Nurse-Assessed Optimality of Workload - A Valid Measure for the Adequacy of Nursing Resources?
Evidence-based information management still faces many challenges in nursing. This study investigates the validity of the nursing intensity and staffing system RAFAELA® used in the daily documentation of nursing work in Finland. This study also confirms that hospital mortality, which i...
Digital Health: A Framework for Healthcare Transformation White Paper
This white paper shares a framework for building the digitally enabled health system of the future with a focus on health and wellness and a transformational impact on care delivery and quality.
Clinically Integrated Outcomes Strategy for Quality and Safety White Paper
Quality and safety are fundamental goals in all global healthcare systems. HIMSS is proposing a new strategy for addressing patient safety and the growing rates of preventable deaths and injuries from adverse events.
Robotic Process Automation: Changing the Way We Work White Paper
Learn how robotic process automation can help hospitals control rising costs and improve financial stability while maintaining staff levels and providing quality patient care.
Leveraging the European Health Data Space White Paper
HIMSS and PCHA have submitted jointly to the European Commission public consultations, focusing on the potential of a European Health Data Space as well as on the special demands of AI in high-risk healthcare solutions.
Digital Patient Engagement: Actionable Communications to Help Patients Navigate Healthcare White Paper
White paper about how healthcare organizations are using digital patient engagement to create new pathways to better health.
The Information Blocking Rule and Its Application in Skilled Nursing Facilities White Paper
This paper focuses on compliance of the Information Blocking Rule, particularly for skilled nursing facilities, and ensuring authorized access to electronic health information.
Immunization Query Response Workflow Functionalities Catalog
The IIP Multiple Match Query Workgroup in collaboration with the American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA), Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Drummond Group developed a catalog of functionalities that both E...
APAC Value-Based Care Government Roundtable Report
How Asia-Pacific countries are meeting the challenge of value-based care: Five key takeaways from a HIMSS APAC virtual government roundtable.
Digital Health Passports: Key Considerations for Interoperability and Data Exchange
The HIMSS Interoperability & HIE Committee authored a white paper on the highly relevant and current topic of digital health passports, looking at vaccine passports amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 State of Healthcare Report
In this State of Healthcare Report, HIMSS and its Trust partners—Accenture, The Chartis Group and ZS—asked a range of healthcare stakeholders around the world about the shifts, advancements and priorities that are shaping the way care is delivered.
HIMSS Policy Briefing on the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
This policy briefing document looks to help our members, and the wider global digital health community, better understand the recent EU Commission legislative proposal.