HIMSS 2005 Keynote Speakers and Educational Sessions

The ancient city of Babylon had at its center a great tower called the Tower of Babel. The people of Babylon had toiled to build this great structure reaching up to the heavens.

We are in the age of patient information sharing - and electronic health records are making it possible along with great effort from public and private groups focused on establshing standards and healthcare facilities that are investing in EHRs.

The cooperation between the DICOM and HL7 standardization organization has been significantly improved over the past several years. There is a joint DICOM/HL7 working group, a.k.a. WG 20 for DICOM or for HL7, the Imaging and Integration Special Interest Group, that meets at every HL7 event (which is typically three times a year) to work on interfacing issues between both communication standards.

Wireless networks are proliferating around large healthcare enterprises and small physicians' offices. The possibilities - and benefits - are nearly endless, provided you keep functionality, workflow and security in mind.

Reasons to adopt health IT (information technology) systems are insufficient and financial incentives are needed to encourage healthcare providers to adopt IT that allows interconnectivity to improve patient care, according to a new report released by Con

This year's winners show leadership in digital imaging modalities, modality integration with PACS and physician access to images online.