Attendees at the 2005 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition in Dallas will have a hands-on opportunity to create and manage their own online health records using products and standards now in the marketplace and being demonstrated at the Cross-Enterprise and Ambulatory Care Interoperability Show- cases on the exhibition floor.Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) will enable the interoperability for the showcase demonstrations, which will feature vendor-neutral health information exchange across multiple care settings.

The showcase will focus on the beneficial and leading role IHE plays in the implementation of electronic sharing of healthcare information. The conference is set for Feb.12-Feb. 17.