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HIMSS: Google CEO Discusses Google Health. |
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HIMSS: Walking the HIMSS 2008 Exhibition Floor |
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HIMSS: Frist Argues for HIT and Market-Based Solutions |
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HIMSS: Federal Privacy Framework Announced |
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HIMSS: CIO Survey Finds IT Implementation a Lower Priority |
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Q&A: Identity-Based Network Security Meets HIT Challenges |
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HIMSS 2008 Keynote
Google CEO Discusses Google Health
By Neil Versel, contributing editor
ORLANDO, Fla.In lifting the veil on the worst-kept secret in health care, Google chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt has unleashed a fury of hope, punditry, and hype about the future of health-IT.
Schmidt introduced the beta version of Google Health last Thursday during a keynote address to the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting, calling the product more than a personal health record. Its really a platform for interacting with health data, Schmidt said. More...
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Reporters Notebook
Walking the HIMSS 2008 Exhibition Floor
By John Russell, Digital HealthCare & Productivity staff
ORLANDO, Fla. Attending the annual HIMSS conference is both exciting and numbing. The sheer size of the gathering is overwhelming. HIMSS reports there were around 28,000 attendees, and 900 exhibiting companies this year. It seemed like all of them plus a few members of their families converged at the same time at the Orlando airport following the conferences close last Thursday. The previous high water mark was 24,870 attendees in 2006 in San Diego. More...
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HIMSS 2008 Keynote
Frist Argues for Health-IT and Market-Based Solutions
By John Russell, Digital HealthCare & Productivity Staff
ORLANDO, FL. Former U.S. Senator Bill Frist (R, Tennessee) mixed politics, humor, and a call for health-IT advocacy in his opening keynote to HIMSS 2008 yesterday. Not surprisingly, he also championed market-oriented solutions to the current health care problems. More than 20,000 health-IT professionals are expected to attend the annual conference being held this week in Orlando.
Politics matter, he told the audience. Frist said he thought Senator Barack Obama (D, Illinois) would face Senator John McCain (R, Arizona) in the general election though Ive changed my mind two or three times up to now and suggested their alternative visions for health care and voter reaction to those views will be important in determining who wins the general election. More...
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HIMSS 2008 Keynote
Federal Privacy Framework Announced for HIT
By Neil Versel, contributing editor
ORLANDO, FL. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is developing a framework for healthcare organizations to follow in protecting the confidentiality, privacy, and security of individual health information, in an effort to foster the trust federal officials believe is necessary to spark widespread data sharing.
Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Mike Leavitt often talks of an interoperable National Health Information Network (NHIN) in which complete, relevant health records flow seamlessly between care settings, with the patient firmly in control of access to the data. None of that will happen unless people are confident that the privacy and security of their health information are protected, Leavitt told the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society on Tuesday morning. More...
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HIMSS 2008
CIO Survey Finds IT Implementation is a Lower Priority
By Neil Versel, contributing editor
ORLANDO, FL. Hospitals and health systems are looking at electronic medical records (EMRs) and other clinical systems more than most other components of health-IT as their organizations sharpen their focus on quality of care, according to an analysis of a survey of hospital IT professionals.
Of the 307 people mostly chief information officers who participated in the 19th annual survey of health-IT leaders by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), 40 percent named inpatient clinical information systems as a current IT priority. Nearly as many listed reducing medical errors and implementing EMRs as priorities, though the numbers for all three categories fell by 8 to 15 percentage points from last years survey. More...
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Executive Q&A
Identity-Based Network Security Meets Health-IT Challenges
By Cindy Atoji
Network-based communications devices are proliferating, but pose security challenges for network executives and security administrators. Increasing HIPAA mandates for data protection raise questions about how to authentic individuals on porous networks and still give them the access they need.
Sean Convery, chief technology officer at Sunnyvale, Calif.-based www.idengines.com, and an expert in secure network design, says that identity management technologies are one solution. User identity, says Convery, can be the foundation for network security, establishing control over access, and reducing time spent on audit and compliance. Digital HealthCare & Productivity spoke with Convery about identity-based network access solutions and how they can control access to sensitive data.
DHP: Why is there an increased need for authenticated role-based access in health care network organizations?
CONVERY: Besides the many network connected devices, were seeing a variety of ways of connecting to the network. And were seeing not just doctors and other medical staff connecting to the network to access different systems, but were also seeing hospitals requiring guest access. So the ability to identify users when they connect to the network and to certain sets of privileges is a very emerging need in the health care industry to help ensure that the broad category of privacy systems are protected. More...
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Battle Between Best-of-Breed and Sole Source Continues
Given all the consolidation among health-IT suppliers in the last few years, more than a few big guns have assembled true, end-to-end integrated clinical and management systems. Yet the ongoing national push for data and interoperability standards means it easier than ever to knit together best-of-breed solutions in Lego-like fashion. More
IT Outsourcing: A Game of Specialization and Global Reach
The low hanging fruit was harvested in the first wave of healthcare-IT outsourcing. Now, national and global companies report the biggest opportunities lurk in niches. Moreover, traditionally entrenched players like EDS and Oracle are ceding ground to new global companies, say observers. More
EHRs Forge Links to Practice Management S/W
Electronic health records are gaining ground, but slowly. Conversely the practice management software market, though unexciting, is steady. Efforts are now on to fuse the two. More
Trends in Medical PCs, PDAs, and Portable Workstations
Do healthcare professionals in your organization want laptop computers? Tablet PCs? Plain old desktop machines? Personal digital assistants? Sure. All can work just fine in clinical environments. More
Wireless Technology Use Jumps in Hospitals
While adoption of many health-IT technologies has stalled, the use of mobile and wireless technology has soared and the choices are proliferating. More
Does Asset Tracking Live Up to the Hype?
Asset tracking has become a hot technology. Indeed, makers of RFID systems just one of the technology choices claim to provide near instantaneous ROI. Whats the real state of the market? More
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