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Seeking to help "broaden the tent," payer-members of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have begun forming a new special interest group to enhance their participation and to str...
With three of the most influential politicians in the United States calling for improvements to the nation's healthcare IT infrastructure in January, industry insiders believe the time for an electron...
As more than 20,000 healthcare IT professionals gather at the 2004 HIMSS Conference Feb. 22-26, the topic that's likely to get the most talk time is the electronic medical record....
Wellpoint's initiative to provide its network providers with free information technology - at a retail cost of $40 million - won the insurer a lot of attention. But industry experts say how Wellpoint...
As California hospitals wrestle with legislation mandating staffing levels for nurses, health executives in other states are watching to see what happens.While the situation in...
Remaining HIPAA regulations will be getting a slow and careful look from federal rule-makers, who suddenly have a full plate of things to do.Meanwhile, there's no certainty how...
The Military Health System is investing in its future information system needs to the tune of $8 billion over the next 10 years.Some 20 companies will share in the funding, for...
California isn't the only state to seek IT solutions to solve a severe nursing shortage. While Wyoming might not share much in common with the Golden State, government officials believe the answer to...
Timothy R. Zoph is vice president of information services and chief information officer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He is being honored at the 2004 HIMSS conference with the John...
In November 2001 the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) issued the report that outlined the vision for a National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII), which put into motion...
