Jan 30th, 2008 | HIMSS08 Previews | No Comments
By Patty Enrado, Editor
ORLANDO, Fla. — Admit it, for those of you for whom Orlando will be your first visit, visions of family-friendly restaurants and theme or chain restaurants are dancing in your heads. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth.
If you’re going to HIMSS08 to network, meet up with old friends or take care of your clients or woo new clients, highly rated restaurants nearby well-known International Drive and the Orange County Convention Center will exceed your business needs.
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Jan 30th, 2008 | HIMSS08 Previews | No Comments
By Kristin Courtemanche, Contributing Writer
ORLANDO, Fla. — If it is unknown exactly how much data would be generated by digitizing the entire U.S. healthcare system, what is clear is that it would be an almost incomprehensibly tremendous amount.
As a daily processor of more than 20 petabytes (that’s 20,000 terabytes) of data through its massive computer clusters, Google is quite probably one of the world’s few companies able to facilitate a large-scale conversion of healthcare information to an organized, searchable digital format.
Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt’s keynote address, on Thursday, February 28, will likely focus on the challenges faced and inroads made as Google catapulted itself to position of industry leader in search functionality and data management, and how these technological innovations can be applied to Google’s new venture in the healthcare IT market.
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Jan 30th, 2008 | HIMSS08 Previews | 2 Comments
By Patty Enrado, Editor
ORLANDO, Fla. — The pin reads “HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 Hospital EMR Adoption Model.” Not many attendees will have them, so if you see someone wearing the rectangular pin, congratulate them on a major achievement.
A “Stage 6 Hospital” designation means that organization has implemented healthcare IT to support higher levels of automated patient care delivery.
HIMSS Analytics developed an Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), which evaluates the progress and impact of EMR systems in acute-care delivery environments. The methodology was outlined in a white paper, “Stage 6 Hospitals: The Journey and the Accomplishments,” by author Mike Davis, executive vice president of HIMSS Analytics.
To date, nine hospitals have attained Stage 6 status.
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Jan 29th, 2008 | HIMSS08 New Products | No Comments
Provided by Lantronix
MatchPortâ„¢ b/g Pro is an embedded module that provides 802.11 b/g wireless connectivity for medical equipment such as patient monitoring devices, EKGs, glucose monitors, etc.
This application-ready device server enables medical OEMs to build integrated networking and web services into their products - enabling hospital staff to access, monitor and manage equipment moving through the hospital floor over a wireless network or the Internet with the highest levels of security available on the market.
Lantronix will exhibit MatchPort at booth #3000 at HIMSS08.
Jan 29th, 2008 | HIMSS08 New Products | No Comments
Provided by Fujitsu Computer Systems
Fujitsu Computer Systems will bring two convertible notebook solutions to HIMSS08. The LifeBook U810 mini and the LifeBook T2010 convertible notebooks will be the first systems to offer an embedded cellular modem certified to access AT&T’s BroadbandConnect High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) network delivering the highest speed data wireless GSM WAN connection available in North America.
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