As expected, U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) recentlyintroduced a new version of legislation called “The Personalized HealthInformation Act.”

NeoTool offered HIMSS07 visitors insight into its tools that aidfacilities looking to bolster clinical communication between varioushealth IT systems.

Pegasus Imaging demonstrated its document imaging and forms processingtechnology for developers of electronic health records, indexing, andarchiving technologies at HIMSS07 in New Orleans.

Dell announced at HIMSS07 in New Orleans that it is planning to provide full-scale solutions to the healthcare industry.

SG&A Consulting highlighted its PACS and other health ITimplementation consultation services, as well as its School of PACSAdministration at HIMSS07 in New Orleans last week.

Patient care and safety took center stage at HIMSS ’07. Vendors rolledout an array of systems designed to meet the dual (and sometimecompeting) goals of boosting productivity and increasing patient safety.

The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) has unveiled itspolicy on health IT/informatics and electronic medical health records.

The FDA has put out a warning that the daylight savings time (DST)change this weekend could have a detrimental and unpredictable impacton medical devices. The warning covers hospital networks and all mannerof health IT.