve as nursing advocate and educator HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rubbermaid Medical Solutions (RMS), the leading provider of Read more >> |
