ATLANTA — Depending on what political party you ask, the dollar amount associated with Medicare fraud is different and has estimates that reach as high as $80 billion. On Thursday, attendees of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS; Chicago) annual meeting had the figure put into perspective by CNN's Senior Medical Correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, MD, and Harry Markopolos, the fraud investigator that exposed the ponzi scheme of Bernard Madoff. (Medical Device Daily)

ATLANTA – Can't we all just get along? It would seem that these words fall on the deaf ears of imaging departments and information technology (IT) departments when it comes to their relationship in most hospitals in the U.S. (Medical Device Daily)

ATLANTA — A jazz selection played ever so quietly in the background as attendees of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS; Chicago) 10th annual conference waited for Wednesday morning's keynote session to begin. (Medical Device Daily)

ATLANTA – The U.S. doesn't have healthcare coverage for its entire population. This one sentence alone can often times be embarrassing for Premier Healthcare Alliance (San Diego) CEO Susan DeVore when she travels to another country. Not only do some other countries provide coverage for the majority of their populace, but these nations do it at a less costly rate and they have better clinical outcomes for patients. (Medical Device Daily)

ATLANTA – Swirling lights, multiple screens with various news outlets reporting on the future of healthcare in the country, and loud acoustics helped kick off the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS; Chicago) annual conference or HIMSS 10 as it has been dubbed by organizers and participants held here at the Georgia World Congress Center. (Medical Device Daily)