Saturday, February 27, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMPatient-centric, longitudinal and automated quality measurement is an essential component of meaningful use. This requires the development of standardized quality data sets and work flows that enable automation of quality measures through electronic health records. This session will explore national priorities and goals related to meaningful use of EHR data for purposes of quality measurement and performance improvement. The presenter will review the requirements for enabling automated quality measurement as a by-product of EHR data capture. Examples showing how standardized quality data sets can enable the power of the EHR in quality measurement will be presented.

A study conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) found that within 24 of the 43 reporting states in the study, two large insurance payors had a combined market share of 70 percent or more, and that overall competition in the health insurance industry is decreasing.

While finalizing the definition for meaningful use remains a contentious and sometimes unclear issue for many providers, there is a unified vision of using health IT systems for better communication and sharing of data within healthcare facilities and between varied provider settings.

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.