Greenway Medical Technologies, making its debut at this year's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference, launched Greenway Marketplace.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference that the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for Stage 2 of its EHR Incentive Program was filed to the Office of the Federal Register. With the NPRM set to be published on March 7 in the Federal Register with a 60-day comment period, Erica Drazen, ScD, managing director, Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices of CSC, in an interview, made recommendations for eligible providers to consider as they continue their meaningful use journey.

LAS VEGASWhile medication management technologies can overwhelm providers due to the interoperability and personnel complications, health IT can be utilized to mediate the concerns, according to a Feb. 23 presentation during the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

LAS VEGASTo achieve the overarching concept of system-ness or enterprise-ness, converging the IT and the clinical engineering departments could help to eliminate latency or downtime with medical devices that now are integrated into the EMR and the greater network, according to Vi Shaffer, research vice president at Gartner, who took part in a conversation about this convergence Feb. 20 at the 2012 Healthcare  Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

Siemens Healthcare debuted two offerings for image management and radiology workflow that will be hosted from the Siemens Healthcare Cloud Computing Center (HCCC) in Malvern, Pa., at the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), held in Las Vegas Feb. 20-24.

Barco has partnered with researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania to develop an integrated system to perform virtual clinical trials of breast cancer screening technology.

LAS VEGASPhysicians most significant challenges include processing information and bringing those data to the point of care, Nick van Terheyden, MD, CMIO, Nuance Communications, said during a Feb. 22 session at the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). van Terheyden outlined how IBM Watsons Deep Question and Answer technology might assist with the process and improve healthcare delivery.

LAS VEGASClinical decision support (CDS) offers benefits such as improved outcomes, reduced costs and more but there are also unintended consequences that must be managed effectively. Donald L. Levick, MD, MBA, CMIO, and David R. Pucklavage, RN, BSN, manager, information services at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) in Allentown, Pa., presented Feb. 22 during the 2012 Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.