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Does HIMSS own the incoming Surgeon General?

Does HIMSS own the incoming Surgeon General?I'm sorry...but I think that the surgeon general should lead by example. Therefore her weight is an issue.An absurd objectionI suspect some right-wing fattie would not be drawing this kind of nonsense. I also don't think she is nearly as fat as she is...

Tags: Does HIMSS, Surgeon General

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

Sun showing NHIN work at HIMSS

Sun showing NHIN work at HIMSSSo, why isn't this pinned to the ZDnet frontpage?Or is this somehow less newsworthy than a bunch of rumours? :)

Tags: NHIN, HIMSS, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Medsphere feels the wind at its back at HIMSS

Medsphere feels the wind at its back at HIMSSI might have mentionedThat I feel two of the most important challenges in HIT is to be open for all platforms from day one and to be able to keep up with changes in technology.As to the first challenge, I use a...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Handhelds, PET/CT, lab report, Medsphere, HIMSS

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Open source to meet with CCHIT at HIMSS

Open source to meet with CCHIT at HIMSSCover all platforms?The BBC was publicly bashed when they delivered access to Window users only when the law indicated all platforms had to be supported.Maybe we need that law to cover all computer uses and developers. If Macs and/or open source isn't...

Tags: CCHIT, HIMSS, open source

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Open source to meet with CCHIT at HIMSS

Fred Trotter reports he will have a public meeting with CCHIT concerning open source in health care at the upcoming HIMSS conference in Chicago. In a post about the meeting, Trotter laid out some of the chief concerns open source has with the current standards set-up: ...

Tags: HIMSS, Fred Trotter, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Will health IT push back against populist Luddism?

Health IT is being scapegoated here, on a partisan basis, and as much as the industry may want to be non-partisan or bi-partisan, its goals may not be met unless it starts to push back hard. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Health IT, Liberals, HIMSS, AdvaMed, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-10

HIMSS going open source?

HIMSS going open source?An elegant Solomon's SolutionI think that the choice of drupal is an elegant solution to creating a functional portal for an organization of custom vendors. Any other platform choice would have been seen as 'lobbied' by one or another vendor. Spirovski Bozidarhttp://www.shortinfosec.net

Tags: HIMSS, open source

Discussion threads 2009-01-09

HIMSS going open source?

This is newsworthy only because HIMSS itself is a collection of highly proprietary vendors. As I said in covering last year's HIMSS show in Orlando, it looked like nothing so much as a 1986 Comdex. That was not meant as a compliment. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Drupal, HIMSS, HIMSS Member, HealthcareIT, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Fixing the blame on the EHR mess

A step-by-step approach emphasizing interoperability and connectivity, based on the Internet rather than client systems, is obviously the way to go. Kibber and Klepper support that approach. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Benefits, CCHIT, Dana Blankenhorn, Enterprise Software, Health Care, Healthcare, HIMSS, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Interoperability, Management, Software, Strategy, Vertical Industries

Blog posts 2009-01-01

HIMSS sees gold in Obama health plan

Pass this plan as-is and another $25 billion bites the dust. Hopefully the new Administration has learned not to let industry write its regulations for it. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Benefits, Dana Blankenhorn, E-health, Enterprise Software, Health Care, Healthcare, HIMSS, Human Resources, Management, Software, Strategy, Vertical Industries

Blog posts 2008-12-18

Does HIMSS hate open source?

From what I saw in Orlando back in February, HIMSS is a Comdex for medical IT. You will notice that in mainstream computing, Comdex is dead. Hint, hint. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Proprietary Software, HIMSS, Fred, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-27

The Google backlash at HIMSS

The Google backlash at HIMSSNaw, its not abotu "standads"Its abotu who has the best produt and highest reliability which of course leaves Google out in the cold.RE: The Google backlash at HIMSSWhy the disdain for Cerner? I've just started reading your blog, but it doesn't seem you care too...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Strategy, HeathCare, Cerner Corp., HIMSS, EMR, Google Backlash, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

HIMSS moving on interoperability roadmap

HIMSS moving on interoperability roadmapHIMSS and InteropTalk about Interop is cheap and now that CCHIT is putting pressure on these vendors, they have to at least talk about it and have little showcases like the Interop Forum at HIMSS.But talk to any of the multitudes of small ISVs about what...

Tags: HIMSS

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Additional Resources

CCHIT going on almost as if nothing happened

Republicans up to no good again.Another buck for doing nothing.CCHIT HappensThats it.We bought a package that was CCHIT certified, one of our requirements.We had plenty of other requirements for an EHR, but they wanted to make sure it was certified by someone else just incase the goverment came up with...

Tags: CCHIT, eHR

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Did Sermo save health reform?

Let's be seriousDana, as a physician, I appreciate the question you posed...but please, let's try to refrain from over embellishing the very limited role Daniel Palestrant and Sermo have played in the past few weeks. The AMA, and its 250,000 members, pushed President Obama on tort reform when he addressed...

Tags: Vertical industries, Sermo, Daniel Palestrant, physician, AMA, health care

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Blumenthal committee throws CCHIT a bone

The main focus seems to be on setting rules that will guide certification, whether CCHIT is involved, and assuring a level playing field, something CCHIT was often charged with tilting in favor of companies who were part of the HIMSS trade group. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-08-17

News to know: Amazon-Zappos; eBay earnings; Windows server; AMD; Plastic Logic Reader; Apple-AT&T

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Don't Forget to Turn Out the Lights,...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Plastic Logic, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, Matthew Miller, Earnings, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Team Management, E-books, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Does HIMSS own the incoming Surgeon General?

HIMSS lobbyist Thomas M. Leary noted that Benjamin's clinic in Alabama received a $5,000 grant from the HIMSS foundation for rebuilding its IT infrastructure as part of the group's Katrina project. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-22

CCHIT fate could be decided today

CCHIT fate could be decided todayUnbelievableHonestly at a loss for words aside from: unbullievable ...Can a large organization keep up?Medicine moves rather fast and I find it hard to believe that CCHIT can keep pace with innovation.But then that might be the objective.And I have a concern when an organization...

Tags: Strategy, Brian Klepper, Self-Interest, CCHIT, CCHIT fate

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Health IT reformers look forward smiling

By focusing the definition on what software does, they feel, the committee kept the health IT industry's HIMSS trade group, and the CCHIT certification group it created, at arms-length. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Quality, Human Resources, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-06-18