Effective C-Suite Communication for CISOs
Cyber-related discussions with your C-suite or board should take place long before an incident occurs. But with such a dense topic, how does a cybersecurity expert stop their audience’s eyes from glazing over and make sure that the message is heard and understood?
Data from Novice to Expert: Aligning Benner with DIKW
The use of health data has been at the core of the nursing process since Florence Nightingale's time. Historically, data utilization in practice has been relatively stable and constant. However, the rate of change for the increasing awareness of data dependency for clinical decision-making has in...
Health Information and Technology Job Descriptions
Explore health information and technology job descriptions and career opportunities compiled by the HIMSS Professional Development Committee.
Nurses Month 2024 Industry Perspective – Nurse Innovation Digitizing Healthcare’s Future
This nurse’s month, we’ve engaged with three healthcare technology industry nurse thought leaders to provide invaluable insights and share their perspectives on the essential needs of nurse innovation and digital health technology in 2024.
HIMSS Government Relations And Informatics Impact Report
Get ready to dive into an exhilarating journey through the accomplishments, impact, and challenges of the HIMSS government relations and informatics team throughout Fiscal Year 2023!
With a focus on three core priorities — member engagement and enrichment, member-driven content develo...
Liberate the Data to Improve Patient Access
Patient access has been a hot topic for decades – long before digital front doors, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) standards, interoperability, and post-pandemic provider burnout.
Future Value Creation in MedTech
The article will provide actionable best-practice advice about the four key aspects required for successfully providing future value in MedTech (connectivity, data integration, solution and outcome focus, user- and patient centric design).
HIMSS Annual IPPS Response for Public Health Data Modernization
On behalf of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), we are pleased to provide public comments on CMS 1808-P Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the Children’s Health Insurance Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Lon...
Heritage Living Center Tackles Quality Measure Challenges
2019 Davies Community Health Award winner, Heritage Living Center, faced higher than average unexpected weight loss rates and was determined to design workflows that would support more effective monitoring practices for unexplained weight loss across their patient population.
HIMSS & Data Have End of the Year Big Win on the Hill
HIMSS strongly advocated for the inclusion of $50 million in new funding, and looks forward to continuing the work with our campaign partners and the CDC to modernize the public health surveillance enterprise through upgrading IT systems and recruiting and retaining skilled data scientists.
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HIMSS, Healthbox Collaborate on BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge
Out of more than 130 submissions and five finalists, Thrive was chosen for its proposal to evaluate the health-economic impact of earlier multi-cancer detection, and better identify and predict populations that will most likely benefit from this approach.
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Comment on FDA CDS Software Draft Guidance
HIMSS and the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) provided written comments to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Clinical Decision Support Software; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff.