If you didn't have the chance to attend HIMSS11 in sunny Orlando, Fla., or you simply need a refresher of some of the solutions promoted at the largest healthcare IT conference, we have chosen a few standouts for you. This year's event was held Feb. 20-24 at the Orange County Convention Center and hosted more than 1,000 exhibiting companies and a record crowd of more than 31,000 attendees.
ID includes mobile-device security
The idOnDemand SmartID mobile technology adds a new dimension to corporate information access. By touching the corporate identity card to a tablet computer or smartphone and entering a one-time password, users can gain secure access to resources, such as application log-ins, VPNs and patient data from any compatible mobile device. The same identity card can be used for building access, computer access and cloud security. This solution is available as part of the idOnDemand managed identity service and replaces the need to carry expiring hardware OTP tokens or install and manage soft-token clients.
PACS gets easier
GEARView QC is a simple and powerful quality-control tool that makes day-to-day work?ow easier for PACS administrators and technologists. Based on GEARView, PACSGEAR's medical image and results visualization technology, GEARView QC provides intuitive functionality for viewing, importing, editing, burning and sending DICOM studies to a PACS/EHR. This solution lets PACS administrators and technologists ?x common demographic errors in any DICOM field, as well as visually edit studies to split/combine exams or add/remove images. Studies can also be anonymized by masking burned-in patient information.
Self-service check-in kiosk
The Patient Passport Express kiosk allows users to check in for appointments, update medical histories, verify insurance information, make credit card co-payments and bill payments, sign documents using an electronic signature pad and print HIPAA forms and other documentation. The unit features an interactive touch-screen pod that moves on a five-way axis with a 40-inch vertical range of screen adjustability. The free-standing unit incorporates a sophisticated mix of materials and surfaces and provides a wide array of customized texture and color choices. Software and digital interface are also customized for each facility.
Extend your imaging reach
Synapse Mobility is a zero-footprint mobile application that enables remote access to
FUJIFILM's suite of Synapse products from hand-held mobile devices like iPads, iPhones and Android smartphones, as well as Macintosh- or Windows-based computers. It displays high-quality, interactive 3-D medical images, giving radiologists and referring physicians on-the-go access to the images and information stored in Synapse PACS, Synapse RIS and Synapse Cardiovascular using the Web browser of their choice. It provides standard and advanced viewing capabilities, including zoom, window and level, and uses MIP/MPR.
Extend your computing reach
Featuring a reliable and robust design, the MetroMount Wall Arm provides point-of-care computing workstations with a flexible and ergonomic positioning solution, enabling arm adjustments with a single-handed motion from a seated to standing position and vertical height control. Ideal for sharing between two patient beds, the MetroMount Wall Arm's durable design is also capable of supporting a 22-inch monitor and a total weight of 40 pounds. The unit features a lifetime guarantee and easy installation.
Real-time dashboard
Health Mason users have a powerful new way to obtain instant updates and data analytics for all automated healthcare-payment and database-processing tasks using the real-time management dashboard. From providing current views of system response times to determining the exact dollar amount caused by a specific set of errors attributed to a given procedure code for a given contract, it's like having a way to monitor your entire claims staff from a single screen. Users know exactly what work is being performed and the immediate results, right down to a single transaction.
Network counterintelligence box
Designed for high-use, clinical-imaging, medical-device networks, ePShield secures health IT networks and connected devices by creating a virtual force field around sensitive data. It aims to deliver 100 percent visibility into information flowing between protected nodes, ensuring HIPAA compliance. The device's toolkit includes analysis, compliance enforcement, packet filtration, firewall, router, end-to-end encryption and IDS/IPS capabilities for early, accurate detection and prevention of threats and vulnerabilities. This solution also includes a cross-functional team of IT and clinical engineering experts that monitors a client's network traffic 24/7.
Clinicals soars to new heights
Soarian Clinicals version 3.2 helps organizations achieve meaningful-use EHRs. This latest release features new services, reports and tools for calculating both automated and quality measures to satisfy Stage 1 meaningful-use criteria; offers additional workflow enhancements for medication reconciliation; and provides capabilities that facilitate patient care across venues through electronic document exchange. Using the Soarian Workflow Engine to define appropriate processes and practices helps streamline the creation and distribution of continuity of care documents (CCDs). Medication reconciliation, with support for ePrescribing capabilities, is an enhanced feature of this release.
Cloud-based services for all
Dell's cloud-based subscription services aim to simplify secure information access and sharing for physician practices and hospitals. These offerings build on Dell's integrated solutions for healthcare and include: Archiving-as-a-Service, which features the Unified Clinical Archiving (UCA) solution available through the company's recent acquisition of InSite One; Analytics and Reporting-as-a-Service, a collaboration with Microsoft to develop a subscription-based analytics, informatics and business intelligence solution for community hospitals; Platform-as-a-Service, featuring the Msite solution that hosts MEDITECH applications, support and maintenance; and EMR-as-a-Service, hosted EMR and practice management software.
