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Madison, Wis. — Moving past the balkanization of information technology in healthcare will take working proactively with vendors, said presenters at the Digital Healthcare Conference 2006. And vendors aren't necessarily reluctant to be pushed around a bit by informed customers....

Household planning will accomplish more in preparing for the eventual spread of a virulent strain of avian flu than will any reliance on information technology, attendees of WTN Media's Digital Healthcare Conference were told. ...

The nation's dysfunctional healthcare system may undermine any progress in patient care made possible by the adoption of electronic health records, according to a featured speaker at the Digital Healthcare Conference 2006. ...