Clinical Architecture (Booth 2689) is displaying its new Symedical Server during the 2011 HIMSS convention Feb. 20 to 24 in Orlando, Fla.

MedHost (Booth 3831) is exhibiting OpCenter, its inpatient flow and bed-management support tool, at the HIMSS conference and exhibition Feb. 20 to 24 in Orlando, Fla.

Since interoperability and integration are at the core of nearly every other aspect of health IT, I hope to spend any spare time at HIMSS11 next week in the Interoperability Showcase area. It promises to be a larger part of HIMSS than ever before, with expanded exhibit hours and more connected vendors and agencies as well.

Ultrasound fusion imaging-guided biopsies for detecting bone and soft tissue cancers are safe, effective and as accurate as CT-guided biopsy, according to a study presented at the 2011 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting, held in San Diego from Feb. 15 to Feb. 18.

This is the third installment in CMIO's exclusive web series exploring the birth of Rhode Islands statewide health information exchange (HIE), featuring the leading stakeholders and clinical perspectives on its development.

Nearly 20 percent of admissions and 23.2 percent of inpatient expenditures--$3.4 billion--were devoted to 2.9 percent of patients who were readmitted to the same children's hospital four or more times within a year, according to a study in the Feb. 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded seven cooperative agreements totaling $241 million to help a group of early innovator states design and implement the IT infrastructure needed to operate health insurance exchanges.

Spectrum Health, a nonprofit health system in West Michigan, has launched health IT software developer InterSystemss smartphone app to provide access to personal health information via the healthcare providers MySpectrum web-based patient portal.