I’ve always noticed that the first day of HIMSS is the biggest each year for press releases in health care IT. But this year I thought that I’d actually go and cull all of them. So here is all those that appeared before 12 noon EST on Monday. There are quite a few (over 75), and it indicates that, vaporware or not, something is going on in this industry.

Take a moment to peruse the list–obviously I don’t expect you to read them all, but you’ll get a sense of what the IT sector of the health care industry is considering news.  And that includes wireless, EMR and patient records, security issues, and medication safety systems.

Itemfield Charts Growth in Healthcare Application Integration with Recent Wins

Siemens Health IT Innovations Drive Workflow-Enabled Transformation in Healthcare

NEC Solutions America Delivers TouchPass Secure Single Sign-On to Atlantic Health System

MedSeek Launches Professional Services Division to Optimize E-Health Initiatives at Hospitals & Health Systems Nationwide

CodeRyte Expands Computer-Assisted Coding Solutions to New Specialty Areas

Two Healthcare Industry Leaders Select CodeRyte Medical Coding Technology

iAnywhere Database Helps Healthcare Partners Revolutionize Point-of-Care Solutions

Anywhere MD INC. (OTC: ANWM) Has Successfully Secured Its Proprietary Desktop and Handheld Computer Programs Against Software Piracy and Duplication

Axolotl Consultants Lead HIM Departments Into the Information Age

Mercy Health Partners Targets Medication Safety Imperative with McKesson Clinical IT and Automation Solutions

Nation’s Leading Hospitalist Network Provides Epocrates Essentials Mobile Clinical Reference Suite to its Physicians

MedKey to Use SanDisk SD/USB Combo Card in New MedChip Product Line
GE Healthcare Unveils Vision of Digital, Wireless and Paperless Healthcare

MedcomSoft to unveil MCDR – its revolutionary clinical data repository for communities

Digital Angel Corporation Ships Electronic Products to USDA in Connection With Study of Chronic Wasting Disease

ScanSoft Dragon NaturallySpeaking Becomes De-Facto Standard Speech Recognition Solution for Healthcare Industry

ProPath Deploys Sybase Technology to Streamline Laboratory Operations

Sybase Tapped for Clinical Information Systems in Two Top Montreal Health Centres

MCS Health Inc. Announces Its Physician Drug Solution Now Available on Blackberry Wireless Handhelds(TM)

Misys Healthcare Systems Connects Physicians Remotely with Misys CPR’s First Web Browser Release

Lawson Signs Multi-Suite Software and Services Contract with Michigan Cancer Center

Regional Healthcare Provider Completes Lawson Multi-Suite Upgrade

GlobalSCAPE’s Healthcare Security Solution Enhances and Protects Electronic Data Exchange Processes

OptiFlex(TM) Supply Chain Software Added to Omnicell Color Touch Supply Cabinets

Mercy Health Partners Targets Medication Safety Imperative with McKesson Clinical IT and Automation Solutions

McKesson’s CarePoint-RN(TM) Gives Nurses Unparalleled Point-of-Care Solution

Omnicell Rolls Out New vSuite(TM) Service Program at HIMSS,

Eclipsys Unveils its ‘Vision of Health’ by Demonstrating the Connected Enterprise at HIMSS 2005

SpectraLink Unveils New Wi-Fi Handset for Healthcare

Arrow International Announces Dividend Increase for Second Fiscal Quarter

Sentillion Selects CTG as Systems Integration Provider

Sentillion Showcases New Security Enhancements to Flagship Product Suite

Hospira and Bridge Medical Announce Agreement to Develop New Medication Management Solution for Use at the Patient Bedside

GetWellNetwork(TM) Introduces PatientLife:)System(TM) to Help Hospitals Achieve Vision of Patient-Centered Care

Xiotech Announces Expanded PACS Support for Healthcare

StorageTek, Partners Team to Provide Award-Winning Care for Health Industry Information

Picis Named Finalist for Microsoft Healthcare Users Group Annual Award

QCSI Introduces the NEXT Breakthrough… QNXT 3.0 at HIMSS 2005

IDX Expands Healthcare Performance Management Capabilities with New IDX(R) Flowcast(TM) Metrics Manager:

Dynamic Health Strategies Selects Intransa to Provide Low-Maintenance, Flexible Storage Infrastructure

Nortel, Verizon Deliver Healthcare Solutions to Leading Providers

Trusted Healthcare Information Solutions Alliance (THISA) Launches at Annual HIMSS Conference in Dallas

MEDecision Puts Payer-Based Patient Record in Doctors’ Hands

RxHub and Performance Partners Demonstrate an Immediate Impact in Reducing Medication Errors and Saving Costs

Demand for EHR Connectivity in Community Settings Drives Growth of Kryptiq Corp.

A4 Health Systems Unveils New Products at HIMSS

Kryptiq Introduces Disease Management Product Developed for Providers:

etrials Partners With The Cardiovascular Research Foundation

HIMSS Honors Healthlink Executives at Annual Conference

Swedish Medical Center in Seattle Selects Softricity’s Software Virtualization for Major IT Infrastructure Update

Intellitactics Demonstrates Industry Leadership with Intellitactics Security Manager Suite Featuring Foundation Services

InterSystems and Sapient Demo New Virtual Electronic Health Record at HIMSS 2005

Cardinal Health First to Integrate Medication Management Solutions for Hospitals

Boston Medical Center Chooses InterSystems’ Ensemble Universal Integration Platform

           Media Alert for StoredIQ

EMRConsultant.com Demonstrates Physician Matching Proprietary System at Booth 6561 During Healthcare Technology Show

PhDx Systems and Smith & Nephew Sign Agreement

Softmed Systems Announces Mobile Healthcare Documentation Solution

SoftMed Systems Continues to Earn Honors from KLAS Enterprises

Leading Healthcare Organizations Select WholeSecurity to Protect Endpoint Computers

Kodak Announces Aggressive Push Into Healthcare IT

Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange and CareScience Announce Next Step in Roll-out of Care Data Exchange Solution

MobileAccess Introduces Enhanced Wi-Fi Solution Ideal for Healthcare Providers

Greenwich Hospital, a ‘Top 100 Most-Wired Hospital,’ Deploys American Power Conversion’s InfraStruXure(TM) On-Demand Data Center to Cool Blade Servers

St. Mary’s / Duluth Clinic Health System Selects MobileAccess for Wi-Fi Network

Symbol RFID Systems Will Support Law Enforcement to Reduce Drug Counterfeiting

Artificial Medical Intelligence Introduces EMscribe Dx For Automatic Scanning and Coding of Medical Documents

North Shore-LIJ Health System Partners with Cerner to Optimize its Laboratories

Fresenius Deploys Applix TM1 in Multiple Business Units

Media Alert for StoredIQ

QMed, Inc. Becomes the 1st Disease Management Firm to Successfully Complete Sarbanes-Oxley Audit

DST Technologies to Launch AWD Healthcare Process Management-TM- Platform at HIMSS Conference in Dallas

St. Croix Systems Names New CEO

CHRISTUS Health saves $12 million by standardizing 25,000 employees on Kronos

Metro Health Replaces SeeBeyond Software with InterSystems’ Ensemble Universal Integration Platform

CareGroup Goes Live with Web-based Electronic Health Record Built on InterSystems’ CACHE Post-relational Database

Novell Helps Healthcare Providers Organize, Secure Patient Information