Tag Archives: HIMSS

Growing Number Of Children’s Hospitals Use EMRs

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Anne Zieger

The number of children’s hospitals with EMRs in place — and compliant with Meaningful Use — has increased substantially over the last few years, though minor teaching and nonteaching institutions are not as far along, according to a new study … Continue reading →

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HIMSS Analytics Honors Florida Hospital Carrollwood with Stage 7 Award

Posted on April 9, 2013 by John

CHICAGO (April 03, 2013) – HIMSS Analytics announced that Florida Hospital Carrollwood, an Adventist Health System facility, has received the acute care Stage 7 award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model? … Continue reading →

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Rita Bowen Discusses HIPAA Omnibus Rule

Posted on April 8, 2013 by John

If your healthcare organization hasn’t taken a deep look into the HIPAA Omnibus rule yet, you better get started yesterday. If you’re not sure why the HIPAA Omnibus rule changes matter, then check out this video interview of Rita Bowen … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Big Data vs Skinny Data

Posted on April 2, 2013 by John

I have heard a number of people talk about healthcare big data was all the buzz in the healthcare IT world. There’s little doubt that there’s a lot of conversation happening around big data and analytics in healthcare. While I … Continue reading →

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Are Hospitals Ready for HIPAA Omnibus?

Posted on March 30, 2013 by John

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the new HIPAA Omnibus rules ever since I interviewed Rita Bowen at HIMSS about the new HIPAA rules. While Rita highlights some other changes that came as part of HIPAA Omnibus, I still … Continue reading →

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Video Demo of Metro’s Point-of-Care Technologies at HIMSS13

Posted on March 21, 2013 by John

One of my goals at HIMSS is to try and give those who can’t attend HIMSS a chance to get a taste of what the experience of visiting the HIMSS exhibit hall floor is like. I’d been doing some writing … Continue reading →

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HIMSS CIO survey visualized

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Neil Versel

I already reported the results of the annual HIMSS healthcare CIO survey in a story I wrote for InformationWeek the other day. Since everybody seems to love infographics these days, HIMSS produced one visualizing some of the highlights, including the … Continue reading →

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Everest Group Names Dell Services as Leader in Healthcare Provider Application Outsourcing Service Providers

Posted on March 6, 2013 by John

Dell Services recognized as a Leader based on analysis of Dell’s IT and business solutions in Healthcare Provider Application Outsourcing ·         Everest Group PEAK Matrix assessed Dell’s market success and delivery capability against competitors and positioned Dell number one PLANO, … Continue reading →

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Philips Healthcare and Vidyo Enable Enterprise-Grade Video for Remote Patient Monitoring

Posted on March 6, 2013 by John

Clinical Care and Coordination Is Revolutionized with Vidyo’s Next-generation Video Communications Technology Incorporated into Philips’ IntelliSpace eCareManager 3.9 Platform Andover, MA and Hackensack, NJ – March 6, 2013 – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and Vidyo, Inc. today … Continue reading →

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HIMSS: Hospitals Achieving Meaningful Use Milestones

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Hospitals are making good progress toward achieving Meaningful Use milestones, a new study by HIMSS suggests. HIMSS, which surveyed 298 healthcare CIOs between December and February, found that 66 percent had already qualified for Meaningful Use stage 1, while another … Continue reading →

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