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Updated:
04/21/2003
Tablet
PC Summit-May 19, 2003
Manufacturers
experiment with Tablet PCs
Confessions
of a Tablet PC Note Taker: Part I
eWEEK
Excellence Awards: Desktop & Handheld Hardware
Note-taking
goes high tech
Fujitsu
Stylistic is fundamentally right
Reason
to buy a Tablet?
Tablet
PCs: What's The Big Deal?
Tablet
PC Secrets Revealed
A
business case for Tablet PCs
Tablet
PC stops files from blowing away
Tablet
PCs, the Next Generation
Intel
Puts Mucscle Behind Centrino Mobile Agenda
Acer
America Selects Mobility Panasonic
Introduces World's Most Connected Convertible Tablet PCs
Tablet
Software Packages Get Graphic
Toting
a Tablet PC to Sales Meetings
What
tablets need to succeed
Highlights
of the 2003 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Annual Conference and Exhibition
Microsoft
Healthcare Users Group and Microsoft Announce Winners of 2003 MS-HUG Annual
Awards
Microsoft Corp. and Microsoft Healthcare Users Group
(MS-HUG) today announced the winners of the 2003 Industry Solution Awards
for Healthcare (ISAH) and winners of the Microsoft User of the Year Awards.
The annual awards program recognizes the most innovative healthcare organizations
that are improving their operations through the effective deployment and
utilization of Microsoft(R)-based products.
Markham
Software Development Firm Wins Microsoft Healthcare Users Group Award
This software uses an innovative combination of mobile
Internet technologies to connect physicians, paramedics, hospitals and
dispatchers through online wireless data communication. The CCTU system
transmits patient information to Sunnybrook's on-call physician via a
wireless handheld device - either Pocket PC or RIM Blackberry. The physician
reviews patient information online and submits medical orders directly
to the paramedics, already en route. The paramedics receive orders on
their RIM Blackberry device and prepare for an efficient pick-up at the
hospital.
BROOKTROUT'S
PRODUCTS ENABLE HIPAA COMPLIANT VOICE AND FAX APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
Brooktrout Technology, Inc., a leading supplier of products for voice,
fax and call processing used in the development of applications and services
for the New Network™, is exhibiting the latest in voice and fax enabling
technology for healthcare applications at this year's Healthcare Information
and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition.
Microsoft
christens XDocs application 'InfoPath'
Microsoft Corp. today announced the official name for
the next member of its Office family, formerly code-named XDocs, and said
a standards body for the health care industry is advocating the application
as a way to help streamline medical records systems.
AdvanceMed
Selects Sybase Solution Running on Sun to Support Web-Based Analytical
and Reporting Healthcare Tools
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2003 Conference
-- Sybase, Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced today that the Sybase
Solution for Economical Data Management -- based on the Enterprise Data
Warehouse Reference Architecture -- has been selected by AdvanceMed Corporation
to power CompareCare(TM), AdvanceMed's Web-based analytic and reporting
solution.
PKWARE
Introduces PKZIP Security-Enabled Solutions to the Healthcare Industry
At HIMSS
Demonstrating its commitment to the healthcare industry,
PKWARE, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of Trusted ZIP Solutions(TM),
today announced that it's extending its award-winning PKZIP® data
compression and security solutions to healthcare organizations to help
them achieve HIPAA compliance. PKWARE is showing the latest versions of
its PKZIP security-enabled solutions at the Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2003 Annual Conference and Expo February
9-13.
MITEM(R)
Corporation Announces Blue Iris(TM) -- a Clinician-Friendly Application
That Enhances, Extends and Integrates Hospital Information Systems
MITEM Corporation today announced the release of Blue
Iris, a software solution designed to improve the accessibility of patient
and clinical data from hospital information systems. The product’s
rich graphical interface transforms cumbersome hospital information systems
into clinician-friendly applications. The first public demonstrations
of Blue Iris can be seen at the Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society's (HIMSS) 2003 Annual Conference and Exhibition.
Oracle
Introduces Comprehensive Information Platform and Service Infrastructure
for the Healthcare Industry
Oracle Corporation, the world's largest enterprise software company, today
announced the availability of the Oracle® Healthcare Transaction Base
(HTB), a comprehensive data repository and service infrastructure that
will enable healthcare organizations to integrate disparate systems and
create a central repository for patient information and clinical services.
Oracle will demonstrate the Healthcare Transaction Base at the Healthcare
Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference.
Tablet
PC Gains Widespread Support From Healthcare Industry
Months after its official launch, Microsoft® Windows®
XP Tablet PC Edition continues to receive positive support within the
healthcare industry, Microsoft Corp. today announced at the 2003 Healthcare
Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference and exhibition
in San Diego. Across the healthcare industry, medical professionals, hospitals,
pharmaceutical companies and healthcare software vendors are deploying
the Tablet PC for its innovative benefits of unlimited mobility and versatility.
Global
DOD system closes gap between battlefield, medical experts
The Department of Defense yesterday showcased a telemedicine system that
allows diagnostic X-ray photos of personnel deployed almost anywhere in
the world to be quickly viewed by a trained radiologist, thanks to a global,
secure network.
Amicore
and QRS Diagnostic Announce Partnership at HIMSS
Today, at the Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference in San Diego, Calif., Amicore,
the practice improvement company providing software and services to physicians,
and QRS Diagnostic, leader in innovative design and development of software-based
medical devices contained in computer cards, announce their partnership
agreement. Under the agreement, the firms have developed an interface
to Amicore Clinical Management(TM), its comprehensive clinical workflow
and electronic medical record (EMR) solution. Physicians can now use QRS
PC Cards to perform diagnostic tests on the handheld wireless pen tablets
and PCs on which they run Amicore's system, and the resulting physiological
data is automatically integrated into their EMRs.
Procom
Demonstrating Its NetFORCE NAS Filers at HIMSS 2003 Exhibition For Medical
IT Professionals
Medical industry IT professionals will have an opportunity
to see how rapidly images are retrieved from a picture archival and communication
system (PACS) when Procom Technology (Nasdaq: PRCM - News) demonstrates
its popular NetFORCE® series network-attached storage (NAS) filers
at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's HIMSS 2003
Conference and Exhibition, today through Thursday (Feb. 13) at the San
Diego Convention Center.
IDX
to Feature 'Making A Difference in Healthcare' at HIMSS 2003 in San Diego
IDX Systems Corporation will showcase the mission-critical difference
IDX software applications make every day by enhancing patient care and
substantially improving business performance at the 2003 HIMSS (Healthcare
Information Management Systems Society) tradeshow, Feb. 10-13, at the
San Diego Convention Center.
The newly branded IDX portfolio of flagship offerings featured at HIMSS
are: Flowcast(TM), Groupcast(TM), Carecast(TM), Imagecast(TM) and EDiX(TM).
Each IDX solution is designed to create greater connectivity among the
key stakeholders in a patient's care -- patients, providers, and payers.
Siemens
Showcases Proven Outcomes in Healthcare at HIMSS
Siemens demonstrates proven outcomes through workflow
optimization at the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society
(HIMSS) annual conference and exhibition, February 9-13 at the San Diego
Convention Center. Visitors to booth #3313 will witness the outcomes and
results that Siemens Medical Solutions and Siemens Information and Communication
Networks have delivered.
Cypress
Showcases Powerful Document Process Automation Solution at HIMSS 2003
Cypress Corporation, a leading provider of document management and delivery
software, is showcasing the Cypress Content Processing Facility (CPF)
at HIMSS 2003 (San Diego, CA, Feb 9 - 13). Cypress CPF is a new and unique
software module that enables content within documents to automatically
trigger dynamic document processes. Using Cypress CPF, healthcare organizations
can enable, for example:
* Automatic assembly of discrete pages from reports, images, transcriptions,
x-rays and such, triggered by content from other documents the moment
they are created. This uniquely bundled information can then be shared
with physicians and health care workers throughout the enterprise via
secure electronic inboxes.
* The optimal flow of financial and insurance information, allowing administrators
to collect revenue faster.
* Executives fast and easy access to the information they need from disparate
sources for risk management, compliance, malpractice defense, and audits.
Palm
Continues to Streamline Business Processes for Healthcare Providers at
Point of Care
Some of the nation's largest and most innovative healthcare
organizations are turning to Palm, Inc. to streamline business processes
and improve overall patient care. Using Palm(TM) handheld computers, healthcare
providers can easily access and manage critical information at the point
of care, where decision support is so critical. And healthcare organizations
are able to more efficiently manage their businesses and improve patient
safety and satisfaction.
EMS
Technologies Announces Largest Wireless Deployment Ever, With More Than
500 Wireless Devices To Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
EMS Technologies, Inc. is announcing today at the HIMSS
Conference the largest deployment to date of wireless technology in a
hospital network, at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare.
AdvanceMed
Selects Sybase Solution Running on Sun to Support Web-Based Analytical
and Reporting Healthcare Tools
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2003 Conference
-- Sybase, Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced today that the Sybase
Solution for Economical Data Management -- based on the Enterprise Data
Warehouse Reference Architecture -- has been selected by AdvanceMed Corporation
to power CompareCare(TM), AdvanceMed's Web-based analytic and reporting
solution.