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HIMSS RSS Feeds

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds offer another way to get HIMSS content. Subscribe to our feeds to get the latest news, announcements and multimedia - delivered directly to your favorite feed reader and updated regularly.

  • HIMSS News Items
    Subscribe to our RSS feed and get the latest news, announcements, content updates, interviews and more delivered right to you.

Don't need all of the HIMSS news? Subscribe to a subset of HIMSS news and only get the information that you need.

Other HIMSS feeds that you might be interested in

  • HIMSS Blog
    Stay up to date on relevant topics in healthcare IT via the HIMSS blog, which is written by various HIMSS staff. Topics include federal affairs, EHRs, Nursing Informatics, and more.
  • Physician Community Podcast
    The HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community Podcast Series provide 10-15 minute interviews on topics that focus on issues of interest to physicians involved in healthcare IT and management systems in hospital health system settings. With topics that range from evolving EHR components to e-Prescribing – there is something of interest to everyone.
  • Physician Community Virtual Brown-Bag-Lunch Webcast
    The Virtual Brown-Bag-Lunch Webcasts provide members of the Physician Community the opportunity to interact with, and learn from their peers. The webcasts will feature healthcare IT topics of importance to physicians and are 60 minutes or less. Questions from the audience are addressed to augment the discussions. Look for new episodes quarterly.

Frequently asked questions about RSS

What is RSS?
The acronym "RSS" stands for "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary". An RSS feed or news feed is an online file, not in hypertext like this page but formatted in XML for a range of devices.

What is a news feed reader?
News feed reader or news aggregator software combines in one place current links from many news sources.

Why use a news feed reader?
Feed readers allow you to quickly follow the topics you choose. Many feed readers are integrated into e-mail programs or Web browsers, or will pop up a new window when a new article is available.

Where can I get an RSS feed reader?
Many Web browsers can display RSS feeds. Free or inexpensive readers are available, and Web sites such as Google and Yahoo! offer RSS features.

Popular RSS Readers:
Google Reader
My Yahoo
NetVibes
My AOL

What is Web syndication?
Syndication on the Web means that a section of a Web site is made available for other sites to use. Readers "subscribe" to the feed simply by pasting the link into a news reader.

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