When it comes to the daunting task of adopting an electronic medical record, healthcare facilities should identify their information needs before making an EMR purchase, according to a health information management consultant.

The 2005 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference played host this week to a virtual regional health information organization. The society claimed it was the largest interoperability demonstration ever.

The success of PACS is not in dispute. One-half of all U.S. hospitals in the HIMSS database either have PACS installed or are in the process of implementation.

The current healthcare delivery system produces enough pain that a change to an electronic medical record (EMR) makes sense, according to an e-session presented at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society meeting in Dallas.

Although decision support alerts may help to reduce errors and improve efficiency, many physicians choose to ignore them, according to a study conducted at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Running a hospital isn’t much different from running an airline, according to Howard Putnam. The former CEO of Southwest Airlines was a last minute stand-in at the opening session of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society meeting Monday morning. Sun Microsystems’ CEO Scott McNealy could not appear as scheduled.

CHICAGO and REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) and Microsoft Corp. today announced a call for entries for the MS-HUG

Seventy-five percent of healthcare information technology (IT) professionals received raises in 2003 that averaged 4.8%, according to respondents of the 2004 Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Compensation Survey. The average

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, the pioneering joint effort between the RSNA and medical informatics association HIMSS to stimulate device interoperability, has moved into the realm of the electronic health record. Attendees at the 2005 Annual

Physicians move through an increasingly high-tech world, yet they deal with woefully backward healthcare IT settings. Two books released by the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society attempt to address this worrisome disconnect.While

TUCSON, Ariz., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ScriptSave, America's premier prescription drug savings program, announced today that Paula Dunn has joined the company as its new Vice President of Information Services and Chief Information Officer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- iMedica, the physicians' choice for electronic medical records (EMR), today announced the appointment of Michael Nissenbaum as CEO and Neil Simon as COO. This move comes at a key time for iMedica as the

ANDOVER, Mass., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentillion, Inc, the leading provider of identity and access management solutions to the healthcare industry, today announced Cottage Health System of Santa Barbara, Calif. and Jewish Hospital Healthcare Services

SOMERSET, N.J., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Netilla(R) Networks, Inc., a leading provider of SSL VPN and secure application access management solutions, today announced the appointment of Bill Lynch as executive director, healthcare solutions. Lynch, who

Patient safety concerns remain a top priority and business issue for CEOs and other senior executives of information technology vendor organizations who responded to the 15th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, sponsored by Superior Consultant Company. This

The recent advances in speech technology and hardware, coupled with proven financial and patient care benefits, have executives at hospitals and healthcare facilities strongly considering incorporating speech recognition into their informatics

WASHINGTON, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- URAC announced today it will be convening a research and focus group to explore new quality benchmarks for health information technology (HIT), including the possibility of developing standards addressing electronic

PORTLAND, Ore., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry leaders gathered last week to rally around technological advancements in healthcare that will lead to a fully connected healthcare system as early as 2010. More than 135 decision makers attended the 2004

NEW YORK, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid JCAHO's new proposal to require hospitals to develop an implementation plan for bar code technology, IIR and HCEC's Hospital Pharmacy and Supply Chain Summit provides a timely solution for hospitals seeking

NEW YORK, April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ramp Corporation today announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to purchase Berdy Medical Systems, Inc., the publisher of the SmartClinic point-of-care software, which has become an