Image via Wikipedia Michael Hansen, CEO Elsevier Health Sciences opened the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) Annual Information Industry Summit by reintroducing the audience to Galileo. His lessons from Galileo: In a time of change, remember your roots. Galileo reminded Hansen of Elsevier’s core strength to: “bring insights to the world and have… Read More
Shel Isreal writes about the first "live tweeted" surgery. It was conducted at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Follow Henry Ford News on Twitter. They've been saying they'll do it again. Thoughts?… Read More
I saw a demonstration of Azyxxi at HIMSS07. This system pulls healthcare information from the various systems supporting a medical facility into a common database. The information is used by clinicians and healthcare professionals to create their own views of patient and facility related data relevant to their roles in delivering, monitoring, or managing care. … Read More
I’m in New Orleans this week at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2007 conference. If you’re not familiar with HIMSS, the organization’s tag line says it all – “transforming healthcare through IT.” On Monday, Steve Ballmer (CEO Microsoft) delivered the opening keynote address. He described how personalized medicine and our digital lifestyle… Read More