The one-stop shop for healthcare IT: the industry's largest trade show has something to offer for every attendee

Health Management Technology, Jan, 2005

For many exhibitors, attendees and media representatives, the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference and Exhibition is a feeding frenzy of meetings and demonstrations squeezed into several intense days of nonstop activity.

However, as intimidating an experience as it may seem--or be--few of almost 20,000 attendees would pass on this unique opportunity to learn what the healthcare IT industry has to offer, from medication management, radiology information systems and point-of-care devices to scheduling, claims processing and managed care applications.

Here is a sample of what some of more than 700 exhibitors will be showcasing at HIMS S 2005, Feb. 13-17, in Dallas.

Booth 951

Motion Computing M1400 Tablet PCs enable healthcare practitioners to access and enter real-time information in any situation: with patients, in hallway consultations, on-call or at their desks.

Motion will exhibit the clipboard-sized M1400, which features: a 12.1-inch, wide-angle display; Intel Centrino mobile technology; and Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Using digital ink with Motion's Speak Anywhere audio technology, physicians can automate the process of dictation. The M1400's security solutions include an integrated fingerprint reader and a software-based security layer, enabling multiple personnel within a facility to easily share a pool of machines while sensitive patient data remains secure. Combining standard Windows-based applications with networked medical applications, Motion's M1400 enhances the flow of information, without the technology getting in the way. www.rsleads.com/501ht-217

Booth 4609

FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA (Fuji) is a provider of medical image and information products and technologies for acquiring, processing, presenting, managing and storing diagnostic images. As the diagnostic imaging market continues its transformation from being film-based to digitally driven, Fuji's full suite of products, including film, imagers, digital X-ray readers and Synapse PACS, helps radiology departments successfully transition to the digital future.

Fuji will highlight Synapse PACS, a sophisticated software solution for radiology and imaging in general. Synapse has an open, Web-based architecture and easily integrates with centralized patient applications and legacy systems. Its innovative tools help users analyze, present and distribute the large amounts of data that radiology departments generate, and contribute to the efficient navigation and interpretation of increasingly complicated exams.

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Booth 5800

American Power Conversion (APC) helps healthcare organizations optimize the availability of their healthcare IT applications through the use of innovative solutions. APC will feature its InfraStruXure data center solution for network-critical physical infrastructure (NCPI). Fully integrating power, cooling and environmental management within a rack-optimized design, InfraStruXure's architecture reduces NCPI installation time while decreasing total cost of ownership.

APC also will showcase its newest addition to the InfraStruXure family, InfraStruXure Express. Based on APC's award-winning InfraStruXure architecture, InfraStruXure Express is a mobile data center that is ideal for healthcare organizations working on transitional IT projects or developing robust business continuity and disaster recovery programs. This modular and scalable product offers premier availability in an agile configuration.

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Booth 535

HSS provides software, analytical tools and consulting services that help healthcare organizations improve their financial and operational performance by streamlining coding, regulatory and reimbursement processes. Its solutions are used by more than 900 hospitals and are embedded into applications offered by 27 major healthcare IT vendors.

The company will showcase its suite of Web-based technologies and solutions, including: EASYTools, which are embeddable Web services business objects enabling coding, compliance and reimbursement management (CCRM) to be delivered anytime, anywhere with regulatory updates executed electronically and automatically by HSS; Web.Strat, a Web-based encoder that allows CCRM to be extended to remote locations and accommodates both book- and logic-based encoding styles; and APC Assistant, an online resource for managing outpatient prospective payment and minimizing claim denials.

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Booth 2151

SAS provides clinical and business intelligence to the healthcare industry through software that addresses key problems in clinical care management, clinical research analysis, strategic and marketing planning, organizational management and enterprise performance management. It integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional business intelligence applications to create enterprise-wide intelligence from massive amounts of data.

SAS will feature SAS Performance Management for Healthcare, a software solution that enables healthcare providers to focus, communicate and collaborate on strategy from a single portal. With SAS Performance Management, hospital leaders can balance business goals with quality clinical outcomes and align the objectives of administrators and clinicians.