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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to spend $10.9 million to improve HIPAA compliance for VistA, its enterprise-wide electronic health record system.
Clara Maass Medical Center, a 445-bed hospital in Belleville, N.J. will provide emergency medical services at Red Bull Arena, a new 25,000 seat soccer stadium in Harrison, N.J. The medical center will use its emergency department electronic health record on-site to ensure secure exchange of patient information from the arena's medical center to the hospital when needed.
While today's HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo sessions mainly focus on EHR technology and usability, tomorrow's sessions are mostly concerned with... well, tomorrow.
Would your hospital pass a HIPAA audit? Presenters of a HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo education session will ask this question on June 9, at 1:00 PM CST.
Achieving a successful implementation of health IT requires a little imagination. That's what Secretary Aneesh Chopra is expected to declare in his opening keynote address at tomorrow's HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo.
Attendees to this week's HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo will have no less than 23 education sessions at their fingertips. In the age of meaningful use, it's no surprise the majority of these focus on EHR adoption, innovation and usability.
Secure data transfer and fast performing SaaS solutions will be exhibited by Premium vendors at the June 2010 HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo.
True to the theme of the HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo, the Deluxe Exhibitors will highlight innovative solutions for health IT adoption and utilization. The focus will be on the human-computer interface, as vendors will showcase products and services that aim to improve accessibility for both providers and patients.
EMR adoption is "Not so much about the technology as it is the culture," according to Jim Deren, healthcare IT planning specialist for CareTech Solutions. Deren will join Heidi Blizzard, EMR/CPOE project manager for Mich.-based Crittenton Hospital, in a HIMSS Virtual Conference session on hospital EMR adoption Dos and Don'ts.
The only healthcare IT event that brings you networking, exhibits, education sessions and keynotes in a virtual format kicks off this week, live from your computer.