Canon Europe has acquired Netherlands-based Delft Diagnostic Imaging.

E-prescribing leads to a significant increase in first-fill medication adherence, according to a study from Surescripts. Analysis of de-identified data suggest that the increase in first-fill medication adherence combined with other e-prescribing benefits could, over the next 10 decade, lead to between $140 billion and $240 billion in healthcare savings and improved health outcomes.

Come hear the challenges and triumphs of implementing the first national EHR. Understand how Singapore addressed this ambitious business vision faster and at a lower cost than anyone expected.

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, Texas, implemented an EHR in 11 months, going from HIMSS Analytics Level 0.5 to 6. Learn key strategies for success, along with implementation pitfalls to avoid.

Technology is no stranger to Kaiser Permanente. The organization has attempted to deploy an EHR a few times, the last being successful. This session will tell that story, which goes back decades.

Join this session to learn how one Ambulatory Clinic preloaded 15 years of clinical data into its EHR, interfaced it to five hospitals, a reference lab, a home health agency, pharmacies and payors, and turned on clinical decision support. The result is nation-leading HEDIS quality measures, Medicare total cost of care, as well as documented improvements in safety, efficiency, and satisfaction. 

EHRs take more than center stage at this years HIMSS Annual Convention & Exhibition considering so many other hot topics originate from EHR systems, including meaningful use, cloud computing, medical device integration and mobile health. From choosing and implementing to improving and optimizing, theres no shortage of EHR information for HIMSS attendees to learn from others and share from their own experiences.

While IT has been leveraged by other industries to lower costs and increase efficiency, the promise of health IT to transform the healthcare industry has yet to be realized even though millions of dollars in funding has been directed toward promoting health IT adoption, according to a Bipartisan Policy Center report. Based on the findings of a task force headed by former senators Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), the report makes six recommendations for accelerating the use of health IT.