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Collaborations abound at HIMSS
At nearly every turn at HIMSS11 in Orlando, Fla., last week, it seemed as if companies were teaming up to produce various solutions geared toward improving patient care and lowering costs. Multiple
More patient involvement needed in Meaningful Use push
Healthcare providers need to do a better job of engaging their patients in Meaningful Use initiatives and aligning their efforts to meet patients' needs in order to truly have success going into
HIMSS news roundup: Free EHRs, Dragon to the cloud, and more
While one- and two-doctor practices apparently aren't rushing to buy electronic health records, Sage Software had one piece of good news to report at HIMSS11 in Orlando, Fla., last week. Since
Digital pen holds promise as alternative to conventional EHR note-taking
A 10-year-old form of scanning technology known as the " digital pen " is slowly starting to move into healthcare. Because it's based on paper forms, this method of digitizing data holds promise for
HP launches new telehealth push
After Hewlett-Packard bought Palm and it's WebOS, for $1 billion last year, we knew the company was serious about mobile health. This year, HP is following up with a cadre of four new mHealth product
Office of Civil Rights carrying out mandate to enforce HIT security
A year and a half ago, when authority for enforcing the security and privacy provisions of HIPAA was transferred from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in
Health data exchange, cloud computing among key HIMSS trends noticed by observers
HIMSS11 in Orlando, Fla., was notable as much for its timing as for its 31,000-plus participants --a new record--and the positive energy they radiated. The show occurred just as registration for the
Wi-Fi Alliance, Continua to collaborate on wireless device standards for home health
The Wi-Fi Alliance and the Continua Health Alliance have agreed to work together to facilitate and promote the use of Wi-Fi wireless networking for personal health and fitness devices. The two
GE Healthcare pushing its EMR onto iPad
Anxious to ride the iPad wave, GE Healthcare demoed two new iPad versions of its primary health software, Centricity Advance and Centricity Practice Solution, at HIMSS11 in Orlando last week. The
IT companies have vested interest in success of healthcare reform
Health IT has been one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement in recent years, observed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in her keynote address Wednesday at the HIMSS
