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HIMSS 2010: It’s a Wrap

Posted on05. Mar, 2010 by Joe Lavelle.

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Another HIMSS is behind us, but Healthcare IT will never be the same. 2010 will be the start of truly revolutionary progress in Healthcare IT brought on by ARRA/HITECH. Many gave their opinions and some have even provided really interesting suggestions for changes to the rules as you will find in this letter from CHIME to CMS. With the comment period closing shortly on CMS’s meaningful use Notice Proposed Rule Making, I am not sure how much or how little the rules will be modified. What I am sure is that anyone that intends on pursuing Meaningful Use (MU) better get started in earnest right away.

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Darling Reports: HIMSS10 Wrap Up!

Posted on05. Mar, 2010 by Gwen Darling.

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Day Four of HIMSS10. My plan for this day was to tie up any loose ends that needed tying and knock off at noon, taking the remainder of the day to enjoy Atlanta, and my sister, who was driving in from Knoxville to spend the night. I am a firm believer in the “treat yourself [...]

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HIMSS 2010: A Little Time for Career Development

Posted on04. Mar, 2010 by Joe Lavelle.

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In between my efforts to Get Smart on ARRA and Vendor Neutral Archives today, I took time out to meet in person with a few experts that I have met on Twitter and learned a great deal from in the past couple years. For breakfast I met with resume specialist and career coach, Miriam [...]

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Darling Reports: Live From HIMSS10 Day Three

Posted on04. Mar, 2010 by Gwen Darling.

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My calendar says Day 3, but if you’d ask my feet they’d probably argue that it’s got to be at least Day 103. I’m beginning to have fantasies about my sneakers – that’s a bit frightening. At any rate, the day had a very memorable beginning for many here in Atlanta – we awoke to [...]

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Darling Reports: Live From HIMSS10 – Day Two

Posted on03. Mar, 2010 by Gwen Darling.

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Eased into HIMSS with the fun and relaxing social events of Sunday behind me, Monday marked the beginning of my workweek. I have two goals this week – I want to meet as many new colleagues as possible, expanding my network of contacts, and I want to meet as many colleagues as possible who I’ve [...]

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HIMSS 2010: A Stimulating Start

Posted on02. Mar, 2010 by Joe Lavelle.

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No matter how many trade shows I attend I can not help myself from becoming overwhelmed by the amount of brain power in one building and this year’s HIMSS show is no different. Well, I take that back. With the comment period closing shortly on CMS’s meaningful use Notice Proposed Rule Making, the brain power seems to be stimulated in the way that the current administration would like to stimulate the economy. ARRA/HITECH is clearly the top topic this year, but so far I am hearing disagreement on how much stimulating has actually occurred. I will continue to observe and learn more on this for the rest of the week.