21st Century Cures Act—A Summary
Our guest writer shares a summary of the 21st Century Cures Act and how it affects health IT.
Information Sharing: What Is It? How to Do It? Why Does It Matter?
Our cybersecurity subject matter expert shares how in healthcare, information sharing is vital to the security and safety of the entire industry.
Increase Vaccination Rates: Adopt a Common Framework for Digital Immunization Data
"With the HIMSS IIP interface, we’re able to get a more comprehensive amount of data for each and every vaccination."
Meaningful Use Overhaul Shifts Focus to Interoperability
Read key takeaways on the proposal and learn what the future health information and technology landscape might look like.
Seamless Exchange of Immunization Data: A Population Health Priority
Health IT plays an important role in streamlining the workflows that enable clinicians to deliver the most up-to-date care, while also helping prevent the spread of disease.
Exploring the Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap from a Nursing Perspective
Kaminski, J. (July, 2018). Exploring the Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap from a Nursing perspective. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 22(2).
Interoperability Implementation Case Study
Learn from the information and analytics services director at Atrium Health about the processes, roles, technology, and change management approach used during the organization’s interoperability implementation in this case study.
Developing a Health Information Exchange Case Study
This case study tells how The Oregon Clinic went from little to no interoperability to sharing information bi-directionally, previewing records and proactively surfacing pertinent information from inbound C-CDA documents.
21st Century Cures: Key Interoperability Provisions
Learn about 21st Century Cures provisions to drive interoperability and HIMSS's work to support these efforts.
Interoperability Standards Advisory
Learn about the ONC's Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) and HIMSS's work to support these efforts.
#ThinkDigitalHealth – The Message for Nurses
Kaminski, J. (Nov, 2018). #ThinkDigitalHealth – The Message for Nurses. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 22(3). Available at http://www.himss.org/ojni
Nursing Data Standards: Triangulating the Development of Industry-Level Competencies In Digital Healthcare
Kennedy, M. (Nov, 2018). Nursing Data Standards: Triangulating the Development of Industry-Level Competencies In Digital Healthcare. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 22(3). Available at http://www.himss.org/ojni