HIMSS

Electronic medical records are based on input-oriented architectures separated into laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, and other hospital divisions, but if given a choice, clinicians would reorganize the records around physiological systems. Analysis

Five years from now, will Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise-like initiatives function across all medical disciplines, paving the way for the first truly enterprise-wide electronic patient record? That is the vision of several participants in the IHE

Voice recognition has found an unlikely ally: PACS. Every major imaging and PACS vendor now offers, or is on the verge of launching, digital dictation capabilities integrated with their radiology workstations. Some even go a step further and voice-enable

As the annual RSNA meeting draws near, vendors are gearing up for Year 2 of the IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) demonstration. As part of this process, some 150 software engineers and marketing/product managers from more than 30 imaging,

Using the polyglot of digital medical data to maximum patient advantage requires a Rosetta stone to integrate various enterprise-wide information systems -- a monumental task that is being addressed by an industry initiative called Integrating the