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HIMSS COVERAGE: Bigger bandwidth may not always be better
February 10th 2003Analyzing networks to find bottlenecks has always been a guessing game. Even monitoring tools, which are expensive and reactive, have not necessarily made it easy or possible to find the smoking gun, according to Adam Fogelman, assistant director of
HIMSS coverage: Face it, biometrics is here
February 10th 2003Among the emerging worries of hospital IT administrators in the HIPAA era is how to authenticate users of their computer systems. Current user authentication practices (the verification of identify and access permission) do not satisfy developing
HIMSS coverage: All rise, HIPAA court is now in session
February 10th 2003More and more patients and their attorneys are becoming aware of the regulations imposed on healthcare enterprises. And lawsuits based on health information privacy violations will become much more common, an audience at the Healthcare Information and
HIMSS coverage: Web services provide enterprise lingua franca
February 10th 2003Web services offer an answer to integrating the polyglot of legacy hospital systems into an enterprise lingua franca for efficient data exchange. The in-house solution developed at the University of Texas' M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is one
Procom Demonstrating Its NetFORCE NAS Filers at HIMSS 2003 Exhibition For Medical IT Professionals
February 10th 2003IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medical industry IT professionals will have an opportunity to see how rapidly images are retrieved from a picture archival and communication system (PACS) when Procom Technology demonstrates its popular
Modern Healthcare and HIMSS Announce CEO IT Achievement Award
February 10th 2003CHICAGO, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Healthcare and HIMSS announced the creation of the CEO IT Achievement Award at the HIMSS Annual Conference in San Diego, CA. The award recognizes one or more healthcare CEOs who demonstrate leadership and
Medical Imaging Thrives With Rorke Data and StorageTek
February 10th 2003SAN DIEGO, HIMSS Booth No. 1919, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- StorageTek(R) and Rorke Data, a subsidiary of San Jose-based Bell Microproducts, Inc. have formed an alliance aimed at improving the medical industry's access to secure, scalable, open
Vitria's Newest Healthcare Solution Gives Healthcare Organizations A Competitive Advantage
February 10th 2003SAN DIEGO, HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SOCIETY CONFERENCE, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vitria(R) , the leading provider of business process integration solutions, today announced Claims Transaction Manager(TM), a fully
MedPlus(TM) Announces General Availability of OptiMaxx EIS(TM) (Enterprise Imaging Solution)
February 6th 2003CINCINNATI, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- MedPlus(TM) today announced the general availability of OptiMaxx EIS(TM) (Enterprise Imaging Solution), a dynamic electronic imaging solution which allows healthcare facilities to store, retrieve and analyze
Siemens Showcases Proven Outcomes in Healthcare at HIMSS
February 6th 2003MALVERN, Pa., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens demonstrates proven outcomes through workflow optimization at the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference and exhibition, February 9-13 at the San Diego
Cardiff to Reveal TELEform(R) MEDIclaim 837 Export Option at HIMSS Conference
February 6th 2003SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiff Software Inc., a leading global provider of business process-automation solutions, will reveal its new Cardiff TELEform(R) MEDIclaim 837 Export Option at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Cerner Clients Demonstrate the Value of Information Technology at HIMSS 2003
February 5th 2003KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cerner Corporation will let the clients do the talking at HIMSS 2003 in San Diego, Calif.In an environment where private demonstrations can include everything from PowerPoint slides to live code,
IDX to Feature 'Making A Difference in Healthcare' at HIMSS 2003 in San Diego
February 5th 2003BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDX Systems Corporation will showcase the mission-critical difference IDX software applications make every day by enhancing patient care and substantially improving business performance at the 2003
Enhancements to Cerner Millennium Available March 2003
February 4th 2003KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cerner Corporation announced today that Cerner Millennium(TM) release 2003 will be available March 2003. This new version, Cerner's eighth major and most comprehensive release, dramatically expands
McKesson Automation Announces Specialty Lab Application for Materials Management
February 4th 2003PITTSBURGH, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- McKesson Automation Inc., a business unit of McKesson Corporation, will announce at next week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2003 Conference and Exhibition, a new application for its
