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Technology at the bedside: How connected are you? By Richard Hader on Nursing Management. Nearly 1,000 nurses from every part of the country participated in the latest Nursing Management survey. Read more: Technology at the bedside How connected are you By Richard Hader on Nursing Management

Meet Our Members: Jim Turnbull, DHA, LFHIMSS. Jim Turnbull, DHA, LFHIMSS, Chief Information Officer of the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (UUHC), is a new participant in the HIMSS Career Services eMentoring program. Read more: Meet Our Members Jim Turnbull DHA LFHIMSS

Nominations Open for CEO IT Achievement Awards. Modern Healthcare and HIMSS are seeking nominations for the 11th annual CEO IT Achievement Awards. Read more: Nominations Open for CEO IT Achievement Awards

Joyce Sensmeier, Vice President, Informatics, HIMSS has been named to the Advisory Council of Health Level Seven. Sensmeier, Suarez join HL7 advisory panel Read more: Joyce Sensmeier Vice President Informatics HIMSS has been named to the Advisory Council of Health Level Seven

Settlement for breach involving 300,000 (Healthcare IT News). Cbr Systems, Inc., a cord blood bank based in San Bruno, Calif., on Tuesday agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to protect the financial and health data of nearly 300,000 consumers. Read more: Settlement for breach involving 300 000 Healthcare IT News

5 biggest HIT VC deals and mergers of 2012 (Government Health IT). Health IT venture capital funding approached $1.2 billion, disbursed across more than 160 deals, in 2012. That dwarfs the $480 million given in 49 deals in 2011, and the 22 deals worth $211 million in 2010. Read more: 5 biggest HIT VC deals…

2012 was biggest yet for HIT VC funding, says Mercom Capital Group (Healthcare IT News). Health IT venture capital funding approached $1.2 billion, disbursed across more than 160 deals, in 2012. That dwarfs the $480 million given in 49 deals in 2011, and the 22 deals worth $211 million… Read more: 2012 was biggest yet…

HIMSS Announces 2012 Nursing Informatics Leadership Award Winner. The recipient of this award must be a registered nurse Read more: HIMSS Announces 2012 Nursing Informatics Leadership Award Winner

HIMSS Announces 2012 Physician IT Leadership Award Winner. Recipients of this award must be active members of HIMSS and an MD or a DO Read more: HIMSS Announces 2012 Physician IT Leadership Award Winner

Medical Device Integration: Minimizing Headaches with IHE Messaging – New Nursing Informatics Task Force Presentation Available. Explore the recording and slide set from our HIMSS Nursing Informatics Task Force Meeting – Medical Device Integration: Minimizing Headaches with IHE Messaging by Erin Sparnon, MEng, Senior Project Engineer, ECRI Institute and John G. Rhoads, PhD, Interoperability and…