In a post-2015 era, both technology and infrastructure need to be transformed across ambulatory healthcare settings large and small, according to John Blair III, MD, president of Taconic IPA in Fishkill, N.Y., who made this presentation today at HIMSS10 in Atlanta.

iCAD has reported steady profits for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009, but it wasnt enough to put the company into the black for the year, which ended Dec. 31.

At the HIMSS10 conference in Atlanta next week, Acuo Technologies (Booth #2257) will be unveiling AcuoVision, a Web-enabled system and performance monitoring dashboard that offers one click access to enterprise image management status.

Eclipsys and Microsoft have signed an agreement to offer the market integrated health IT solutions designed for physicians, nurses and hospital administrators to gain insights from data aggregated from multiple clinical and financial systems across the hospital.

Monday, March 1, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Clinical decision support may be relevant to the demonstration of meaningful use for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The presenters will discuss the potential implications of this relationship.

Monday, March 1, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Along with the rapid growth of EHRs and Clinical Decision Support, there is another transformation of worldwide IT on the heels of wireless high speed internet and the truly "smart" smart phones enabling high definition data access. This discussion will review the "here and now" medical applications of new technologies and their impact on the growing field of telehealth.

Sunday, February 28, 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM One of the great promises of health information technology (HIT) is improved quality, safety and efficiencies and as a by-product; improved population health. However, the federal government realizes that implementing technology will not alone improve patient outcomes, but 'meaningful use' of that technology is the lever needed to attain the hoped-for benefits. Clinical decision support (CDS) is a powerful tool that can be used to deliver evidence to decision makers at the point of care. This session will provide a brief overview of the literature supporting the use of CDS to improve outcomes and include examples of how facilities use evidence to improve decision-making. It will also focus on the medication use process and the high level steps for implementing CDS, from stakeholder engagement to implementation to results to ongoing knowledge management.

Sunday, February 28, 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM While American medicine has been at the confluence of pressures to improve the quality and safety of care, the introduction of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) offered a renewed call for the integration of information technology in all aspects of health care delivery. Many clinicians are uncertain about the relationship of these two national program initiatives--to improve quality and promote the adoption, and meaningful use, of health information technology. We will examine current national health care policy in both quality/safety and information technology with the expectation of describing one improvement path for institutions and individuals with performance expectations in both domains.