The show of shows: HIMSS 2004 offers the industry's best mix of healthcare IT solutions - HIMSS 2004 Exhibitor Showcase - Health care information management systems society

Health Management Technology, Feb, 2004

In the January 2004 issue of HMT, we described what some exhibitors will present at HIMSS 2004, Feb. 22-26 in Orlando, Fla. Here are even more exhibitors and what they are planning for HIMSS attendees later this month.

BOOTH 6038

Lawson Software provides an integrated suite of Enterprise Resource Optimization applications designed to manage healthcare providers' three key operational resources: people, supplies and financial assets. These products include Lawson Financials, Human Resources, Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Performance Management.

Lawson will be showing its complete offering, including the company's new Grant Management, Budgeting and Planning and Surgical Instrument Management applications. Grant Management is designed to streamline healthcare research administration. Budgeting and Planning offers hospitals a real-time budgeting, planning and forecasting tool, improving financial visibility. Surgical Instrument Management helps hospitals gain greater visibility and control of surgical instruments, and it enables hospitals to optimize instrument inventory levels, improve instrument utilization rates and increase the productivity of staff assembling surgical trays and carts.

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BOOTH 2051

IBM's participation at the conference will include numerous speakers and demonstrations about one of the most critical initiatives in healthcare today: The Healthcare Collaborative Network (HCN). As the lead technology provider for HCN, IBM is helping key healthcare providers and federal agencies collaborate and share vital data quickly. The HCN initiative in tends to link numerous stakeholders so they can share critical patient information and avert medical crises linked to medical errors, adverse drug events, bioterrorism and disease outbreaks that threaten public health. In this initiative, IBM partners with CMS, the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several renowned healthcare facilities and organizations. Visit Booth 2051 to learn more about HCN, as well as the other ways in which IBM is delivering tomorrow's healthcare vision today.

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BOOTH 2520

Per-Se Technologies offers resource management and revenue cycle management solutions that help optimize the income potential of hospitals and facilities. The company will feature Resource Management Solutions (RMS) and Revenue Cycle Management Solutions (RCMS). RMS includes nurse scheduling (ANSOS), Enterprise Staff Management, perioperative information (ORSOS) and Enterprise Patient Scheduling systems. RCMS includes Access Management (enterprise patient scheduling and patient verification services), Receivables Management (claims management--ClaimTrack.RCM, contract management, patient communication services, denial management and outsourcing services) and productivity management (consolidated management reporting).

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BOOTHS 2065, 2364

WebMD Corp. provides services that help physicians, consumers, providers and health plans navigate the complexity of the healthcare system. Its products and services streamline administrative and clinical processes, promote efficiency and reduce costs by facilitating information exchange, communication and electronic transactions between healthcare participants. WebMD Envoy is a leader in payer and healthcare provider transaction processing and reimbursement cycle management services. Visit Booth 2364 for a demonstration of these products and services.

WebMD Practice Services, formerly Medical Manager Health Systems, offers a wide range of fully integrated practice and clinical management systems for medical practices of all sizes and specialties. These solutions are designed to stream line workflow through automation, allowing providers to focus more time on patient care. With its graphical user interface and patient-centric design, WebMD Intergy provides a central location for accessing all patient information along with consistent navigation and advanced accounting features. Beyond the tools provided in the base system, WebMD Practice Services also offers advanced clinical, imaging, business intelligence, PACS, HIPAA-ready electronic data interchange and ad-hoc reporting. Visit Booth 2065 for a demonstration of Intergy.

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BOOTH 5045

QuadraMed's healthcare information technology solutions offer its customers a high degree of functionality coupled with the flexibility and scalability to meet the needs of every acute health care facility or multifacility organization. Affinity Healthcare Information System, a Web-enabled software solution, features suites of products that seamlessly integrate patient, clinical and financial information for improved revenue cycle management and patient safety. Affinity Financial Information Management includes patient accounting and general office suites. Affinity Access Management includes registration, scheduling and master person index. Affinity Care Management includes patient access, orders, results, transcribed reports and notes, charting, vital signs, I/O, assessments, medication management and physician solutions including CPOE. Affinity Health Information Management includes medical records management and electronic document management.