HIMSS News
7/2/2009 - The House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulations and Healthcare held a hearing today entitled “Health IT Adoption and the New Challenges Faced by Solo and Small Group Healthcare Practices”.
7/2/2009 - The House and Senate are in Recess this week, as Representatives and Senators celebrate the 4th of July holiday in their home states. We anticipate a return to full activity on healthcare reform starting July 6.
7/2/2009 - Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, Vice President, Informatics at HIMSS, discusses the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) initiative which aims to enable practicing nurses and nursing students to fully engage in the unfolding digital electronic era in healthcare.
7/1/2009 - Heading up the HIMSS Board of Directors, four officers and four board members began their newly appointed posts today.
7/1/2009 - Cost and loss of productivity are most often cited as reasons for slow progress for EMR implementation…but…what about usability?
6/26/2009 - HIMSS has submitted the Society's comments to the Office of the National Coordinator on the draft definition of Meaningful Use. The Board of Directors approved the HIMSS comments during their meeting in Chicago on Friday, June 26, 2009.
6/26/2009 - Members of Congress prepare to break for the July 4th holiday, leaving much work on healthcare reform in July. This week, Committees in the House and Senate held hearings and mark-ups to examine and refine draft healthcare reform legislation.
6/25/2009 - HIMSS Vantage Point has made available a new survey on electronic health record adoption. The five-question survey is available online for participants. Be sure to include your e-mail address at the end of the survey to ensure you receive the results.
