November 14, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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In anticipation of its 2013 Annual Conference in New Orleans, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is teaming with BioDistrict New Orleans, a non-profit focused on economic development in one area of the city, to booster city-wide workforce health IT initiatives. The two organizations say they will work together to cater and provide resources to recognize the growing demand for skilled health IT workers in the area.
November 8, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently released a statement in response to the results of Tuesday’s elections, congratulating President Barack Obama and the other winners of the night. In addition, HIMSS said it anticipates that the Obama administration and congressional members will “continue their focus on health IT.”
October 18, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently honored Coastal Medical, Inc., a private group practice with its headquarters in Providence, R.I., as the winner of the annual Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence. For nearly 20 years, the award has aimed to recognize excellence in health information technology, specifically excellence in use of the EHR to successfully improve quality of care and patient safety.
October 8, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has spoken out against the recent call by four House Republican leaders to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “immediately suspend the distribution of incentive payments until [the Department] promulgates universal interoperable standards.” HIMSS says too much progress has been made to the adoption of EHRs and the exchange of health information to suspend the incentive program.
September 28, 2012
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The Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently introduced a new initiative that will bring together C-suite executives in an effort to transform the industry using IT and management systems. The Healthcare Transformation Project will hold an “interactive and innovative forum, with peer-to-peer discussion and debate,” held from Nov. 14-16, at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
September 14, 2012
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently awarded the Honolulu-based Hawai‘i Pacific Health, an integrated health system, as the winner of the 2012 Enterprise HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence, which awards excellence in health information technology, specifically excellence in use of the EHR to successfully improve quality of care and patient safety.
September 13, 2012
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), in honor of National Health IT Week, is honoring several policy leaders, who the group says has helped improve healthcare delivery with the best use of health information technology and management systems. This year, Mary Wakefield, Ph.D, R.N., the administrator of health resources and services administration (HRSA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Honorable Linda Upmeyer, of the Iowa House of Representatives, were recognized.
September 11, 2012
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The Kansas City-based Truman Medical Centers (TMC) has received recognition from HIMSS Analytics, the research/analytics arm of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), as a Stage 7 Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM) facility. EMRAM, scored on eight levels, tracks EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.
September 6, 2012
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While the country watched former President Bill Clinton address the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte this week, the health IT world has its eyes on a speech he will give in a few months. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced that Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, will be the keynote speaker of HIMSS13, its annual health IT conference, held this upcoming year in New Orleans, March 3-7, 2013.
August 30, 2012 Gabriel Perna and Mark Hagland
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When it comes to the aftermath of the meaningful use Stage 2 final rule, released recently by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), EHR vendors find themselves relieved, but still very much under the gun. Even with the delay to the start of attestation, these EHR vendors, with large client bases, are acknowledging that time is of the essence.
June 11, 2012
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The Chicago-based research arm of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), HIMSS Analytics is set to track the IT adoption in more than 28,000 ambulatory facilities. The facilities, which will be tracked in the HIMSS Analytics database, will be those that are part of a hospital or hospital system, such as physician practices, clinics, outpatient centers, and specialty clinics.
June 7, 2012 David Raths
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In the opening keynote address to the HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo on June 6, the CEO of MedVirginia, one of the pioneering health information exchanges in the country, offered up some reflections on HIE evolution and future direction. Among other things, Michael Matthews said that the focus on return on investment is holding HIEs to a higher financial standard than other aspects of treatment.
