Update on AVnu Alliance certification program
Encouraging news! http://www.marketwatch.com/story/avnu-alliance-teams-with-unh-iol-to-certify-avb-products-and-unveils-avnu-certification-timeline-2012-03-07
HiMSS 2012 – Don’t Forget About Patient Care
Today as the first day of the 2012 HiMSS Conference opens in Las Vegas, there is the usual buzz around the latest EHR/EMR software and Medicaid/Medicare incentives. With good reason – the healthcare industry is in the midst of a massive change that promises to radically impact business, especially IT, for any size practice and facility. In an effort to achieve full compliance with EHR/EMR requirements, IT managers are working diligently to upgrade networks and data management systems as well as install security measures that will keep massive amounts of confidential data neatly organized and secure. Overhauls on current and legacy systems are finally getting the upgrades needed to meet…
Post-ISE Thoughts
Now that I’ve had some time to reflect on another ISE, I’m realizing that, despite the history of the show, this year seemed to be an entirely new show, for a few reasons. As you probably read, “a 17% increase in attendance figures has seen Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) achieve the strongest performance of its nine-year history, with 40,869 visitors in total.” This new record was reflected in a new energy and an abundance of new products and discussions. Only one month into the new year, and already halls and halls of new innovations to showcase. You may have also seen that there have been some new changes here at Biamp.…
The Art of Design
The presentation is one of the most important tools available to a sales executive to communicate ideas, products and plans to potential clients. The PowerPoint presentation can be one of the most impactful ways to enhance and convey ideas, capture an audience’s attention and ensure message retention. Yet PowerPoint has become hackneyed. Most PowerPoint presentations are shot full of bullet-points, crowded with reams of text, and in many cases double as a teleprompter. As a result the slideshow presentation has become a barrier to good communication. In fact there is a robust Anti-PowerPoint movement on the Internet supported by death-by-PowerPoint blogs, jokes and rants. Even though we work in the…