Perspectives on Nursing – the Transition to Informatics I came from a blue-collar community in the early ’70s where many women ended up in lower paying jobs expecting that their husbands would take care of them. Being a rather independent person, I wanted to wanted to find a career that would allow me to always put a roof over my head and food in my...MORE > 5/6/2012
HIMSS12 & Stage 2 MU: A Match Made in Vegas HIMSS12 proved to be the biggest HIMSS yet as more than 37,000 healthcare executives, IT professionals, and clinical leaders flocked to Las Vegas to attend valuable health IT educational sessions and evaluate the latest products and services from more than 1,100 vendors in the exhibit hall. The turnout for HIMSS1...MORE > 4/17/2012
CNIO role on the rise What is a Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO), some people ask, and how important is one? In this era of healthcare payment realignment and evidence-based medicine, key stakeholders say the CNIO position is critical. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), nursing...MORE > 4/15/2012
Rubbermaid unveils PC-enabled telemedicine cart Rubbermaid Medical Solutions’ telemedicine category, a leading provider of mobile healthcare solutions for telemedicine, announced the release of the T38VPC, the latest addition to its Telemedicine Cart line. The cart’s new technology includes a PC-enabled platform, which allows provi...MORE > 4/12/2012