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HIMSS Schedule for March 7th

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HIMSS 13 LogoThe final day of HIMSS brings two keynote addresses.  The first, at 8:30 this morning, will be the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Dr. Farzad Mostashari.   The closing address will be a ‘debate’ between highly accomplished men who are now cable news talking heads representing both sides of the political spectrum.  James Carville and Karl Rove will discuss politics, economics and healthcare reform.

  • Registration 7:30 am – 12:00 pm
  • Keynote 8:30 am – 9:45 am (Dr. Farzad Mostashari)
  • Concurrent Education Sessions 10:00 am – 12:15 pm
  • Closing Keynote 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm (James Carville and Karl Rove)

HIMSS Schedule for Today – President Clinton Delivers the Keynote at 1:00 PM

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  • Registration 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
  • Concurrent Education Sessions 8:30 am – 9:30 am
  • E-Sessions 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Career Services Center 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Exhibits 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
  • Exhibit Floor Sessions (Knowledge Centers, Meaningful Use Experience, Intelligent Hospital) 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
  • Interoperability Showcase 9:30 am – 6:00 pm
  • Concurrent Education Sessions 9:45 am – 10:45 am
  • HIT X.0 (Registration Required) 8:30 am – 10:45 am
  • Keynote 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm (President Bill Clinton)
  • Exhibits 2:15 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Exhibit Floor Sessions (Knowledge Centers, Meaningful Use Experience, Intelligent Hospital) 2:15 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Special Event (Registration Required) Mardi Gras World 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

News from HIMSS: Glooko Launches First Ever Way for People with Diabetes to Check Blood Glucose Averages on a Smartphone

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Glooko 1.6Glooko, is launching the first-ever way for users to check their blood glucose averages on a smartphone. The new version of their app will allow users to view week-to-week comparisons of their blood glucose readings to understand macro-level changes in the effectiveness of their diabetes management and treatment plans.

With today’s launch of version 1.6 of the app, Glooko the only mobile solution that allows users to sync readings form multiple blood glucose meters and compute these averages with the single click of a button. The Glooko homepage will automatically display a user’s high, low and average blood glucose readings for the week. Additionally, the new version of the app allows users to view averages before a meal, after a meal or all readings, complementing the day-to-day blood glucose tracking capabilities that are already available..

“Daily readings fail to provide real actionable insights into how people with diabetes [Read more…]

News from HIMSS: Practice Fusion Celebrates 200 Lab Partnerships

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Practice Fusion used HIMSS 13 to announce that it now has partnerships with over 200 clinical laboratories nationwide. The company has made it easy for labs to rapidly connect to physicians with an application programming interface (API) that allows labs to connect to tens of thousands of physicians using Practice Fusion with a single, secure connection.

“Since Practice Fusion launched its lab API last May, our lab community has nearly tripled in size,” said Todd Martin, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Practice Fusion. “In order to stay competitive, labs are looking for a fast and efficient way to connect their service directly to the tens of thousands of medical professionals on our platform.  Practice Fusion’s innovative technology paves the way for the entire healthcare ecosystem to do more with less.”

According to the company they are now adding between 10 and twenty new lab partners each month [Read more…]

HIMSS 13 Schedule for March 5th

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  • Registration 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
  • E-Sessions 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Keynote 8:30 am – 9:30 am (Eric J. Topol – Author  of The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How The Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care)
  • Career Services Center 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Exhibits 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
  • Concurrent Education Sessions 9:45 am – 10:45 am
  • HIT X.0 9:45 am – 10:45 am (Registration Required)
  • Exhibit Floor Sessions (Knowledge Centers, Meaningful Use Experience, Intelligent Hospital) 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
  • Interoperability Showcase 9:30 am – 6:00 pm
  • SHIFT 8:00 am – 3:15 pm (Registration Required)
  • Career Services Institute Marriott Convention Center 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • EHR Achievement Luncheon (Invitation Only) 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
  • Concurrent Education Sessions 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm
  • HIT X.0 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm (Registration Required)
  • Exhibits 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Exhibit Floor Sessions (Knowledge Centers, Meaningful Use Experience, Intelligent Hospital) 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Awards Banquet (Registration Required Hyatt Ballroom 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Most U.S. Doctors Believe Patients Should Update Electronic Health Record, but Not Have Full Access to It, According to Accenture Eight-Country Survey

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Image representing Accenture as depicted in Cr...A new Accenture survey shows that most U.S. doctors surveyed (82 percent) want patients to actively participate in their own healthcare by updating their electronic health records. However, only a third of physicians (31 percent) believe a patient should have full access to his or her own record, 65 percent believe patients should have limited access and 4 percent say they should have no access. These findings were consistent among 3,700 doctors surveyed by Accenture in eight countries: Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore, Spain and the United States.

Patients Access to Records

While nearly half of U.S. doctors (47 percent) surveyed believe patients should not be able [Read more…]

News from HIMSS: CCHIT Unveils New HIE Interoperability Testing at HIMSS 13

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HIE CertifiedToday, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is announcing the opening of the pilot phase of a new health information exchange compliance testing program at the HIMSS 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans; it also will reveal the program seals designed to help healthcare providers identify health information exchange (HIE) certified technology, and demonstrate its automated testing tool for vendors.

At completion, the HIE compliance testing and certification program components include the following:
1)    HIE Certified Community™, for electronic health records (EHRs) and other health IT systems, that will enable state-wide patient data inquiry allowing clinicians to query an HIE for information on specific patients

2)    HIE Certified Direct™ that provides a simple way for providers to send secure health information directly to trusted recipients, including patients, over the Internet

3)    HIE Certified Network™ for HIE-to-HIE connectivity and for connection to the eHealth Exchange

Certification will be specific to each technology and its version, and include testing of commercially [Read more…]

News from HIMSS: Ricoh helps hospitals improve performance and lower costs with Ricoh Healthcare Information Services

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Despite astonishing advances in treating disease and saving lives, healthcare is still struggling with records. Hospitals are awash in paper, a condition that keeps costs high, potentially serious errors occurring, and virtually everyone frustrated at the sluggish flow of medical information.

To directly address these problems, Ricoh Americas Corporation today detailed a suite of Healthcare Information Services that transform paper medical documents into electronic information, substantially improving the input, processing and output of patient medical data. The ultimate goal is improving healthcare and lowering costs through better information management. Ricoh provided details and demonstrations this week at the HIMSS 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition March 3-7 in New Orleans in booth #1361.

Ricoh Healthcare Information Services are based on three powerful new [Read more…]

HIMSS 13 Schedule for March 4th

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HIMSS 13 LogoHere’s what is happening at HIMSS 13 in New Orleans today, March 4th.

  • Registration 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Keynote 8:00 am – 9:30 am (Warner Thomas – President and CEO, Ochsner Health System)
  • E-Sessions 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Career Services Center 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Concurrent Education Sessions 9:45 am – 1:15 pm
  • Health IT Angel Venture Fair 9:45 am – 1:45 pm
  • Interoperability Showcase 9:45 am – 6:00 pm
  • 1st Timers Conference Orientation 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  • Cisco’s CCH Summit 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (Registration Required)
  • Exhibits 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Exhibit Floor Sessions
  • (Knowledge Centers, Meaningful Use Experience, Intelligent Hospital)
  • 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • New Member Reception 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Communities Open House 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  • EHR Achievement Event-Reception (By Invitation Only) Marriott Convention Center 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

HIMSS 13 Schedule for March 3rd

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Here’s what’s happening at HIMSS today, March 13th.

  • Registration 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
  • Symposia 7:30 am – 5:00 pm (Separate Registration Required)
  • Pre-Conference Workshops*8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Separate Registration Required)
  • Health IT Venture Fair & Strategic Partner Forum 8:00 am – 6:00 pm (Separate Registration Required)
  • CPHIMS Review Course 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Separate Registration Required)
  • CIO Forum 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Leading from the Future 9:45 am – 5:00 pm (Separate Registration Required)
  • 1st Timers Conference Orientation 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
  • Academic Forum (hosted by AUPHA) 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Separate Registration Required)
  • Chapter Leaders Workshop (By Invitation Only) 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
  • Fellows Reception (By Invitation Only) 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Opening Reception 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm