The Benefits and Barriers to RFID Technology in Healthcare
The purpose of this paper is to explore the benefits and barriers of implementing radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology in the healthcare sector and to provide recommendations to overcome potential barriers.
The Importance of Social Determinants of Health in Determining the Right Clinical Interventions White Paper
Our guest writer illustrates how clinician knowledge of a patient’s social determinants of health can allow for earlier, more targeted clinical interventions.
Removing Data Bias from AI and Machine Learning Tools in Healthcare White Paper
Our members discuss the importance of unlocking the benefits of AI and machine learning in healthcare in a way that combats data bias, rather than exacerbating already present and widespread inequity.
Aggregate Immunization Acknowledgment Message Reports Guidance White Paper
To prepare vaccination provider organizations to handle ACK message data, an IIP work group developed this guidance document to improve visibility and access to information from acknowledgment messages.
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.
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.
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.
Data Management within the Data Ecosystem
At HIMSS 2021, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and Cognosante co-hosted a roundtable discussion where healthcare stakeholders shared their challenges with collecting, analyzing, and leveraging data to improve and accelerate their decision making.
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.
The Status of Informatics/eHealth Integration in Medical and Nursing Curricula
The Global eHealth/Informatics Survey conducted by the HIMSS TIGER Initiative questioned educators teaching in medical schools and undergraduate nursing programs around the world to investigate if eHealth was integrated into their curricula.
Recommendations on How to Reach the Full Potential of the Proposed European Health Data Space
HIMSS stands ready to support the creation of the European Health Data Space.