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Vendor News from HIMSS

Some 900 vendors exhibited at the HIMSS 2010 Conference in Atlanta and that means multiple announcements about new products, features or services. Among them:

NaviNet Teams to Expand EDI Services

Electronic data interchange vendor NaviNet Inc., which sells Web portals enabling providers to exchange administrative and financial transactions with insurers, will add patient portal functions and additional services from the Relay Health division of McKesson Corp., San Francisco.

Should FDA Regulate Health I.T.?

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), who is investigating the safety of health information technology, appears to be interested in exploring whether the Food and Drug Administration should regulate such products.

Buyers Guide Grades Exhibiting Vendors

KLAS Enterprises, an Orem, Utah-based health information technology vendor research firm, is making available a HIT Buyers Guide for the 2010 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Atlanta.

Advisory Groups Set March Meetings

The HIT Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee, advisory bodies to the Department of Health and Human Services, have posted their workgroup meeting schedules for March. All meetings, and associated materials, will be accessible via the Web at http://healthit.hhs.gov.

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Integrating for Better IV Safety

Lancaster General links its smart pumps and bar-coded medication administration system to ensure safe infusions.

Automating the OR

EHRs, efficient resource use and quality measurement drive OR software purchases

Medication Reconciliation: Is There a Better Way?

Hospitals tackle the difficult task of tracking medications by applying I.T. in many different ways.

Defining the Medical Home

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