HIS-tory

Very few companies in the HIS industry have lasted more than 20 years, and the consulting business has been particularly unforgiving - anybody remember the "Big Eight?" HIS Professionals, LLC, passed our 20th anniversary last year, and in honor of that milestone we created this column for HCI to remind today's CIOs of what went on 20 years ago.

Our sources are twofold: Dusty copies of "Computers in Healthcare" and "Healthcare Computing and Communications" and files from consulting engagements that we are still able to open despite their being in Works 1.0. Enjoy the following gems, and stay tuned to this column for monthly trips down memory lane.