The annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) took place last week in Chicago. While there are many publications out there covering this meeting, ChannelWeb had an especially good series of articles on it.
Those of you who are not yet familiar with ChannelWeb, it is a web site focusing on companies that sell computer and communication based solutions (i.e. hardware and software.) In other words, the sellers ARE the channel.
As you will see from these articles, the most popular topic at HIMSS was the Obama stimulus package and its implications for health care. As you can imagine, vendors had a Pavlovian reaction about the potential to make a lot of money.
How well the money will be spent remains an open item. Once thing is certain. A lot of it will be wasted.
Read on...
HIMSS: Moving From Stimulus Hope To Real Health-Care IT Projects
ChannelWeb , April 10, 2009
At HIMSS, VARs, CIOs and vendors look past the initial round of stimulus excitement to gauge what's coming next. 
20 Scenes From HIMSS 2009
ChannelWeb , April 09, 2009
The annual HIMSS conference brought more than 27,000 attendees to McCormick Place in Chicago, to hear from each other and from the likes of Dennis Quaid and Alan Greenspan as they place their bets on the future of health care IT. A strong pulse? You bet--and Channelweb was there to check it.
HIMSS: Greenspan Says Economy 'Will Turn, But Not Yet'
ChannelWeb , April 08, 2009
At HIMSS, Alan Greenspan addresses technology's role in health care and the broader economy.
HIMSS: Dell, Perot Systems Unleash Health Care IT Salvo
ChannelWeb , April 06, 2009
Dell announces partnerships with Perot Systems and others and virtualization and social networking solutions for health care
HIMSS: Dennis Quaid Calls On Health-Care Modernization To Eliminate Errors
ChannelWeb , April 05, 2009
Actor Dennis Quaid said at HIMSS keynote that health-care IT technology is the only way to reduce medical errors.
HIMSS Preview: Health Care Tech Revs Up As Stimulus Begins
ChannelWeb , April 03, 2009
Electronic medical records and health care IT funding from the federal stimulus package are on everyone's minds as HIMSS gets under way in Chicago.
Health Care IT: 25 Solutions To Check Out At HIMSS
ChannelWeb , April 02, 2009
A sampling of products and solutions to see at the 2009 HIMSS Conference in Chicago.
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