Electronic Health Records
EHR Global Perspective - The HIMSS Global Enterprise Task Force (GETF) was asked to investigate efforts to implement the electronic health record (EHR) in a host of countries around the world. GETF looked at a battery of electronic health record (EHR) components within each country, including security, quality, financing sources and barriers to adoption.
Patient Web Portals, Clinical Messaging and E-visits - This document looks at trends in payments for e-visits, web portals, patient messages to physicians.
Six Sigma in Healthcare - What is Six Sigma and how can it improve healthcare delivery
Standards
2008 HIMSS Standards Task Force Taxonomy of Standards - based on the work program of the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee: Health Informatics (ISO/TC215)
June 2009 Standards Insight - Dancing to a Different Tune
Global Health Information Technology Standards for Interoperable EHR - Yun Sik Kwak, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Informatics, Kyungpook Nat’l University, School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Nursing Informatics
Using IT to Support Evidence-based Nursing Practice at the Point Of Care - Presentation given by Judy Murphy, VP Information Services, Aurora Health Care
HIMSS 2009 Nursing Informatics Impact Survey Full Results - The results of this survey suggest that informatics nurse professionals play a crucial role across a wide variety of information technology areas.
