Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda asks HIMSS 2011 attendees: What's the biggest IT challenge you face?
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Not surprisingly, comic actor Michael J. Fox told a lot of jokes during his keynote speech on the closing day of HIMSS 2011. He also tugged at many hearts.
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Phil Fasano, executive vice president and chief information officer for Kaiser Permanente, talks with Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda about moving to a paperless clinical environment and how Kaiser uses IT to promote better patient outcomes.
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Lynn Vogel, chief information officer at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, talks with Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn about achieving a meaningful return on investment from converting to ICD-10 coding and adopting more-advanced health information technologies.
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Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of HIMSS, talks with Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn about the record attendance at this year's Live@HIMSS annual conference and the society's views on moving ahead with meaningful-use requirements.
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The CMS is planning a major patient-safety initiative that will involve making the known strategies for safer care more widely available, agency Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick said.
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HIMSS closed its 2011 convention on Thursday drawing a record-breaking 31,225 attendees, the Chicago-based trade group announced.
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BioCrossroads, a research collaborative, released a report detailing how Indiana's health IT industry has grown to include 72 startup companies with 2,500 workers and $202 million in revenue.
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Most leaders who participated in this year's Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician survey on key IT issues are optimistic they will achieve meaningful use of EHRs—sometime.
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Modern Healthcare assistant digital editor Christine LaFave Grace wraps up the 2011 HIMSS annual conference with a look at Thursday's keynote speeches by actor and health research advocate Michael J. Fox and CMS Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick.
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Mike Davis, security architect for the Veterans Health Administration talks with Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn, about how the VHA lets patients control access to specific elements of their health records.
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Computerized simulation and sensor technology will play a bigger role in healthcare as key methods to improve safety and quality, the chief architect of Lockheed Martin Virtual World Labs says.
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Modern Healthcare is taking submissions for the third annual IT Case Study Contest, which recognizes health IT projects that improved patient care and also may be eligible for stimulus funds.
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Modern Healthcare is seeking nominations for its ninth annual CEO IT Achievement Award competition.
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Dr. Bill Hersh, professor and chairman of the medical informatics and clinical epidemiology department at Oregon Health & Science University, talks with Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn about meeting the healthcare industry's growing demand for an informatics-savvy workforce.
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stressed the importance of health IT to America's future as exiting ONC chief Dr. David Blumenthal outlined key inroads made by his office.
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Kate Berry, CEO of the National eHealth Collaborative, talks with Modern Healthcare assistant digital editor Christine LaFave Grace about what's needed from the public and private sectors to support a nationwide health information network.
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Lynn Barr, director of health information technology for the California State Rural Health Association, talks with Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn about a unique bond issue to help critical-access hospitals in California adopt electronic health-record systems.
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Just a day after rebranding itself, the Clinical Documentation Industry Association announced that its CEO is stepping down.
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Healthcare leaders are saying that higher percentages of their capital budgets will be consumed by health information technology in the years ahead compared with recent years.
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