August 16, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
The Healthcare Informatics Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) has weighed in on a potential Stage 2 meaningful use delay, recommending that the government start on schedule but offer an extension to eligible providers and hospitals.
July 9, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Thirty-one Va.-based Bon Secours Health Systems ambulatory clinics have been recognized by the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for reaching HIMSS Analytics Stage 7, the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, the model used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.
June 25, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
HIMSS Analytics, a division of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has announced that Emory-Adventist Hospital, located in Smyrna, Ga., has received the acute care Stage 7 award, and that Mount Sinai Queens in Astoria, N.Y. has reached Stage 6 status on the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM).
June 10, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Six Legacy Health hospitals and their ambulatory clinics, located in Portland, Ore. and Vancouver, Wash., have been recognized by the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for reaching HIMSS Analytics Stage 7, the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, the model used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.
June 6, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
article
At the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Virtual Conference on June 5, leaders from various healthcare organizations around the country came together with the aim to serve as an inspiration to other providers looking for ways to unlock the potential within their organizations.
May 16, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Bed management software applications, which are used to manage the use of beds in the hospital, present as a “hot” market for vendors and providers to watch, according to data from the recently released HIMSS Analytics report, "Essentials of the U.S. Hospital IT Market."
April 11, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
HIMSS Analytics, a division of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has announced that 54 Essentia Health ambulatory clinics, located in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, have reached Stage 7 on the Ambulatory EMR Adoption Model (A-EMRAM).
March 7, 2013 Gabriel Perna
article
The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC), the Washington, D.C.-based public-private health IT advocate organization, is moving ahead in both health information exchange (HIE) and patient engagement initiatives. In a conversation with HCI's Associate Editor Gabriel Perna, NeHC CEO Kate Berry, talked about the upcoming work the organization is set to do in a pair of critical areas within the healthcare landscape.
March 6, 2013 John DeGaspari
article
An Accenture survey shows that most U.S. doctors surveyed (82 percent) want patients to actively participate in their own healthcare by updating their electronic health records. However, only a third of physicians (31 percent) believe a patient should have full access to his or her own record, 65 percent believe patients should have limited access and 4 percent say they should have no access.
March 6, 2013 John DeGaspari
article
Healthcare organizations need to manage the information they collect like an asset to ensure it is trustworthy and actionable. According to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), information governance is the necessary framework to help do that.
March 6, 2013 John DeGaspari
article
The East Lansing, Mich.-based Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) Shared Services signed an agreement with digital certificate provider DigiCert and health information services provider (HISP) Nitor Group to use DigiCert’s federally bridged certificates for secure interstate sharing of electronic health information.
March 4, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
article
Three core healthcare IT issues—meaningful use, interoperability, and consumer exchange—dominated discussions during the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Town Hall on March 4 at HIMSS 13 in New Orleans.
