Christopher Wasden, managing director of PricewaterhouseCoopers, shows off his favorite mHealth apps and devices working together as his connected personal health record and discusses the problems with interoperability and integration with most PHRs in this clip from his HIT X.0 presentation at HIMSS12.
Todd H. Stokes, of Georgia Tech and Emory University, shows how 3D printing technology can allow for custom-fit wearable devices for continuous monitoring of biosignals. This clip is from Stokes' presentation at HIMSS12 in Las Vegas.
Ed C. Cruz, CIO of the Bureau of Information Technology for Guam's healthcare information exchange, explains the direct secure messaging aspect of the Guam HIE in the event of a natural disaster in Guam, while Charles J. Knell III, PMP, Practice Director & Support Contractor for HHS demonstrates how HHS works with the Guam HIE to achieve coordinated care in such emergency scenarios.
Phil Humbert, Technical Director of Ekahau, teams up with Shawn Worthman, VP of Gojo Industries (makers of Purell sanitizer), to demonstrate their new hand hygiene compliance technology and discuss the importance of the application in professional medical environments.
Sphere3 CEO Kourtney Govro presents Aperum, a dynamic new reporting tool which collects data about each patient's hospital stay and produces reports measuring a hospital's commitment to patient satisfaction.
Tamara Grassle, GM of Centricity Perinatal at GE Healthcare IT, shows us Centricity Perinatal Connect, a module that provides simultaneous viewing of multiple "fetal monitoring strips" and integrates with existing EHRs.
We sit down with Tom Giannulli, MD, CMIO at Epocrates, to demo Epocrates' new iPad EHR, one of only a handful of dedicated iPad EHR offerings at HIMSS12. Dr Giannuli walks us through some of the EHR screens, explains how physician practices can begin using the EHR, and tells us how the Epocrates EHR will help physicians meet meaningful use requirements.
In this video, Karen Farrell, Director of Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD) at Nuance Healthcare, gives us a closer look at two Clinical Language Understanding (CLU) products announced at HIMSS12.
The iMPak Health Journal, announced on Wednesday at HIMSS12, is a wireless device used to transmit electronic health information. Part of a growing market of mHealth technology, the journal has an easy-to-use interface designed for patients who may not be comfortable with technology or desktop computing. The journal allows patients to transmit important health information related to pain management and wellness to both their family members and healthcare providers.
In this video we speak with Guillermo Moreno, Vice President of Experis Healthcare Practice. Mr. Moreno talks about the amazing growth in the HIT job market, the most in-demand skills, ONC's Community College Consortia program and the best online resources for pursuing a career in health IT.
We sit down with Brantley Whittington, president of EHR vendor Extormity, provider of the world's most expensive, exasperating, and exhausting electronic health record. Mr. Whittington talks about HIMSS12 trends, the rising costs of HIT, and why he's lobbying for a stage 4 and 5 meaningful use within the next 24 months.
In this video Kelly Mehler, Social Media Producer at Healthcare IT News, speaks with Cam Deemer, president of DrFirst. Deemer tells us about DrFirst's e-prescribing solutions and how they can help physician practices meet meaningful use requirements.
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The Social Media Center at HIMSS12 is the place to be if you want to keep your finger on the pulse of Health IT. In this video, Cari McLean, Manager of Social Media at HIMSS, tells us about the blogger panels, events, genius bar, and most popular hashtags at HIMSS12.
As the 2012 Republican Caucus got under way in Portland, Maine, participants expressed their views on issues surrounding healthcare reform. Although each candidate drew in their own fair share of attention, Ron Paul supporters seemed to rally the most energy at the event.
Attendees of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Care Innovations Summit discuss their takeaways from the event, which drew more than 1,000 attendees in person and 1,500 online viewers.
In this video from the HIMSS Leaders & Innovators conference, three healthcare IT decision makers tell us what they think healthcare will look like in five years.
Qualcomm CEO Paul E. Jacobs speaks to the mHealth Summit crowd about advances in mobile technology and some of the implications for healthcare and personal health monitoring.