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Educational Web Site Offers Free 15-Minute Seminars in Las Vegas booth 4202 Saudi health authorities adopt World Health Organization standard – key benefits to quality of healthcare in the Kingdom to be discussed at HIMSS conference in Riyadh A German hospital and two Spanish hospitals will receive the Stage 6 Award for medical record adoption. The Award is provided by HIMSS Analytics Europe and will be presented at the Budapest-based European eHealth Week and World of Health IT conference, 10-12 May. The implementation of the new ICD-10 codes to replace the ancient ICD-9 codes for procedures and diagnosis is required by Oct. 1, 2013. That means that all reimbursements on Sept. 30 have to be in ICD-9 coding and at midnight a big switch has to occur to change the way business is performed. One of the most interesting sections of the HIMSS 2011 exposition is definitely the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) showcase exhibit. Spread over a surface of one acre on the exhibition floor, dozens of vendors showcase their ability to seamlessly exchange information with other vendors and demonstrate interoperability. It is one thing to be able to communicate between different departmental systems and an EHR from the same vendor, the real challenge is when information needs to be exchanged between vendors. Obviously, this did not happen overnight as each vendor spent about a week during January’s “connect-athon” in Chicago where vendors gathered to work out the details of making such information exchanges seamless. After practice in freezing Chicago, they were able to show proof of their effort in warm and sunny Florida. GE Healthcare, a leading provider of innovative medical technologies, will dedicate its presentation at HIMSS11 conference to focus on helping organizations achieve Meaningful Use of EHR and go beyond certification to optimize care delivery. HIMSS and the Saudi Association for Health Informatics (SAHI) to gather Regional and International Health IT Leaders in Riyadh to share best practices as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launches largest health IT program in the region. The Chicago-based HIMSS announced the establishment of a new HIMSS Latino Initiative to focus on health IT needs for the rapidly growing Hispanic/Latino market. The bimonthly magazine Government Health IT will be published by MedTech Media, the publisher of Healthcare Finance News, Healthcare IT News, and a suite of related online products in 2011.The magazine, e-newsletter and website were acquired by The Maine-based media organization as a part of a wide transaction with the Management Systems Society and Healthcare Information. |