HIMSS News
3/18/2010 - The Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) http://www.allianceni.org/ is a collaboration of organizations that enables a unified voice for nursing informatics.
3/17/2010 - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today announced preliminary registration figures for its 2010 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Atlanta, Ga. from March 1-4. As the largest healthcare information technology conference in the U.S., HIMSS10 brought together health IT professionals, clinicians and exhibiting companies who are striving to improve the delivery of patient care with health information technology. Following is an updated registration report as of March 4, 2010, the final day of the conference.
3/16/2010 - Information Security in Healthcare: Managing Risk provides a comprehensive overview and discussion of the many issues pertaining to privacy and security in the healthcare industry.
3/12/2010 - Meet the authors Steven R. Bennett, MA; Charles E. Christian, FCHIME, FHIMSS; and Judith A. Kirby, CPC. Make IT Known: Marketing Strategies and Case Studies in the Healthcare Environment is a guide to marketing your IT department within and to your hospital, health system or organization.
3/12/2010 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has posted an updated organizational chart, with links to bios of senior staff.
3/12/2010 - The Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) for the HHS Certification Process has been officially released in the Federal Register.
3/12/2010 - The Health IT Standards Committee Implementation Workgroup held a meeting focused on “Lessons & Resources to Accelerate Adoption.”
3/12/2010 - The deadline to submit comments for the Meaningful Use Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and for the Initial Set of Standards and Certification Criteria Interim Final Rule is 11:59 pm Eastern on Monday, March 15, 2010.