Healthcare IT News
Tuesday's proceedings don't include a keynote, but there's no shortage of buzzworthy happenings at day three of HIMSS09 here in Chicago.
Attendees refilled Chicago's McCormick Place Monday morning for day two of the HIMSS09 Annual Conference and Exhibition.
As federal lawmakers prepare to increase the use of performance measures to improve quality of care, the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program has recognized Mayo Clinic’s Rochester Methodist and Saint Mary’s hospitals as having exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care.
Miami system deploys tracking technology; Virginia health system automates ED; Johns Hopkins to use dashboards in OR; Michigan Hospital group boosts patient safety
Dermatology EHR criteria in the works for 2010; Pediatric Associates boosts interoperability with EHR; Connecticut home care agency Automates; Physician query software provides ROI
McKesson’s Interqual suite helps hospitals with RAC; Baxa corp. acquires ForHealth technologies; Cardinal Health spinoff to be named CareFusion;
New Picis products address IV, injection services
A compilation of recent hires, promotions and moves in the healthcare information technology industry.
Conferences, exhibitors and other events for the months of April, May and June
McKesson's Interqual suite helps hospitals with RAC; Baxa corp. acquires ForHealth Technologies;Cardinal Health spinoff to be named CareFusion; New Picis products address IV, injection services
CIGNA signs $35M agreement with CGI Group;Community Health Plan integrates management;Minnesota Blues use IT to get members involved;Aetna expands Web tools