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There's wonderful information technology in the World of Health IT exhibit hall, said Microsoft's Bill Crounse here in Budapest, but it's what you do with the information that counts.

Large populations, geographic disparities and legacy infrastructure problems can derail national health IT projects. Estonia suffers from none of these factors.

Denmark's hospitals keep closing, but its residents don't stop getting sick. That's where telemedicine can play a role in maintaining efficient and effective healthcare delivery.

New York Times Technology Columnist David Pogue performs his parady "I Want an iPhone" to the tune of Frank Sinatra's "My Way" in this video from ATA 2011.

ArrayComm CEO and cell phone inventor Martin Cooper speaks to David Pogue, New York Times technology columnist, about the state of mobile telephony and the modern age of telemedicine in this video from ATA 2011.

This HIMSS11 Session Tweet recounts our live coverage of C. Martin Harris, MD's keynote, "Approaches to Achieving Meaningful Use," on Sunday, Feb. 20.

The ministerial High Level eHealth Conference and the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition will be held jointly this week in Barcelona, Spain.

Tech giant Siemens AG has agreed to license Microsoft's HealthVault application for use among German citizens.

The demands of the National Health Service's ambitious information technology projects have led one Scotland-based trust to merge its multi-site helpdesk systems into a central location.