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Hello {{lead.First Name:default=Subscriber}} welcome to this week's edition of The HIMSS North America Weekly Insider.

In this issue: Connected Health is shipping up to Boston!; Make sure your Company is part of the CHC17 Exhibition Experience!; Automated Healthcare Payments Bring Value to Both Patients and Providers

Connected Health is shipping up to Boston!
The 2017 Connected Health Conference will take place on October 25-27, 2017 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. MA. Early Bird pricing ends August 23rd! Register today!

HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Award Nominations Opens Monday, July 3
Many dedicated and talented women work in health IT, but there are only a handful of programs and opportunities to acknowledge them. Make someone’s day and nominate them for the HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Awards. The call for nominations opens on Monday, July 3, 2017 and will close on Monday, August 28, 2017.

HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Awards recognizes influential women at all stages of their career progressions. The Awards celebrate those females harnessing the power of IT to transform health and healthcare; is unique among power lists and award programs; and it’s inclusive of all women of influence, no matter where they may be in the health IT field. For more information and to apply visit HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Awards.

Congratulations to the 2017 Fellows of the American Academy of Nurses!
The American Academy of Nursing announced that it has selected 173 highly distinguished nurse leaders as its 2017 class of Academy fellows. The inductees will be honored at a ceremony to be held during the Academy's annual policy conference, Transforming Health, Driving Policy, which will take place Oct. 5-7 in Washington, D.C. To view the list of 2017’s fellows, click here. On behalf of HIMSS, we would like to congratulate the following HIMSS members:

1. Kathleen Hunter, PhD, RN-BC, CNE - Chamberlain College of Nursing
2. Catherine Ivory, PhD, RNC-OB, RN, BC - Indiana University Health
3. Sarah Jane Rhoads, PhD, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4. Charlotte Seckman, PhD, RN, BC, CNE - University of Maryland
5. Katherine A. Sward, PhD, RN - University of Utah

Blog: Perceptions of Community and Enterprise Health Information Exchanges
What are your perceptions about the different types of health information exchange (HIE) organizations? Have you ever wondered how these perceptions might play a role in the market of health information exchange?

Make sure your Company is part of the CHC17 Exhibition Experience!
Check out the state of the art Innovation Lounge, A.I. Demo area, and the Connected Health Pavilion and see where your company can make its mark!

HIMSS Veterans Career Services Webinar: The Transition into the Civilian Workforce
John Reed, Senior Executive Director, Robert Half Technology This session will help veterans who are re-entering the workforce brush-up on job search tactics, the current hiring environment and understand their value and transferring their skills into a fulfilling career.

• Review the basics around navigating through the job search, resume building and interview basics.
• Discover the hiring environment right now for professionals entering or re-entering the workforce.
• Learn what value veterans bring to the workforce, how to parlay the skills and attributes you've gained into a civilian career.

A Health IT Advantage - Test Your Immunization-Capable Software
Think about the valuable data immunization records offer to healthcare providers and patients. Now, consider the clinical advantage of including those immunization records in health IT systems.

Automated Healthcare Payments Bring Value to Both Patients and Providers
Chris Seib, chief technology officer and co-founder, InstaMed, HIMSS Southern California Chapter member, explains how providers can provide accessibility and convenience for patients through automated payments. Learn more about how automated payment options provide value for both the patient and provider in Seib’s blog post. Learn more about how health IT brings value to patients and healthcare providers on the HIMSS Value Suite site.

Recording now available! Creating a Community of Care:  Lessons from the Trenches
This Special 2017 Interoperability and Health Information Exchange Community Roundtable highlighted the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership efforts to create a collaborative, community-wide approach to improving health care for the low-income uninsured and Medicaid population of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin by leveraging the Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network (WISHIN). Watch now!

Interoperability & Standards Webinar Panel: Continuing the Conversation: Tearing Down Interoperability Barriers - Real Life Impact on Business Technology & People
Interoperability continues to be an issue that stakeholders across the health and healthcare ecosystem find difficult to address. In this session, our panelists continue the conversation that began at HIMSS17 on the remaining barriers and opportunities surrounding the complex topic of interoperability. Watch the recording now!

2017 HIMSS Joint LTPAC and Interoperability & HIE Community Roundtable
Dori A. Cross, BSPH from the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan presented on Investing in Post-Acute Care Transitions: Electronic Information Exchange Between Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities. Watch now!

SAVE THE DATE

Healthcare Security Forum | September 11-13 | Boston, MA
Pop Health Forum | October 2-3 | Chicago, Ill.
Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum | October 23-24 | Boston, MA
Connected Health Conference | October 25-27 | Boston, MA

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Note: The inclusion of an organization name, product or service in this publication should not be construed as a HIMSS endorsement of such organization, product or service, nor is the failure to include an organization name, product or service to be construed as disapproval.