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Information technology (IT)
IT associations
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), Bethesda , MD
Description: members include physicians, nurses, computer and information scientists, biomedical engineers, medical librarians, and academic researchers and educators.
Tel number: 301/657-1291
Web site: http://www.amia.org/
American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA), San Clemente , CA
Description: provides networking, education and information resources.
Web site: http://www.ania.org/
Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS), Keene , NH
Description: represents physician leaders involved in IT at hospitals, healthcare systems, managed care organizations, clinics, private practice, consulting firms and vendors.
Tel number: 530/596-4477
Web site: http://www.amdis.org
Coalition for Healthcare e-Standards (CHeS), Ann Arbor, MI
Description: comprised of some of the largest group purchasing organizations in health care and several e-commerce companies serving hospitals and the health care industry.
Tel number: 734/677-3300
Web site: http://www.chestandards.org/
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Chicago , IL
Description: provides leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology and management systems.
Tel number: 312/664-4467
Web site: http://www.himss.org
Medem, San Francisco , CA
Description: A patient-physician on-line network established in 1999 by medical societies and the AMA.
Tel number: 415/644-3800
Web site: www.medem.com
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IT consultants
MedSynergies, Irving , TX
Description: provides financial and IT consulting services to physicians.
Tel number: 972/791-1224
Web site: http://www.medsynergies.com/
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Handhelds
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Chicago , IL
Description: makes software for handhelds used by doctors at the point-of-care for prescriptions, dictation, reviewing charts, and consulting evidence-based guidelines.
Tel number: 800/654-0889
Web site: http://www.allscripts.com/ahcs/index.htm
Epocrates Inc., San Mateo , CA
Description: handheld software for drugs, diseases and diagnostics.
Tel number: 650/227-1700
Web site: http://www.epocrates.com/
iScribe, San Mateo , CA
Description: handheld computing products and related services place powerful decision-making tools into the physician's hands at the point of care to automate key day-to-day activities—such as prescribing drugs and capturing charges.
Tel number: 877/483-1324
Web site: http://www.iscribe.com/
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