Healthcare organizations are embracing the need for information transparency to drive clinical transformation, but they still require the tools and capabilities to make data available in real time and reduce the burden on scarce resources. These are among the key findings from the HIMSS 2011 Clinical Transformation Survey, sponsored by McKesson.
New data from HIMSS Analytics indicates that 44 percent of hospital respondents fall within the “Likely” or “Most Likely” categories for meeting Stage 1 of meaningful use.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s Interoperability Showcase continues to demonstrate the value of the electronic medical record.
Triennial Survey Suggests Increase in Leadership Role
Federal government initiatives are the driving force behind current healthcare information technology (IT) spending, suggest results of the 22nd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, sponsored by Citrix Systems.
Reforms triggered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which outlines the new operating rules of healthcare, have increased the need for hospitals and banks to interact. HIMSS11 attendees are invited to participate in a series of workshops being offered by the 9th National Medical Banking Institute, designed to help shape the future of medical banking – the intersection of healthcare information and banking. Registrants of the Institute will also have access to the full HIMSS11 Annual Conference & Exhibition.
HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber, CAE, presented this resolution to US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, at HIMSS11 during the Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, keynote session.
It is only day three of the 2011 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, but I am excited to report that attendance has made history with a record number of registrants. An estimated 30,947 people are currently attending this year’s conference in Orlando, compared to an estimated 27,800 registrants at the 2010 event in Atlanta.
CollaborativeCARE Conference (C3), the first healthcare conference designed to foster regional coordinated care by educating specialists, primary care physicians and patients, today announced an alliance with HIMSS that will provide customized access to health information technology at the inaugural C3 event in Long Beach, Calif., scheduled for Nov. 15–20, 2011.
As joint sponsors of this annual award honoring a CIO for lifetime achievement, CHIME and HIMSS proudly recognize Charles E. Christian, FCHIME, FHIMSS, as the recipient of the 2010 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award. Christian is Chief Information Officer at Good Samaritan Hospital, a 102-year-old, free-standing acute care community hospital in Vincennes, Ind. He will receive the award at the 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. on February 22, 2011.
Providing current and vital resources for implementation of health information technology to improve patient care, HIMSS continues to add new information to Meaningful Use OneSource, an online repository of hundreds of documents, tools and links to other knowledge available on the Internet. Users can go to www.himss.org/meaningfuluse to find this meaningful use compendium vetted by content experts before its inclusion on the website.
Beginning with the Administration of George W. Bush, and continuing with the Administration of Barack Obama, there has been consistent federal leadership in enabling the widespread adoption and meaningful use of health IT to transform care in our nation. The goal of both Administrations has been to improve both patient care outcomes, and the cost-efficiency of that care.
HIMSS has released its "Call for Action" for 2011/2012, summarizing the Society's top policy priorities for the 112th Congress and the Obama Administration.
The 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition is the largest in the information technology field in the U.S.
The city of Beijing has been chosen to host the prestigious healthcare IT conference and exposition. Healthcare IT experts from around the world will converge in Beijing from May 26 to May 28, 2010, for the HIMSS AsiaPac10 exposition organized by HIMSS, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, a not-for-profit and non-governmental, international healthcare membership organization.
From 15-17 November 2009, the HIMSS Middle East Health IT Leadership Summit, organised under the patronage of the Ministry of Health for the Sultanate of Oman, will bring the best healthcare IT practices together with the region’s most advanced healthcare provider organisations.
Health IT professionals will gather for this event, which will incorporate educational session, exhibitions, highly recognized speakers and more.
As the first round of certified ambulatory EHR products is announced, EHRVA applauds this accomplishment and identifies additional steps that the healthcare industry must take to ensure widespread adoption of EHR solutions. With this week's expected announcement of the first group of Electronic Health Record (EHR) products to pass the CCHIT certification process, EHRVA recognizes this achievement and calls on industry stakeholders to do more to accelerate EHR adoption.
Interoperability became reality at the 2006 HIMSS Interoperability Showcase when 17 ambulatory and hospital electronic medical record (EMR) and personal health record (PHR) systems from different healthcare IT and management systems vendors shared information in a structured and secured RHIO using standards-based specifications.
Over the next 10 months, healthcare information technology (IT) professionals will race the clock to implement Year 2000 conversions. Triple the number of IT professionals cite this as their number one priority compared to a year ago, according to the Tenth Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey Sponsored by IBM.
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